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Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 168 TJ Tollakson: Founder/Owner of Dimond Bikes TJ Tollakson ran his first triathlon in July 2001, and he has been a professional triathlete since 2005. In July 2011, he achieved his first Ironman victory at Lake Placid. In 2011 TJ founded his own manufacturing company Dimond Bikes in Des Moines, IA. Starting when TJ won his first Ironman at Lake Placid New York on a modified and re-branded Zipp beam bike. Since that early bike, his brand has become known as one of the fastest bikes for the time trial and triathlon, and has grown into an entire line of bikes including road, gravel and mountain bikes. Venture into the...
2025-11-051h 19
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 167 Joy Franco: UCI Age Group Gravel World ChampionshipsJoy Franco, in addition to being a Neuroscientist and Engineer, still finds time to train at the highest level. In 2024 she competed in the UCI Elite U.S. Cyclocross Pro Series, racing at the biggest 'cross races in the U.S. This past summer she turned her attention to gravel and qualified for, and competed in the 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships in her age group. We caught up shortly after her return from Europe to hear about her experience qualifying for and racing in the fast and furious world champs! Catch up with Joy on instagram at https://www...
2025-10-281h 22
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 166 Julien Gagne: Gravel racer and Core4 Champion!Julien Gagne, from Quebec, Canada, has raced at the highest level in both mountain biking and road but has more recently turned his attention to gravel and is competing at some of the biggest races in the U.S. This past August he was treated to a champaign shower as the overall victor in a stacked Core4 race. We caught up with Julien the week before his 4th place finish at the rain-shortened Big Sugar gravel race: "Half the distance, twice the speed!" he wrote after the race! Be sure to give him a follow on instagram https://www...
2025-10-2153 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 166 Julien Gagne: Gravel racer and Core4 Champion!Julien Gagne, from Quebec, Canada, has raced at the highest level in both mountain biking and road but has more recently turned his attention to gravel and is competing at some of the biggest races in the U.S. This past August he was treated to a champaign shower as the overall victor in a stacked Core4 race. We caught up with Julien the week before his 4th place finish at the rain-shortened Big Sugar gravel race: "Half the distance, twice the speed!" he wrote after the race! Be sure to give him a follow on instagram https://www...
2025-10-2152 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 165 Connor Swegle, Co-founder of Priority BicyclesConnor Swegle founded Priority Bicycles in 2014 with his partner Dave Weiner via a Kickstarter campaign. It worked and today they have an entire line of bikes all with simplicity, performance and ease of maintenance in mind. By using a carbon belt drivetrain, they do away with greasy chains, clunky shifting and finicky derailleurs. Check their line up out at www.prioritybicycles.com and follow their story on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ridepriorityAlso subscribe to their youtube channel for great content https://www.youtube.com/@PriorityBicyclesNYCAnd while you're at it, give Ryan Van...
2025-10-171h 01
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 164 Hayden Christian: U23 Lifetime Grand Prix talks about his 2025 seasonHayden Christian has spent the summer of 2025 chasing results in the U23 Lifetime Grand Prix. While we met at the Rattlesnake Gravel Grind in late March of '25, it wasn't until after his impressive ride in the Chequamegon 40 that we actually connected, which was perfect, as we got to hear about all of his incredible races this summer! First in the Unbound 100, Second U23 rider at Chequamegon, and a hard day at Leadville -we talked about it all! Follow Hayden on instagram https://www.instagram.com/hayden.christian.599/?hl=en.We would love it if...
2025-10-0148 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 163 Cullen Perkey: Making it work as a U23 Professional Mountain Biker and Chequamegon check in! Cullen Perkey, an aspiring U23 mountain biker, works hard to make it work, mixing training, travel, racing with a full time job to make ends meet. We caught up with this midwesterner-turned-Coloradan after he finished the blazing fast Chequamegon 40 mountain bike race. We talked racing as well as how he finances his racing career as he aspires to make it to the top. Be sure to follow him on Instagram at @ct_perkey Check out his bike at Rodeo Adventure Labs and wheels; Gulo Composites at https://www.instagram.com/gulocomposites/Cross is Here! Race at the...
2025-09-241h 17
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 162 Scott Matter, Director of the Dream Team! Guest Scott Matter describes the Dream Team as a five-month cycling program for teenagers in Central Iowa that provides a unique opportunity for teenagers to build relationships, achieve personal growth, and learn from adult mentors. The program shows youth that BIG goals can be attained with sufficient planning and preparation. Beginning in March, the teens and mentors begin preparing and training for the late July 400-500-mile week-long bike ride across Iowa called RAGBRAI. Find out how you can get involved by participating, volunteering or donating at www.dreamteamdesmoines.org. Catch up on the latest stories by tuning in...
2025-09-1152 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 161 Jen Witt: Restoring HopeJen Witt founded the Restoring Hope foundation to honor the work of her ex husband, Colin J. Witt, a Judge in the juvenile justice system. In August she is hosting a bike ride, silent auction with food trucks and music at Middlebrook Farms in Cumming, Iowa. Information on her foundation and the 5th annual bike ride can be found at www.restoringhopedsm.org. Also joining us on the podcast are Christine Her, Executive Director of ArtForce Iowa - an incredible organization, working with Restore Hope, to serve youth in need. To learn more or to support ArtForce...
2025-08-151h 05
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 160 Serkan Yildiz: Bikepacking North and Central AmericaSerkan Yildiz, a Turkish engineer living and working in Belgium, turned the bike commitment dial to 10 as he sold his home, quit his job and began an adventure riding down the west coast of the United States, through Mexico and into Central America. After Bikepacking.com published a story about his custom bike, we connected via a video chat from halfway around the world! While the audio isn't perfect, his stories of his ride are! You can follow his cycling adventures on instagram and YouTube: https://www.instagram.com/serkanscapes/https://www.youtube.com/@Serkanscapes
2025-08-0257 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 159 Break the Cycle 200-mile Ride for Hope for JusticeHope for Justice is an organization who's aim it is to stop human trafficking and end modern slavery. The Break the Cycle 200 is an annual 200-mile ride from West Des Moines, Iowa to Lake Okoboji in NW Iowa. The ride started more than a dozen years ago, Break the Cycle is now a series of cycling events, run relays, and other endurance events across the US, UK and Norway, which raise funds for Hope for Justice to transform lives in the fight against human trafficking.The flagship event continues to be the Break the Cycle 200...
2025-07-1834 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 158 Celebrate Bike Month with Ryan Birkicht from People for BikesRyan Birkicht, Communications Director for the organization People for Bikes www.peopleforbikes.org joins us to talk about Bike Month and Bike to Work Week. He's got some great advice on how to engage employees and others in the world of commuting and all the great things riding a bike can bring you whether you ride to work, the store, a coffee shop, with a group of friends or wherever your wheels take you! People for Bikes are champions of the belief that the simple bicycle can contribute significantly to healthier, happier and more sustainable communities nationwide. Your organization...
2025-05-1746 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 157 Crystal Anthony and International Women's Mountain Bike DayCrystal Anthony has been racing professionally for nearly a decade in cyclocross, mountain bike and gravel. With 21 UCI cyclocross wins, her transition to mountain bike racing came naturally. Today, in addition to racing in her fourth season of the Lifetime Grand Prix (where she currently sits in 15th), she shares her knowledge and experience with others through her coaching business (www.crystaljanthonly.com) as well as leading women's rides and clinics in her hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas with Women of Oz. www.woznwa.com. Today she shares a bit of her background as well as ways we can all...
