Adam Curry
Interview from 2009.
Who are you? Adam Curry.
And what do you do? I pretend to fix bikes.
That’s it? Well occasionally it works… you want really in-depth answers? Can I google the answers? I’m sorry, I am… what was the first question?
Who are you? I am Adam Curry from Central Bicycle Studio. Extreme bicyclist.
And what do you do? I fix bikes and build bikes and customise bikes and drink beer.
Why? Because I dropped out of school early and do not have an education. So I’m trying to make my way through this world, and the only way to do that is to have my own business. So I can make enough income to support my drinking habit.
Whats the story behind you and bikes? I started riding bikes for more than fun when I was about 14, and I tried mountain biking but I was no good at it so I gave road cycling a go and I was ok at it. So I continued road cycling and track cycling.
I went through the age group stuff, then went to the States and did some serious racing stuff but it got to the point where I realised I wasn’t as serious as anyone else who was doing it, and I was kind of just doing it half ass so I stopped and got a job at a bike shop, fixing bikes. Which I’d been doing for years anyway, ten years.
Then basically it got to the point where I didn’t like bikes, and then after a couple of years you know, I did like bikes and wanted to use my experience to open a shop that I would like to go to. So just a repair shop where people can come and hang out and talk shit.
What type of bike/s do you ride? Well the one I like the most is a Charge Griffin frame which I’ve built up with different componentry that I really like. It’s just built so I can ride around with Gareth and his friends and feel like a hipster.
So it’s a fixie? Yea.
What makes you happy? Getting to the end of the day, feeling like you’ve achieved something, and deserve a beer. At which point the beer makes me happy. I drink to numb the pain.
Where’s your favourite place to ride to? Currently the top of the Plaza car park and skidding down. But scenic ride, I like riding round Apiti loop, which is Ashhurst- Pohangina- Apiti- Kimbolton- Cheltenham- Feilding- home. About 140km, but it’s a really nice ride.
Do you listen to music when you ride? Yea. Not on the fixie but cycling yea.
What do you listen to? Just whatever my mood is. Tend to listen to a lot of rap when I’m riding a bike. But just everything. Anything and everything. Sometimes it can be angry.
Where can people find you? Next to Candys, where all famous people who’ve entered Palmerston North have entered...
Anything else? I’m not really an alcoholic, I just talk a big game. And I like skids. I’m a simple boy. I think at the end of the day, anyone who rides a bike enjoys a good skid. I’d say the first thing we all try to do when we learn to ride a bike is pull a skid.
