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In this episode of Bend Don’t Break, Aaron Switzer sits down with Bill Lynch, the Board President of the Central Oregon Trail Alliance (COTA). Bill, who has been an integral part of COTA since 2021 and a full-time Bend resident since 2020, shares his journey from Iowa to the trails of Central Oregon. With a deep passion for mountain biking that started in 2009, Bill brings a wealth of experience from his time on the boards of various non-profits and a successful career in software startups.

The conversation dives into Bill’s love for the outdoors and how it drew him to Bend, the evolution of COTA under his leadership, and exciting new projects on the horizon. Bill and Aaron also discuss the future of mountain biking in Central Oregon, including the potential introduction of e-bikes on local trails and what that could mean for the community.

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This article appears in Source Weekly August 8, 2024.

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LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break with Bill Lynch 🎧

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
August 14, 2024

<h1>LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break with Bill Lynch 🎧</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />August 14, 2024</p> <p>In this episode of <em>Bend Don't Break</em>, Aaron Switzer sits down with Bill Lynch, the Board President of the Central Oregon Trail Alliance (COTA). Bill, who has been an integral part of COTA since 2021 and a full-time Bend resident since 2020, shares his journey from Iowa to the trails of Central Oregon. With a deep passion for mountain biking that started in 2009, Bill brings a wealth of experience from his time on the boards of various non-profits and a successful career in software startups. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/bend_don_t_break_digital_081524.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/bend_don_t_break_digital_081524.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-1090" /></a></figure> <p> </p> <p> The conversation dives into Bill's love for the outdoors and how it drew him to Bend, the evolution of COTA under his leadership, and exciting new projects on the horizon. Bill and Aaron also discuss the future of mountain biking in Central Oregon, including the potential introduction of e-bikes on local trails and what that could mean for the community.</p> <p>LISTEN: </p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> <div style="font-size: 10px;color: #cccccc;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396" title="Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396/bend-dont-break-bill-lynch-board-president-of-cota" title="Bend Don&#x27;t Break: Bill Lynch, Board President of COTA" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Bend Don&#x27;t Break: Bill Lynch, Board President of COTA</a></div> </p></div> <p> WATCH: </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.youtube.com/embed/V28ZtNXobCc </div> </figure> <div class="wp-block-group fdn-after-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related Stories</h3> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-with-bill-lynch-21679168/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-fbookImage.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=1089&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-with-bill-lynch-21679168/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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