Table of Contents

Concrete Destinies: A BMX Memoir

by Tony Piff

Prologue: Walls of Curved Steel

Part I: Things That Form a Person

1. Religion, Sex and BMX

2. College

3. J

4. Blue Collar, Black Water

5. Africa

6. Like Wheeling Icebergs

7. Roots

8. Somehow

9. Oh Shit That’s My Truck

10. Dream Home

11. A Resonance Too Intimate

Part II: The Road

12. New Wheels

13. New Bike

14. And Another New Bike

15. Therapy

16. How Many Skateparks?

17. Metal Shop

18. Bad Judgment

19. From Zero Friends

20. Fantasy Lifestyle

21. Going Underground

22. Race the Sun

23. Chair, Concrete Ghost Town, Sandwiches

24. Gold Coins in the Cracks

25. Well, Shit

26. Manmade Monolith

27. I Quit My Job

28. Pop Quiz

29. In So Many Words

30. Write it Yourself

Part III: The Deep End

31. Traveling Professionals

32. The Hut

33. Irreplaceable at Any Price

34. Party Ride

35. Green Space

36. Present Tense

37. What I Think About When I’m Falling Asleep

Part IV: Gearhead Poser

38. Two Kinds of Riders

39. Sporking Joy

40. Wide Open Dark

41. Flip

42. Mila

43. Ride the Petri Dish

44. Group Chat

45. Violated

46. Broke Up

47. Pipeside Parking

48. Starfish Delight

49. Nowhere

Part V: Pilgrimage

50. Concrete Destinies

51. Rosie

52. Fear Itself

53. All Bad News

54. City of Gold

55. The Impossible

56. Dad’s Ditches

57. Rhythm of the Road

58. Confirming the Impossible

59. Destiny is a Real Thing

Part VI: Full Circle

60. Navigating Without Nav

61. The Rendezvous

62. Cowboy Stepdad

63. Vision