Hello, and thank you for visiting Apex BMX.

Who We Are...

My name is Troy Krause. I grew up and still live in Wisconsin where I first raced BMX from 1989 to 1996. I currently live in Mosinee Wisconsin with my wife Angie, son Trevor, and daughter Payton. I have been employed as a graphic designer since 1997. For 8 of those years I was the graphic design and production manager at a sign company.

I began racing again when Trevor was old enough to race.

My BMX Story...

Novice... I was introduced to the sport of bmx by my friend Lee in 1988. He showed up at my house one day with a brand new black GT Mach One and I was hooked. I had never been to a track before, but I had no doubt that it was the place for me to be. Oh, the things I could do on a bike like that!!! I convinced my parents to take me to Winnebagoland BMX to watch. My mom bought me a used mongoose and I started in 1989. It took me a while to get the hang of racing. I liked to jump. I spent way too much time in the air and everyone rode right by me. In fact, I ended up breaking the rear end right off of my mongoose. Once I figured how to stay grounded. I made Intermediate on my sweet new GT.

Intermediate... At that time in the ABA you needed 10 wins in one year to turn expert. I got eight wins in the summer of 1990. It was enough to get the attention of Mike Norris the manager of the Diet Coke Oshkosh Cyclery team. He asked me to ride for them after I won the state championship race and the award of 13 boys track champion over my friend Kris Weborg. Check out those uniform colors in the 1991 team photo on the right. 1991 was the year we began traveling to other tracks. My first out of town race was the Midwest Nationals. Where I met my long time friend Tim Eiring and his family.  My family became close friends with the Eirings and we began traveling along with the Weborgs. I turned expert in July.

Expert... after turning expert all of years seam to meld together. The Indoor track in Elkhorn, WI allowed us to never stop racing. Locally we had some pretty tough comp.  I was lucky to be able to race with Kris Weborg, Tim Eiring, Mike Marasch, Steve Norris, Jeff Seik, Mark Nelson, Mike Gul, Eric Tomlinson, Nate Schaefer, Brian Birkholz among others. Many of whom became pros. All were capable of running up front. This made winning state champ quite a difficult task. I was finally able to capture state champion in 1994.  At a national level I was often able to make my mains at the smaller nationals and the gold cup finals. I could usually get into the semi finals when the big factory guys were around. Some of my highlights include being in a picture that was on the cover of the BMXer along with my friend Mike Marasch and Chad Elders. Making an expert main at the 1992 Midwest Nationals in Rockford. I took home a first place trophy from PA after Inheriting the lead when Kris Weborg and Matt Ortwein got tangled up.

Fun Fact... My dad built an auto gate lift called RoboGate using components from wheelchair lifts for vans. The ABA used it for a while. We were told it was the first lift to make it through ABA Grands week without breaking down.

Transition to Today... Like many of you BMX was a big part of who I was, and like many before and after me I eventually gave it up to go onto other things. I traded my BMX bike for a fast car, a fast motorcycle, and a job. I later wrecked the motorcycle and had to sell the car to pay for it. My job lead to a career, which lead to a wife and a family and way too many years sitting behind a desk. I always wanted to get back into racing. I now race with my son at the tracks here in Wisconsin. We try to make it to a few nationals each year. My daughter is beginning to show her competitive spirit. I think she may become a racer as well. My wife even took home a trophy in a mom's race. BMX gives us a chance to get out and have a good time as a family. We look forward to many years in the sport.