Ep. 83 – Cameron Sanders, a Man of Many Hats
Cameron Sanders is a man of many hats. He’s worn a spelunking helmet, a bicycle helmet, a race directors cap, and a work hat as the VP of Product Development and Marketing for Wren Sports.
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Ep. 82 – Jefe Branham, Colorado Trail el Jefe
Jefe Branham’s just completed the Colorado Trail Race for the 9th time, and he’s won 4 of them! He lives in Gunnison, CO which puts the Colorado Trail in his “backyard”, his relationship with the trails goes back almost 30 years. He is also the race director, so you can see why he’s earned the title Mr. Colorado Trail.
Ep. 81 – Tyler Wacker, Quit his job to cycle around USA
At the beginning of 2020 Tyler Wacker quit his engineering job to cycle the circumference of USA on his Surly Long Haul Trucker. His plans were derailed when COVID shut down reliable camping and provisions along the way.
BOD AFTER PARTY, Ep. 2 ~ Clare Pannicia
The After Party is back with a bang! When I went to Stillwater recently I asked around for a rad female that would make a great guest. Everyone said Clare Pannicia!!
Ep. 80 – Sarah Swallow, professional Adventure Cyclist
Sarah Swallow was introduced to bicycles, and the cycling community, at the young age of 12 when she started working for a bike rental company in Ohio. She wasn’t a cyclist at the time and had no idea that one day she’d be a sponsored Adventure Cyclist.
Ep. 79 – Brendan Heinig, when a Tour Divide 2nd feels like winning
When Brendan Heinig lined up to the start of this years Tour Divide “Classic” he didn’t have any idea he’d be at the pointy end of the race with TD veteran Jay Petervary. If you didn’t watch the dots as this race unfolded you missed a 1,500 mile “nail-biter”!!!
Ep. 78 – Jessica Alexander, Bikepacking from Arkansas to Austin in a Pandemic
I’ve been familiar with Jessica peripherally as a member of the Austin cycling scene and also from her published work in Bikepacking.com. She’s penned two works for them, Discovering Aloneness on the Arkansas High Country can be found online. Her other piece, River Road Rendezvous, is featured the in the 2021 edition of the Bikepacking Journal. So when I received my July ’22 issue of TPWD Magazine I was surprised, but not shocked, to see an article she wrote for them about bikepacking during the pandemic.
Ep. 77 – Bobby Wintle, We trained All Pandemic for This
Just a month after my interview with Seth I found myself back in Stillwater, OK across a picnic table at Lake McMurtry from Bobby Wintle with a bottle of fine bourbon for us to share. And share we did!
Ep. 76 – Texas Hill country Route w/ Maxwell Johnston
On this episode I get a private tour of the new Texas Hill Country Overnighter with it’s creator Maxwell Johnston. This is one of only four routes listed on Bikepacking.com in Texas and two of those are in Big Bend, which is beautiful, but also very remote, requiring a 10+ hour drive from Central Texas.
Ep. 75 – Liam Glen, winner of the HT550 on a Rigid SS
On May 22nd Liam Glen lined up at the start of the Highland Trail 550 on his fully rigid single speed Stooge Cycles Scrambler against the likes of James Hayden, Josh Isbett, and others. He would go on to win with a time of 3d, 10h, 55m which was good enough to get the SS Course Record and almost enough to best the Course Record set by Neil Beltchenko in 2017 (3d, 10h, 20m).
