On October 26, 1982, Dominic Matthias Dougherty was born in Long Beach, California to parents James and Marion. At the age of three, he stole an older playmate's bicycle and rode off with it, never having ridden before. Then nothing happened for a while. When he was 13, Dominic set a record distance bicycle jump of 28 feet after launching himself from a one foot ramp on a campout. His bicycle was destroyed in the process. The record still stands. At the age of fifteen, Dominic was working on his cycling merit badge and absolutely fell in love with bicycles and decided that his destiny lies within their spinning wheels. Then nothing happened for a while. On October 22, 2001, Dominic enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He was deployed to Iraq in 2003 and 2005, and Afghanistan in 2004. He left the Marine Corps after 1,491 days of honorable service with the rank of Sergeant. In late January of 2005, Dominic went to the United Bicycle Institute in Ashland, Oregon where he became a certified bicycle technician. Shortly after, Dominic was hired as the Manager of the Long Beach Bikestation, where he teaches bicycle repair classes, organizes community rides, and throws himself into his work to forget the biggest mistake of his life. Some of Dominic's other interests include art galleries, foreign film, Asian cuisine, and giving interviews to TIME and CBS. He enjoys weekly Happy Hour with friends at Gallagher's, and can often be found around the East Village with a beautiful girl on his arm. He has long planned to move to a hand built log cabin in the Montana wilderness, where he will live off the land and murder lost hikers. Dominic has never had a driver's license.