2025-05-0244 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 156 Christopher Blevins World Champion Mountain Biker and Protect Our Winters Ambassador. Christopher Blevins, Specialized Factory Racing, was the first UCI Mountain Bike Short Track (XCC) World Champion! He's also won his fair share of UCI Mountain Bike World Cups as well. Most recently (as of mid-April 2025) the UCI XCC World Cup season opener in Brazil. He's raced in two Olympic games and is a multi-time national cycling champion in a variety of disciplines, from BMX and road to mountain biking, short track to marathon. In addition to his time racing mountain bikes, he's also an athlete ambassador for the organization: Protect Our Winters, or POW. We talk, today, about the...
2025-04-151h 03
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 155 Levi Leipheimer: Levi's Gran FondoLevi's Gran Fondo, specifically, The Growler 138-mile elite road race, marks the first time since the USA Pro Cycling Challenge that U.S. road racing has been broadcast live. On April 19, the Growler, both men's and women's fields, will be streamed, for free, on the Levi's Gran Fondo website https://www.levisgranfondo.com/ beginning at 11:00 am Pacific Daylight Time. In this episode we talk with Grand Tour veteran and Tour of California winner Levi Leipheimer about the gran fondo that bears his name, the importance of live streaming events in the U.S. and a bit about his career...
2025-03-3158 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 154 Rattlesnake Gravel Grind Race Report w/ Lauren Stephens, Joe Laverick & more! The fourth annual Rattlesnake Gravel Grind, held in Sweetwater, Texas on March 22, was a hot, dusty and windy affair with repeat winners in both the men's and women's fields. Lauren Stephens and Joe Laverick repeated their victories from 2024. The infamous Bike Talk with Dave microphone emerged shortly after the podium presentation where Lauren as well as the top four men shared their thoughts on the day. (Top four men: Joe Laverick, Chris Mehlman, Hayden Christian and Justin McQuerry). We also enjoy the music of Nikki Heath (Beyond Destiny) and The Bo Barns, who entertained riders during the weekend's festivities.
2025-03-2634 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 153 Justin McQuerry, Chris Mehlman talk Gravel Race Training Justin McQuerry and Chris Mehlman are pros on dirt! Justin recently accepted into the Lifetime Grand Prix, Chris an all-pro endurance mountain biker and gravel racer share their thoughts on the training, nutrition and equipment needed to have a great day at your next gravel or mountain bike ultra! The conversation opens with talk about this weeks sponsor: the Rattlesnake Gravel Grind, held each March in Sweetwater Texas. Sign up for a great weekend of camping, food, music and riding at www.rattlesnakegravelgrind.bike We would love it if you would consider supporting Bike Talk with Dave...
2025-03-151h 12
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 152 Vance Fletcher: USAC Central Regional Director/Race PromotorVance Fletcher has kept cycling central in his life for most of the past 15 years; as a competitor, race director, volunteer and now as the Regional Director for the Central U.S. at USA Cycling. USAC Race Directors, connect with Vance for help at your race on Linkedin. Or plop down your thirty bucks to race the Outland and Back Loop Cross at https://outlandgrvl.com/BIKEIOWA is your home for all things bike related: News, Events, Trails, Gear and more! Make it your homepage at www.bikeiowa.com.We would love it...
2025-03-0357 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 151 Kurt Refsnider: Bikepacking Roots and POW - Protect Our WintersThis weeks guest, Kurt Refsnider, is one of the greats when it comes to super long, difficult, mountainous and often cold and snowy bikepacking adventures. He’s been to Nome Alaska on the Iditarod Trail, finished the Tour Divide in 15 days and has reached Master of the Universe status on the Arizona Trail! We also talk about his podium finish at the U.S. Cyclocross National Championships! In his years of bike packing, he figured out a way to combine his passion for teaching geology with cycling, leading students on a Geology Through Bikepacking course at Prescott Co...
2025-02-151h 15
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 150 Fitz Cahall, Host of Dirtbag Diaries and Author of States of AdventureFitz Cahall, host of the 17-year-running podcast Dirtbag Diaries and Climbing Gold with Alex Honold, is now author of the recently published States of Adventure. Released in 2024, States of Adventure brings to print, in both words and photography, 30 stories from the 17-years of Dirtbag Diaries. As an adventurer himself, Cahall spends his free time rock climbing, back country snowboarding and bike packing through his local Cascade Mountains and other areas of the West. You can find the book at https://www.ducttapethenbeer.com/wear-dttb Follow the Dirtbag Diaries on instagram or at https://dirtbagdiaries.com/
2025-02-011h 07
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 149 John Howard: Pioneer in American Cycling and Author of "Major Taylor- The Black Cyclone, A Hero The World Forgot"John Howard was a pioneer in American cycling, representing the U.S. in the 1968, 72 and 76 Olympic Games. As a four-time U.S. Road Racing National Champion, he was one of the first Americans to race in Europe. He also stood atop the podium at the 1971 PanAmerican Games. After his days road racing, he turned to triathlon, winning the fourth edition of the Ironman World Championships in 1981 and followed that in 1982 by taking second in the first edition of RAAM, The Race Across America, And in 1985, on a very specially built bicycle, tucked in behind a rocket car on the...
2025-01-151h 09
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 148 Winter Riding Science with Scott Sumpter p/b Pogie LitesScott Sumpter, originator of BIKEIOWA.com, is a prolific winter fat biker yet still enjoys being warm and not loosing his digits to frostbite! As such, he has put much thought and research into the science of keeping your hands and feet warm - and discovered that the material your handlebars are made of matters to your hands! In his recently published article; "Convection Convection, what's your Function" he explores the heat conductivity of four types of handlebars: Aluminum, Titanium, Steel and Carbon Fibre. In this episode, we discuss this, as well as other ways to stay comfortable while...
2025-01-011h 17
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 147 Kallie Stewart, Pro DownhillerKallie Stewart, of the Boone Factory Racing Team, is one of the top downhillers in the country. At age 14 she won the U.S. National Enduro Championship and at 15, she won the Monster Energy Pro Downhill Series for her age group. As one of the fastest downhillers in the country, in 2025 she'll be lining up with the pro women in the Monster Energy Pro Downhill Race Series! She's a wonderful human who travels the country with her mom and dad, chasing races and training all year long. Follow her on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/kalliemtb/ or follow...
2024-11-071h 02
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 146 SSCXWC WISC Champion Brian WestThe Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships, SSCXWC, brings together the greatest well-rounded riders in the world to test their mettle through Feats of Strength and the most demanding cyclocross the host town can find to dish out. In the words of Sarah Sturm from 2022 in Durango: "Single Speed Cyclocross World Champs is the not-so-underground, fringe, party event that calls itself a World Champs and, in many ways, it is. But instead of (doing drugs) (marginal gains) that make you faster, you do things that make you slower like keg stands, whiskey shots, and hot dog hand-ups."
2024-10-3052 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 145 Erik Schlimmer: Author, Adventurer, Hiker, Therapist and Mountain Biker Again! Erik Schlimmer is no stranger to long, difficult days either on foot or on the bike. As a mountain biker, he raced at the top level in the early 1990's, then turned to long distance bike packing adventures, but not just his love of long distance hiking got in the way of his cycling - so did life and some time served in the military. He found himself going years and years without riding. Until recently, that is. In 2023 he took a tragic event in his life and turned it into a reason to embrace life - and hopped...
