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Marginal Gains Cycling Podcast, Presented by SilcaBuilding Zipp with Andy Ording and JoshJosh has spoken on many occasions about his time with Zipp. The engineering. The R&D. The wins. The fails. Josh was part of a team that changed the scene, both for pro and amateur racers. At the head of that team was Andy Ording. Andy took over Zipp from Leigh Sargent in 1998 and guided it through its glory days that Josh is so fond of. Andy's journey to carbon wheels is far from linear. A native of South Africa, he eventually found his way to the states via motorcycles. Andy's strengths are in sales and logistics a...
2026-03-231h 02
King of the RideEpisode 169: Andy Ording is a Cycling EntrepreneurAndy Ording might be a name known in the cycling world as the one time owner of Zipp. He was in cycling well before that time period and now continues with the love of the bicycle now well after Zipp was sold with his work at Fundracer. Andy is an innovator through and through and this cycling entrepreneur has stories to tell that will keep you entertained from the start to finish of this episode. Please enjoy this episode with Andy Ording!
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2025-12-161h 33
The Business of CyclingShark Tank Meets Cycling: Gerard Vroomen on Picking Winners in Micro-MobilityGerard Vroomen is best known as the founder of Cervelo. This is the second time Gerard has been on the show, and this time around we talk about his new investment fund, Fundracer. Fundracer specializes in micro-mobility startups, and he started the fund just over a year ago with his partners, Rene Wiertz, who is the former owner and CEO of 3T, and Andy Ording, who was the former CEO and the founder of Zipp Wheels. The fund focuses mainly on safety technologies like AI collision detection, foldable helmets, as well as bicycle ABS systems. The discussion provides a...
2025-08-1834 min
The Hardtech PodcastFrom Zambia to Zipp and the Future of Mobility with Andy OrdingIn this episode of The Hardtech Podcast, we sit down with Andy Ording, former CEO of Zipp Wheels, now co-founder of Fundraiser Capital. Andy shares the wild ride of building Zipp into a world-class brand, navigating the brutal carbon wheel wars of the '90s, and bootstrapping through near-failure to a successful exit to SRAM in 2007. The conversation dives into the realities of hardtech entrepreneurship, what makes a founder truly coachable, and why people, not just ideas, are the foundation of any great company. Andy also offers insight into his current role investing in micromobility and what he looks...
2025-06-301h 02
Overnight SuccessBuilding Zipp WheelsZipp is an indisputable icon in the wheel and component business and they have a long history of innovation. They were one of the very first brands who thought about wheels differently and pushed the envelope to bring performance wheels where they are today.An engineer by the name of Leigh Sargent is the founder of Zipp way back in the late 80’s, and it’s a gentleman by the name of Andy Ording who was Leigh’s first employee. Ording bought the company outright in its early days, and built Zipp during its formative years. Zipp...
2023-01-281h 37
The Official DrivePETS AND THEIR ROLE WITHIN FAMILIESRuchi Prabhu, an Indian author wrote - “Pets understand humans better than humans do.” Time now to talk more about this with dog trainer and animal behaviourist Andy Ording from Paws In Time...
2021-05-2611 min