Ben grew up in California, riding his bike to school every day. After not bicycling for many years, in 2018, when in his mid-40’s, his doctor ordered him to start being more physically active so he reluctantly got an indoor trainer. Surprisingly, it stuck and his interest in cycling was reborn. In 2021 he moved to the Wissahickon neighborhood of Philadelphia and began riding the local trails, and in 2022 started doing group rides with the good folks at Paper Trail Bike Cafe and participated in his first organized event, unPAved. In addition to his new love for gravel cycling, he recently began commuting to work via ebike and is enjoying being less reliant on his car. In 2023, along with representing the PBE Squad, he’ll bikepacking the C&O/GAP trail from Washington DC to Pittsburgh.