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Bikes & Big Ideas

Bikes & Big Ideas is the weekly podcast from BLISTER that's dedicated to the most interesting conversations and ideas from the bike world — and beyond.


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Tool on Their Radical Machined High-Pivot Bike from 2023-12-07T15:58:35

William Boisvert made his first bike frame — a machined front triangle for a Devinci Troy — in just seven weeks for a college project, and despite the challenges that arose (and the fact that th...

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Albatross Bikes on the Super-Adaptable Apogee Module from 2023-11-30T16:44:25

A lot of companies have offered bikes with a degree of adaptability in their geometry and travel configurations, but the Listen

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Katy Winton on Burnout, Recovery, & Returning to Racing from 2023-11-23T16:54:19

Two races into the 2022 EWS season, Katy Winton hit a breaking point and pulled out of the res...

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Cornelius Kapfinger on Founding Intend, Inverted Forks, and Doing Things Differently from 2023-11-16T16:28:45

Founding Intend (2:18)

Fork design & the first Intend offering (5:24)

Why inverted? (7:09)

Selling inverted forks & market acceptance of things that look different (8:5...

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Neko Mulally on Selling the Frameworks DH Bike, Signing Asa Vermette, and More from 2023-11-09T16:00:35

Neko Mulally’s Frameworks project has drawn a lot of well-deserved attention, and now he’s opening pre-orders ...

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Lachlan Morton on the Tour Divide Record, Bears, Payday Bars, & More from 2023-11-02T14:49:12

The stats of the Tour Divide route — 2,670 miles and 192,000 feet of climbing, mostly on dirt — are imposing, and Lachlan Morton just covered it in a record-setting 12 days, 12 hours, and 21 min...

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Contra Bikes on Making the MC a Reality from 2023-10-26T14:57:58

The Contra MC — a US-made, steel, high-pivot Enduro bike — is an ambitious project by any ...

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Privateer Bikes on the 141 and 161 V2 from 2023-10-19T15:31:09

Privateer has been working on the second-generation versions of their 141 and 161 bikes for three years now, and Dan Hicks, the engineer behind the project, has a ton to share about the thought ...

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Casey Brown, Vaea Verbeeck, and Hannah Bergemann on Women at Rampage from 2023-10-12T13:00:41

When it was announced that Red Bull Formation wasn’t happening in 2023, there was a lot of hopeful speculation that, in its place, there would be women competing at Rampage for the first time. B...

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Reviewer Reports: Contra MC vs. Trek Slash, Santa Cruz Heckler SL, REEB Steezl, & More from 2023-10-05T15:16:49

Simon Stewart, Dylan Wood, and David Golay sat down to talk about a bunch of the bikes they’ve been testing lately, from the short-travel Cannondale Habit to the very not short-travel Canfield O...

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Archibald Cycles on Canadian Manufacturing & the Wild AC1 from 2023-09-28T15:47:23

High-pivot bikes are having a moment. Mullet bikes and steel full-suspension frames are too. And while gearbox mountain bikes haven’t achieved widespread popularity (yet?) they’ve got their arde...

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Sklar Bikes: A Custom Builder’s Shift to “Mass” Production from 2023-09-21T15:44:47

It’s rare for a small but well-established custom bike builder to make the leap to overseas-built production bikes, but Adam Sklar has done just that. While it might be easy to romanticize the i...

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GEAR THERAPY! (Session #1) from 2023-09-14T15:31:39

We recently launched Gear Therapy over on our GEAR:30 podcast and now we’re bringing it over to B...

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Trek on the New High-Pivot Slash from 2023-09-07T15:18:49

Trek’s new sixth-generation Slash has changed a lot from the prior-generation bike ...

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D3O On The Past, Present, and Future of MTB Armor from 2023-08-31T14:40:43

D3O’s non-Newtonian materials are used extensively in mountain bike protective equipment from a lot of different brands, and David Golay recently sat down with their Senior Vice President of Mar...

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Chromag’s Full Suspension Bike Development from 2023-08-24T15:02:54

Chromag has been doing things very differently from most bike companies for decades now, helping to pioneer modern hardcore hardtails — and doing so in Whistler, BC, in the shadow of the legenda...

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Reviewer Reports: Chromag Darco, Pivot Shuttle AM, Commencal Supreme, & More from 2023-08-17T15:23:58

David Golay, Dylan Wood, and Simon Stewart sat down to chat about a whole bunch of the bikes we’re reviewing currently, from the Chromag Darco to the Commencal Supreme, with a ton of other ones ...

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Story Time With Ryan “R-Dog” Howard from 2023-08-10T15:18:16

Aptos, CA is a small beach town that has produced an incredible number of world-class mountain bikers, and Ryan “R-Dog” Howard has a lot of great stories to share about the scene that gave rise ...

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Prevelo founder Jacob Rheuban on Designing a Better Kid’s Bike from 2023-08-03T15:16

When Jacob Rheuban founded Prevelo in 2017, he had no engineering background and no experience in the bike industry, but identified a need for better kids' bikes, and set out to fill it. And now...

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Miranda Miller on DVRGNT Minds, Burnout, & Riding All the Bikes from 2023-07-27T15:56:03

Miranda Miller has done a lot of different things in her career, from winning DH World C...

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Lal Bikes on Making the Supre Drive a Reality from 2023-07-20T17:44:03

When we first had Lal Bikes founder and Supre Drive inventor Cedric Eveleigh on the show about a year and a half ago, he’d just announced the Supre Drive — a wild take on reinventing the mountai...

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Gear of the Year (So Far), 2023 from 2023-07-13T15:26:26

Summer is in full swing and we’ve been testing a ton of new bikes and gear, so I sat down with Simon Stewart and Dylan Wood to chat about some of the things that have stood out to us the most, i...

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Deviate Cycles on High-Pivot Bikes, Onshoring Production, & the Lowlander Prototype from 2023-07-06T18:05:40

Deviate Cycles is well known for their high-pivot Trail and Enduro bikes, and that concept has gained a lot...

