Podcasts by Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

How the New England Mountain Bike Association Gets Things Done from 2022-03-07T09:00

Travis Counsell is the executive director of the new England Mountain Bike Association, also known as NEMBA. He’s currently based out of Vermont.

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Real Talk About Bikepacking Florida from 2022-02-28T10:00

In this episode of the Singletracks podcast, Matt interviews Jeff about bikepacking the Huracan 300 in Central Florida. This was Jeff...

US Manufacturing and Investing in Bike Businesses, with Matt Lyon of Hydrapak from 2022-02-21T06:00

Matt Lyon is the President and CEO of Hydrapak. He’s worked in the outdoor industry for decades and serves as the Board Chair of the California Outdoor Recreation Partnership.

In this epi...

The Current⚡️State of Electric Mountain Bike Trail Access in the US from 2022-01-31T14:23:02

Rachel Fussell is the electric mountain bike Policy and Program Manager at People for Bikes. The group’s stated mission is to change the world through bikes by focusing on empowering cities, cre...

Mountain Bike Trends: Riding High and Coming Soon from 2022-01-24T19:49:59

In this episode of the Singletracks podcast Gerow, Jeff, and Matt discuss current and future mountain bike trends, starting with a recap of what's been trending over the past couple of seasons.<...

Singletracks Staff Looks Forward to Mountain Biking in 2022 from 2022-01-10T10:00

Singletracks editors Gerow, Jeff, and Matt look forward to more mountain biking adventures in 2022! 

In this episode we talk about the MTB stories that are on our 2022 editorial cale...

Pro Mountain Biker Rab Wardell on Continuing to Chase the Dream from 2022-01-03T10:00

Rab Wardell is a mountain bike athlete and coach living in Glasgow, Scotland. He recently launched a new video series with Wahoo Fitness called Old Enough to Know Better.

In this...

Our Favorite Moments from the Singletracks MTB Podcast in 2021 from 2021-12-27T10:00

This year we interviewed dozens of professional mountain bike athletes, skills and fitness coaches, and industry leaders including product designers and CEOs. Here are a few of our favorite mome...

The Best Singletracks Trail Conversations of 2021 from 2021-12-20T10:00

This week we revisit some of our favorite conversations on the Singletracks podcast in 2021. On the topic of mountain bike trails we speak with trail builders, advocates, environmentalists, and ...

How to Know if You're Overtraining with Coach Dee Tidwell from 2021-12-13T14:08:16

Dee Tidwell is a professional coach and the founder of Train to Ride which provides cycling-specific training programs and plans for mountain biking, road, gravel, and moto riding. He’s also a t...

Advice on Arm Pump, Saddle Tilt, Oval Chain Rings, and Cleat Placement — MTB Biomechanics with Dr. Adam Phaneuf from 2021-12-06T10:00

Dr. Adam Phaneuf is a Doctor of Chiropractic with a degree in Exercise Science based in Bellingham, WA. He's also a bike fitter and has studied bicycle biomechanics.

In this episode we as...

Best of the Best: Singletracks' Favorite Mountain Bikes of 2021 from 2021-11-29T10:00

Singletracks tested dozens of mountain bikes in 2021 and three of our editors share their favorites in this special episode. From kids mountain bikes to enduro, and from electric to hardtail, we...

WC Winner Christopher Blevins Takes Stewardship of the US Mountain Biking Torch from 2021-11-22T10:00

This year Christopher Blevins became the first American man to win a World Cup race since 1994, taking first in the final XCO race of the season at Snowshoe, West Virginia. He’s also the reignin...

Pisgah National Forest: How to Ride Like a Local from 2021-11-15T13:40:41

Todd Branham had lived, worked, and played in the Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina for 22 years. He’s a professional trail builder and also directs the Pisgah Stage race, a 5-day, fully-su...

Moab, Utah: How to Ride Like a Local from 2021-11-08T09:00

Tyson Swasey is a mountain biker and trail builder who has lived in Moab, Utah for his whole life. He’s currently the Operations Coordinator for Grand County, Utah Active Transportation and Trai...

World Cup XC Pro Ryan Standish Finds Ways to Make Bike Racing More Fun from 2021-11-01T09:00

Ryan Standish is a professional mountain bike racer from Australia who is currently living in the US. In addition to competing in top level mountain bike and gravel races, he’s also working to r...

Bike Repair Goes to College from 2021-10-25T18:05:19

Casey Coughlin teaches bicycle repair at Minneapolis College in Minnesota, one of only two colleges to offer a certificate program in the subject. While applying to graduate school she worked as...

How Pro DH Mountain Biker Neko Mulally Built His Path to Success from 2021-10-18T06:00

Neko Mulally is a professional downhill mountain bike racer and three time US National Champion.  He’s also the co-founder of Windrock Bike Park in Tennessee and is currently part of the In...

