Lev Stryker
Owner
Lev brings a long history of cycling to Cog Wild. He started mountain biking at fifteen in Santa Cruz and never looked back. Name a type of cycling and Lev has probably done it. From racing road bikes and DH racing to Freeride trips to Whistler, and everything in between, Lev likes to have fun on a bike.
Lev has been riding and maintaining trails in Central Oregon since the late 1990s and has intimate knowledge of the trails and roads. His involvement with the bike community in Bend includes trail adoption and crew leadership with COTA and coaching young riders with Cascadia Junior Cycling.
Kirin Stryker
Owner
Kirin is a long time outdoor educator and science teacher turned business owner. She loves to geek on the rich natural and cultural history of Central Oregon.
Kirin primarily gets people outside from behind the computer and enjoys coaching Cog Kids and guiding large groups.
Sara Perry
Sara is a rare Bend native, having grown up riding and racing her bike here in Central Oregon, Oakridge and the coast. She loves to cook, enjoys the local beers and coaching women’s mountain bike clinics.
Bill Warburton
Cascadia Junior Cycling
Erika Schmid
Erika boasts being Cogwild’s longest serving guide. Infamous for her “Big Balls“, Erika embraces the edge in her mountain biking. When not schooling the younger generation on the trails, Mrs. Schmid instructs the whippersnappers in physics and chemistry. Erika loves riding in Canada and New Zealand but Oregon trails are dearest to her heart.
Randy Brus
Born & raised in Tacoma, WA, Randy moved to Bend in 2011. Randy attended Cal State Long Beach on scholarship for swimming, and competed as a water skier for a number of years. He spends his winters in the Palm Springs area riding in the sunshine and warm weather year round, but loves the warm season here in the PNW.
Lara D’Orvilliers
Originally from NJ, Lara moved west as soon as she graduated from college. Following a 15 year career in Athletic Training, she returned to school earning her degree in Outdoor Leadership from Central Oregon Community College in Bend. The outdoors is her happy place and she loves to share that space with others. When not working for Cog Wild, you can find her teaching at COCC, Crew Leading with Central Oregon Trail Alliance (COTA), mountain biking, trail running or skiing.
Justin Serna
Justin has lived in Central Oregon on and off since the 80’s, riding anything with wheels.
Shay DeMarche
Brian McPhearson
Brian is a mainstay in Oakridge. The main shuttle driver, he is friendly, welcoming and stoked to talk trails. Brian is a wealth of knowlege of the OROR area.
Ashley Blaylock
Born and raised here in Bend, OR, Ashley has grown up loving all things outdoors, especially snowboarding and mountain biking. She has a passion teaching others how to love and appreciate nature.
Alexandria Boyd
Based in Oakridge, Alex wears many hats. When she isn’t driving shuttles, guiding tours or serving post ride goodies at the Middle Fork Bistro, she can be found ripping down the Oakridge area trails.
Ben Adams
Ben began his outdoor career as a guide leading teens in the PNW and Alaska. He now calls Bend home, teaching middle school teacher in the Bend-LaPine School District. Ben combines his love of riding with sharing his knowledge of Central Oregon plants and animals with those around him.
Dennis Sibilia-Young
Missie Eggert
Any day on a bike is a good day! Missie brings the enthusiasm for riders of all experience levels and ages.
Shawn Holt
Jason Meyer
Big J, brings his passion for cycling and the outdoors to the Cog Wild family, he’s been riding bicycles and motorcycles since an early age. He is a student of Martial Arts, rides his snowboard in the winter, and loves to geek out and modify tuner cars in his free time.
