BRR - Hans Rey

Hans Rey: The OG Cycling Influencer

This episode’s guest is Hans Rey. Hans is considered the world’s leader in extreme mountain biking. He is a former trials world riding champion, a showman, stuntman, and an adventure mountain biker. He has traveled the world extensively riding over and through areas considered unrideable, all the while capturing the cultural, scenic, and spiritual aspects of these locations. Founding a nonprofit, Wheels for Life, Hans provides bikes for people in developing countries to use for transportation. In this special episode, Chad Pickard, NBDA Board Member and owner of Spoke-N-Sport Bikes in SD, sits down with Hans and catches up on the industry now, the bike boom, and everything to come, from the eyes of a legend.

Slay The Bay – Urban MTB Adventure in San Francisco w Hans Rey and Brett Tippie

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