Ian 'Baggies' Hilty was born riding downhill.  Coming from and lumberjack mother and father, as a young boy Ian could often be found falling trees to make room for trails and to use as stunts.  Refusing outright to EVER wear spandex, Ian would sweat the day away with his cross country friends on his downhill beast.  Resistant all his life, 'Baggies' finally reached the ripe old age of 35 and decided that old men in spandex was a good thing.  Decided that 25-30lbs of bike was better than 35-40.  And decided that racing for 24 hours, in the desert, and in the dark, was a good thing to do... welcome to hell Ian.