Eggheads try to convince the public that being super-smart isn't mutually exclusive with being cool:
Avery is an egghead who isn't your stereotypical blockhead. Which explains why Avery, who rides a '59 red-and-white Harley and is blessed with an IQ between 134 and 150 — that's higher than 98 percent of the population — wants to break the notion that hog lovers and intellectuals are mutually exclusive beings.Posted by kswygert at April 29, 2005 02:41 PMOn Saturday, members of Mensa will square off against easy riders who belong to the Estero River Chapter of ABATE, a motorcycle rights group, in the Ninth Annual Brainers vs. Bikers trivia contest. "It's a cross between 'Jeopardy!' and 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?'" says Avery, the 42-year-old owner of Hurricane Cycle bike shop in San Carlos Park and president of the Southwest Florida Mensa chapter.