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The Ride Companion

Hans Rey, an incredible life on two wheels

The Ride Companion

TRC Media House

Sports, Wilderness

4.9533 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

We sat down with mountain biking legend, Hans Rey! 

In this episode of The Ride Companion, Hans dives into the unforgettable moments of his career, reminiscing about the iconic SWATCH ad campaign and reflecting on the pivotal German TV show that changed everything. We also delve into the golden era of 90s mountain biking, where Hans competed at the first ever X-Games, the Laguna Rads crew, 37 years on GT Bikes, long-term sponsorship deals, and the epic adventures that helped define his career. Hans shares candid stories of unexpected encounters, from cruising on an ebike with a U.S. President to collaborating with icons like Tony Hawk, Matt Hoffman, and Rodney Mullen, all while navigating the complexities of the TV industry. Plus, we get his unfiltered take on the modern mountain biking scene, his thoughts on the rise of ebikes, and his insights into the current state of MTB media.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Back then, getting those TV commercials was actually pretty good money.

0:04.0

You would audition and you go get into a Mountain Dew commercial or some car company and you get recitals on TV and you would go to these auditions and often there would be Tony Hogg in there auditioning for the skate part and like some BMX that would be in there and everybody would show up and then.

0:20.0

But then there would also

0:21.6

these Hollywood models who would kind of look good and can do it all and check the boxes and

0:27.3

and you would like listen to their interview and they like would be in there in front of the

0:31.4

camera going like okay I'm so and so and I'm downhill world champion and it's like you

0:36.3

have never even race, dude.

0:47.8

This is a legend in the truest form for as long as I've been mountain biking.

0:52.0

I can't think of someone who represents mountain

0:56.2

biking more. I can't even think of mountain biking without this person. That's right. It's Hans

1:01.3

No Way Ray. Round of course. Oh yeah. That was good, one it? That was good. Wow, that was,

1:06.4

that was more than I deserve, if I tell you. It's an honor and a privilege to have you on here. Absolutely. It's with your podcast. I've been enjoying them. Mate, you said on the way here, this was the highlight of your career. I don't want to put words into your mouth, but if that's, you know, if that's what... Yeah, if that's how it came out, you know, I'm not going to take it away. It was like that. Oh dear. Super hype to have you on. Yeah. I mean, first and foremost, can we quickly just quickly talk about your tour coming up? Yeah. I think it's worth getting out of the way and talking about it before we delve into things.

1:44.2

I think so. I've been to, I went to, I think it was not your last tour the tour before. I think I went to. Is that right?

1:50.7

Yeah. Yeah. You came. You came. That was cool. Yeah. Obviously there must be a reason why I came to England in February.

1:58.6

Dude. So. And yes, we're doing another talk tour, a brand new talk.

2:03.2

It's called Mishaps and Mayhem.

2:04.9

We're going to 16 locations or venues all over the UK, mainly in England, some in Wales,

2:11.8

a couple in Scotland.

2:14.0

And basically, yeah, all of March.

2:16.1

So it starts March 5th in Andover, and then it ends in Shrewsbury at the end of March. Beautiful. Mate, amazing. Tickets are still available. Just got that out there now. We'll put a link in the show description so people can still get tickets. Yeah, you can go to my website or speakers from the edge. They're promoting like always and you can buy the ticket and I would book

2:35.9

them right now because you can choose your seats and stuff

2:37.8

and it's right it also helps

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