Episode 89: Charles Aaron — Professional Cycling Team Owner of Human Powered Health

King of the Ride

Ted King

Sports, Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Charles Aaron is the owner of America's longest running professional cycling team, Human Powered Health. Having spent a lifetime in cycling -- from the heyday of pro mountain biking in the 1990s through to the present -- Charles certainly has some stories to tell. The women's team will compete in this summer's Tour de France Femmes and the men's team has been making their way up the hierarchy of pro cycling teams with hopes of being in the grandest tour soon as well. You can follow along with his team, www.HumanPoweredHealth.com And please check out Zealios at www.TeamZealios.com. Don't forget to use code King25 at checkout for some terrific savings.

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0:00.0	Good morning.
0:05.8	Good afternoon, good evening, good day.
0:09.5	Whatever time of day it is that you are listening here, and now I'm happy to be hanging out with you.
0:14.9	I am Ted King.
0:15.7	I'm the host here on King of the Ride podcast, and welcome.
0:20.8	I'd of course also like to welcome Charles Aaron as a guest on today's episode.
0:25.2	Now, as I mentioned early on in this conversation, Charles's name is one that I heard early on in my
0:30.3	cycling career, and his name has resonated throughout my time in professional cycling.
0:36.8	As you're going to learn, his history in the sport runs incredibly deep.
0:41.1	He has some entertaining stories from way back in the heyday of professional mountain biking.
0:45.8	He's made what is now a lifelong career in the general sport of cycling across a whole bunch of disciplines.
0:52.4	As he now owns and runs America's longest running pro
0:55.7	cycling team under the banner currently, human-powered health. This team has produced the
1:03.0	likes of world tour pros, Sepkus, Brandon McNulty, Ben King, Chad Haga, among others.
1:15.5	The team's longevity in what I'll call continual linear progress to the very top echelon of the sport is something to be incredibly proud of.
1:19.7	This conversation is a very long time coming, and I'm thrilled we got the time to
1:23.7	sit down at last and record here in the spring of 2022.
1:29.4	Now, speaking of spring, the sun is out.
1:33.2	It's Memorial Day weekend.
1:34.9	I'm outside, you're outside, my whole family is outside.
1:39.2	Now, I often joke to young up-and-coming cyclists who ask my input on what it takes to become a pro.
1:46.3	And my answer is lots of sunscreen.
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