Travis Brown, hall of fame mountain biker

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Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2019

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Travis Brown is a hall of fame mountain biker who enjoyed an illustrious career that spanned the 2000 Olympic Games, multiple national championships, singlespeed world titles (during the branding years), and more. Today he plays an integral role in Trek’s product development department, and is responsible for many of the design innovations that are changing the bikes we ride. Payson considers Travis a role model as much for his community and advocacy efforts as for his successful race career....

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0:00.0	And I was still on crutches, non-weight bearing.
0:03.3	So I had to get on crutches in the driveway, get on the bike.
0:06.5	Mary pushed me out of the driveway.
0:08.3	I said, I'll be back in an hour.
0:09.8	I need help.
0:11.3	And so that was my...
0:12.0	To catch you.
0:12.8	Yeah.
0:13.4	To get off the bike.
0:15.0	Talk about no crashing rule.
0:17.1	Right.
0:18.6	So that process went on and I was able to go to those next two world
0:23.8	cups and be the highest placing american and make the team went to sydney and you know had an
0:33.7	Olympic experience which is it's a bigger bigger experience than cycling that you kind of thought
0:40.3	was a big experience to start with.
0:42.3	It's showtime, everybody! Showtime!
0:46.3	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:51.3	This is the world as it exists today.
0:57.4	Life moves pretty fast.
0:59.8	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
1:02.3	You could miss it.
1:05.4	Listen, we talk about practice.
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