2024-10-241h 20
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 144 Clint Mongan, Boone CyclesIn an era that is becoming increasingly friendly to online ordering for bikes and bike parts, and increasingly hostile to brick and mortar retail stores, Clint Mongan has carved out a niche, selling high end full suspension mountain bikes to an ever growing list of clients out of a small, remote shop in an unassuming little town in south-central Iowa. He's also the owner and manager of Boone Factory Racing, supporting some of the top junior downhill racers in the country - if not world - including Kallie Stewart, winner of the 2024 Monster Downhill Race Series. You can connect...
2024-10-1655 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 143. Jenna Rinehart and the 2024 UCI Gravel World ChampionshipsJenna Rinehart, a Midwest mountain biking icon, a competitor in the Lifetime Grand Prix (get to know her in Episode 141!) just returned from racing in Belgium at the UCI Gravel World Championships and was kind enough to stay up late (past 7 pm #jetlag) and download her European Vacation and what it was like racing in the third ever UCI Gravel World Championships. Jenna and her husband, Justin, own and operate Nicolette Bike and Ski, a shop in downtown Mankato, Minnesota. Jenna races on a Specialized Crux on gravel and an Epic on dirt, fills her tires with...
2024-10-1047 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 142 The Limestone 77.7 Singlespeed Gravel Race Experience"Pay Nothing. Give Everything" is the moto of the Limestone 77.7 State of Iowa Single Speed Gravel Championship Race held on Oct. 5 of 2024. The race is promoted by CK (Chris Kyle) and is almost as grass roots as you get - except for the details - CK and friends cover the cost of the event - numbers, insurance, food and water at the aid stops and prizes- and as such, he charges zero to enter. Two courses are offered - a 37.5-mile fun ride (no scoring) and the championship 77.7-mile distance. At a moment of weakness I signed up for...
2024-10-0950 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 141 Jenna Rinehart Professional cyclist taking on the Lifetime Grand PrixEnticed by the mountain bike trails she could see underneath her skis as she ascended the lift at her local ski area, Jenna Rinehart went from carving turns on on snow to carving turns on dirt. In her early mountain biking career, she often stood atop the podium at what is now one of the oldest mountain bike races in the country: the Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival, as well as many other midwest mountain bike races. In 2011 she and her husband bought the Mankato, Minnesota bike shop they worked at and went from starting lines to repair stands and...
2024-10-021h 02
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 140 Ted Longnecker & Jackson Webster at the Garmin Gravel WorldsThis week we’re going back to Gravel Worlds - and not to hear race highlights or the story of a big victory by gravel national champ Lauren Stephens or norwegian Simon Svendsen - this isn’t even a story about the marquee 150-mile race - but this week we’re talking with a couple of guys who did the Privateer 75-miler - and did they win? Nope - 19th and 20th overall - But this IS a story of friendship, of hard work and overcoming adversity - it’s also a story about how cool our sport is - and ho...
2024-09-251h 16
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 139 Trans Rockies Race Series Promotor Aaron McConnellThe Trans Rockies Race Series is celebrating 20 years of multi-day, multi-stage cycling and ultra-running races through the Rockies. We talked with the series promotor Aaron McConnell about the 10-race series which includes mountain biking, running and gravel stage races as well as gravel and road fondos. The Series spans the Rockies from British Columbia and Alberta Canada down through the Colorado and Utah mountains, deserts and canyons. After you listen to this episode and are all excited to find out more and sign up, head to www.transrockies.com for information, dates and locations on all the events.
2024-09-1835 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 138 Chris Mehlman: Endurance Mountain Biker and Gravel RacerChris Mehlman has represented the United States at the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championship, competed in multiple ultra-endurance gravel races, such as the Unbound XL and most recently the Garmin Gravel Worlds 300-mile Long Voyage. He joins us on Bike Talk with Dave to share the story of his 2024 race on the rolling gravel seas around Lincoln Nebraska. Be sure to follow Chris on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/cmehlman34/ and keep up with his race blog on his website at www.chrismehlman.com. If in the central Iowa area, join us at...
2024-09-121h 03
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 137 The core4 2024 Live Experience! The core4 is an August race where no surface is left untouched - beautiful crushed stone roads (known to most of us as 'gravel'!), grassy farm access lanes, dirty level-B roads, lovely singletrack (and challenging singletrack!), limestone paths and even some much appreciated pavement to give your body a rest! And let's not leave out the cyclocross finish! Starting and finishing at the Wilson's Orchard north of Iowa City, Iowa, core4 enters it's third year, this time with some cash for the fast folks in the challenging Stone Crusher 100-miler. It's reputation as a great event, and maybe the...
2024-09-0552 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 136 Curtis White #crossishereThis week we welcome Curtis White, National Cyclocross Champion, Pan American Champion and host of the popular In The Red Podcast We talk about the state of cross in the United States as we head in the the 2024-25 cross season. We're also giving away a BIVO Waterbottle! Listen in to win! And if you don't win, use the code: hydratewithcurtis for free shipping on any order! Be sure and follow Curtis on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/curtisjwhite and get out on the grass to enjoy the exciting sport of cyclocross this season! If in...
2024-08-2159 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 135 Patrick Coughlin: Cow Bus: End of an era? Or a Phoenix rising from the ashes? Patrick Coughlin and his wife Gabrielle started Team Cow on RAGBRAI more than 20 years ago, with a white bus adorned with black spots and a horn that moo's - and all the obvious puns that go along with it. After a wonder week of RAGBRAI in 2024, disaster struck the bus on it's drive back to central Iowa from the Mississippi River. Was that to be the final year of Team Cow or would the bus live on? We joined Patrick at his office in Des Moines to find out how Team Cow began, swap some RAGBRAI stories and finally...
2024-08-0245 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 134 Break the Cycle: BTC 200-mile Ride Started as a 200-mile ride from West Des Moines to Arnolds Park at Lake Okoboji, Iowa more than a dozen years ago, Break the Cycle is now a series of cycling events, run relays, and other endurance events across the US, UK and Norway, which raise funds for Hope for Justice to transform lives in the fight against human trafficking. The flagship event continues to be the Break the Cycle 200, where we ride 200 miles together in a single day with one purpose: to end human trafficking and modern-day slavery. Bike Talk with Dave rode along in one...
2024-07-0340 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 133 Remembering Chris Lillig with Greg Duethman and Ken LeflerChris Lillig was an Iowa City cyclist who was killed by a drunk driver in 1996, but continues to be a positive influence on cycling in the Midwest today. River Products Company, a stone company where he worked, has supported the biggest races in Iowa (and the world!) for the past 23 years, first the Old Capital Criterium then the Friday Night Races at Jingle Cross and now at the Stone Crusher 100=mile race at the 2024 core4 - a race which covers all surfaces, from pavement to crushed stone to singletrack. Having never met Chris myself, I was curious who he...
2024-06-2747 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 132 Jay Petervary: Ultra-endurance cyclistWhat can you say about JP? Beyond his cycling accolades, which are many, words like kind, friendly, thoughtful and generous sit right next to competitive, driven, adventurous, curious and... maybe a little crazy! His first go on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route was on a tandem with his wife of many adventures; Tracey. After more than 25 years of racing, including a dozen times up the Iditarod Trail, seven times down the spine of the Rockies on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, winning the first Silk Road Mountain Bike Race, he now gives back through the industry of...
