Colin Strickland’s path to becoming a Red Bull cycling athlete started by scooting around on a 20-inch huffy, throughout the dirt paths of his family’s 23-acre organic farm near Austin, TX. As a young child, the sensation of losing traction and skidding tires on dusty trails foreshadowed a career in professional cycling. The fixed-gear bicycle, then, opened up the back door entrance to professional cycling for Colin. This started with the urban fixie commuter craze in the mid-oughts and sprung into high gear with the rise of Red Hook Crit. Until witnessing the international spectacle of Red Hook, making a living by riding bikes was hardly on Colin’s radar. These days, Colin has been shifting his focus to post-pro racer life and, with Wheelhouse Mobile, has been leveraging his skills as a craftsman to rehabilitate vintage Spartan trailers into comfy and capable tiny homes on wheels.
