Athlete
Andreas "Dre" Hestler
A true ambassador for the sport, a pioneer, a fierce competitor and an all around cyclist.
Andreas "Dre" Hestler found his passion for mountain biking in 1986. After moving to Vancouver and embracing the life of a courier, he was introduced to racing and a new love was born. The next 20 years were a complete career: 13 years on the World Cup Circuit, World Championship and the Olympics, the lifestyle of a devoted athlete, but one who enjoyed the process and was aware of the other aspects of life.
Taking Canada and Rocky Mountain Bicycles to the Olympic debut of Mountain Biking in Atlanta (1996) ranks as one of Dre's most significant achievements, as will representing Canada as the National Champion and National Series winner 5 times. A true ambassador for the sport, a pioneer, a fierce competitor and an all around cyclist Dre enjoys all two wheeled adventures, having dipped his toes into bike-packing, and enduro, and with stage racing titles under his belt as well.
In recent years Dre has turned to writing, guiding, exploring, and promoting the breadth of terrain his home province is know for through events like BC Bike Race and BC Bike Ride, and of course they all happen on Rocky Mountain bikes.
Bikes of choice
Stories featuring our riders
45 Years of Rocky Mountain. 25 Years of Rampage.
Rocky Mountain heads into Red Bull Rampage with defending champion Hayden Zablotny and podium contender Thomas Genon. As the event returns to its birthplace in Virgin, Utah, the next chapter of a ...
The latest updates to the Element, Instinct Alloy, Altitude, and Slayer are now live on Bikes.com. Across these models, riders will find fresh new color options and updated specifications designed ...
Celeste Pomerantz out of her element at BC Bike Race
BC Bike Race is no joke! 7 days, roughly 250km and almost 7.000m of climbing. 800 riders from 35 countries took on the challenge. Among them Celeste Pomerantz, having never competed in a XC race be...