OUT FRONTMy SCARIEST Moment “One of the first times I went mountain biking, I saw a mountain lion, in the Santa Monica Mountains,” Tim recalls. “It was a reddish color and had super-thick ankles, so I knew it wasn’t a dog. I was 40 yards away, going slow, and it turned, looked at me and went down the hill.
“I wasn’t really scared. I’m not saying I wouldn’t be in another situation like that, but I was a novice then. I was like, ‘Oh my God, this is the craziest sport, I’m going to see lions and shit!’ It felt like I was going on safari. That sense of adventure is what got me into mountain biking, and I still feel it 30 years on, although I’ve never seen another mountain…