Local Businessman Takes On Toughest Mountain Bike Race In The World
Founder and owner of the Van Michael Concept Salon in the Forum finishes strong, earning him bragging rights for Denver race.
Barely a week has passed since he took on the toughest single-day mountain bike race in the world. But area hair salon owner and Woodstock resident Van Council was back at it again this past Saturday in the north Georgia mountains racing the Fools Gold 50 miler out of Dahlonega's Montaluce Winery. Council, 54, founder and owner of the Van Michael Concept Salons in The Forum in Norcross, Miami, and Tokyo, finished the Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race on August 13 with a fast enough time to earn him a coveted "Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race" belt buckle and bragging rights that come with the territory. "That's what it's all about, that belt buckle," Council said last week from his Buckhead salon. "And man it was a lot of people …