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Anna Newkirk and Abby Hogie on Beyond Racing, the Contra DH Bike, & More from 2023-06-29T15:42:57

Beyond Racing started as a pipedream of Anna Newkirk and Abby Hogie: wouldn’t it be cool to have a World Cup race team that you run and race for with your best friend? Few people have the skills...

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Reviewer Reports: Commencal T.E.M.P.O., Tons of Suspension, & More from 2023-06-22T15:47:51

We’re testing a ton of new bikes with more on the way (stay tuned!) so David Golay recently sat down with Dylan Wood and Simon Stewart to talk about the Listen

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Wyn Masters on his Privateer Program, the 2023 DH Race Landscape, & More from 2023-06-15T17:14:12

Making it as a World Cup Downhill racer is hard and, as we discuss in this episode, the new rule changes to the series for 2023 just might make it harder. So we sat down with Listen

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A Very Deep Dive on Suspension with EXT’s Franco Fratton, Pt. 3 from 2023-06-08T16:01:11

EXT Suspension founder Franco Fratton is a wealth of information when it comes to all things suspension, and in the third installment of our deep dive on suspension series, Franco and I cover ev...

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Forge+Bond on Envisioning, Designing, Testing, & Refining a Carbon Fiber Wheel Design from 2023-06-01T16:41:17

Designing, prototyping, testing, and refining a carbon fiber wheel is deceptively complicated. Things like weight, stiffness, vertical compliance, and durability are the standard buzzwords for <...

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Jesse Melamed on His 2022 EWS Title, “Near Death” Save, Moving to Canyon, & More from 2023-05-25T15:31:53

Jesse Melamed won the 2022 EWS Overall, and then, despite that success, made the move to Canyon fr...

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Bikes vs. Skis, 4th Edition (2023): Part 2 from 2023-05-18T15:05:05

After tackling broader questions like “which bike and ski brands are the current holders of their respective ‘Cool Kids Belts’” in Listen

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Richie Schley on Inventing Freeride MTB, Bike Evolution, Fixing Rampage, & More from 2023-05-11T18:12:15

Richie Schley is one of a kind — pioneering freeride mountain biker, former pro skier, hilarious s...

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Payson McElveen on “Crossing Tasmania” & Finding Joy Beyond Racing from 2023-05-04T15:32:25

When Payson McElveen rode across Iceland in a single pull a few years ago, he found someth...

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Sea Otter 2023 Recap from 2023-04-27T14:26:10

We just got back from the 2023 iteration of the Sea Otter Classic, and while we’re definitely still recovering, we sat down to chat about a bunch of the most interesting new gear we saw at the s...

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Project Bike Tech on Putting Bike Shops in Schools from 2023-04-20T13:32:18

Project Bike Tech was founded to answer the question “what if there was something like high school auto s...

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Yeti SB160, Pivot Shuttle LT, SRAM Transmission & More from 2023-04-13T15:46:55

We’ve been hard at work testing a whole bunch of new bikes and gear, and David Golay and Simon Stewart sat down to talk about a whole bunch of it, including comparisons of two very different End...

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Abbey Bike Tools Founder Jason Quade from 2023-04-06T15:21

Bikes have become much, much better built over the last couple of decades, but Jason Quade felt like the tools to work on them hadn’t kept pace, and (sort of accidentally) founded Abbey Bike Too...

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Phil Atwill on Greek MTB, Propain Positive, the 2023 Race Season & More from 2023-03-30T15:50:40

There aren’t many riders who do such a wide range of riding as well as Phil Atwill. He’s had great results on the Downhill World Cup circuit, his film parts are super varied and impressive, and ...

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SRAM’s New Eagle Transmission and Stealth Brakes from 2023-03-23T14:26:29

The new Eagle Transmission is a big addition to SRAM’s lineup and while it still uses a derailleur, cassette, and chain as we’re all used to, a lot of the details are very, very different. So we...

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Caleb Holonko on Building, Filming, and Going Huge from 2023-03-16T12:33:16

There are a lot of people doing amazing things on bikes and putting together mind-blowing video segments, but nobody does it quite like Caleb Holonko. His Listen

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Cy Turner on 20 Years of Cotic Bikes from 2023-03-09T17:13:04

Cotic Bikes was an early pioneer in the UK’s hardcore hardtail scene, and now 20 years later they’re still doing things their own way — including making a line of (mostly) steel full-suspen...

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Magnus Manson is Back from 2023-03-02T15:22:57

Magnus Manson is just 24 years old, but his racing career has largely been on hold for the last few years as he’s battled cancer. And despite his young age, Manson has taken on his fight with re...

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Transition Smuggler, Starling Murmur, Pivot Shuttle LT, & More from 2023-02-23T15:29:17

The most interesting segment of the current mountain bike market just might be the 140–150 mm travel Trail bike range, with huge diversity in the on-trail performance and feel of the various opt...

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Ministry Cycles on Suspension Design, Machining Frames, & Launching a Bike Company from 2023-02-16T14:19:19

Chris Currie has worn a lot of different hats over several decades in the bike industry, and his latest venture, M...

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Neko Mulally’s World Cup DH Bike Development from 2023-02-09T17:21:38

Racing World Cup DH is hard. So is designing a bike to do it at the top level, and running a team isn’t exactly a cakewalk either. But after a season of doing all three concurrently, Listen

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Braydon Bringhurst on Climbing the Whole Enchilada from 2023-02-02T16:21:11

Climbing 8,600 feet is a pretty big day on the bike no matter how you slice it, but it balloons into something else entirely when it’s going up the Whole Enchilada trail in Moab, Utah, with a co...

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Geoff Kabush on Longevity, Having Fun, & Career Evolution from 2023-01-26T15:51:08

Geoff Kabush has been racing bikes professionally for longer than just about anyone — and at 45, he’s still going strong. So we sat down with Geoff to hear about his unconventional beginnings in...

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Pivot Factory Racing’s Newest Member, Jakob Jewett from 2023-01-19T16:53:40

Just a few years ago, Jakob Jewett thought he wanted to be a professional skier — and was racking up strong results in freeride competitions. But fast forward to 2023, and he’s now got his first...

