Bonus Episode | Boosting Your Mountain Biking Skills with Rich Drew and The Ride Series

Show Notes

(1:45) Introducing Rich Drew

(4:45) How Rich Ended Up in Bentonville

(6:59) Rich’s Ride Series

(18:55) Mountain Biking and the Brain

(34:00) Nutrition and Riding 

(41:04) Rich’s Favorite Trails

(47:55) How Cycling Companies Should Be Taking Advantage of Bentonville

(57:13) What’s Next for Rich and The Ride Series

(1:04:55) Rich’s Favorite Lesson Learned This Year

(1:09:00) Because Bentonville 

Links

James Bell 

Rich Drew

The Ride Series

Rich Drew Youtube

Quotes

“The success of our YouTube channel for me doesn’t come from views or subscribers, it comes from the feedback, the comments, some of the relationships we have built through that. It’s exciting because I’ve been able to try to stay true to what we wanted in the beginning, and that was making things that were positive, things that were educational, things that were entertaining, and something that I would always be ok with my son watching.” Rich Drew, (14:40)

“The idea is we want to remove all the impediments. We want you to just be able to focus on the technique. If you can focus on the technique, you can have time under task. You can be doing it right. And then you can go to the trail and potentially do it right. So…should you just go ride? You should, but you should just go ride doing things properly.” Rich Drew (20:19)

“When you come here you realize the vast majority of mountain bike riders, they don’t want to ride mountains. They want to ride trails that are accessible, that aren’t dangerous, but that are exciting for them and their level. They want to do it in the vicinity of amenities that are world-class and abundant. And nowhere in the world does it like this place.” Rich Drew (50:01)

“When I’ve had the opportunity to have conversations with those business leaders, all I’ve said to them is ‘do something that makes an impact.’ If you come in and your efforts are to make a positive impact on the community, I think everything else will take care of itself because people here can see through that.” Rich Drew, (51:32) 

“All I did was highlight what so many amazing people have poured into. The amount of people that have put effort into making this place what it is, to be able to showcase that, and have people [and their] kids see it and come here, that’s just a true honor, and it’s a responsibility that I relish.” Rich Drew, (1:10:43)