2024-06-191h 00
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 131 Danielle Ravnikar at UnboundDanielle Ravnikar had an unlikely road to professional cycling, finding her way through dance to the starting line of the Elite Woman's race at the 2024 Unbound. Would her time on the sidelines of the Minnesota Vikings as an NFL Cheerleader be enough to get her to the finish line of her first 200-mile gravel race? Only time would tell. Danielle Ravnikar is a member of the Mazda Orange Seal cycling team and was kind enough to spend some time on a call to talk about her journey to the starting line in Emporia, Kansas, and then her struggles to...
2024-06-121h 09
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 130 Cade BickmoreRecently, Cade popped into my life for a minute, thanks to a friend having a birthday party and Matt Zimmer bringing his teammate to said party on an e-bike. "It was a rest day,,," Cade is one of many weapons on the formidable Project Echelon Cycling Team and at a recent weekend of racing along the Mississippi River, Cade took 3/4 wins, throwing down 1700+ watts in the process. It was a good time to have the multi-time national champion on. Follow Cade on instagram, facebook by searching for his handle: cbikemore. https://www.instagram.com/cbikemore/ ...
2024-06-051h 06
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 129 BIKE MONTH! At the Singlespeed Cruiser 100-mile RideI thought I'd send out Bike Month by joining some friends on a 100-mile singlespeed cruiser ride (full disclosure: I couldn't spend the whole day riding, so I joined in for a pile of miles in the morning!). In the spirit of Bike Month, I brought along Mr. Microphone and asked people what cycling has give them, but the episode begins with the swearing in of the Nut Checking Crew - vital to the success of this ride. We close out the show with an impromptu recording of a good cycling friend's daughter, Lauren Igou, who was playing at...
2024-05-2937 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 128 James Longhurst; Author of BIKE BATTLES; A History of Sharing the American RoadSeveral months ago I got an email from a guy in Lacross Wisconsin - James Longhurst. He asked if I’d like to read his book on the history of bicycles sharing the American road. It's called Bike Battles. Recently, he was kind enough to carve out some time during finals week at UW-LaCross, to discuss his book Bike Battles: A History of Sharing The American Road. Thanks to James for sharing his book with us today - I really enjoyed it - and I also really enjoyed diving deeper into it with James - and I wo...
2024-05-221h 05
HODLong 后浪Ep.40 [EN]: Cindy & David: the Driftooors building the future of finance on SolanaSimilar to how I feel about Magic Eden, it's very inspiring to see how well Drift Protocol is doing today after all the thick and thins. In light of the $DRIFT TGE, I did this podcast with Cindy and David. Shownotes:How was these 3 years of building? How does it feel having been through the whole bull and bear and bull again?What was the toughest time for you during these years? How did you power through it?How did that challenging experience impact and lead to the design of v2? How was v2 different from v...
2024-05-1746 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 127 Kate Strom: Radical Custom Cycling ApparelKate Strom, a passionate mountain biker and talented graphic designer found a way to combine the two as a custom cycling apparel designer. After working for a small custom kit company for a few years, ventured off to start her own company with a conscience: Radical Custom Cycling Apparel. Her goal: Good looking, great fitting and performing cycling clothing that is easy for the customer, affordable and environmentally friendly. What she's come up with is a no-minimum (correct... no minimum), ordered and shipped by and too each team member (no more boxes of kits on the living room floor...
2024-05-1546 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 126 Mother's Day Spectacular with Marisa Boaz, Deanne Herr, Dee Mable and hosted by Lisa CarponelliWhile we should be celebrating moms 365.25 days per year, we do have one day we set aside to really recognize how awesome moms are. And cycling moms - they're like regular moms, only better! So what better than to, not only invite some awesome cyclists who are also awesome moms, but also invite another awesome mom cyclist and journalist to lead the discussion? What we've got here is gravel pro Marisa Boaz, ultra cyclist Deanne Herr and my own partner in this game of life, Dee Mable all together with the interview being led by a talented cyclist, mom...
2024-05-0857 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 125 Matt Zimmer shares his thoughts on the state of road racing in the U.S. Matt Zimmer, Project Echelon rider for a good many years and I wanted to get his opinion on the state of road racing in the U.S. We met for a beer on the patio of a lovely local brewery: (Either Or - It's actually a restaurant and nice bar - but it's owned by the people who own a local brewery: Lua - so I call it a brewery... I guess it's Either a restaurant Or a brewery.... the name says it all). Anyway - Matt and I had a great conversation about bikes - we hope you...
2024-05-011h 03
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 124 Jason Strohbehn: Gravel Worlds First 2 Last InitiativeIn it's 15 years, the Garmin Gravel Worlds has become one of the biggest gravel events on the U.S. calendar. Boasting a heritage of champions that range from Trans-Iowa alumni to World Tour cyclists - and all without huge prize purses - until now. Recently, a $30,000 prize purse was announced for the elite mens and women's races - but along with that, they will also be donating another $30,000 to charities AND have welcomed Hannah Shell into the Gravel Family in an initiative to celebrate the back of the pack, as much as the front in their new F2L...
2024-04-2548 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 123 Fatbike Design and Prep with Steve McGuireIf you’ve been tuning in through this past winter, you have likely heard of my big scary adventure coming up next winter - what will be my first fat bike winter ultra at the Arrowhead 135 - a 135-mile adventure through the remote wilderness of northern Minnesota in late January - it starts in International Falls and is known for it’s bitter cold temperatures and deep snow - and while it’s not always cold and snowy, as in this past edition (tune in to our conversation with Cate Coward in episode 114!) - but I will say - you’d...
2024-04-171h 05
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 122 Hannah Shell and Starla Teddergreen on Cape EpicSince starting this podcast more than two years ago, I’ve wanted to talk to a team that had completed the Cape Epic together - Well, a couple months ago I saw that good friend of the podcast Hannah Shell was headed to South Africa with a friend of hers Starla Teddergreen - so I immediately shot her a note asking if the two of them would come on when they got home from the other side of the world and she enthusiastically agreed! Fast forward to April and the three of us found a time to hop on a...
2024-04-101h 07
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 121 Josh Sprague, Orange Mud FounderJosh Sprague is as much an addict to endurance sports as the rest of us, and you know as well as anyone when a piece of equipment just isn't quite right. With weekends filled with adventure races, ultra marathons and long mountain bike rides, Josh just couldn't find the right hydration pack, so he built one. He liked it so much, he and his wife made the decision to dive in and founded Orange Mud and started producing what they believe to be the best, most comfortable hydrations packs on the market! Twelve years later they continue to create...
2024-04-031h 15
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 120 The 2024 Rattlesnake Gravel Grind Festival w/ Guest Host: Dee Mable! As a full-time working couple with kids, a house and everything that comes with that, it's a challenge to pick and choose what events to attend throughout the year - but this one comes easy. It's not just a gravel race, it's a weekend long festival of camping, food, music, beers, bike rides and great West Texas hospitality! (and a few snakes) This was our second year (Dee and Dave's) at the Rattlesnake Gravel Grind and of course, Mr. Microphone came with us. After the race we talked with race winners Joe Laverick and Lauren Stephens, second place Chris...
