Category: Rich’s Ride

RICH’S RIDE takes us to some interesting places. We’ve cranked past alligators in Florida, buffalo and camels (?) in Wyoming. We’ve been chased by a herd of poodles. We’ve seen cotton fields, corn fields, and even a Field of Dreams. We’ve met amazing people doing incredible work. And this week, thanks to Becky’s gift for […]

Once in a while I ask myself why we keep doing this crazy thing. A few weeks back we met with our friend Nancy Richardson. Nancy and her husband Curt created Otterbox, one of those overnight success stories that happened when thirty years of sweat, sacrifice, and vision “suddenly” blossomed into a global company. Nancy […]

How do you measure success? We all know it’s important to create our own targets. Nothing’s more self-defeating than constantly trying to meet others’ expectations. But even when you define success on your own terms, it’s tempting to succumb to the cultural obsession with scorekeeping. We need to be careful about what we count, because […]

If you’re reading this on Saturday morning, Front Range FREEDOM Tour is underway! Our intrepid team will gather in the shadow of the Wyoming State Capitol building in Cheyenne. We’ll take lots of pictures and burn a bunch of nervous energy. We’ll do helmets up. And then we’ll begin Stage 1, 60 miles from Cheyenne […]

(From June 13, 2009) One of the great things about cycling is that the rider’s also the engine. It’s the same in life. A bicycle (or in my case a handcycle) is a pretty simple machine. Even with all of the high-tech materials and components, it’s still muscles, chain, gears, and wheels. The terrain varies, but […]

Note:I’m re-posting this because this film opens this weekend in northern Colorado. I don’t worry much about things like “unwritten” rules, but one blogging rule has always made sense to me: Don’t recommend a book you haven’t read or a movie you haven’t seen. Today, I’m breaking that rule. NOT TODAY opens May 24th in […]

Do you feel like really bad things mostly happen somewhere else? If you’re like me, you’re pretty sure human trafficking and sexual slavery are “over there” problems. That kind of stuff can’t possibly happen in a civilized society, right? 300,000 children can’t possibly be trafficked for commercial sex every year in the United States. Human […]

I taught kids for thirty-five years. I thought I knew something about schools and children. Today I learned about a private academy in New Delhi, India. Twenty-two of this academy’s students are children of women enslaved in the sex trade. They live in rented houses with missionaries who work to rescue them, and their mothers, from […]

Our team is set. On June 22, ten cyclists will roll off on the inaugural stage of Front Range FREEDOM Tour 2013. During the next week we’ll crank along the gorgeous Colorado Rocky Mountain Front Range from Wyoming to New Mexico. On our backs we’ll proclaim our commitment to STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKING. As we continue […]

As the May 15th signup deadline approaches, we’re excited to finalize the team roster for Front Range FREEDOM Tour 2013. We’re also excited to know how many of you are passionate about fighting human trafficking and would like to do the tour, but it’s just logistically not possible. You’re in a different part of the […]

Earlier this week I got to do one of my favorite things. The staff at Lesher Middle School invited me to talk to their kids about hope and dreams. This event included a unique element. Graphic recorder Karina Mullen from ConverSketch was also invited to interpret my message. Karina had what seemed to me to […]

This morning I spent a few minutes on Skype with my friend Paul from Venture Expeditions. The Venture guys are excited about their upcoming Love Does Tour and their partnership with Bob Goff and Restore International to provide justice and education to children in Uganda. A few of our friends are reuniting on that ride, […]