Ep. 94 – Cjell Monē
For day 3 of Monumental Loop Week, we are featuring a podcast with Cjell Mone’, owner of Mone’ Bikes based out of Silver City, NM.
Patrick Farnsworth
Monumental Loop Week: Day 2 ~ Everybody Rides with Grace
Saturday morning 120+ riders gathered in town square eager to take on the 250 mile Dangerbird. The entire field was led out by 14 year old Grace Holguin, who was diagnosed with Down Syndrome and a congenital heart defect at birth. She road her red adaptive trike for the first portion of the ride as … Read more
Monumental Loop Week: Day 1
You’ve heard of Shark Week, but wait till you get a dose of Monumental Loop Week! I just got back from a weekend in Las Cruces, NM attending the inaugural NM Bikepacking Summit and it was such a blast I’ve decided to dedicate a whole week to it.
Ep. 93 – ETS Winner & Winner, Alicia & Hannah
Alicia Danze and Hannah Simmons shared first place this year on the East Texas Showdown route with a time of 2d, 1h, 21m. It was both of their first times to do a bikepacking race, but they each came in with experiences that gave them confidence.
Ep. 92 – Katy McGuire, our 2021 ETS Lantern Rouge
I first met Katy at a 6 hour MTB race in 2016, she had just moved to town and we became fast friends. Since then we’ve both found our way into the bikepacking world. She spent the past 5 months riding 5 routes and accumulating over 4,000 miles of bikepacking, most of it solo.
Ep. 91 – Kyle Gilbert & Nick Ybarra on their ETS EXPERIENCE
On this episode Nick and Kyle share their experience on this years ETS. It was both of their first bikepacking race and they had different approaches.
Ep. 90 – Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad do you Want it?
In this episode we focus on his book “How Bad Do You Want It?: Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle” which as you can infer by the title is all about how our mind is the thing that limits us, not our physical ability.
Rigs of the 2021 East Texas Showdown and Slowdown
The inaugural East Texas Showdown and East Texas Slowdown is mere days away. The race winds it way through east Texas forests on a route created especially for this event. We’re especially excited to share some of the rigs you might see kickin’ up dust this year! Read about twenty bikes, the riders and what they expect from the race.
Ep. 89 – Miles Arbour and the Tree to Sea Loop
Miles Arbour is back on the podcast for a 3rd time to talk about his newly published route called the Tree to Sea Loop.
Ep. 88 – Quinn Brett, First to complete the Tour Divide on an Adaptive handcycle
This year Quinn Brett was the first person to complete the Tour Divide on an adaptive hand bike, with a time of 25 days. For her, this was more about showing the world what is possible for disabled people and that adventures like this are not only for the abled bodied.