2024-03-271h 01
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 119 Sherry Ott: Riding from Capitol to CapitolSherry Ott's journey - riding her bicycle from state capitol to state capitol, began with her father, Lee, in 1984. In nearly 30 years he connected 23 capitols on foot. Fast forward another almost 10 years and a pandemic later, Sherry would pick up the project, but this time on bicycle. As a travel blogger, adventure and travel isn't new to Sherry - however an adventurous project like this, inside the United States, is. Sherry has been traveling the world, writing, photographing and vlogging since dropping out of the corporate nine to five almost twenty years ago - but her travels have taken...
2024-03-201h 13
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 118 Tuesday Vander Weide, sharing her passion for cycling! Tuesday Vander Weide not only enjoys racing her bikes, whether on gravel, cyclocross, singletrack or on the road, she's also worked for years at her local bike shop in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and recently landed at job at one of the largest cycling companies in the world, the U.S. based SRAM! Being International Women's Month, I thought it was the perfect time to hear her story, not just how she came into the sport, but how it's been as a woman working in a predominantly man's world. We had a great conversation and she's got some awesome...
2024-03-1557 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 117 Kelsi and Cole Ledbetter and the Iowa Gravel ProjectKelsi and Cole Ledbetter are the founders of the Iowa Gravel Project and Redfield Rock and Roll Gravel Race in Iowa. They recently took over a couple of Midwest classics: The Spotted Horse Ultra and the Iowa Gravel Classic. I was curious what led them down the road to not host just one gravel race, but now three, as well as the weekly rides with the Iowa Gravel Project. Information can be found online as well as instagram and facebook: Iowa Gravel Project and the Redfield Rock and Roll Gravel Race: https://www.iowagravelproject.com/...
2024-03-061h 00
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 116 The Gravel Tires of CIRREMYou ever question your own choice of tires? Me too. Especially on gravel. How wide? How much tread? How much pressure? Tubeless? So many choices, so little time. So at the OG of winter gravel races, CIRREM (a 16-year-old 64-mile hilly gravel race in the south central Iowa town of Cumming the final Saturday in February) Mr. Microphone came out after the race and we talked to people about their tires and how they chose them, and a bit about the race as well. In fact, we start with the two founders Kent Carlson and Jed Gammel, and talked...
2024-02-2845 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 115 Jon Harp: Director of the Mazda/Orange Seal Off Road Cycling TeamJon Harp discovered competitive cycling as a teen in Chicagoland and made his way to the front of the echelon even securing a spot on a professional team in Europe. For reasons we'll let him tell, he hung up his bike and came back to the States. Eventually, however, he eventually discovered the joys of cycling on remote gravel roads, and loved it so much he was inspired to start a gravel and dirt focused team: The Mazda/Orange Seal Off Road Cycling Team. Together we dive into his history in the sport and the development of the now...
2024-02-2158 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 114 Kate Coward & Steve McGuire talk about the 2024 Arrowhead 135 Winter UltraKate Coward's name is synonymous with winter ultras, especially on a fat bike. She's finished and won the Arrowhead 135 on bike, but also completed what is called one of the 50 hardest races on earth on both skis and foot. She's also won in her first go of the Iditarod Trail Invitational ITI350 as well as the Tuscobia 160 and Actif Epica. She recently finished fourth overall and first among the women in the warm 2024 Arrowhead 135, notable because Bike Talk with Dave regular and Mentor to Dave in his own Arrowhead attempt next year, Steve McGuire had to withdraw at mile 27...
2024-02-141h 07
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 113 Justin McQuerry: Managing Diabetes as an athleteJustin McQuerry jumped back on the podcast this week to share his story of growing up with Type 1 Diabetes and how he manages that lifelong disease while still performing and competing at the highest level. Justin is a member of Team Novo Nordisk www.teamnovonordisk.com where every athlete has been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. With this team he competes in road races, criteriums and stage races both in the U.S. as well as internationally in Canada and Europe. You can find him on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/j_mcquerry/ and will be defending his title...
2024-02-0751 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 112 David King, Justin McQuerry and Joe Laverick on the Rattlesnake Gravel GrindThe Rattlesnake Gravel Grind, March 21-24, 2024, is a weekend of gravel riding and racing in and around the west Texas town of Sweetwater. Camping, music, great food and incredible gravel routes make for an entire weekend event centered around Saturday's main event: A 30-, 70-, and 105-mile gravel race. We talked with Race Director David King, as well as the 2023 champion Justin McQuerry and British pro rider Joe Laverick about this year's race and what to expect. There may have been a bit of a throwdown made during this podcast... For information on the ride and to sign up...
2024-01-3147 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 111 BONUS! Carina Hamel: Bivo Water BottlesCarina Hamel and her husband Robby Ringer sought to create a reusable stainless steel water bottle built specifically to fit bike water bottle cages and give cyclists the flow they want. They worked with a NASA engineer and spent more than a year on design and the result was Bivo - a high performance water bottle made for bikes! After cutting back on plastic myself for a variety of reasons, I reached out to see what this bottle was like and invite Carina on to talk about the who, what and why of this new product. For more information...
2024-01-2629 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 110 Mason Gravley: The Adventure Sports PodcastMason Gravley is the host of a nearly decade old weekly podcast - The Adventure Sports Podcast- where he has conversations with all kinds of folks who’ve had amazing adventures! In addition to his podcast- he’s had some pretty awesome adventures himself- some of them on bikes! Tune in to his weekly episodes with people like Bear Grylls, Dave Weins and Kurt Refsnider at www.advenutesportspodcast.com or anywhere you listen to your podcasts.Consider supporting Bike Talk with Dave by rating, reviewing and sharing on your favorite podcast platform. We'd invite you to support the...
2024-01-241h 17
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 109 Ian Boswell; Breakfast with BozIan Boswell, aka Boz, spent several years racing at the highest level in the UCI World Tour with the likes of Bradly Wiggins, Chris Froome and Garaint Thomas on Team Sky. After nearly a decade in Europe, he made the decision to retire from road racing, move to rural Vermont and settle in with his young family. He kept a foot in the door of cycling and started a podcast: Breakfast with Boz as well as working at Wahoo Fitness, representing the company at gravel race expos around the U.S. and at one point, decided to bring his...
2024-01-171h 12
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 82 Susan DeMatteiSusan DeMattei was among the first generation of mountain bikers to compete in UCI World Cup races, World Championships and in the Olympics. While NORBA was the top level of competition in the 1980's, the UCI jumped on the fat-tired bandwagon in the 1990's. Susan DeMattei began competing in the NORBA races in the U.S. in the 1980's, which led her to two UCI Mountain Bike World Championship silver medals in the early 1990's and eventually to the Olympic Games first Mountain Bike race in 1996, earning a bronze medal and solidifying her place in the Mountain Bike Hall of...
2023-06-211h 07
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 80 International Women's Mountain Bike Day: A Midwest perspectiveOn May 6, 2023, The International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) celebrated the International Women's Mountain Bike Day, encouraging clubs and individuals to invite women to experience the joys of mountain biking. In Des Moines, two members of the Central Iowa Trail Association (CITA) - the local IMBA affiliate club, hosted a ride on some local trails - Jolie Erbacher and Emily Orth. While rain delayed the ride for a few weeks, it did not dampen the enthusiasm for riding local singletrack. Bike Talk With Dave joined in the fun and tried to capture the spirit of the day. Dave also reached...
