ORANGE COUNTY
Ryan Damato
Linked Cycling Founder
Home Church: Compass Bible Church - Aliso Viejo
Favorite Verse: Philippians 4:8-9
"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you."
Favorite Ride: Whiting to Old Camp
MTB: Trek Top Fuel 9.9, Intense Primer
Paul Kuntzman
Leader of the Linked Cycling Ministry
Home Church: Compass Bible Church - Aliso Viejo
Favorite Verse: Psalm 40:1-4
"I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of xthe miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord. Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!"
Favorite Ride: Santiago Oaks
MTB: Trek Fuel EX 9.9
Road: Trek Domane SLR 9
Dr. Scott Vrzal
Leader of the Road Bike Ministry
Home Church: Compass Bible Church - Aliso Viejo
Favorite Verse: Matthew 25:21
"Well done good and faithful servant, you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you over many, enter into the joy of the Lord."
Favorite Ride: All of Them
MTB: Pinerallo Dogma HT 29'r
Road: Trek Domane SLR 9
Sean Smith
Home Church: Ccmpass Bible Church - Aliso Viejo
Favorite Verse: 1 Peter 2:9
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”
Favorite Ride: Whiting to Old Camp
MTB: Giant Anthem Advanced 27.5
Road: Specialized Tarmac
Joshua Kolbo
Home Church: Compass Bible Church - Aliso Viejo
Favorite Verse: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it his not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
Favorite Ride: SART (Santa Ana River Trail)
MTB: Trek Fuel EX 9.9
Josh Kompa
Home Church: Compass Bible Church - Aliso Viejo
Favorite Verse: Matthew 25:21
"Well done good and faithful servant, you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you over many, enter into the joy of the Lord."
Favorite Ride:
MTB: Trek Fuel EX 9.9
Road: Specialized SWorks M4
Ryan Cox
Home Church: Compass Bible Church - Aliso Viejo
Favorite Verse: John 16:33
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
Favorite Ride: San Juan Trail
MTB: Specialized Epic 29r
Road/Cross: Specialized Tri-Cross
Mike Sclimenti
Home Church: Compass Bible Church - Tustin
Favorite Verse: Romans 6:23
"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Favorite Ride: Whiting Ranch
MTB: Trek Fuel EX9
Road: Diamondback Podium 5
Marty Budrovic
Home Church: Compass Bible Church - Aliso Viejo
Favorite Verse: Romans 5:8 and Colossians 3:23
"But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men."
Favorite Ride: Tijeras Creek Loop
MTB: Trek Fuel EX 9.9
Road: Specialized Roubaix
Ian Bare
Home Church: Compass Bible Church - Aliso Viejo
Favorite Verse: Ephesians 2:8-10
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."
Favorite Ride: Aliso & Woods Canyon (Meadows)
MTB: Trek Top Fuel 9.8
Sean Laurino
Home Church: Saddleback Church
Favorite Verse: Colossians 3:23
"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men."
Favorite Ride: Whiting Ranch
MTB: Trek Fuel EX 9.9
Bow Lemp
Home church: Foothill Family Church
Favorite verse or book: Hebrews 13:8
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."
Favorite ride: Anything with good friends, a wonderful view and singletrack.
MTB: Intense Spider / Specialized Stumpy HT Road: Specialized Venge
James Aldrich
Home Church: Compass Bible Church - Aliso Viejo
Favorite Verse: Ephesians 2:1-10
"And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ by grace you have been saved and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."
Favorite Ride: San Juan Trail
MTB: Specialized Epic 29r
Bart Maeda
Home Church: Mariners Church Irvine
Favorite Verse: Matthew 11:28-30
"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Favorite Ride: The Morning Sunrise
MTB: Trek Superfly SL 29r
Trek Superfly SS 29r
Tim Heinrich
Home Church: Heritage Christian Fellowship
Favorite Verse: Hebrews 12:1-4
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood."
Favorite Ride: San Juan Trail
MTB: Trek Fuel EX 9.9
Joshua Katcef
Home Church: Compass Bible Church - Aliso Viejo
Favorite Verse: John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that He gave his only Son that whoever believes on Him will not perish but have eternal life."
Favorite Ride: San Juan Trail
MTB: Specialized Fuze Comp 6Fatty
Road: Weiler
Craig Peters
Home Church: Calvary Chapel San Juan Capistrano
Favorite Verse: Romans 5:3-5
"Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."
Favorite Ride: Santiago Oaks
MTB: SantaCruz HighTower
Road: Specialized Tarmac
John Martindale
Home Church: Eastside Christian Church
Favorite Verse: Psalm 28:7
"The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him."
Favorite Ride: Santiago Oaks
MTB: Specialized Epic FSR & Niner HT
Road: Independent Fabrication Crown Jewel
Max Munoz
Home Church: Foothill Family Church
Favorite Verse: Psalm 115:14
"The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children"
Favorite Ride: Whiting Ranch to Tijeras Creek
MTB: Samba Groove
Road: Bianchi Impulso
Josh Keith
Home Church: Compass Bible Church - Aliso Viejo
Favorite Verse: Hebrews 12:1
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us..."
Favorite Ride: Twilight Zone (Mammoth), StageCoach (Laguna Wilderness)
MTB: Trek Fuel EX 9.9
Mike West
Home Church: Compass Bible Church - Aliso Viejo
Favorite Verse: 2 Corinthians 5:17
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come."
Favorite Ride: Santiago Oaks
MTB: Intense Spider 29
Eric Maurer
Home Church: Saddleback Church
Favorite Verse: John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that He gave his only Son that whoever believes on Him will not perish but have eternal life."
Favorite Ride: Whiting Ranch / Old Camp
MTB: Intense Tracer 27.5
MTB2: OnOne HT 29
Troy Gielish
Home Church: Compass Bible Church - Aliso Viejo
Favorite Verse: John 10:27-30
"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.”
Favorite Ride: Flow Trail Santa Cruz
PCH Big Sur/San Simeon
Type of MTB: Trek Fuel EX 9.9
Type of Road Bike: Cannondale Super Six
Benjamin Islas
Home Church: Compass Bible Church - Aliso Viejo
Favorite Verse: Romans 5:8
"But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
Favorite Ride: Chiquita Trail
MTB: Niner AIR9 Carbon 29HT
Road: Giant TCR Zero