About Us

Our lead writer, Richard Ries, published his first article in 1984. He drew on his experience as a service manager to write about winter storage techniques for motorcycles.

Since that first piece, Richard has published thousands of items including additional magazine articles, promotional literature, instruction manuals, and books. For many assignments, he provides photos and other graphics as well as text. He incorporated in the State of Indiana in 1999 as Big Ring Media Team, Inc.

The name reflects his interest in bicycling. On most bicycles, there are two or three gears up front, called chain rings, or simply, rings. The biggest of these is called the big ring. It's used for high-speed riding.