No Ride Around

An investigation of bikes, fitness, and small-business ownership aimed at making sense of the relentless pursuit of passion before perfection, actions from ideas, and the rag-tag community that makes it all possible.

Life Time Grand Prix Selections and the Health of the Series

Its been a couple of years since we discussed if the Life Time Grand Prix is a net positive for off road racing, time for a check in

12-06
01:06:38

Yak Attack and Hot Takes

Figuring out this editing thing has been a deal. Yes, these next 3 episodes are old, but we just hope you all like us enough to listen to some old content.Justin and some friends raced their bike REALLY high and had a killer time. Also, we throw down some hot takes at the end.

11-22
01:09:32

Has Being a Cyclist Made You a Better Human

In this episode we explore the positives and negatives that being a committed cyclist has brought to our lives

11-21
01:07:37

Machu Picchu Epic w/ NoRA Teammate Shane

Justin took a big group of adventurers to this years installment of the Machu Picchu epic, we dig into some of the finer details of what that experience was like.

10-07
01:01:44

2025 Catch Up Episodes - Going All In

We've discussed balancing your regular life against racing, but what happens when you go all in on racing and adventure?

06-19
01:02:18

2025 Catch Up Episodes - Refocusing Goals

In our last episode, we discussed adjusting life to fit racing goal. On this episode we dig into refocusing racing goals into profressional goals

06-19
01:06:38

2025 Catch Up Episodes - Racing/Life Balance

Life is a series of sliders and occasionally we have to slide the racing focus back to allow for life to happen

06-19
01:00:05

2025 Catch Up Episodes - Cycling: Cult or Culture

Is cycling more cult than culture?

06-19
01:15:56

2025 Catch Up Episodes - Off Season To Do Items

Bear with us as we get caught up on all of our recorded content for 2025. Please enjoy!

06-19
01:32:59

Gratitude and Grumble 2024

Last episode of 2024 and how could we possibly pass on a brief recap of what went well and what didn't. Happy New Year everyone!

12-30
01:05:28

Yak Attack Stage Race Preview

Join us for our 100th Episode and we chat about an upcoming adventure to Nepal to race bikes

12-26
59:33

Banter

Two bike racing buddies just catching up about life, work, and racing

10-25
01:10:58

Breck Epic Duo Recap

4th Place finish in the mens 80+ Duo Category? We'll take it

10-25
01:21:00

A Sit Down With Mike Mac of Breck Epic

The roots of No Ride Around are inextricably tied to Breck Epic. When we started this journey it was to document our road to our very time at Breck Epic. Here we are a handful of years later, putting the polish on our fitness to line up for number 4. Join as we have a great conversation with the mad scientist that came up with the idea to race 6 days in the stunning Colorado back country.

07-10
01:18:21

Training the Intangibles

We all know that to race, we need to ride, lift, and eat right. We dig into the harder to grasp parts of racing and how to train them.

06-24
01:08:51

Racing with a Partner

With our upcoming duo race at this years Breck Epic, we discuss the do's and don't's of partner racing.

06-24
52:45

Cape Epic Recap w/ Justin and Amir

Just like the title says

04-20
01:11:34

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