Tips for Landing Tricks and Recovering from Injury, with Fabio Wibmer from 2021-10-11T06:00

Fabio Wibmer is an Austrian trials rider and mountain biker with almost 7 million YouTube subscribers and his videos have been viewed more than 1.2 billion times. He’s known for starring in vide...

The 2021 Mid-Travel Mashup: Our Favorite Trail Bikes Tested from 2021-10-04T08:00

Today we’re wrapping up our mid-travel, trail bike mashup with our bike testers, Chris, Gerow, and Matt. We’ll meet the testers, discuss how the bikes were selected, and find out how the test ri...

Showing the Luv to Your Mountain Bike Trails and Trail Builders from 2021-09-27T09:00

Arrie Rossouw is the co-founder and CEO of LuvTRAILS, an online and mobile platform helping groups raise funds for trail building and maintenance. 

Jeremiah Bishop is a professional ...

The Fitness Tech Arms Race: How Data is Making Cyclists Faster with Chip Hawkins, Wahoo Fitness Founder from 2021-09-20T09:00

Chip Hawkins is the founder and chairman of the board at Wahoo Fitness (wahoofitness.com). The company’s stated mission is to “create innovative solut...

How to Time Mountain Bike Jumps and Break Bad Descending Habits, with Jeremiah Stone from 2021-09-13T09:00

Jeremiah Stone is a mountain bike skill instructor who has taught hundreds of riders across the western USA with Ninja Mountain Bike Performance and the Sedona Mountain Bike Academy. He’s also a...

The How and Why of Building Full Suspension Mountain Bikes Out of Steel from 2021-09-06T09:00

Joe McEwan is a career aerospace engineer and carbon composites expert who founded Starling Cycles in 2014. The brand’s bikes are developed, engineered and handmade for the demands of UK trails,...

How to Mountain Bike Faster, According to a Top Coach from 2021-08-30T07:00

Gene Hamilton is a mountain bike skills coach and the founder of Better Ride.  He's taught clinics around the world to thousands of riders looking to ride faster and more confidently.

All of Your Bike Saddle Questions, Answered from 2021-08-24T09:00

Sean Madsen is WTB’s Saddle Category Manager and is an expert in cycling biomechanics with more than 24 years of experience. Over his career he's studied and taught bike fitting to thousands wor...

40 Years of Mountain Bike Innovation with Rocky Mountain Bikes from 2021-08-16T08:00

Rocky Mountain Bicycles officially got its start in 1981, and this year the innovative brand is celebrating its 40th anniversary. In that time Rocky Mountain has produced countless innovations a...

Everything You Need to Know About Mountain Bike Helmets from 2021-08-09T12:32:11

Chris Smith is the USA Marketing Manager for Lazer Sport (lazersport.com) where he’s worked for more than 7 years.

In this episode, we ask...

Bike Tours and Bikerafting in the Navajo Nation with Dzil Ta’ah Adventures from 2021-08-02T09:00

Jon Yazzie and Nadine Johnson own Dzil Ta’ah Adventures, an adventure travel company based in Arizona. A full-blooded Diné, Jon and his team run bike trips on Navajo land, and use the proceeds t...

Everything Mountain Bikers Need to Know About Tubeless Tires and Rims from 2021-07-26T09:00

Mike Bush is the President of Stans, a brand whose founder Stan Koziatek pioneered the use of tubeless tires in mountain biking. Today the Stans brand® designs and markets its own line of popula...

Ride Like a Local: The North Shore, British Columbia from 2021-07-19T09:00

Penny Deck is the Operations Manager for the Fraser Valley Mountain Bikers Association in British Columbia. She’s worked as a volunteer trail builder with the North Shore Mountain Bike Associati...

MTB Legend Tinker Juarez Shares Tips for Getting - And Staying - Fast on the Mountain Bike from 2021-07-12T09:00

Tinker Juarez has been a professional mountain biker for more than 30 years. In that time he's competed in the Olympics twice, was crowned the 24-Hour Solo world champ four times, and was induct...

Ride Like a Local: Sun Valley, Idaho from 2021-07-05T09:00

Julian Tyo has lived in the Wood River valley for over a decade where he started the Ketchum bike park and managed the development of gravity trails on Bald Mountain and at Sun Valley Resort. To...

Adventurer Kate Leeming on Planning a Cross-Continent Bike Expedition from 2021-06-28T09:00

Dr. Kate Leeming is an explorer and adventurer who has biked tens of thousands of miles around the world, including 15,000 miles around the Australian continent in 2004 and 2005 and 22,000km acr...

Ride Like a Local: Bentonville, Arkansas from 2021-06-21T09:00

Anya Bruhin is a Northwest Arkansas local who has lived and worked in Fayetteville and Bentonville for 25 years. She’s also the education program manager for Bike NWA.

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Ride Like a Local: St. George, Utah from 2021-06-07T10:00

Cimarron Chacon is the president and race director at GRO Promotions, which offers mountain bike event and trail development services in and around St. George, Utah. She also founded the Dixie M...

