MAX BECHTOLT

Hometown? Denver, CO

Years in the cycling industry?

If you were a dog, what breed would you be? He’d be a freakin’ pitbull or a bull dog. 

Fixies? Yeah, nah, or meh? Fixies? Max grew up riding fixed, but he’d say to keep ‘em in the city. We heard he once did a backflip on a fixie.

Tacos or burritos? Burritos for sure. No bag and no chips. 

Favorite Tool? PVC crown race press, custom built by Dylan Stucki.

Do you want to share your favorite ride around Durango or just say Twin Buttes? How about Swerve. He hates that trail.

Give us a pro tip (does not need to be bike related.) Max has got a lot of good pro-tips but I can’t remember any of them.

What’s your story? Max started mountain biking at a young age with his dad on the Front Range. In high school he got into downhill riding, frequenting Trestle bike park. Max came to Fort Lewis College for the mountain bike team. He had never raced before and says he was humbled by the talent on the team, but quickly grew as a rider. With FLC cycling he raced downhill, dual slalom and BMX. Max is also a long time Durango Devo coach, having worked with the U14 boys, Flyers and Senders gravity programs, Endevo enduro team, U19, and the Dad’s group. He enjoys watching the riders progress and growing connections with each team. Not many people know that Max also tears it up playing bike polo (Sundays at Park Elementary!) He says it’s the peer pressure that has kept him coming back. His secret talent on the field is his ability to make assists. Max is a typical Durango underground shredder with a tendency to rip turns hard enough to dislocate tires and we’ve been lucky to have him at the cyclery since 2017.