Author: Ben

Ben is originally from Southeastern Wisconsin. After graduating college at UW La Crosse, he lived in several Midwestern cities, Denver, and Western North Dakota before relocating to Hayward, Wisconsin in 2017, providing a lot of opportunity to experience the outdoors throughout the country. Ben started mountain biking in 2006 after five years of other endurance sports including running and triathlons of various distances. In 2012, he created Mountain Bike Radio and has been dedicated to mountain biking since. He has a lot of experience racing all distances, including 24 hour solos, 12 hour solos, 100 miles, 50 milers, XC distance, fatbikes, gravel, and everything in between. He’s married to wife, Amy, with two young children – Claeson and Paige. Ben hopes that his passion for mountain biking and the outdoors drives his commitment to creating, improving, and maintaining opportunities in the outside world.

Mountain Bike Radio

MBR Special | Race Directors in a Crazy 2020

The Path Podcast | Episode 118 – Convince Nathan

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Nathan, Tani, and Auk continue on with the summer. Life continues to be quite busy in the bike world too! In this…

Just Riding Along Mountain Bike Radio

Just Riding Along – Episode 13 of 2020 | Let’s Eat Corn with Our Feet

ABOUT THE EPISODE In for another week of your JRA group….so, check in to see what they’ve been up to. Kenny’s suprised by snow. Andrea…

Just Riding Along Mountain Bike Radio

Just Riding Along – Episode 12 of 2020 | Separated

ABOUT THE EPISODE Matt and Andrea take this episode on by themselves, answer some questions, and talk about Matt’s slight issue. Andrea hit up the…

Mountain Bike Radio Mountain Biking Podcast Second Spin Cycles

SECOND SPIN CYCLES – SHORT #2 | REMOTE DROPPERS

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Martin and Ben Jones bring you their second episode of “Shorts.” The topic for this episode are the OG dropper posts. Listen…

Front Lines MTB Mountain Bike Radio

EPISODE 79 – HOW CAN WE SAFELY RUN TRAIL DAYS IN A COVID-19 WORLD?

ABOUT THIS EPISODE To answer the question of what Trail Days could look like this summer, I’m joined by three guests. First, Bill Hoyne, Safety…

Mountain Bike Radio Mountain Biking The Path Podcast

The Path Podcast | Episode 117 – Busy Bike World!

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Nathan, Tani, and Auk catch up after a little time away to catch up on things. It’s been a busy thing in…

Just Riding Along Mountain Bike Radio

Just Riding Along – Episode 11 of 2020 | ??????????????

ABOUT THE EPISODE Just Gotta Listen…… ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? If you would like to ask a question, please send an email title JRA Question to jra@mountainbikeradio.com. If…

Front Lines MTB Mountain Bike Radio

EPISODE 78 – THE VALUE OF THE OUTDOORS FOR YOUTH AND THE IMPACTS OF ISOLATION

ABOUT THIS EPISODE We’re joined by three guests, all of them experts in Youth in the Outdoors. Returning to the show is Melissa Werkman, who…

Mountain Bike Radio Mountain Biking Podcast Second Spin Cycles

SECOND SPIN CYCLES – SHORT #1 | BEAMERS

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Martin and Ben Jones bring you their first version of “Shorts.” The topic for this episode was the interesting concept of beam…