Ep. 122 ~ Nick Marzano, 22nd Place Tour Divide Finisher
Nick Marzano is back! And this time he has joined the ranks as an official Tour Divide Finisher with a time of 20d, 9h, 1m, which was good enough to secure 22nd place.
Tour Divide
Ep. 118 ~ John Stamstad, Tour Divide History, Rules, & Ethos
In 1997 the Adventure Cycling Association released the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. What was billed as a touring route, caught the attention of ultra distance mountain biker John Stamstad. In 1999 John set out on the first ITT (individual Time Trial) of the GDMBR and set a the first FKT (fastest known time) of 18 days and 5 hours. His record stood until the 2007 edition of the Tour Divide Race.
Ep. 101 ~ Hal Russell “Smilin’ Hal” Tribute
Today we celebrate the life and legacy of Hal Russell. The bikepacking community and the world lost a true legend on January the 19th when he passed away in his home surrounded by family.
Ep. 73 – Dr. Seth Wood, from ICU to FKT
I wanted to hear Seth’s story about his journey from almost losing his life in Feb. of 2013 after being ran over by a car while commuting on his bike. To then go on to set a Singlespeed FKT on the Arkansas High Country Race. The collision nearly cost him his life, but a year later he competed in the 2nd ever LandRun 100 (Now Midsouth) and he finished! All while wearing an eye patch as a visible reminder that he was still recovering from the injuries he sustained.
Bailey Newbrey ~ Q&A
Bailey Newbrey, owner of Sincere Cycles, and 2018 2nd place Tour Divide finisher swept BOTH categories. His episode was downloaded 4,792 times in the first 30 days. His episode also received the most number of votes from our online pole getting 10% of all votes.
Ep. 55 – Dave Nice, aka Fixie Dave
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.
Ep. 51 – Lewis Ciddor
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.
Ep. 49 – Mike Dion, Ride the Divide turns 10!
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
Ep. 48 – Bailey Newbrey, Owner of Sincere Cycles
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!
Bikepacking Summit Series – Lael & Rue
At the Bikepacking Summit I had the honor of sitting down with Lael Wilcox and Rugile Kaladyte (Rue) in their first interview together. After they found themselves in the middle of drama on the Tour Divide this year it was nice to chat with both of them to hear their thoughts on riding and documents bikepacking events.
