A great Feature on our good friend and cycling advocate Brian Pottorff, aka "Squirrel"!
One thing you might not expect to see when you walk into Rasmussen Bike Shop in West Des Moines is a 7-foot-tall robot.
The robot, made from recycled bike parts, was created by part-time
Rasmussen bike wrench Brian Pottorff, 41, whose life 16 years ago
looked, and felt, very different than today — and he can thank bicycling
for that.
In 1996, Pottorff, a Chariton native, reached a turning point. “Being
in a small town, it’s tough,” he said. “Nothing to do in those towns,
it seemed, except get strung out.”
Tragedy struck when his best friend committed suicide. Pottorff bolted.
“I went out to Colorado and lost my mind for a year,” said Pottorff, who said he started using methamphetamine. READ MORE...