Ride Cave

Ty Schmidt left a promising career in physical therapy to address a problem he saw in his local community: a lack of safe, fun, and engaging cycling opportunities for kids. Ty tells the story of growing a small bike-to-school group ride into a six-figure nonprofit that now reaches thousands of young cyclists each year through summer camps, mountain bike programs, and other youth cycling initiatives across several communities in Northwest Michigan.Ty has since left Norte Youth Cycling, but you can learn more at https://www.norteyouthcycling.org/The Ride Cave podcast interviews people at the forefront of technology, products, and fitness. Visit https://ridecave.com to learn more, ride, plan, and analyze your fitness.

Jake Sigal is a serial technology entrepreneur, longtime cyclist, and founder of Roll, a free website that helps riders discover group rides, races, festivals, and cycling events. He previously founded Livio, which was acquired by Ford, and later Tome, which was acquired by Valtech. Jake’s clients and partners span the bicycle industry, including Shimano, SRAM, Specialized, Trek, and Cannondale. Jake lead bicycle-to-vehicle safety initiatives focused on improving communication between cyclists and cars. He launched Roll out of Vail Colorado as a passion project with a simple mission: help the cycling ecosystem put more butts on saddles.Learn more at https://roll.oooThe Ride Cave podcast interviews people at the forefront of technology, products, and fitness. Visit https://ridecave.com to learn more, ride, plan, and analyze your fitness.

Bob Bickel founded RunSignup in 2010 and the company is now the largest event registration platform for endurance events in the US. We discuss the origins of RunSignup and some of the special sauce that makes RunSignup more than just a event registration platform.With more than 2000 releases a year, nearly 40,000 events, and more than $650 million in registration fees processed, RunSignup is now servicing more than 60% of the endurance events in the states.Visit http://runsignup.com/ to learn more.The Ride Cave podcast interviews people at the forefront of technology, products, and fitness. Visit https://ridecave.com to learn more, ride, plan, and analyze your fitness.