Chris Callen - Rider , Customizer and Publisher

Best known as the publisher of Cycle Source magazine , Chris Callen is a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast and often asserts that motorcycling saved his life . He grew up in a rough setting on the outskirts of Pittsburgh . Through his interactions with motorcycle people , he found a passion that would bring him through it all and " show him a better way ." Today he is recognized as a publisher , editor , journalist , motorcycle builder , artist , innovator " and lover of all things two-wheeled ." The Cycle Source story started in March 1997 , from a back room in Fat Cats Cycles , his aftermarket shop , when Callen and lifelong friend Lou started Cycle Source with a borrowed computer . Callen says that the first issue nearly

killed them both . With no experience they had very poor results . Luckily for Callen , even then , the motorcycle world could see his passion and gave him plenty more chances to redeem himself . Callen was one of the first to acknowledge " the Next Generation " and ushered in the young , upcoming

builders that may not have been recognized otherwise . From this early offering , Callen was involved in starting the Limpnickie Lot in 2008 , a collection of these younger builders who traveled around the national circuit . Growing up in Southwestern PA , woods racing was in Callen ' s blood , so any type of competition on two wheels suited him fine . In 2010 , he raced in the first Hoka Hey Challenge , a 10,000-mile race that went from Key West , Florida , to Homer , Alaska . He helped build the ' Good Ol Days ' raceway and has raced at the dragstrip , flat track , motocross and vintage races in the Sons of Speed . Riding for over 30 years , Chris has earned more than two dozen " thousand miles in a day " patches , a dozen or so " 1,500 in one " patches , and even rode the then new V-Rod Muscle coast to coast in 63 hours on a bet from Harley-Davidson . With longtime friend and , from 2015 ,

wife Heather , their unstoppable determination has seen Cycle Source emerge , established and accepted as one of the leading , and certainly one of the very few remaining genuine and genuinely authentic ' Keepers of the Flame ' in consumer motorcycle publishing terms . Though they have achieved this not by standing still , but by recognizing and embracing the opportunities that a new generation of digital media gave them , just as they recognized the direction of travel that the new generation of riders and customizers were taking .

Roland Sands - Racer , Designer and Parts Industry ' Lifer '

Roland Sands is a renowned motorcycle designer , racer and entrepreneur , founding Roland Sands

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