Ride Like a Local: Sedona, Arizona from 2021-05-31T09:00

Kevin Adams is a board member for the Verde Valley Cyclist Coalition, a nonprofit group working to promote cycling in the Verde Valley, including the town of <...

How Mountain Bike Fitting Works, with Dr. Adam Phaneuf from 2021-05-24T09:00

Dr. Adam Phaneuf is a Doctor of Chiropractic with a degree in Exercise Science based in Bellingham, WA. He's also a bike fitter and has studied bicycle biomechanics.

In this episode we as...

Kitsbow is Making Mountain Bike Apparel in the USA With Lean Manufacturing from 2021-05-17T10:00

David Billstrom is the CEO of Kitsbow, a North Carolina based cycling apparel company known for producing high-quality products. The company utilizes a made-to-order model for many of the items ...

Public Land Solutions Takes a Pragmatic Approach to Recreation and Trail Development from 2021-05-10T10:00

Ashley Korenblat is the CEO of Western Spirit Cycling Adventures and founder of Outerbike, as well as the Managing Director of Public Land Solutions, a non-profit dedicated to “providing compreh...

Josie Fouts Wants Mountain Biking in the Paralympics, and She Won't Take No for an Answer from 2021-05-03T10:00

Josie Fouts is a two-time National Paralympics Road and Track Cycling Champion with plans to compete at the 2021 Games in Tokyo. She's also working to make mountain biking a Paralympic sport and...

Renee Hutchens is a Mountain Biker Advocating for Indigenous People and the Environment from 2021-04-26T06:00

Renee Hutchens is a mountain biker, storyteller, and artist living in Colorado. As a member of the Diné Nation, Renee is an advocate for both Indigenous people and the lands they call home.

Sharing the Dream: How One Non-profit is Benefitting Communities Through Bike Shops from 2021-04-19T06:00

Matt Martinez is the executive director of Dream Bikes, a non-profit organization that strategically places used bicycle stores in low-to-moderate income neighborhoods to provide hands-on, paid ...

Potential Pitfalls Every Bike Shop and Bike Brand Faces, with OSI from 2021-04-12T09:00

No, this isn't a sponsored episode; we just wanted to geek out on a topic that most of us take for granted! 

Rob Martin is the managing director at Outdoor Sports Insurance, a Horizo...

MTB Skills Coach Gene Hamilton Talks Fitness and Equipment [Part 2] from 2021-04-05T19:58:14

This is part two of our interview with pioneering mountain bike skills coach Gene Hamilton. If you missed part one, be sure to load it up in your podcast app and listen!

In this episode, ...

Pioneering Mountain Bike Skills Coach Gene Hamilton [Part 1] from 2021-03-29T07:00

Gene Hamilton is a former pro downhill racer who created one of the first mountain bike skills courses in the late 1990s. Today Better Ride holds clinics around the US, teaching regular riders a...

How Mountain Bike Shoes Work, with Rick Reed from Ride Concepts from 2021-03-22T18:01:59

Rick Reed is the Brand Manager for Ride Concepts, a mountain bike footwear company based in Reno, Nevada. Before joining Ride Concepts, he was a sales director at Five Ten.

In this episod...

Mountain Biking and the Environment, Part 2: Wildlife from 2021-03-08T11:00

Douglas Carchrie is a bicycle mechanic, mountain bike guide, and mountain bike trail consultant at Big Mountain Scotland. He has also served as a national park conservation intern and conducted ...

Mountain Biking and the Environment, Part I from 2021-03-01T12:21:56

Doug Blease is a mountain biker and environmental researcher based in Scotland. He’s a member of IMBA-EU and has served in active trail planning roles with the Aberdeen Trail Association.

Jeremiah Stone on Mountain Bike Skills, From Climbing to Jumping from 2021-02-21T12:00

Jeremiah Stone is a mountain bike skill instructor who has taught hundreds of riders across the western USA with Ninja Mountain Bike Performance and the Sedona Mountain Bike Academy. He’s also a...

Titanium Frames, Soft Tail Mountain Bikes, Mixed Wheels, Bikepacking, and Gravel: The Moots Interview from 2021-02-14T12:00

Jon Cariveau is the head of marketing for Moots, the Steamboat Springs, Colorado based bike brand known for hand building premium, titanium bikes. Jon is a passionate rider and racer, and has be...

Legendary Mountain Bike Trail Builder Tony Boone from 2021-02-07T18:25:17

Tony Boone has been building mountain bike trails for more than 30 years, and literally helped write the book on the subject, contributing to IMBA’s Guides to Building Sweet Singletrack...

How One Bike Shop Owner is Handling the Pandemic Bike Boom from 2021-02-01T07:00

Earl Serafica is the owner of Earl’s Bike shop, a Specialized dealer located on the west side of Atlanta near the Georgia Tech campus and close to downtown. I first met Earl on a mountain bike r...

