Switchback Training Systems

04/12/2025

Our three teams at Twisted Oak Trails are off!!!

01/19/2025

We're proud to sponsor, and proud to participate in this amazing event to raise funds for colorectal cancer. This year's proceeds go to Mark Te Ruki, one of the best coaches an athlete could ask for!

Huge shoutout to Nicole Morgan with Switchback Training Systems for supporting the 12hrs of Twisted Oak!

If you’re interested in supporting this year’s 12hr of Twisted Oak, please contact Ray at [email protected] ! All proceeds from this year’s event go towards Mark Te Ruki in his battle with colorectal cancer!

Registration link:
https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=368204

2025 Sponsors:
Gateway Banking / Mortgage
HAMMER NUTRITION
NPI Corp.
The Boat Monkey
Dead Armadillo Brewery
GCXC MTB Race Series
Hall Law Group, PLLC

12/05/2024

There is no way I would miss this. Mark was my very first coach when I started road racing in the middle of PT school. He had to coach me through cycling and a little bit through life. He is one of the kindest humans I know, and is so very deserving of this support. There are tons of options. Do you want to solo? Teams? How many hours? Who's with me?

🚵‍♂️ Online registration is open for the 2025 12hrs of Twisted Oak, and we’ve selected the beneficiary of the event. For the last two months we’ve been looking for a colorectal cancer patient: churches, counselors at a few schools, representatives at our cancer center, friends, reached out to the media for help, and all along the perfect candidate was right there in my FB feed.

I first learned of my friend’s cancer diagnosis a couple of months ago, but I didn’t know it was colorectal cancer. The last couple of days we’ve been communicating and today we decided to make the offer to Mark Te Ruki, and he accepted. Mark like myself, is a transplant to Tulsa… though he traveled across the Pacific vs the Red River. Mark is from New Zealand, and he traveled to the US after becoming a New Zealand Junior National Champion in road racing. While in the US he met a woman, who later became his wife and the mother of his children… and Mark tied down roots in Tulsa. He’s been a major figure in Tulsa’s cycling scene for over a three decades: racing, coaching/mentoring cyclist of all ages, and just being an all out ambassador for the sport.

Mark is one of the most special people I’ve ever met: his radiant personality, warm heart, generosity, and contagious smile ensures that you will love him immediately. During communicating with Mark, he mentioned he would like to raise awareness for the importance of getting a colonoscopy for early detection. Ashlee and I launched this event in 2023 for her colorectal cancer treatment and to help raise awareness, so not only are we going to help Mark out with his battle financially… we’re teaming up to help raise awareness!

So, stay tuned for more details on how you can help make sure, the 2025 12hrs of Twisted Oak is a huge success!

For event registration and details please visit our website at:
https://www.twistedoaktrails.com/12-hours-of-to

09/19/2024

Mark is one of the coolest guys. He is such an advocate for women's cycling. Help out if you can, I know times are tight. ❤️❤️

Some people in Tulsa are such a part of the Tulsa cycling scene that you cannot imagin… Stephanie Brown needs your support for Help Mark Navigate a Bumpy Road

05/04/2024

Since we can't ride our trails today, sharing a little joy from our very first International Women's Mountain Bike Day. Thanks to Cody Lee Dopps with Lunch Ride for making this video for us back in 2018! And of course Jill Herrlein, Valerie Soules, Christie Hill, and Michelle Daniels for playing bikes then and now!

From the IMBA website:The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) is pleased to announce the creation of International Women’s Mountain Biking Da...

05/03/2024

You know it’s soggy when even Claremore Mountain Bike Trail is closed. With what we got last night and what is expected to come, we’re sadly going to need to cancel this ride. We love our Turkey Mountain - Tulsa trails and want to keep them in good shape!

We'll have our beginners rides starting and we have our Mountain Bike Skills 101 class coming on 5/25/24! Please join us soon!

04/26/2024

As part of the City of Tulsa Gov community cleanup for Earth Day (Month) Team Switchback and Boy Scout Troop 153 joined up to pick up trash along the Mooser Creek Watershed at our awesome Bales Park Mountain Bike Trails! We had a lot of fun volunteering as a team and we picked up a TON of trash!

03/04/2024

Team Switchback had a terrific weekend of racing at the first Tour de Dirt race of the season! Laurie Wolford Flynn and Switchback Instructor Callie B Fairless grabbed some podium spots while our Instructor in training Clif Duggins raced hard in a tough class and helped coach up our next gen of Switchback racers!!

02/25/2024

What a spectacular weekend with this amazing weather! We were at Turkey Mountain - Tulsa for some trail work and grom ride. Where did YOU ride??

11/11/2023

She's having fun, she swears!! Laurie Wolford Flynn

11/11/2023

Lap 1 Cat 3: First woman through and she's OURS!!!! Amanda Garrison