As the East Texas Showdown heads into it’s third year the excitement is growing and so are the questions. To help answer the questions we brought in a few past participants who are also competing again this year. Our guest are Kuya Takami who won the Showdown last year, Emily Miller who is hoping to ride the Slowdown without sleeping, and Brendan Hare who was our Pro Slow winner last year and is stepping up to the Showdown this year.
Brendan Haren Emily Miller Kuya Takami
We covered a range of topics, and while the overall theme of the episode uses the ETS as a backdrop many of the topics covered are applicable to bikepacking in general. Some of the topics covered are how to improve and prevent pain/injury on rides, do’s and don’ts of camping, how to charge your electronics, and deal with dogs, among others.
If you’re riding in this years ETS please listen to the very end of the episode where I will address some reoccurring questions we are getting and make some additional announcements.
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