FKT Record Holder and Coach Rab Wardell Shares his Tips for Going Fast and Building Confidence from 2021-01-25T07:00

Rab Wardell is a mountain bike athlete and coach living in Glasgow, Scotland. He recently set the fastest known time on the West Highland Way, a 96 mile off-road route connecting Milngavie and F...

MTB Instructor Simon Lawton on Teaching New Riders and Riding in Baja from 2021-01-18T07:00

Simon Lawton is the founder of Fluidride, a world-class mountain bike instructional school that offers both online courses and in-person clinics around the world.  We first spoke with Simon...

Fabio Wibmer Talks Confidence, Perfection, and Inspiration from 2021-01-11T18:34:57

Fabio Wibmer is an Austrian trials rider and mountain biker with almost 6 million YouTube followers and is closing in on 1 billion views. He’s known for starring in videos like Wibmer’s Law, Fab...

Dirt Lab: Creating a Grassroots Skills Park and Trail Building Playground from 2020-12-14T19:55:21

Mat Stanke is a trail builder and board member of the Clinch Valley Trail Alliance in Oak Ridge, Tennessee outside of Listen

A Case Study in MTB Tourism, with CAMBA in Wisconsin from 2020-11-23T07:13:24

Ron Bergin is the Executive Director of the Chequamegon Area Mountain Bike Association, also known as CAMBA, located in northern Wisconsin. The club is known for maintaining a well known network...

Mountain Bike Training in the Time of Covid from 2020-11-09T07:24:01

Ben Turits runs a coaching business and sports therapy practice called The Endurance Collective. He’s joined us a couple of times on the Singletracks podcast in the past, and we’re stoked to hav...

Fresh Gear and eMTB Advocacy News from 2020-11-02T06:17:23

In this week’s episode, Gerow, Jeff, and Matt sit down to discuss the latest mountain bike news, starting with a question that seems to come up every few years: is this the golden age of mountai...

Chris Currie on Mountain Bike Suspension Design from 2020-10-26T08:01:19

Chris Currie is a bike industry veteran with decades of experience in everything from retail and marketing to product design. His patented mountain bike suspension design, dubbed 3VO, is well re...

Our Favorite Mountain Bikes and Gear of 2020 from 2020-10-19T12:11:21

The Singletracks staff has tested a ton of gear this year, and this week we’re looking back at some of our favorites. Listen in to hear what impressed us about each of these items, from clothing...

How MTB Protection Works, with Dr. Chris Leatt from 2020-10-12T06:24:03

Dr. Chris Leatt is the founder of the eponymous bike and moto protection brand based in South Africa. The company’s bike product line has expanded over the years to include helmets, pads, goggle...

How Tubeless Tires Work, with Stans President Mike Bush from 2020-10-01T06:24:03

Mike Bush is the President of Stans, a brand whose founder Stan Koziatek pioneered the use of tubeless tires in mountain biking. Today the Stans brand designs and markets its own line of popular...

Almost Everything you Need to Know About MTB Brakes from 2020-09-23T10:45:16

Vittorio Platania is the marketing manager for the Formula group based in Italy, and he’s here to fill us in on everything we need to know about mountain bike brakes.

We’ll discuss how ...

Tinker Juarez Shares his Secret for Beating Mountain Bikers Half his Age from 2020-09-15T06:15:44

David Juarez, known to mountain bikers around the world as Tinker, is a 2-time Olympian, 4-time 24 Hour Solo series champ, and Mountain Bike Hall of Famer from California. Long-sponsored by Cann...

How to Design a Mountain Bike, with Alastair from Redburn Design from 2020-08-31T13:45:21

Alastair Beckett is a mechanical engineer and bike race mechanic based in the United Kingdom. His firm Redburn Design helps small bike brands expand ...

The World of Mountain Biking, with Gareth from MTB Tribe from 2020-08-24T06:58

In this episode we share an interview Singletracks podcast host and editor-in-chief Jeff Barber recorded with Gareth Beckett from the MTB Tribe podcast. Gareth and Jeff chat about the mountain b...

Inside the Flow Style World Cup DH Race Team from 2020-08-17T15:01

Harry Molloy is the brains behind the Flow Style World Cup DH racing team, and runs the Flow Style riding apparel brand. He has been racing top level dow...

How Mountain Bike Product Reviews Work from 2020-08-10T06:56

In this episode, the Singletracks staff talks about the process we use to the evaluate the mountain bikes and gear we review regularly.

* What are some things to consider when testing a...

Pedal Up works with Boys and Girls Clubs to get More Kids Riding Mountain Bikes from 2020-08-03T09:01

Jason Finnell is a mountain biker who works with the The Schejola Foundation and PedalUp, an organization that is working with Boys and Girls Club location...

Hannah Bergemann on Making a Name for Herself in Freeride and Enduro Mountain Biking from 2020-07-27T06:43

Hannah Bergemann has been busy making a name for herself in the enduro and freeride scene over the past few years. We caught up the rising freeride star and talked to her about how she got start...