2023-06-0751 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 78 Corey Godfrey: Gravel Hall of Fame & Garmin Gravel Worlds FounderCorey Godfrey began sailing the gravel seas around Lincoln, Nebraska nearly 20 years ago. After experiencing many long voyages through the rolling landscapes of Iowa in early Trans-Iowa adventures, he and Lincoln's Pirate Cycling League invited others to pin on a number and ride their favorite roads around Lincoln. Now in it's 13th year, Garmin Gravel Worlds has become a monument of gravel in the burgeoning gravel calendar. His impact in the gravel scene led him to be nominated and elected to the inaugural class of the Gravel Hall of Fame. Garmin Gravel Worlds: August 25-26, 2023www.gravel-worlds.com Another...
2023-05-2456 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 77: Ozark Gravel Randonneur/ Highlands Gravel Classic; Andrew Onermaa and Brannon PackGreat big gravely things are happening in NW Arkansas and this week we talk with Andrew Onermaa of the Ozark Gravel Cyclists and Director of a new event - the Ozark Randonneur this September. The race is also being hosted by Experience Fayetteville, so we bring on Fayetteville's Director of Cycling Tourism Brannon Pack. Between the two of them there are events and rides available throughout the year in NW Arkansas and we touch on a whole bunch of them, including the Highlands Gravel Classic, the U.S. UCI Gravel World Championship qualifier. Ozark Gravel Cyclists: www.ozarkgravelcyclists.comExperience...
2023-05-171h 03
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 76 Cory Rood: 2023 Iowa Wind and Rock WinnerCory Rood battled the elements, fatigue, wind, rock and sleet to win the 2023 edition of the 340-mile Iowa Wind and Rock Gravel Race. We met at GEAR Cafe in Elkader, Iowa the following weekend to catch up and find out how he found himself in the lead as he made the final climb to the finish line in 28 hours & 48 minutes. www.iowawindandrock.com Another race worth putting on the calendar is the multi-surface Core4 Race in Iowa City, Iowa on August 19, 2023. Get everything you need to know about the 100-, 50-, or 25-mile races which can be done solo or...
2023-05-1044 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 75 Bike Talk Shorts! Name That Wisconsin Town (and more!)In episode 74: Driftless 100 Race Recap, we referenced a fun video we made in 2017 at the Trek CX Cup: Name That Wisconsin Town. It featured eight European riders attempting to pronounce some Wisconsin towns. We thought it would be fun to add it to the podcast cue - plus the sequel: Name That Flemish Town! Plenty of incredible riders played along including then World Cyclocross Champion Sanne Cant, Bike Talk veteran Lance Haidet, Italian National CX Champion Eva Lechner, and multiple World CX Champ Mathieu van der Poel. Watch the original videos on the Cyclocross Magazine's YouTube channel! www.cxmagazine...
2023-05-0812 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 74 Driftless 100 Gravel Race RecapThe Driftless 100 is a 100-mile, 60-mile or 30-mile gravel ride through the beautiful hills of the Driftless region of Northeast Iowa. Starting and finishing in Elkader, Race Director Mat Fassbinder hosted an entire weekend of camping, food, fellowship and some very scenic gravel riding. Mat invited Bike Talk with Dave host Dave Mable to see the course and experience the long, steep climbs, incredible vistas and winding river valleys in and around Elkader. In this episode, Dave takes you along on the ride as he enjoys the late April day on his bike. He also talked with the men's and...
2023-05-0332 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 73 Evan Hartig: The challenges of professional bike racingEvan Hartig won the 2017 Collegiate National Criterium Championships and envisioned a life living in Europe racing bikes. In 2022 that dream faded as he was released from his team and was left to decide what to do with the rest of his life. While riding bikes are still an important part of his life, it's not where he earns his keep, Working part time in a bike shop and back at school, he openly discusses finding a life of balance, and the challenges doing so as a professional cyclist. Please consider supporting Bike Talk with Dave by rating, reviewing and sharing...
2023-04-2648 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 73. Evan Hartig, the challenges of professional bike racingEvan Hartig won the 2017 Collegiate National Criterium Championships and envisioned a life living in Europe racing bikes. In 2022 that dream faded as he was released from his team and was left to decide what to do with the rest of his life. While riding bikes are still an important part of his life, it's not where he earns his keep, Working part time in a bike shop and back at school, he openly discusses finding a life of balance, and the challenges doing so as a professional cyclist. Please consider supporting Bike Talk with Dave by rating, reviewing and...
2023-04-2611 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 71: RAGBRAI Director Matt PhippenAs a lifetime cyclist and longtime RAGBRAI rider, Matt Phippen was named RAGBRAI Director in January 2022. He's had a year to prepare for a milestone year - the 50th RAGBRAI ride! Started in 1973 by two Des Moines Register reporters; Donald Kaul and John Karras, RAGBRAI (Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) has become the biggest, longest-running bike ride in the world. Matt was kind enough to carve out an hour to talk to us about his experiences, both cycling and work, that led him to where he is today - orchestrating the celebration of the 50th ride across Iowa...
2023-04-121h 07
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 68 Rattlesnake Gravel Grind RecapThe Rattlesnake Gravel Grind, held on March 24 - 26, 2023, in Sweetwater, TX was a weekend of gravel riding, music, food, camping and fun. We were invited down for some good ol' west Texas hospitality - and this is our experience! Dave and his wife Dee hauled their tandem down I-35, set up their tent in the Sweetwater Lake Campground and had a weekend filled with memories that will last a lifetime and new friendships that will as well. After the windy gravel ride, Dave grabbed his microphone and talked with the 110=mile winners Emily Newsom (and her husband James!), Justin McQuerry...
2023-03-291h 02
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 67 BIKE TALK SHORTS! SRAM Eagle XX Debut from Austin, TexasThe drivetrain hasn't seen a really significant evolution since the advent of index shifting in the 1980's. IMHO. Well, maybe the brake/shift lever combo - but really, not since then. More gears, electronic movements but the things still basically attach and work the same as the old Nuevo Records that our dads rode, mechanically speaking. So I went to the SRAM Eagle XX premier party at Mellow Johnny's in ATX with a bit of skepticism - and curiosity. Dang. It's different! OK - two jocky wheels, and the slant parallelogram are still there - but the UDH (Universal...
2023-03-2406 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 66 Gravel Worlds Camp w/ Hannah Shell & Jake MageeHannah Shell and Jake Magee will be sharing their experiences of gravel riding and racing with participants in the first Gravel Worlds Gravel Camp, along with Gravel Hall of Famer Cory Cornbread Godfrey. The camp will be held on April 27-30, 2023 in Lincoln Nebraska and is open to all, but will emphasis skills, training and nutrition aimed at beginning gravel riders. Find out more at https://www.gravel-worlds.com/gravelcamp.Hannah and Jake were kind enough to carve out an hour to talk with Dave about things they will share at the camp, but the conversation also...
2023-03-2256 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp 65 Heather Poskevich training for Race Across America: RAAMHeather Poskevich, winner of the 900-mile Race Across the West, (listen on Episode 9) is now training for the 3,000-mile Race Across America or RAAM. Heather is also a wife, mom and an E.R. doctor - so we thought we’d talk with her about her decision to tackle RAAM, and how she juggles training with work and family - so go pour yourself a hot cup of Chain and Spoke coffee, and enjoy this conversation with Heather Poskevich.Support Heather at www.hpultracycling.com and follow HPultracycling on Facebook and Instagram. Beginning on June 13, 2023, fo...
