SRAM and RockShox. Chances are you know these names because you’ve seen them on your bike. But SRAM, the parent company for brands like RockShox, Truvativ, Zipp, Quarq, Time and Hammerhead, is much more than a company that builds bike parts; they’re community builders. Find out more about their efforts to build up the cycling community in Colorado Springs and around the world through their SRAM Field Guide program, in this conversation.
Global bike part manufacturing company SRAM began in 1987 and was named after founders Scott King, Stan Ray Day & Sam Patterson. Their Vision Statement is “We believe in the power of bicycles in expanding the potential of cycling. We create manufactured components and inspire cyclists.”
Torie Giffin, Molly Murrow and Chris Negrette in the podcast studio
The position of SRAM Field Guide was created to provide community representatives to help them fulfill their mission and to make an impact for cycling in the communities where they reside. There are currently 13 of 31 of the SRAM Field Guide positions filled, with opportunities open in the midwest, northeast and across the globe.
Host: Torie Giffin, owner of the Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort, ride leader and ambassador for cycling in Colorado Springs
Guests:
- Chris Negrete, SRAM North American Field Guide Manager and mountain biker
- Molly Murrow, SRAM Southern Colorado Field Guide, hard core mountain biker
Mentioned in This Episode:
Bike to Work Day June 22
Colorado High School Cycling League
Kids on Bikes Colorado Springs
The Pikes Peak APEX 4 Stage MTB Challenge sponsored by RockShox
Trails End Taproom Trailblazers
Women’s Mountain Biking Association of Colorado Springs (WMBA)
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A very interesting pod cast. Although SRAM doesn’t seem to support Recumbents much but they are well known and I have owned and use there products in the past. Sounds like the have really stepped up for the local area
Wish them all the success in the future!