Some tidbits i found about Derek...

[Butch]

We’re pretty sure Mario Andretti didn’t change Elon Musk’s diapers, but Dick Mann did chaperone Derek Dorresteyn’s mother on her dates. Even better, Derek’s uncle Dick, an AMA Hall of Famer, was the cover boy on the very first issue of Cycle World in September 1962. With such a family legacy, a veritable baptism in gasoline, it’s no surprise Derek, the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Alta Motors, has entered the motorcycle industry. He learned to ride in the Richmond Ramblers MC back lot at age 4, and spent a few years chasing the family legacy on speedway tracks. Now he and his company are knocking loudly on the doors of the AMA, demanding to race head-on with gas bikes in sanctioned Pro events, and proving a brilliantly designed competition e-bike will shortly make their rivals obsolete.

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[snydes]

I often wished Derek would have made himself known here.

 

[Judaslefourbe]

*bites lips*

 

[CookieMonster]

Thanks for sharing Derek's story. The more I learn about the people at Alta the more impressed I become about that company.

 

[Bionicman]

again seems every building block in place for Alta success - minus pissing off the big 4 by beating their dicks in the dirt....