Hey, everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast.

My name is Jeff, and today Greg and I are going to be talking about different life lessons that can be learned from mountain biking.

So as mountain bikers, I think a lot of us can connect some of the things we've learned on the trailer on the bike to positive things in our lives.

And so we just wanted to talk about some of the

things that we found in our own lives through mountain biking. And Greg has written a lot about

this topic, especially through his weekly column called Over. If you're not a regular

single treks reader, then definitely be sure to check out his over-a-beer column.

It happens every Wednesday.

But Greg usually talks about different topics relating to mountain biking, though not necessarily just about being on the bike.

Right, Greg?

How would you describe it as a chance for me to present

my personal analysis of various topics in the mountain bike industry. And I think it started off

mainly talking about tech, but it's transitioned to what I would call more important things,

which is how we live our lives. And I think one of the reasons I love mountain biking so much

is that mountain biking

can be a true lifestyle. Not only do the like the all consuming nature of staying fit and

keeping your bike maintained, but because you can draw in so many parallels from the sport that we

enjoy to the rest of our lives, if you look for them, mountain biking can really teach you how to become a

better person and have been trying to highlight those connections in my column. Yeah, cool. Yeah,

I know a lot of people have really been enjoying reading that and commenting. While mountain biking

is technically a leisure activity, there is a lot of value we can get out of the sport and transfer into the rest of our lives.

So I wanted to talk about several of those things, starting with the obvious ones,

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