2023-03-1544 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 64 Steve Cannon on the Iditarod Trail; Part 2In 2019 Steve Cannon rolled across Knik Lake, an hour northwest of Anchorage Alaska, with more than a hundred others riding, skiing and on foot, down the Iditarod Trail. Leaving McGrath, more than 300-miles away, the 17 remaining would ride and walk deep into the unknown, pushing through fresh snow, across barren tundra, up melting rivers and across a frozen sea as they made their way the 1000-miles to Nome.
Upon his return home, Cannon sat down with Dave Mable to capture his experiences on film. This is his story of crossing Alaska by bike, from the shores of Knik Lake, to t...
2023-03-081h 04
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 63 Chris Daggs and a Road Racing RevivalChris Daggs, professional coach with USA Cycling, LUX Cycling Development Team and now Director Sportif with the Above + Beyond Cancer (ABC) Cycling Team, is hoping for a bit of a road racing revival - and willing to do the work to help make that happen. He has recently announced a summer or racing: Three one-day races tied together in a series - The Golden Dragon - a Stage Race in May and a series of mid-week training races in the heart of the Midwest. We spent an hour discussing these races, his new role as the ABC...
2023-03-061h 15
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 62 Bike Talk Shorts! Kathi Merchant & Flori Reiterberger on the Iditarod Trail InvitationalWelcome to the first episode of Bike Talk Shorts! (well, kinda... hey... it's my first short! I'll get better making the Shorts short!) - We begin with Kathi Merchant, Co-Director of the 2019 Iditarod Trail Invitational as she dives into a bit of the history of the race, the trail as well as some of the competitors (from Iowa... it was for a news piece in Des Moines). It's all pure Bering Sea gold! Secondly, we talk with Flori Reiterberger on the couch of the host home of the 350-mile checkpoint in McGrath, Alaska. It's a glimpse into what brings...
2023-03-0328 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 61 Steve Cannon's Iditarod Trail Invitational; Part 1In 2019 Steve Cannon embarked on a journey with a handful of other intrepid souls, to ride their bikes along the Iditarod Trail from near Anchorage, across the Alaska Range to Nome, a thousand miles away on the Bering Sea. Bike Talk with Dave's Dave Mable followed along to film a documentary about the journey. Once the two had returned home, Cannon and Mable sat down to record Cannon's experience, from his first fatbike ride all the way through Alaska to Nome. This is the first half of that recording - taking listeners from Cannon's first ride to the starting...
2023-03-0156 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 60 David King & Jimmy Hendrix: The Rattlesnake Gravel GrindYes, Jimmy Hendrix, but with a bike, not a guitar! David and Jimmy have crafted a 30, 60 & 100+ mile gravel race through the power-producing (wind and oil) west Texas hill country - and don't worry, the Rattlesnake Round-up is the week prior to this weekend-long celebration, so the likelyhood of seeing this race's namesake is very low! The Rattlesnake Gravel Grind is an entire weekend of activities, with music, food (breakfast every day!), , beer, camping and riding is planned for March 24-26. 25-30 mile Shakedown rides on Friday and Sunday with the main event on Saturday. Join pros Emily Newsom, Laurens...
2023-02-2342 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 59; Hannah Kern, Cycling around the world for Hannah's Happiness ProjectHannah Kern aka Hannah Happiness, has ridden her bike across Asia, Europe, Africa and now in Central and South America spreading happiness and joy through her Happiness Project."I believe that everyone has the right to be happy and it is my mission to make happiness accessible and sustainable for everyone." =Hannah KernTraveling by bicycle, she spreads her happiness mission through social work, motivational speaking (Watch her TEDx Talk HERE), workshops, 1/1 coaching and activism. Follow her journey on Instagram @hanshappinessproject and join her mission at www.hannahshappinessproject.com.Hannah was kind to...
2023-02-221h 02
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 58 Mark West: Professional Cyclocross MechanicMark West has been fixing bikes for nearly 20 years and has been working in the trenches for some of the best domestic cyclocross teams and riders: Raleigh/Clement, Donnely, Cannondale/Cyclocross World and in 2022/2023, the Steve Tilford Foundation Cyclocross Team. He's worked with some of the best in the nation and world: Ben Berden, Jamey Driscoll, Gage Hecht, Lance Haidet, Clara Honsinger, Lizzy Gonsalus, Raylin Nuss and Curtis White. He was handing off bikes to both Gage Hecht and Curtis White when they won the U.S. National Cyclocross Championships. Most recently he spent a month in Belgian, supporting...
2023-02-151h 08
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 57. Fabian Sarralta: Gravel Locos Race DirectorGravel Locos: "The biggest race you've never heard of." Betsy Welch - VeloNews. Fabian Sarralta, who came to America from Cuba with his family when he was eight, started riding gravel events in 2016 and loved the challenge, camaraderie and acceptance of the sport so much he began hosting his own race only a few years later. His first event, in Hico, Texas, now attracts top pros from around the U.S., as well as around the world and is known for it's scenic (read: challenging) courses, unique awards, and grassroots feel. The race now encompasses two events...
2023-02-0853 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 56. Brendan Quirk: President and CEO of USA CyclingBrendan Quirk has a long history of cycling and in the cycling industry, founding one of the first online bicycling retailers: Competitive Cyclist. Since selling it he's worked as the President of Rapha North America, CEO of the bike brand Allied, has worked with the Waltons on the planning and development of mountain bike trails in OZ (Northwest Arkansas) and just prior to being hired to replace Rob DeMartini as CEO of USA Cycling, served on the USAC Board of Directors. In December of 2021 he replaced DeMartini at the helm of competitive cycling's U.S. governing body and recently...
2023-02-011h 07
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 55 Craig Dalton, Co-Host The Gravel Ride PodcastCriag Dalton started the Gravel Ride Podcast where he, as he says in his podcast introduction, goes deep on the sport of gravel cycling through in-depth interviews with product designers, event organizers and athletes who are pioneering the sport. Dalton, a lifelong cyclist who discovered gravel cycling back in 2016 and his co-host Randal Jacobs, a cycling industry insider, publish the Gravel Ride Podcast each week as well as manage a gravel cycling community known as The Ridership. Tune in to the Gravel Ride Podcast on your favorite podcast platform or online at www.thegravelride.bike You can join the...
2023-01-251h 07
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 54 Steve McGuire and the Bike LabThis week, I’ve put together a double episode - Episode 53, which you might have just listened to, is a recent conversation with a bike packing fat biker who crafts his purpuse-built bikes at the University of Iowa Bike Lab. 12 years ago he started the bike building curriculem that we'll hear about in detail in this episode. I met our guest, Steve McGuire, In 2019 as he was riding the Iditarod Trail with his Friend Judd Rowler. I was intregued with his program, and wanted to include it in my film 1000 Miles to Nome. After we got home from Alaska I...
2023-01-1935 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 53 Steve McGuire: Fatbiker, Adventurer, Bikepacker, Professor: Bicycle Fabrication & DesignAs the Director of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa, wove his passion for long, challenging, cold bike rides together with the U of I curriculum. The result was a now world renown bike building set of classes known as Bike I and Bike II. Teaching a bike building class also allows him the opportunity to build bikes of his own design for his use in his favorite type of bike races: Winter Ultra-Endurance Bikepacking events. His travels have taken him from the frozen rivers and mountains of the Iditarod Trail, to the sub-zero Canadian Bordertown...
