{"id":558827,"date":"2026-03-25T03:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T03:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/558827\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T03:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T03:00:19","slug":"cycles-of-life-erin-huck-rediscovers-the-meaning-of-the-ride-cycling-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/558827\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycles of Life: Erin Huck Rediscovers the Meaning of the Ride – Cycling West"},"content":{"rendered":"

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (March 24, 2026) \u2014 \u201cRacing isn\u2019t everything.\u201d Coming from Olympian and six-time U.S. Elite National Champion Erin Huck, that statement carries weight. Huck has spent much of her life chasing results at the highest level of the sport\u2014lining up at World Cups, World Championships, and the Lifetime Grand Prix\u2014while simultaneously building a career as an engineer. For years, her world revolved around start lines, podiums, and performance.<\/p>\n

But recently, her perspective has shifted.<\/p>\n

Cycling has always been woven into Huck\u2019s family life. Today, she and her husband Andrew are passing that love of bikes on to their young son, Brennan\u2014just as Huck\u2019s parents, Terrie and Al, once did for her. Yet it took a quiet moment at a local race in Boulder to spark a deeper realization.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The scene was familiar: Huck standing on the podium while Andrew helped Brennan prepare for his Strider race. It was the rhythm of their lives\u2014bikes equaled racing. But in that moment, Huck began to question what cycling really looked like through her son\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat moment made me realize that bikes, to Brennan, had been all about racing,\u201d Huck says. \u201cIt sounds silly, but it was kind of an aha moment\u2014almost a life-changing realization. We suddenly saw that bikes are about so much more than racing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Erin Huck, with son Brennan, at 2024 Leadville 100. Photo by Kyle Thornhill, courtesy of SCOTT Bikes<\/p>\n

That realization sent Huck back to her own childhood. Long before elite competition, cycling meant something simpler: family trips, days spent exploring the mountains, and the freedom of moving through the world on two wheels.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a little pop-up camper with a rack on top of the car,\u201d recalls her mother, Terrie Huck. \u201cMost of our vacations were planned around riding bikes, traveling to different places, and exploring.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those early experiences\u2014unstructured, adventurous, and shared\u2014formed the foundation of Huck\u2019s lifelong connection to the sport. Racing came later. The love of riding came first.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Huck Family (and Erin\u2019s husband Andrew Clemence) prepare for their bikepacking trip. Photo courtesy of SCOTT Bikes<\/p>\n

Now, Huck wants to recreate that same foundation for Brennan.<\/p>\n

The result is Cycles of Life<\/a>, a new film project that follows the Huck family on a bikepacking journey through the Colorado mountains. Spanning three generations, the trip steps away from competition entirely. There are no race numbers, no finish lines\u2014just miles of trail, time together, and the simple act of riding.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a return to what bikes can be at their core: a vehicle for connection, exploration, and joy.<\/p>\n

For Huck, the project is both personal and universal\u2014a reminder that while racing can define a career, it doesn\u2019t have to define a life on two wheels.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose moments weren\u2019t about podiums or placings,\u201d she reflects. \u201cThey were about family. About freedom. About joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cycles of Life<\/a> invites viewers to look beyond the finish line\u2014and to remember why they started riding in the first place.<\/p>\n

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