Empowering Youth in Gallup and the Navajo Nation Through Bikes and Coffee from 2020-07-20T08:20

Scott Nydam is a longtime bike racer who has been inspired to start a NICA program for youth in Gallup, New Mexi...

Ladies AllRide Founder Lindsey Richter Shares her Passion for Riding from 2020-07-13T08:17

Lindsey Richter founded Ladies AllRide as “a movement dedicated to growing the community of female mountain bikers across the globe.” She’s a former ...

2020 Mountain Bike Reviews from 17 (!) Brands from 2020-06-29T14:32:58

The Singletracks staff kicks off a busy summer mountain bike testing season! In this episode we share our impressions of the mountain bikes we’ve recently tested, and those we are just getting t...

Lael Wilcox, Boundary Busting Bikepacker from 2020-06-08T13:41:29

Lael Wilcox started biking in 2008 at age 20 with an around the world bike trip that took her through more than 30 countries. In 2015, essentially her first year of racing, she won the Tour Divi...

World Cup MTB Mechanic Brad Copeland Takes Bike Tuning as Seriously as Kate Courtney Does Racing from 2020-05-26T15:00:31

Brad Copeland worked his way up the bike tuning chain, from shop mechanic to a full-time position at Specialized Bicycles, and eventually landed a spot wrenching for the brand’s domestic te...

Industry Veteran Larry Pizzi Explains Gravel Biking from 2020-05-19T06:02:41

Larry Pizzi is the Chief Commercial Officer for Alta Cycling Group, the parent company of wll known bike brands including Diamondback, Raleigh, and Ghost. He is also a board member at People for...

Ken Avery from Vittoria Talks Mountain Bike Tires from 2020-05-04T06:37

Ken Avery is the Vice President of product and marketing for Vittoria, the world’s leading producer of bicycle tires. As an industry insider for many years, Ken has a wealth of knowledge on ever...

Mountain Biking in Quarantine Times from 2020-04-27T07:23

It’s an understatement to say Covid-19 has changed the world as we know it. Mountain biking is no exception.

In this episode, Matt, Gerow, and Jeff talk about what’s going on in Colorad...

Mountain Bike Skills with Paul Howard of ZEP Techniques from 2020-04-20T09:38

Paul Howard has been coaching mountain bikers all around the world for over 20 years now. He’s a co-founder of the Professional Mountain Bike Instructors Association (PMBIA) and is the owner and...

How MTB Trails and Tourism can Help Struggling Communities from 2020-04-13T09:35

Greg Williams is the founder of the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship, a non-profit group based in California that’s dedicated to the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of recreational tra...

Pivot Founder Chris Cocalis on Bike Manufacturing, e-commerce, and Adopting New Tech from 2020-04-06T06:55

Chris Cocalis is the founder and president of Pivot Cycles based in Tempe, Arizona. Pivot is known for creating cutting-edge, high performance mount...

Maurice Tierney, Dirt Rag Co-Founder and Publisher Shares the Story of the Mag from 2020-03-30T07:24

Maurice and his partner Elaine started Dirt Rag back in 1989. For decades the magazine documented the sport and for many carried with it the very soul of mountain biking.

Maurice tal...

Kate Courtney on Training, COVID19, New Bike Sponsor, and Inspiring Young Mountain Bikers from 2020-03-23T13:36:31

In 2012, Kate was the first American woman to win a UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Junior title. Then in 2017, she won the Under 23 World Cup Overall title. In 2018, she won gold at the UCI Mountai...

Niner President and Co-founder Chris Sugai Interview from 2020-03-16T06:39

Chris Sugai is the co-founder and President of Niner Bikes, a brand which was an early adopter of the now ubiquitous mountain bike wheel size. Over the years Chris and Niner have worked with inc...

Mountain Bikes and Beer with REEB Cycles and Oskar Blues Brewery from 2020-03-11T13:21:24

Oskar Blues is known primarily as a beer company, but the brand also has a big toe in the mountain bike world with the Reeb bike brand based in Lyons, Colorado. We geek out about beer with senio...

Rebecca Rusch on Facing Challenges, Doing Good in the World from 2020-03-02T07:52

Rebecca Rusch is a 7-time World Champion in cycling, adventure racing, and cross country skiing events, a best-selling author, and a passionate community activist. She’s also an Emmy award winne...

Everything You Need to Know About Mountain Bike Clothing from 2020-02-24T09:14

Ryan White is the senior product designer at cycling apparel company Pactimo based in Denver, Colorado. He studied industrial design at Wentworth Institute of Technology and has been designing s...

Pro Mountain Bike Photographer Paris Gore from 2020-02-17T09:14:09

If you’re a mountain biker, chances are you’ve seen Paris’s brilliant photography online and in your favorite magazine. He’s spent more than a decade capturing mountain bike culture through the ...

How Tracking Macro-Nutrition Can Help Mountain Bikers Unlock Their Full Potential from 2020-02-03T07:07

Keri Hatley is the head coach at Shred Science Nutrition, a program designed to help clients lose weight and build lean muscle to unlock their optimum performance. She’s an athlete who has compe...