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Gamux on Doing Everything Differently from 2023-01-12T17:45:51

Most small bike manufacturers don’t dive straight into running a World Cup race team, but Gamux isn’t most companies. So we sat down with their founder Pascal Tinner to talk about all the ways t...

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Gear of the Year, 2022 from 2023-01-05T12:00:50

2022 was Blister’s busiest ever year for bike reviews, and we’ll have even more coming your way in 2023. But before we dive headlong into the new year, we wanted to sit down and recap a bunch of...

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Andrew Gardner on Open-Mindedness, Gravel Riding, Velocio, & More from 2022-12-29T17:20:43

Velocio co-founder Andrew Gardner enjoys biking in many different forms, and earlier this fall, he and Jonathan Ellsworth went on a gravel ride through New England — which Jonathan, something of...

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Ed Masters on The 2022 Season, Team Dynamics, Rule Changes, & More from 2022-12-22T16:13:34

Ed Masters is always good for an entertaining story — and his recap of his extremely wild Vallnord race run from earlier this year is reason enough to tune into this episode. But Ed also has a w...

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Ellie Smith on Racing all the Disciplines, Bike Setup, Welding, & More from 2022-12-15T17:13:50

Ellie Smith is the reigning Australian National DH Champion (having won the race on an Enduro bike, no less), and that was just the start of her 2022 season. So we sat down with Ellie t...

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Canyon Spectral 125, Trek Fuel EX, Santa Cruz Nomad, & More from 2022-12-08T15:46:46

Though ski season is well underway in much of the Northern Hemisphere, we’re still testing a lot of bikes, too, and have updates on what we’ve been spending time on. So we sat down to chat about...

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A Very Deep Dive on Suspension with EXT’s Franco Fratton, Pt. 2 from 2022-12-01T15:58:18

We’re continuing our deep dive on suspension technology with EXT’s Franco Fratton, and this week, it’s all about dampers: how they’re built, how they work, how EXT goes about designing them, and...

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Machina Bikes on Building a Dream Bike from 2022-11-24T16:52:49

A lot of small frame builders start out just making the bikes they wanted to ride, but not many come up with anything nearly as polished-looking — or involving as many exotic construction techni...

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Trinity MTB’s Gearbox & V3 Prototype from 2022-11-17T15:20:46

We’ve been following the development of the Trinity MTB with a great deal of interest, and Mic Williams is back...

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Hannah Otto on Setting the Whole Enchilada FKT from 2022-11-10T12:00:26

The Whole Enchilada in Moab is one of the best-known mountain bike trails in the world, but most folks take a shuttle to the top. Hannah Otto just demolished the FKT for the full loop, including...

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The Orogenesis Collective on Building the World’s Longest MTB Trail from 2022-11-03T15:19:59

The Pacific Crest Trail is well known in the hiking world and beyond, but what if there was a mountain biking version? Gabe Tiller has ambitions to establish a route — predominantly on dirt — fr...

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LoveYourBrain on Care, Community, & Recovery from TBIs from 2022-10-27T15:42:34

Traumatic brain injuries are an unfortunate reality of many outdoor sports, and after professional snowboarder Kevin Pearce suffered one that derailed his career, Kevin founded LoveYourBrain, al...

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A Very Deep Dive on Suspension with EXT’s Franco Fratton, Pt. 1 from 2022-10-20T16:51:27

When we first had EXT founder Franco Fratton on Bikes & Big Ideas back in Listen

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Matthew Fairbrother’s Outrageous EWS Tour from 2022-10-13T16:20:34

Matthew Fairbrother showed up in Scotland for the 2022 EWS season opener, at age 17, having never left New Zealand before, and with no plan for what was going to follow that first race. And in w...

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Reviewer Reports: Brake Shootout, New RockShox Pike, Revel Rail 29, & More from 2022-10-06T11:00:58

We’ve been testing a ton of new bikes and gear (as always) and we’ve got updates on a bunch of it including the new Santa Cruz Tallboy and the RockShox Pike that came on it; the Intense Tracer 2...

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BTR on Hardcore Hardtails, Bike Geo, & Building to Last from 2022-09-29T15:31:53

BTR Fabrications has a well-earned reputation for building burly, aggressive hardtails, and we sat down with Paul “Burf” Burford (the “B” in “BTR”) to talk about his design philosophy and pionee...

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Pinner Machine Shop on Self-Taught Machining, Making Parts in a Kitchen, & More from 2022-09-22T14:58:44

Pete Fowler’s path to founding Pinner Machine Shop was an unconventional one, including teaching himself how to be a machinist, running a mill in his kitchen while his partner was at work, and a...

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Emilie Siegenthaler on the New Downhill Rider’s Association from 2022-09-15T15:14:18

One of the biggest stories of the World Cup Downhill season that just wrapped up has been the formation of the new rider’s association to better collectively advocate for their interests and tho...

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Vaea Verbeeck on Just Going For It from 2022-09-08T15:41:01

Vaea Verbeeck has had a very impressive and varied mountain bike career as a racer (across a wide range of disciplines), a freerider, and a whole lot more. And so just before she headed off to t...

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Dillon Osleger on Historic Trails, Changing Climates, & Evolving Communities from 2022-09-01T14:37:40

Dillon Osleger is a man who wears many hats — he’s a professional mountain biker, the head of the Sage Trails Alliance, a climate scientist, a founding member of the Protect Our Winters Bik...

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Reviewer Reports: Bikes, Suspension, Brakes, & More from 2022-08-25T15:55:41

We’ve been testing a ton of bikes, suspension, brakes, and other gear, so Dylan Wood and I sat down to chat about a whole bunch of it, including the Pivot Shadowcat, Intense Tracer 279, Canfield...

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Reynolds on the Environmental Footprint of Bike Manufacturing from 2022-08-18T11:01:11

Reynolds is one of the biggest names in steel and titanium bike frame tubing, and they’ve just released a very interesting report on ...

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Speed & Style on Dirt & Snow with Dillon Flinders from 2022-08-11T15:37:19

Dillon Flinders has some very lofty goals for himself — both on a bike and on skis — so we sat d...

