Jan. 10, 2025, 7:15 a.m. -  Mark

Hey Pete, I haven't had a chance to listen yet to the podcast yet  but was just reading Part 3 you linked above and was wondering if Wade ever got on to doing that "other stuff" cause he didn't want to ride forever? _ NSMB – What would you like to do._ _Wade – I want to do lots of stuff- I’m just getting old fast. I don’t want to do this forever. I want to become fluent in a couple of languages. This whole riding thing is slowing down my life for the kind of things I want to do otherwise. Because it’s a good lifestyle I’ve had a taste of the good life – like Europe 4 times in the last year and a half all paid for. You know I’m living a dream life travelling and riding my bike. But I’d like to go to school – like live abroad somewhere – like Italy would be great. On the Mediterranean._ Edit: Looks like he did the one idea that turned into the Pick Apart series. Edit: Crazy how things change _"This will probably never be my living you know like I’m not going to buy a house being a bike rider but I don’t know what I’m going to do I’m probably going to open a business of some kind but I’m not going to be making a living from riding unless someone steps up and says “look Wade we’ll pay you 45 g’s to ride our stuff” I mean that would be nice but it’s not my goal – my goal isn’t to be a household name mountain bike rider. I just like the lifestyle. I love riding and that’s why I do it because of the thrill I get from it. I just love being out there and doing it."_