Elliott

"Lately, however, Mr. Gosselaar has developed another distinction: as perhaps the best celebrity-slash-bicyclist in America. Granted, it’s a niche category with no official rankings and a smattering of big names, like Patrick Dempsey of “Grey’s Anatomy” and Jake Gyllenhaal and Matthew McConaughey (both of whom are pals of Lance Armstrong). Yet Mr. Gosselaar is the real spandexed deal.... more... - Christopher Chung

"Mr. Gosselaar said he had been stunned by the quality of riding in New York. He had expected the city to be overwhelmed by traffic and hard to navigate, but he quickly fell in with the local racing scene, occasionally waking up in darkness to ride in Central Park and taking longer spins up Riverside Drive to the George Washington Bridge and beyond. With his wife, Lisa, and two young children back in California, Mr. Gosselaar said he had logged more training in New York than he would have in Los Angeles." - Christopher Chung

"Once inside Prospect Park’s loop, Mr. Gosselaar hopped in with a swift peloton of local racers, including João Correia, a rider with the Bissell professional squad, and Tony Maisto of Brooklyn’s Wonder Wheel team. The riders got a little frisky, as they often do when a newcomer hops in, and ramped up the speed. One cursed at Mr. Gosselaar as they brushed by each other at 28 miles per hour but Mr. Gosselaar laughed it off." - Christopher Chung

Great stuff: " “The financial system nearly collapsed,” he said, “because smart guys had started working on Wall Street.... When the smart guys started this business of securitizing things that didn’t even exist in the first place, who was running the firms they worked for? Our guys! The lower third of the class! Guys who didn’t have the foggiest notion of what a credit default swap... more... - Christopher Chung

hey Elliott, you know what else I think is an awesome must read? that post on the wsj private equity blog :) - Jeannie Choi

Hahaha I read it but I didn't use ff to comment. - Elliott from email

Good snippet, Chris, but you left out my favorite line: "“But you still haven’t told me how that brought on the financial crisis.” “Did you ever hear the word ‘derivatives’?” he said. “Do you think our guys could have invented, say, credit default swaps? Give me a break! They couldn’t have done the math.”" - Dan Hsiao