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Rae Morrison on 8 Years on the EWS, Race Strategies, & Forging Her Own Path from 2022-08-04T15:31:05

Rae Morrison has been at the pointy end of the EWS circuit for the better part of the series’ exis...

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Crestline Bikes on Adaptability, Collaboration, & Founding a Bike Brand from 2022-07-28T14:45:25

Crestline Bikes has been teasing some extremely interesting-looking prototypes — especially their high-pivot V...

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Over The Edge on Trail Building, Travel, & Rampage from 2022-07-21T11:00:18

We sat down with Troy, Paul, Pierce, and Jonah from Over The Edge — our Blister Recommended Shop in Fruita, CO; Hurricane, UT; Todos Santos, Mexico; and Melrose, Australia — to talk about the un...

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Eric Olsen on Bikepacking the EWS from 2022-07-14T15:14:23

Racing the EWS for the first time is a daunting prospect, but Eric Olsen decided to spice things up by bike touring between the first three rounds to boot. So right after his return from Europe,...

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Trinity MTB on Their Wild High-Pivot Prototypes from 2022-07-07T15:20:08

Trinity MTB’s V2 high-pivot prototype can serve dual-duty as an Enduro or DH bike, with or without a gearbox —...

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Reviewer Reports: Santa Cruz, Pivot, Kavenz, & More from 2022-06-30T15:21:56

We’ve got a ton of bikes in for testing right now, so David Golay and Dylan Wood sat down to talk about a bunch of the stuff they’ve been spending time on across the travel spectrum, including t...

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"North Shore" Betty Birrell on MTB at Age 73 from 2022-06-23T11:24:43

Betty Birrell picked up mountain biking nearly 30 years ago and at 73, she’s still riding serious trails on the North Shore. So David Golay and Kara Williard sat down with Betty to talk about he...

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Hope on Their New Tech 4 Brakes & Sweating the Details from 2022-06-16T18:21:13

Hope has been making mountain bike disc brakes for longer than just about anybody, and earlier this year they launched their new Tech 4 lineup of brakes. So we sat down with Hope’s design engine...

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REEB on Beer, MTB Design, & Doing Things Differently from 2022-06-09T15:20:08

Mountain bikes and beer are a classic combination, but there aren’t many bike companies that were literally founded in a brewery. Listen

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Reviewer Reports: RockShox Suspension & Bikes Galore from 2022-06-02T15:23:23

We’ve been busy testing a whole lot of new suspension from RockShox, as well as bikes across the whole spectrum, from XC to Enduro, so Jonathan Ellsworth and David Golay sat down in Blister HQ t...

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Jess Blewitt is a Natural from 2022-05-26T15:20:11

Jess Blewitt first rode a mountain bike in 2018, but her list of accomplishments is already ...

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Contra Bikes on Building a Bike From Scratch from 2022-05-19T14:59:12

Lots of mountain bikers have idly thought about designing their own frame, but actually doing it is an entirely different matter. But ex-pro racer Even Turpen took the leap, and his Listen

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Kavenz on Engineering a Better Enduro Bike from 2022-05-12T15:27:37

Kavenz founder Giacomo Großehagenbrock got an early start in the mountain bike industry when he landed an internship a...

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Fanatik on Custom Bikes, Gear Trends, & the Bellingham Bike Scene from 2022-05-05T14:57:45

We sat down with Rich Frough of Fanatik, our Blister Recommended Bike Shop in Bellingham, WA to talk about bike gear trends, the local mountain bike scene, and Fanatik’s amazing custom bike and ...

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Kitsbow CEO David Billstrom on Domestic Manufacturing and Community Investment from 2022-04-28T13:29:54

A few years ago, Kitsbow undertook an incredibly ambitious plan to move to Old Fort, North Carolina, and bring al...

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Chelsea Kimball on Van Life, Darkfest, & the Growth of Women’s Freeride from 2022-04-14T15:04:50

Chelsea Kimball got a later start in MTB than a lot of pro riders, but she’s making up for lost ...

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Lazer KinetiCore from 2022-04-07T15:47:51

Rotational impact protection in bike helmets has deservedly gotten a lot of attention in recent years, and MIPS has long been the pioneering technology in that space. But Lazer thought there was...

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Lea Davison on Career Triumphs, Olympic Heartbreak, & What Comes Next from 2022-03-31T14:39

Lea Davison announced her retirement from international racing after the final World Cup of the 202...

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EXT Founder Franco Fratton on a Lifetime in Suspension from 2022-03-24T17:38:51

There are a lot of smart people working in bike suspension, but EXT founder Franco Fratton might ...

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Martin Maes on Team Changes, Bike Setup, & Fatherhood from 2022-03-17T15:15:54

Martin Maes practically grew up in the GT pits with his father, and had raced for them since...

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Yoann Barelli on Progression, Coaching, & Career Shifts from 2022-03-10T19:42:26

Yoann Barelli just announced the formation of his Listen

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Push Industries’ Darren Murphy on Product Development, Suspension Tuning, & Local Manufacturing from 2022-03-03T15:56:18

Push Industries is one of the best-known suspension tuners and manufacturers of high-end shocks out there,...

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Cascade Components on Making Bikes Better from 2022-02-25T00:05:37

Mountain bike suspension has improved immensely in recent years, but designing rear suspension kinematics is inherently a game of tradeoffs, with no ideal one-size-fits-all solution. Cascade Com...

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Starling Cycles on Design Philosophy, Simplicity, & Building Bikes in a Shed from 2022-02-17T16:04:49

Joe McEwan had a career as an aerospace engineer working with composites, but when he started building bikes, steel was his material of choice. So we sat down with the founder of Starling Cycles...

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Ed Masters on Racing DH & Enduro at the Top Level from 2022-02-10T09:10:35

Ed Masters often looks like he’s having more fun than anybody else on the EWS and World Cup DH ...

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Katy Winton on 2021, Life as an EWS Pro, & Signing With GT from 2022-02-03T16:26:12

Katy Winton has reliably been one of the top contenders on the EWS circuit, but she found hers...

