Dylan’s name has come up on the podcast many times and many of you have sent in request to have him on the show. Is it because he is heir to a salt empire? Maybe it’s his epic mustache? Or his high level mechanic skills? Seeking answers to some of these tough questions I pointed my van in the direction of Arkansas to meet up with this international man of mystery at the Meteor Cafe in Bentonville, AR.
Four days ago Brett Stepanik became the first person to complete the Doom Loop with a time of 3d 12h 9m.
On today’s episode I get to meet Ally Johnson who is taking the reins over at Bikepacking Roots. She was hired in October, but we wanted to give her a little time to get acquainted with her new role before having her on. Ally brings with her an impressive academic resume.
On this episode Ryan Van Duzer joins me for the first time and Matt Mason is back on the podcast for a chat about the New Mexico Bikepacking Summit and Dangerbird that took place in Las Cruces in Nov.
Tales of the High Country is a panel discussion about this years Arkansas High Country Race moderated by Lilly from Ozark Gravel Cyclist and Patrick from Bikes or Death.
I’m honored to have this years Arkansas High Country Winner, and new Women’s FKT holder, back on the podcast. Scotti Lechuga completed this years race in 5d, 10h, 49m, besting everyone in the field.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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