Electric Mountain Bike Trail Access and Adoption from 2020-01-27T07:01

There are few topics in the world of mountain biking more controversial than electric mountain bikes. While one side believes anything with a motor goes against the spirit of the sport and could...

Mountain Biking is Expensive, But it Doesn’t Have to Be from 2020-01-20T07:05

Today I’ll be talking about mountain biking on a budget and ways to make mountain biking more affordable. The format for this week’s show is going to be a little different than usual. Instead of...

Kurt Refsnider on Bikepacking, Training, and Facing Challenges from 2020-01-13T14:00:11

Kurt Refsnider is a badass bikepacker who is the only person to have won all three events in the Triple Crown of Bikepacking — the Tour Divide, the Arizona Trail 750, and most recently, the Colo...

Jeremiah Bishop on Mountain Bike Racing, Fitness, and Giving Back from 2020-01-06T07:03

Jeremiah is an 18-time member of the USA Cycling National Team who has won countless cross-country, ultra-endurance, and mountain bike stage races all around the world, including gold at the Pan...

Trailside Mountain Bike Repair Tips from 2019-12-30T07:01

This week we’re re-sharing one of our listeners’ favorite episodes from 2019. On January 6 we’ll be back with fresh episodes including some big interviews you won’t want to miss. Stay safe and h...

Mountain Bike Wheels 101: Anatomy, Troubleshooting, and Sizing from 2019-12-23T07:01

This week we’re re-sharing one of our listeners’ favorite episodes from 2019. On January 6 we’ll be back with fresh episodes including some big interviews you won’t want to miss. Stay safe and h...

Enrico Guala, EWS Board Member and Superenduro Founder Talks About Doping, E-bikes, and More from 2019-12-16T07:01:59

Enrico Guala is the founder of Italy’s Superenduro series and an Enduro World Series board member. He also owns 4Guimp, a bicycle distribution company based in It...

Girlz Gone Riding: Group Gets More Women Mountain Biking Together from 2019-12-09T07:01

Wendy Engelberg is the founder of Girlz Gone Riding, a mountain bike group working to get more women riding and enjoying the experience. Club rides routinely see up to 100 mountain bikers, and t...

Trans Cascadia: A Model for Supporting Trails While Having a Good Time in the Forest from 2019-12-02T17:40:40

Alex Gardner, Nick Gibson, and Tommy Magrath started the Trans Cascadia 4-day enduro race five years ago as a way to allow riders to experience forgotten trails and incredible riding in the Paci...

Our Favorite MTB Destinations Visited in 2019 from 2019-11-25T07:39:37

The Singletracks team traveled far and wide to cover the world of mountain biking this year. From fat biking during the Polar Votex in Wisconsin to racing across BC and Croatia, we saw a lot of ...

Ryan Leech on the Trials of Trials Riding, Skills Coaching, and Getting Motivated from 2019-11-18T07:35:35

Ryan Leech is a mountain bike trials riders who has starred in many mountain bike films over the years and has performed live in front of audiences around the world. He’s also a mountain bike sk...

Chris Ball on the Rise of the EWS, UCI Partnership, E-bikes, and EWS Travel from 2019-11-11T07:34:45

Enduro World Series founding board member Chris Ball talks about how he get into mountain biking, and the motivation for creating a race series outside of XC and DH competition. We find out how ...

What’s Grinding our Gears, and Stoking Our Spokes in 2019 from 2019-11-04T07:13

Sometimes, you just gotta vent.  Matt, Gerow, and Jeff talk about the mountain bike stuff that has us stoked right now, and the things that are bumming us out. From gear to trail access, we...

Rémy Métailler on What it Takes to Huck Your Meat from 2019-10-28T06:14:59

Rémy Métailler is a professional mountain bike racer who competes in both DH and freeride competitions around the world. He also posts skills videos and ride reports regularly on his popular You...

Crankworx, Whistler, and the Future of Slopestyle, with Darren Kinnaird from 2019-10-21T05:46:14

Darren Kinnaird is the general manager for the Crankworx World Tour and a board member of both the Enduro World Series and the Freeride Mountain Bike Association. We ask Darren about how Whistle...

Mountain Biking and Nutrition, with Jenny Corso from 2019-10-14T13:36:55

Jenny Corso is a cyclist and R&D Scientist who has studied exercise nutrition and physiology through various undergraduate, graduate, and PhD programs. She’s also a licensed USA Cycling coac...

Cam McCaul on Slopestyle Mountain Biking, Injuries, Risk, and Trail Building from 2019-10-07T05:42:05

Cam McCaul is a legendary slopestyle mountain biker who has helped grow and shape the sport for amost twenty years. He’s won numerous freeride competitions including Crankworx Colorado and the B...