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RockShox’s New Flight Attendant Electronic Suspension from 2022-01-27T11:06

RockShox announced their new Flight Attendant electronically-controlled suspension system a few months ago, so we brought Chris Mandell back on Bikes & Big Ideas to tell us all about what th...

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SCOR on Turning an After-Hours Project Into a New Bike Brand from 2022-01-20T17:42:07

BMC has a strong heritage in road and cross country bikes but isn’t as well known for gravity-focused offerings. Mariano Schoefer and Christof Bigler — an engineer and designer, respectively, at...

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Neko Mulally on Designing His Own World Cup DH Race Bike from 2022-01-13T15:30:25

Neko Mulally has had a very successful career racing for some of the biggest teams on the Wor...

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Gear of the Year — 2021 from 2022-01-06T20:36:15

2021 was Blister’s busiest year ever for testing mountain bikes and gear, and there were some real standout products among that crop. So we rounded up a bunch of our reviewers to give a rundown ...

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Guerrilla Gravity on 10 Years of US-Made Bikes from 2021-12-30T03:52:44

Guerrilla Gravity just celebrated their 10th anniversary, so we sat down with co-founders Will Montague and Matt Giaraffa to talk about what inspired them to start a bike company in the first pl...

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Hustle Labs’ Category-Defying Magnetic Pedals from 2021-12-23T17:34:02

Clipless vs. flat pedals is a hotly debated topic in the mountain bike world, but now there’s a third choice — Hustle Labs’ Avery magnetic pedals. We were, frankly, a bit skeptical about this ne...

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Cannondale on the Jekyll, Dual-Shock DH Bike, & Keeping it Weird from 2021-12-16T16:06:29

Cannondale has a long history of doing things their own, quirky way, and the last couple of bikes they’ve rolled out — the Jekyll and Scalpel HT — are no exception. So this week, we’re joined by...

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Reviewer Reports: Cannondale Jekyll, We Are One Arrival, Nicolai G1, & More from 2021-12-09T14:41:04

We’ve been testing a ton of bikes, and have a whole lot of updates to share, so Jonathan Ellsworth and David Golay sat down to discuss all of it. We get into it about high-pivot Enduro bike comp...

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Cedric Eveleigh of LAL Bikes, on Reinventing the Derailleur from 2021-12-02T20:46:46

Mountain bike derailleur drivetrains haven’t fundamentally changed for just about as long as there have been mountain bikes — until now, anyway. Cedric Eveleigh has a very promising idea for how...

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The Many, Many Big Ideas of Williams Racing Products from 2021-11-25T19:45:48

Mic Williams was racing as a privateer when Covid hit and racing went on hold. But instead of binging Netflix, he used his free time to start a very unusual bike company — Listen

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Fox’s Jordi Cortes on Suspension, Tuning, & the Mental Side of Racing from 2021-11-18T18:57:22

Jordi Cortes spends much of the year on the road, working with Fox’s top racers on their suspension setups, and that has left him with both a wealth of knowledge about suspension setup and a uni...

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Stan’s No Tubes on the Past, Present, & Future of Tubeless Tech from 2021-11-11T18:34:26

Sealant-based tubeless systems are now ubiquitous on mountain bikes, but how did we get here? We sat down with Mike Bush, the President of Listen

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Reviewer Reports: Santa Cruz Bronson, Norco Range, We Are One Arrival, & More from 2021-11-04T17:40:12

We’ve been testing a lot of bikes of late, so we sat down to provide a rundown on what we’ve been riding, including the Santa Cruz Bronson, We Are One Arrival, Norco Range, and more. Listen

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Mick Hannah on Racing & What Comes Next from 2021-10-28T17:10:46

Mick Hannah just concluded a 20-plus year career racing World Cup DH, but he’s far from being done i...

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Vinny Armstrong on the Future of Freeride from 2021-10-21T16:43:31

It’s wrong to call Vinny Armstrong “up and coming” — she’s won multiple Crankworx Whip-Of...

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The GOAT: Greg Minnaar from 2021-10-14T19:01:38

We catch up with Greg Minnaar, the greatest DH rider of all time, about this past season and ...

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Vali Höll, New World Cup DH Overall Champion from 2021-10-07T19:03:24

Matt Manser (of GEAR:30 fame) and Jonathan Ellsworth talk to the very impressive (and very candid) ...

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Dan Bacon of Wheelbased on Integration, Active Suspension, & the Future of MTB Tech from 2021-09-30T19:28:34

Mountain bike tech is evolving rapidly, and patent applications are a great window into what’s coming down the pipeline. So we talked to someone who's very keyed into this world: Dan Bacon of Listen

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Alex Desmond on Designing a Better Adaptive MTB from 2021-09-23T18:00:54

Alex Desmond is an engineer, and when a friend of his suffered a stroke and was no longer able to ride a bike, Alex decided to do something about it. Six years later, the fruits of that project ...

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We Are One Founder, Dustin Adams, on The Arrival from 2021-09-16T18:19:52

When we last checked in with We Are O...

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Reviewer Reports: Race Recaps and Fox Suspension from 2021-09-09T15:06:28

The last few weeks have been jam-packed with outstanding Downhill racing, so Noah Bodman and David Golay sat down to talk about all the action at World Champs, including Greg Minnaar further cem...

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Galfer on MTB Brake Tech from 2021-09-02T16:46

Mountain biking with inadequate brakes is terrifying, if not downright unsafe, but the role of pads and rotors is often underappreciated. So we sat down with Daryl Simmons of Galfer USA to go de...

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Chris Porter on Mullets, Dual-Crown Enduro Forks, & More from 2021-08-26T17:35:03

Chris Porter is one of the most interesting and most opinionated figures in the mountain bike world, he’s back on Bikes and Big Ideas this week. There was a lot we weren’t able to cover in Listen

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Gear of the Year (So Far) from 2021-08-19T18:45:21

Our summer biking season is flying by and we’ve been spending a ton of time on a lot of very interesting bikes and gear — with a lot more to come. So we decided to check in with several of our r...

