{"id":9503,"date":"2015-07-13T16:03:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T16:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=9503"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:00:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:00:44","slug":"the-new-leader-at-rans-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/07\/13\/the-new-leader-at-rans-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Leader at Rans, a Fun Force to be Reckoned With!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-circle tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bikeroute.com\\\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/13\\\/the-new-leader-at-rans-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:58030937}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 1100px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"1100\" > <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 1100px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"1100\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/07\/13\/the-new-leader-at-rans-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with\/unnamed-10\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1096\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1096\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"9504\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/unnamed.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"403,537\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"unnamed\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/unnamed.jpg?fit=403%2C537&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/unnamed.jpg?fit=403%2C537&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/unnamed.jpg?w=1096&#038;h=1096&#038;crop=1&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"1096\" height=\"1096\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"1096\" data-original-height=\"1096\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"unnamed\" alt=\"unnamed\" style=\"width: 1096px; height: 1096px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">We spent some time on the phone today with a man who has some pretty huge shoes to fill. As the new owner of Rans recumbent, <strong>Jerrell Nichols<\/strong> will show you why legendary recumbent builder, Randy Schlitter (<a href=\"http:\/\/nbg.bikeroute.com\/Podcasts\/Rans.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podcast<\/a>), knows he sold the bike<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>part of his company to a man who will make him proud. Turn the sound on, build<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>a wheel or clean your bike as we talk to an amazing individual who already has 20 % of his small<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>town on Rans bikes!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/RansJarrel\" width=\"500\" height=\"140\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/transcript-the-new-leader-at-rans-a-fun-force-to-be-reckoned-with\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interview Transcript<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bikeroute.com\\\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/13\\\/the-new-leader-at-rans-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:58030937}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 537px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"537\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 715px; height: 537px;\" data-original-width=\"715\" data-original-height=\"537\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/07\/13\/the-new-leader-at-rans-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with\/unnamed-14-2\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"711\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"533\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"9588\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/unnamed-141.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"unnamed-14\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/unnamed-141.jpg?fit=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/unnamed-141.jpg?fit=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/unnamed-141.jpg?w=711&#038;h=533&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/unnamed-141.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/unnamed-141.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w\" width=\"711\" height=\"533\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"711\" data-original-height=\"533\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"unnamed-14\" alt=\"unnamed-14\" style=\"width: 711px; 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