2023-01-1858 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 52 Eria Sabiiti: Iowa Gravel GangEria Sabiiti is passionate about riding gravel and equally as passionate about telling his story, in the hopes that he motivates or encourages others to hop on. bike and join in on the gravely fun - regardless of who they are, where they came from or what they're riding! His passion, which he shares with his wive Evonne, comes to life on his YouTube channel: the Iowa Gravel Gang. He opens up about challenges encountered during a race, his equipment choices and even favorite routes. Follow their adventures on YouTube and Instagram at IowaGravelGang. And join Eria...
2023-01-1154 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEpisode no. 51 Annabelle Santerre: Arctic Guide, Skier, Mountain biker and rock climberThis the winter edition of Bike Talk with Dave as I get to dive into the frigid world of Arctic travel with someone I met on the chairlift during a recent trip to Colorado. Annabelle Santerre. What caught my attention was when she used the words North Pole during her elevator speech about what she does. We connected on instagram, where I discovered her active life of extreme sports - skiing, arctic expedition training, rock climbing and, of course - mountain biking! I couldn’t help but ask her on - and I hope you enjoy our conversation ...
2023-01-0456 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEpisode 50; Stephen Hyde: A 2018 Conversation with Zach SchusterStephen Hyde charged to the front of the U.S. National Cyclocross Championship Race in 2017 and 2018. In October of 2018, he sat down with then Cyclocross Magazine Editor Zach Schuster for a chat about his three unique custom designed and painted Cannonade race bikes, as well as his road to the Stars and Stripes jersey. Subscribe to the CXHairs Bulletin Today! Support the show by rating and reviewing, and sharing with friends! If you'd like to support the show financially, you can go to BuyMeACoffee.com or directly with Venmo: @David-Mable - I'll send you a...
2022-12-2134 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 49: Rose Grant talks Lifetime Grand Prix Rose Grant’s pockets are stuffed with pal mares, a five-time U.S. Mountain Bike Marathon National Champion, two-time Leadville 100 Champion and so much more. In 2022 she was among 30 elite athletes chosen to compete in the six-race Lifetime Grand Prix. All on dirt, racing began in April at the Sea Otter Classic and concluded in October with the Big Sugar 100-mile gravel race in NW Arkansas. Other races included Unbound, Tushar Crusher, The Leadville 100 and the Chequamegon 40. On episode no. 18 of this podcast, Rose committed to join Dave after the series and share her experiences. She also talks about he...
2022-12-141h 10
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 48. Matt Gardiner: eSports and the Saris/Nopinz eSport TeamMatt Gardiner spent his high school years playing XBOX, becoming a master of Call of Duty and Halo. In college, he discovered that exercise could help relieve the stress of studying for the CPA. Then, with the CPA Certificate in hand, he took to triathlon, competing at the half-Ironman-length distance events. While training for his first marathon, a bike accident landed him in the OR to repair his broken collarbone. Desperate to keep his fitness, arm in sling, he hoisted himself up on an indoor trainer and began to ride. A friend suggested this new computer program that made...
2022-12-071h 08
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 47 Chris Namba: Squid BikesChris Namba was one of the four founders of the creatively painted and high performance bicycle brand known as Squid Bikes. Built and painted in the U.S.A., Namba and his partners founded the brand as an idea to help fund a season of racing and build a creatively painted line of bikes. Nearly a decade later Squid Bikes offer dozens of options for gravel, cyclocross, road and mountain bikes, each individually and uniquely hand painted with a rattle can (Spray Bike). When Namba isn't managing the bike brand or painting bikes, he can be found wrenching for...
2022-11-301h 15
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 45 Alex Buhmeyer and Nate Kullbom discus the core4, a unique gravel, dirt and pavement event to be held in August of 2023core4 Is a unique cycling event which includes gravel, dirt, single track and pavement all in one grand circuit - whether 100 miles, 50 miles or even 25. Modeled after the Rule of Three event in Bentonville, Arkansas, core4 is Iowa City, Iowa’s new premier cycling experience, a celebration of community, opportunity, recreation and engagement. core4 will leave no surface untouched on August, 19, 2023.
Offering a unique pricing structure, registration for the event opens on Dec. 2, 2022 at www.core4.bike.We’d like to welcome Alex Buhmeyer and Nate Kullbom to Bike Talk with Dave, where we talked about the origin o...
2022-11-1656 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 44 Marisa Boaz, a season of success on gravel and pavement! Marisa Boaz has had an incredible first year with the Mazda Lauf Factory Cycling Team as well as the Lux Cycling Development Team. She’s been racing in some of the biggest gravel and road races in the U.S. and even abroad, finishing in the top ten, on the podium and even a victory or two! She was my guest on Episode 12 where we talked about her recent victory in the winter gravel classic CIRREM, but also about how and when she got her start racing bikes. Be sure to give that a listen to hear how this wi...
2022-11-0847 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 43 Experience Fayetteville! OZCX: UCI Cyclocross World Cup 2022Fayetteville Arkansas hosts the second stop of the 2022-2023 UCI Cyclocross World Cup series. Dive deep inside a weekend experiencing all that a weekend of racing and riding at the top of Millsap Mountain in Centennial Park. In addition to rider interviews and race highlights, you'll get to explore some of the mountain bike trails with Dave and his friends Doug and Nathan.Featuring: Curtis White, Caroline Mani, Sunny Gilbert, Eric Brunner, Filipe Nystrom, Eli Iserbyt, and Lauren Zoerner, as well as Race Promotor John Haily, photographer Nathan Snowy Mountain, Mechanic Doug Nishimura and Experience Fayetteville's own...
2022-11-0250 min
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 42 Lance Haidet and the Lifetime Grand PrixLance Haidet juggles racing on the road, gravel mountain bike and cyclocross at the highest level while studying mechanical engineering at Cal Poly. As the 2019 U23 U.S. National Road Race Champion he caught the eye of Justin and Cory Williams and the Legion of LA race team and joined for 2o20. Legion of LA has allowed him to explore the world of gravel as well continue in cyclocross and mountain bike racing while supporting the criterium-heavy Legion team. In 2022 he was accepted as one of 30 competitors in the six-race Lifetime Grand Prix. He and Dave connected the week...
2022-10-251h 03
Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & eventsEp. 41 Hannah Shell and the State of GravelHannah Shell is a professional gravel privateer, powered by Vantage Racing and fueled by The Feed! She's racing the biggest gravel races in the U.S. as well as the Lifetime Grand Prix. She sparked my interest when she posted a strong opinion regarding the structure of the elite women's race at the recent UCI Gravel World Championships (NOT the Pirate Cycling League's Gravel Worlds in Nebraska!). I contacted her to have a conversation about the ever evolving gravel landscape. She was open and willing to share her opinions, which I did as well! We also get to know...
2022-10-1959 min
CISN Radio The Central Iowa Sports NetworkIRONMAN Des Moines Preview with Professional Triathlete Tyson WielandOn Sunday, June 12, 2022, the IRONMAN North American Championships will be flooding downtown Des Moines with swimmers, cyclists and runners as athletes from around the world compete in the 140-mile event. They will swim 2.4 miles in Grey's Lake, ride 112 miles through DeSoto, Redfield, Winterset, Cumming and back to Des Moines, then run three laps around Grey's Lake and downtown to complete the 26.2 marathon. CISN's Dave Mable talked with a Des Moines professional triathlete and coach Tyson Wieland about the course, the impact on Des Moines as well as what he's done to prepare and how he expects to manage the...
2022-06-0936 min