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Steve Vanderhoek on Le Tour de Gnar, Freeride, and Firefighting from 2021-08-12T18:04:32

Our guest this week is Steve Vanderhoek, who just put out one of the Listen

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Reviewer Reports: DW-link Head-to-Head; Forbidden Dreadnought; Shimano vs. Sram; & Category-Defying Pedals from 2021-08-05T17:25:11

Today we have Blister Bike Editor David Golay talking to reviewer Dylan Wood about all the bikes and gear they’ve recently been spending time on, including some A-B comparisons of short-travel, ...

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Little Bellas / Sabra Davison from 2021-07-29T14:43:35

Sabra Davison grew up ski racing and running, but when she got into mountain biking, she saw girls participating at far lower rates — so she decided to do something about it. Sabra (along with h...

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Blind Trials Rider & Bike Mechanic, Matt Gilman from 2021-07-22T17:38:26

When he was in his 20s Matt Gilman lost his sight due to diabetes, but that hasn’t stopped hi...

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New Manitou Dorado from 2021-07-15T17:33:37

The first-generation Manitou Dorado turned a lot of heads more than 20 years ago, in large part thanks to its inverted layout and wild-looking carbon chassis. The all-new, fourth-generation Dora...

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The Rise — and Rise — of Brad Simms from 2021-07-08T22:24:17

Few (if any) riders have the power, balance, & creativity of Brad Simms. So you might<...

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Bikes vs. Skis, 3rd Edition (2021): Part 2 from 2021-07-01T19:39:17

Which ski brand is most similar to Transition? Guerrilla Gravity? Specialized? Which bike company is most like K2? ON3P? Moment? We answer all of these questions and more in Part 2 of Bikes vs. ...

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Bikes vs. Skis, 3rd Edition (2021): Part 1 from 2021-06-24T16:09

Which bike & ski company would you buy stock in right now? Which company is currently holding the “Cool Kids Belt”? Who is currently overhyped, and who is flying under the radar? Who do othe...

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Reviewer Reports: Leogang; Long & Short Travel Bikes; & the Future of Mullets from 2021-06-17T19:36:38

This week on Bikes and Big Ideas, Jonathan Ellsworth, David Golay, and Eric Freson sit down to give an update on their various injuries; discuss the latest news in races big and small; discuss t...

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Hannah Bergemann on Red Bull Formation 2021 from 2021-06-10T19:53:51

Hannah Bergemann just got back from the 2nd year of Red Bull Formation, so we caught up with her to get her take on the event; hear how it was similar to and how it was different from t...

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Claudio Caluori on Building Pump Tracks in Israel + Upcoming Projects from 2021-06-03T17:10:30

Yesterday, we talked with Claudio Caluori who had just returned from Israel. The conflict between Israel and Palestine had escalated while Claudio was there, and we wanted to learn more...

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Miranda Miller on MGM Alternative, Enduro vs DH, Espresso Machines, & More from 2021-05-27T19:23:58

We’re talking with Miranda Miller about starting her new YouTube channel, Listen

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Our New Blister Mountain Bike Buyer’s Guide from 2021-05-21T01:47:32

We just released our first-ever Blister Mountain Bike Buyer’s Guide. You can find it for free on Listen

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Vero Sandler on REAL MTB, Digging, Dance Moves, & Getting Slidey from 2021-05-13T16:05:53

Vero Sandler just competed in the first-ever Listen

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Mojo Suspension & Geometron Bikes founder, Chris Porter from 2021-05-06T18:30:40

Chris Porter has long been known as one of the earliest and most vocal proponents of the longer/lower/slacker trends in mountain bike geometry, and his Geometron bikes have pushed the envelope f...

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Catching Up with Carson Storch from 2021-04-29T19:36:59

Carson Storch is one of the most talented freeriders in the world, but it is his intense pas...

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Casey Brown on Paving the Way & the Future of Women’s Freeride from 2021-04-22T21:55:14

We talk with the pioneer of women’s freeride about growing up in the bush of New Zealand; her first bike (it was a mullet??); moving to Revelstoke; choosing mountain biking over skiing; career d...

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New Bike Trends, 2021 from 2021-04-15T16:15:12

Blister reviewers David Golay and Noah Bodman talk about trends in modern bikes, including a possible ceasefire in the geometry wars; the relative consistency of Downhill bike geometry; the decl...

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Vorsprung Suspension — Steve Mathews from 2021-04-08T21:36:38

We talk to Steve Mathews of Vorsprung Suspension about moving to Whistler and breaking everything in ...

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Reviewer Reports: Longer-Travel Enduro Bikes from 2021-04-04T16:02:56

We talk to Blister bike editor, David Golay, about 4 longer-travel enduro bikes from Privateer, Santa Cruz, Rocky Mountain, & Marin that he’s been spending time on in the PNW.

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Kera Linn is Coming Up Fast from 2021-03-25T18:00

We talk to Kera Linn about her rather meteoric rise in the mountain biking world — from her firs...

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Cassie Abel on Wild Rye, Women-Led Wednesday, & More from 2021-03-18T22:39:50

Cassie Abel is the co-founder and CEO of Wild Rye, which is a company that creat...

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Rémy Métailler on Doing Stupid Stuff, Responsibly from 2021-03-12T01:21:05

Rémy Métailler has described himself as someone who is “just trying to be as responsible as...

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Endura’s Brand Director, Pam Barclay, on Going Carbon Negative (not Neutral) from 2021-03-04T18:14:27

There’s a whole lot of talk these days about becoming more “sustainable,” but there’s a big difference between talking and actually taking action. And Listen

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The New Race Landscape from 2021-02-25T17:43:37

Blister editors Noah Bodman and David Golay join Jonathan Ellsworth to talk about the major rider and team moves in the world of men’s DH and women’s DH; we place our $1000 bets on the upcoming ...

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Reviewer Reports: Privateer 161; Suspension Roundup; Aggressive Hardtails; & Rethinking Wheel Size from 2021-02-19T17:14:07

We discuss the Privateer 161; offer more fork and shock comparisons; wrap our heads around Marin’s ‘aggressive hardtail’ called the El Roy; and our bike editor makes the case for why you might w...