A Mountain Biker’s Guide to Nature from 2019-09-30T08:57

Most, if not all mountain bikers are nature lovers too. For many of us, it’s the main reason we ride off road. This week, we want to share our stoke for nature and perhaps inspire others.

Darcy Wittenburg from Anthill Films on How Mountain Bike Movies Get Made from 2019-09-23T08:19:54

Darcy Wittenburg is a partner, director, producer, and cinematographer at Anthill films. Anthill has produced some of the Listen

Sonya Looney Talks Mountain Bike Nutrition, Risk Taking, and Competition from 2019-09-16T08:19:01

Sonya Looney is a four time, national collegiate 24 hour racing champion, and was crowned the 24 hour world champion in 2015. She’s also notched wins at big endurance races like the Breck Epic (...

How to Choose a Mountain Bike from 2019-09-09T09:34

In this episode of the Singletracks podcast, we share our experiences and tips for choosing your next (or your first) mountain bike.
Where do you start? How do you know when it’s time for a ...

Buying a Mountain Bike, Then Racing it 1000km Across Switzerland from 2019-09-02T09:22:40

Greg Jacob is a self-described “regular” guy who decided to attempt the Navad 1000, a 621-mile, single-stage mountain bike race across Sw...

Mental Health Benefits to Mountain Biking from 2019-08-26T08:56

Matt, Gerow, and Jeff talk about the link between mental wellness and mountain biking. Mountain bikers are using the sport to deal with depression, PTSD, learning disabilities, anxiety, seasonal...

Summer Mountain Bike Reviews: Salsa, Orbea, Yeti, Viathon, Fezzari, Diamondback from 2019-08-19T08:58

Gerow, Matt, and Jeff share updates and impressions from recent and upcoming mountain bike tests, from gravel and XC to trail and enduro bikes. Plus, we preview other bikes we’ll be testing and ...

Mountain Bike Strength and Mobility Training with Bike James from 2019-08-12T09:02:22

James Wilson has been helping mountain bikers all around the world get strong and fit since 2005 through his online training programs and podcast. He’s also designed his own flat mountain biking...

Mark Weir Talks Will vs. Skill, Climbing 1M Feet in a Year, and His Almost Heart Attack from 2019-08-05T09:22:53

Note: This episodes contains language some listeners may find offensive.
Mark Weir is a legend in the mountain bike world, having won the Downieville Downhill eight times and making...

Mountain Biking for Beginners – How to Get Started from 2019-07-29T09:25

I was recently a guest on the Curiosityness podcast with Travis DeRose on the topic of getting started in moun...

Mountain Bike Skills for Descending from 2019-07-22T08:53

Dylan Renn is the lead coach at A Singletrack Mind where he teaches mountain bike skills to riders of all abilities. He’s been gravity racing sinc...

Pirate Trails, Mud, and Booby Traps from 2019-07-15T09:38

In this episode of the Singletracks podcast, Gerow, Jeff, and Matt discuss trail advocacy news from the North America and Europe, and share the results from recent trail etiquette surveys.
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Mountain Bike Tires Explained, From Widths and Sealants to Inserts from 2019-07-08T08:38:56

We’ve dedicated a couple Singletracks podcast episodes to mountain bike tires already, but things are changing fast! Based on popular demand, Matt and I talk about the latest in tire widths (is ...

Simon Lawton from Fluidride Talks About the Most Fundamental MTB Skill from 2019-07-01T09:31

Simon Lawton is the founder of Fluidride, a world-class mountain bike instructional school located in Seattle, WA. He’s helped riders all over the world in p...

Gary Fisher on the Past, Present, and Future of Mountain Biking from 2019-06-24T09:43:26

No other man is as well positioned to talk about where mountain biking has been, and where it’s going in the future, than Gary Fisher. From organizing the first mountain bike races at Repack, to...

Payson McElveen Talks About Breaking the White Rim FKT Record and MTB Training from 2019-06-17T09:36

Professional mountain bike racer Payson McElveen shares how he got started in the sport and talks about his favorite places to ride. His latest competitive projects involve establishing the fast...

Sharing the Mountain Bike Stoke Around the World from 2019-05-27T09:56:52

In this episode of the Singletracks podcast I talk with Mike Brcic about the best ways to share the mountain bike experience with others, whether that’s leading a group ride or promoting mountai...

Mountain Bike Trails and Bikes in Italy from 2019-05-20T09:11

In this episode, Gerow gives us the low down on some of the mountain bike trails he’s discovered in Italy so far. We talk about mountain bike culture in this part of Europe, and discuss some int...

Hans Rey on Exploring the Globe by Bike, Flow Trails, and Secrets to Staying Strong from 2019-05-13T12:58:02

Hans Rey is a mountain bike trials legend and global ambassador for the sport, exploring and documenting exotic locations around the world by bike. His non-profit, Wheels4Life, provides bicycles...

