In July Talib Abdullahi created and organized a Black History Ride in Austin, TX. Motivated by the BLM movement he wanted to create a positive event that would both be education and fun. Originally, he was thinking it would be him and maybe 20 of his friends, but word quickly got out, and within a week he was leading his Black History Ride with 400ish cyclist in tow.
If you’ve been listening for a while you’ve probably heard me talk about my lack of expectations for the podcast. Not in a self-depricating way, but in the way that you do something that you’re passionate about for a community you love with no expectations. I didn’t tell anyone about the podcast or promote it outside of an obscure post on a small instagram account, but that didn’t stop me from quickly realizing not only the popularity of Bikepacking, but the desire for these types of interviews and stories.
This weeks episode I chat with Dave Nice who is known on the interwebs as @fixiedave. His username gives away the fact that he rides fixie, but it says nothing about his completion of the Tour Divide in 2012 after attempting it 5 times before.
Two things that intimidate me are the Colorado Trail and YoYo’ing the CT, but nothing kept Katie and Andrew Strempke from being the first people to Yo-Yo it.
At this point Sophiane Sehili needs no introduction. Three days ago Sophiane finished the French Divide in 1st place and with a New Course Record to boot.
Cinthia Pedraza calls Austin, Texas home. Some recent experiences in her hometown led her to write an article titled “Bike Racing, White Privilege, and the Coronavirus” that was published on The Radavist.
In this week’s episode I do my first “colab” podcast with Lewis Ciddor who not only won Tour Divide in 2017, but is also the host of the Overland Archive Podcast.
Episode 50 is coming in hot! Today’s episode is with the charismatic, inspirational, and rowdy Leo Rodgers! He’s made a splash in the cycling world recently with features in Bicycle Magazine, a Lucas Brunelle Film, and most recently signed with Crust/Ronsbikes/Ultradynamico factory PRO recreation TEAM.
He didn’t invent the Great Divide Route or the Tour Divide Race, but Mike Dion quite literally brought awareness to both with his 2010 film Ride the Divide
I got to meet up with Bailey Newbrey in his new-ish shop, Sincere Cycles, on a recent trip to Santa Fe, NM. Bailey made a some noise in 2018 when he finished the Tour Divide in second place overall on a Singlespeed!
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