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Brooklyn Bell on Biking, Art, Skiing, & More from 2021-02-11T19:19:38

Our guest today is Brooklyn Bell, who is a mountain biker and a skier and an artist and a f...

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Privateer Bikes: Origins, Philosophy, & Trajectory from 2021-02-04T14:34:43

Today our guest is Sam Meegan of Privateer Bikes, which is a company that has been pushing forward certain...

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PeopleForBikes President & CEO, Jenn Dice from 2021-01-28T20:26:58

PeopleForBikes is one of the most important organizations in the bike world that you might not be too fami...

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2020: Gear in Review from 2021-01-07T16:03:52

We talk with Blister’s bike editor, David Golay, about some of the gear he’s recently been testing; some of the most surprising products of the past year; some of the standout products ...

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Sage Cattabriga-Alosa on Biking, Skiing, Similarities, & Transitions from 2020-12-27T04:56:03

Sage Cattabriga-Alosa is one of the best big line skiers of all time, and he’s an e...

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Reviewer Reports: Parenthood, Carbon Wheels, Convertible Helmets, & Forks from 2020-12-12T18:31:58

Noah Bodman is back to offer his review of parenthood (he’s a new dad); discuss carbon wheels; Sweet Protection’s convertible full-face helmet; and a number of forks that Noah has been spending ...

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Canfield Bikes’ Lance Canfield from 2020-12-06T17:19:59

We talk to Lance Canfield about their new Tilt and Lithium bikes and the...

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Reviewer Reports: Shoulder Season MTB Gear + Forks Roundup from 2020-11-14T17:39:20

For many of us, it’s shoulder season, where the riding conditions are either wet, muddy, cold — or all of the above. And some of us live in places where we just regularly encounter wet, muddy, o...

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In Defense of Indoor Trainers from 2020-10-31T20:02:17

Trainers? Trainers?? Roadies have been using them forever, but many mountain bikers dismiss them (like we did). But Simon Stewart (aka, Mr. Tank Driver / co-owner of Listen

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Surfing Trails on a Bike without Pedals from 2020-10-08T17:29:44

A bike without pedals? Dog mushing? Surfing mountains? Today’s episode is a mindbender, and the backstory here all starts with Listen

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Reviewer Reports: Trek Slash, Banshee Phantom, EXT Shock, Hayes Brakes from 2020-09-24T16:06:54

We check in with reviewers Dylan Wood (who gets to keep his seat at the bar), David Golay (who is now reconsidering what makes brakes good or bad), and Eric Freson (who still enjoys a sick jazz ...

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Your Fully Customizable Dream Build? Introducing Sherpa Custom Mountain Bikes from 2020-09-17T15:53:53

What if you could buy a bike without immediately looking to swap out a bunch of the stock parts? And what if this dream build of yours was competitively priced? Listen

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The Strangest Bike? Structure Cycleworks founder, Loni Hull from 2020-09-10T18:08:43

Structure Cycleworks arguably makes the coolest bikes out there — or the ugliest bikes out there. So we talked to S...

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Evolving Bike Geometry & the New Trek Slash from 2020-09-03T16:17:45

Today, Trek officially released an update of their enduro-focused Slash, so we offe...

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Paul Basagoitia on His Emmy-Winning Film, Any One of Us from 2020-08-13T20:49:30

Any One of Us, the film about Paul Basagoitia and spinal cord injuries, just won an Emmy! So we are reposting the conversation we had with Paul, who was the first back-to-back winner of Crankwor...

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Anneke Beerten on Racing, ‘Badass’ Books, & Big Ideas from 2020-08-06T18:19:31

Anneke Beerten was born in the Netherlands, started racing BMX when she was 4 years old, then bec...

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Pros, Cons, & Potential Solutions to Increased Trail Use from 2020-07-31T18:46:21

Bike sales are through the roof this season, and all around the world, a lot of people are hitting the trails. So we talked to the executive director of the Listen

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The New RockShox ZEB with Chris Mandell from 2020-07-23T17:50:39

David Golay and Jonathan Ellsworth discuss the backstory of the new ZEB fork and why RockShox built it; who it’s for; its available configurations and compatibility; the ZEB vs. the Lyrik and mo...

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Claudio Caluori on Chasing Nino & Going All-Electric from 2020-07-16T14:02:05

Everybody’s favorite bike-POV-commentator is back to talk about chasing Nino Schurter down tra...

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Pivot Cycles’ Elorie Slater on Industry Trends, Bike Prices, & Female Participation in MTB from 2020-07-09T22:15:02

Elorie Slater runs the marketing department for Pivot Cycles, and we talk about her unusual path to becoming the head of marketing for Pivot; her take on the bike industry in the time of COVID, ...

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The History & Future of the BC Bike Race with Dean Payne & Simon Stewart from 2020-07-03T02:01:01

We talk with Dean Payne, the president and co-founder of the BC Bike Race, about the origins and evolution...

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Cam McCaul on Bike Films, Preparing for Big Lines, & the TGR Film, Accomplice from 2020-06-25T17:09:05

We caught up this week with the one and only Cam McCaul to talk about some of the bike films th...

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Bikes, Bike Shops, & Crack Waffles from 2020-05-28T22:11:33

Today we’re talking with bike-industry veterans Simon Stewart ( Listen

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Bikes vs. Skis, 2nd Edition (2020): Part 2 from 2020-05-21T19:37:12

Which bike company is currently the most like which ski company? Here in part 2, we get into more arguments and offer more of their parallels and analogies between these two industries to get a ...

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Bikes vs. Skis, 2020: Part 2 from 2020-05-21T19:37:12

Which bike company is currently the most like which ski company? Here in part 2, we get into more arguments and offer more of their parallels and analogies between these two industries to get a ...

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Revel Bikes & Why Cycles founder, Adam Miller from 2020-05-14T13:06:38

By the time he was in his mid-20s, Adam Miller had already founded three bike companies — Borealis Fat Bikes, Listen

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Bikes vs. Skis, 2nd Edition (2020): Part 1 from 2020-05-09T15:55:52

Which bike company is currently most like which ski company? And which bike and ski company do most other bike and ski brands secretly wish they could trade places with? Today, Noah Bodman, Jona...