Spring 2019 Mountain Bike Reviews – 9 Recent and Upcoming Tests from 2019-05-06T13:25:25

In this episode of the Singletracks podcast, Matt, Gerow, and Jeff talk about recent, current, and future mountain bike review tests. We share impressions and thoughts on the following bikes: Listen

How Mountain Biking is Being Developed in Scotland from 2019-04-29T08:47

A National strategy for developing mountain biking in Scotland has been in place since 2010 and an updated comprehensive plan for the next 6 years is set to be released any day. We talk with Gra...

New Mountain Bike Product Highlights from Sea Otter 2019 from 2019-04-22T09:05:26

Matt and Jeff recap all the new products and news from Sea Otter 2019 in Monterey, CA. We share impressions of the mountain bikes we tested, cover notable product releases, and talk about some o...

The Rise of Enduro in Mountain Biking from 2019-04-15T09:09:49

In this episode of the Singletracks podcast, Matt, Gerow, and Jeff talk about what enduro is, and why it matters to the sport of mountain biking. From athletes and races to bikes and gear, endur...

Podcast: Jeff Kendall-Weed Talks MTB Advocacy, YouTube Success from 2019-04-01T13:30:37

Jeff Kendall-Weed is a mountain bike content creator on a mission to grow the sport and inspire others to get involved in mountain bike advocacy. His popular YouTube series, Local Loam, showcase...

The Legendary Chris Akrigg Shares His Creative Approach to Riding from 2019-03-25T15:27:05

Chris Akrigg is known around the world for his incredible bike handling skills and his creative approach to riding on anything with two wheels. His latest series of videos, The Process, focuses ...

Mountain Bike Racing Tips from 2019-03-18T09:26:12

In this episode of the Singletracks podcast, Gerow, Matt, and Jeff share mountain bike race tips learned over many seasons of racing and watching the pros. We touch on training and preparation b...

Andrew Taylor is Riding His Mountain Bike in All 48 Continental US States and Shares Stories from the Road from 2019-03-04T10:33:03

Andrew Taylor is a professional freeride mountain biker who set out last year to ride his mountain bike in all 48 Continental US states. He’s still on the road with just a few more states to go ...

Mountain Bike Controls Go Wireless, From Drivetrains to Dropper Posts and Suspension from 2019-02-25T09:57:14

SRAM recently announced a wireless mountain bike drivetrain and dropper post, which got us thinking: What does going wireless and electronic mean for mountain biking? In this episode of the Sing...

An Inside Look at Enve, with Jake Pantone from 2019-02-18T10:34:36

Jake Pantone is the Vice President of Product and Consumer Experience at Enve, a Utah-based company that makes carbon fiber bike parts.
We ask Jake where ...

Everything You Need to Know About MTB Pedals, From Flats to Clipless from 2019-02-11T10:00:56

In this episode of the Singletracks podcast, Matt and Jeff explain the pros and cons of different types of mountain bike pedals. We also offer tips for learning to ride with clipless pedals and ...

How to Bike in Winter, According to Arctic Bikepackers Huw and Annie from 2019-01-28T10:24:36

Huw Oliver and Annie Lloyd-Evans are outdoor educators based in Scotland. The couple has raced and bikepacked all over the planet, and recently completed a winter fat bike expedition above the A...

Todd Branham on Why Flow Trails Are Good, Shares Forgotten Trail Gems in Pisgah from 2019-01-21T10:40:31

Todd Branham lives, works, and plays in the Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina as a professional trail builder. He also directs the Listen

The Latest on Mountain Bikes in Wilderness and Trail Advocacy from 2019-01-14T09:54:43

In this episode of the Singletracks podcast, Matt and Jeff talk about the most recent mountain bike advocacy news.

* Mountain bike access in Wilderness Study Areas like the Bitterroots,...

We Review 6 Mountain Bikes, From Hardtail to Long-Travel 29er from 2019-01-07T10:53:21

In this episode of the Singletracks podcast, Jeff and Matt share their experience with six long term bike reviews completed recently. Get inside info on how Singletracks conducts bike reviews, a...

Learning Mountain Bike Skills From a Ninja from 2018-12-31T10:46:11

In this re-share from the Singletracks podcast, we talk with professional mountain bike instructor Richard La China from Ninja Mountain Bike Per...

MTB Drivetrain Podcast: We Weigh in on Oval Chainrings, Belt Drives, and Internal Gears from 2018-12-24T10:45:27

In this podcast re-share, we talk about 1X vs. 2X mountain bike drivetrain configurations, gearing, and performance. Not only that, we talk about electronic shifting, oval chainrings, belt-drive...

What the MTB Community Wants for Christmas from 2018-12-17T10:50:55

Mountain biking has a lot of momentum going into 2019, but if we’re honest there are things all of us can do to make our sport even better. Whether you’re new to the MTB community, or you’re com...

Ibis’ Roxy Lo Talks Mountain Bike Design from 2018-12-10T10:11:44

We get inside the head of Ibis’ product designer, Roxy Lo, to find out what it takes to design iconic, high-performance mountain bikes like the Mojo, Ripmo, and new DV9.

--Ke...