After watching the film Inspired to Ride years ago, French-Canadian ultra bikepacker, Louis-Eric Simard, took on the famous Trans Am Bike Race, crossing 10 States in the USA, coast-to-coast, self-supported. Now he is organizing the Race Around Cuba and the TransCanada Bike Race, which traverses 12,500 km (7,767 mi), climbing 319,000 ft or the equivalent of Mt. Everest 11 times! Let’s roll! 🚲💨

Jean-Philippe Soulé has led a marvelously colorful life. In this episode, we hear from Jean-Phi from the perspective of award-winning author, travel-adventurer, athlete, humanitarian, photographer, motivational speaker, bicycle tour guide, and organizer of The Ultra Bike Pursuit in France. Let's roll! 🚲💨

October was a month full of awesome ultra races and inspirational stories. There was a lot of action all around the world taking us from the United States to France and across Europe. On today's episode, we'll recap the latest and greatest happenings in the ultra cycling world, including past events, guests on our show, and things to look forward to coming soon to this show. Let's roll! 🚲💨

Have you ever ridden your bicycle to the starting line of an ultra event? Our guest on today's episode, 28-year old Pierre Charles of France did exactly that riding to and from the Race Across France and the Ultra Bike Pursuit with over 28,000 miles (45,000 km) already logged this year. Get ready to be inspired... or perhaps just shocked in disbelief. Let’s roll! 🚲💨