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Bikes vs. Skis, 2020: Part 1 from 2020-05-09T15:55:52

Which bike company is currently most like which ski company? And which bike and ski company do most other bike and ski brands secretly wish they could trade places with? Today, Noah Bodman, Jona...

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Why & How Chris King Became a B Corp from 2020-04-30T15:44:38

What, exactly, does it mean for a company to be a Certified B Corporation business, and why should anyone care? ...

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Best / Worst Ideas for Our Blister 'Crash Course' Series from 2020-04-24T00:53

As a way to show our appreciation for our Bikes & Big Ideas listeners, we discussed our best / worst ideas for the bikes edition of our Blister ‘Crash Course’ video series — and some of the ...

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Basketball Legend Bill Walton on His Love of Bikes, Life, & Humanity from 2020-04-18T17:08:42

Bill Walton is not only one of the greatest basketball players of all time, his passion for bikes is all-time, ...

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How the Outdoor Industry is Pivoting to Fight COVID-19 from 2020-04-01T14:25:10

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, a number of companies in the outdoor industry are pivoting away from their normal operations and product offerings to provide healthcare workers with critical ...

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Dustin Adams on Racing, Manufacturing, & We Are One’s Next Big Thing from 2020-03-26T03:30:46

Many of you remember Dustin Adams from his DH-racing days (the guy was fast), and others of you know of Dustin as the guy behind Listen

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The Basics of Servicing Your Bike, with Simon Stewart from 2020-03-12T22:31:57

For many of us, it will soon be time to dust off our bikes and get back to riding. So what are some of the most important things you can do to your bike if you haven’t been riding it?

To a...

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The Upcoming DH Season from 2020-03-05T13:22:46

The World Cup Downhill season starts in just a couple of weeks, so we checked in with Blister reviewers Noah Bodman, David Golay, and Ben Sims to get their thoughts on and predictions for the up...

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Drilling for Oil under Moab’s Slickrock Trail? from 2020-02-27T17:04:20

Moab’s Slickrock Trail is one of the best-known and most iconic mountain biking trails in the world. And yet, a preliminary proposal from the Bureau of Land Management was put forward to auction...

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Ibis Founder, Scot Nicol from 2020-02-21T20:19:56

We talk to Ibis Cycles founder, Scot Nicol, about the new Ripmo 2; the current Ibis lineup; Scot’s background in the early (and awesome) days of mtn biking; the history and trajectory of Ibis; a...

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Bike Industry Predictions for the Next Decade from 2020-01-17T00:32:28

What will the mountain biking industry look like 10 years from now? What current product categories currently have the most room for improvement, and where will the actual advances in bike tech ...

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Best Mtn Bike Gear of the Past Decade from 2020-01-09T17:34:15

Of the entire past decade, what was the most influential bike or bike part? What were the best bikes or bike parts? What were the biggest gear trends? And what was our selection for the Best Pro...

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Paul Basagoitia on His Spinal Cord Injury, Road to Recovery, & New Film from 2019-10-31T21:55:14

Paul Basagoitia was the first back-to-back winner of Crankworx Slopestyle, participated in Red Bull Rampage numerous tim...

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How You Can Help Brands Go Climate Neutral from 2019-10-25T19:47:36

These days, a lot of brands — and especially a lot of outdoor brands — like to talk about sustainability. But what concrete steps are companies taking to measure, reduce, and offset the...

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Why We Built a MTB Brand Guide from 2019-10-03T17:01:09

Reviewers Luke Koppa, Jonathan Ellsworth, Dylan Wood, and David Golay discuss our new BLISTER Brand Guide to Mountain Bikes; why we saw a need for it; the trends and takeaways we’ve seen in the ...

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Claudio Caluori on the World Cup DH Season from 2019-09-13T13:33:07

Coming straight to Crested Butte after an amazing World Cup season finale, Claudio Caluori sits down with Jonathan E...

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How to Have a Constructive Conversation about e-Bikes from 2019-08-29T16:40:44

What do politics, religion, and e-Bikes have in common? They’re all topics that get people extremely worked up, often result in name calling, and are rarely productive. And this needs to change,...

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World Bicycle Relief: Making a Better World with Bikes from 2019-08-16T14:42:48

For many of us, bikes are primarily fun. But for many others, bikes are major drivers of economic development, critical sources of transportation and health care, vehicles of educationa...

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Promising or Pointless? 5 Weird New Bike Products from 2019-08-08T20:41:25

Sometimes, “different” is better. Other times, it’s just dumb. So today we’re discussing a number of very unconventional bike products and asking: Why does this product exist; what problem is it...

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Anthill Films’ Latest: Return to Earth from 2019-08-02T01:55:45

Anthill Films recently released their latest movie, Return to Earth, and i...

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Six-Time Leadville 100 Champ & IMBA Executive Director, Dave Wiens from 2019-07-11T23:46:15

We talk to Dave Wiens about skiing with Doug Coombs; participating in the early days of mountain biking; winning the Leadville 100 six times in a row — while beating Floyd Landis and Lance Armst...

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Guerrilla Gravity’s New Bikes & Big Ideas from 2019-07-04T15:02:16

How do you square the fact that a small bike company with a very heavy-metal vibe is making extremely big claims about the cutting-edge materials they are using to manufacture bikes — right here...

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New Products, New Trends, & Old Marketing Tactics from 2019-06-21T02:37:20

We talk with BLISTER senior bike editor, Noah Bodman, about Guerrilla Gravity’s modular designs; the emerging category of ‘Downcountry’ Bikes; whether ‘mullet bikes’ are just a fad; and whether ...

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Claudio Caluori from 2019-05-09T16:23:26

We talk to Bikes & Big Ideas co-host, Claudio Caluori, about the origin story of this podcast; his background in XC &a...

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Introducing: Bikes & Big Ideas from 2019-04-25T02:38:24

BIKES & BIG IDEAS is the new podcast from BLISTER that will be focusing on both of those things — bikes AND big ideas.

The bike...

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