Eric Porter - Professional Rider and Mountain Bike Ambassador
Taking The Lead Together - A Bicycle Podcast
Release Date: 05/23/2018
Ryan Loften- Founder of Mt Tam Bikes Camp
Taking The Lead Together - A Bicycle Podcast
Ryan Loften is the founder, owner and head coach of Mt Tam Bikes Camp.
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Tim Kelley- Global Brand Manager for K-Edge
Taking The Lead Together - A Bicycle Podcast
Tim Kelley is the global brand manager for K-Edge, the very best bling for your bike.
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Sabra Davison - Executive Director, and Adventurer in Charge of LIttle Bellas
Taking The Lead Together - A Bicycle Podcast
Sabra Davison is quite simply put, a rock star!
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Tim Goodall - US Managing Director for Islabikes
Taking The Lead Together - A Bicycle Podcast
Tim Goodall is the US Managing Director of the UK based children’s bicycle brand Islabikes.
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Brett and Ginger Rosenbauer - Founders of Trailcraft Cycles
Taking The Lead Together - A Bicycle Podcast
Ginger and Brett Rosenbauer are the power couple behind the innovative children’s mountain bike brand Trailcraft Cycles.
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Austin McInerny - President of NICA
Taking The Lead Together - A Bicycle Podcast
After witnessing the power of organized mountain biking to help teenagers learn life-long lessons during his seven years of coaching the Berkeley High School Mountain Bike Team, Austin McInerny decided to put his career in natural resource management and public policy mediation on hold to become the president of NICA in late 2012.
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Jacob & Sarah Rheuban - Founders of PreVelo Bikes
Taking The Lead Together - A Bicycle Podcast
Jacob and Sarah Rheuban are 100% focused on making the best kids bikes available today through their children’s bike brand Prevelo Bikes based in West Lake Village CA.
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Jeff Cleary - Founder Of Cleary Bikes
Taking The Lead Together - A Bicycle Podcast
Jeff Cleary woke up one day while working as a California attorney and said wait a minute, how come there are no quality kids bikes?
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Trips for Kids - Robert Alan Ping (Executive Director) and Andy Phelps (Sponsorship Manager)
Taking The Lead Together - A Bicycle Podcast
For the last 30 years Trips for Kids has connected 200,000 children in the US with the power of the bicycle.
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Jerry Lawson - Chief Frog at Frog
Taking The Lead Together - A Bicycle Podcast
Jerry Lawson spent the first 20+ years of his professional career developing new products and strategy for global retailers like Amazon and Tesco before he and his wife followed their passion for bicycling and their desire to find lightweight bikes for their children.
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Eric Porter found his love for bikes exploring his local trails as a kid in Louisville, Kentucky. Before long he was crowned the National Downhill and Slalom Champion in 2001.
From there Eric launched a professional Freeride mountain bike career competing all over the world and pushing the boundaries of ride style in mountain bike films.
These days, Eric lives in Midway, Utah with his wife and two young sons while working closely with Diamondback Bikes helping design and test many of their latest models on trails around the world, representing Clif Bar and Magura as a sponsored athlete, and helping drive local trail development as the vice president of the Wasatch Trail Alliance.
As I think you’ll hear in this interview, what we admire most about Eric is that he truly lives to share the stoke. Whether it’s introducing his two sons to the mountain lifestyle he loves so much, or introducing people he meets to all aspects of cycling from mountain biking to road, gravel, bike packing and everything in between. So throw your earbuds in, head out for a ride, and listen to Eric’s incredible journey from a mountain biker to a true cyclist.
This interview was recorded Live from the Buddy Pegs Media booth at the 2018 Sea Otter Classic in Monterey CA.
We built this interview series from the title of our newest children’s picture book Taking The Lead that follows our animal characters along a journey to open a local bike shop and inspire their town to ride. We hope you enjoy these personal stories from bike industry executives, non-profit leaders, pro athletes, and families just like yours who are celebrating kids on bikes and inspiring families to get off the couch... and out for a ride.
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Purchase our books, and download the World of Buddy Pegs podcast so you can share the love of bicycling with the kids in your life. Visit your local bike shop, or visit us at BuddyPegs.com. Remember it’s the little moments that create big memories.
