The Stoked on Spokes Podcast

On our seventy-second episode, Ashley Hendershot and Anthony Bunt from the Ashland Bicycle Company bike shop discuss their shop, the Ashland Bike Project, E-Mountain biking and competitive racing, Team Wild their summer youth program, their NICA team, industry trends, and so much more!!! It's a high energy, passionate, informative, and a very honest listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our seventy-first episode, Calvin Campany and Charlotte Schweitzer of the Adirondack Foothills Cycling Club discuss their cycling non-profit organization, how it started, the events, where they are going in the future, and the local community that surrounds, supports, and inspires them!!! It's a passionate, informative, and entertaining listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our seventieth episode, cycling coach Tim O'Shea and one of his athletes Laura Kline from Pointway Performance discuss why someone would want a cycling coach, what a healthy coach-athlete relationship looks like, what each of them have learned so far in their roles, mountain biking, the Syracuse, NY mountain bike scene, and so much more!!! It's a passionate, informative, and very honest listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our sixty-ninth episode, Bobo Mixson, Caroline Mani, Erica Zeveta, and Rebecca Fahringer return for a star-studded recording that turned into more of a comedy specialmixed with a cyclist's therapy session filled with unfiltered, too honest, and informative material! Bobo the mountain bike YouTuber and Caroline, Erica, and Rebecca all professional cyclists discuss Unbound Gravel fatigue, E-bikes, the life of a pro cyclists, hygiene, video production curiosity, the things that cyclists don't always talk about, the need for more cycling documentaries, the LifeTime Gran Prix, the American crit scene, and much more!!! It's the 69th episode that is not like any other and had no structure!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our sixty-eighth episode, we go to Recre's Bike Studio in Watertown, NY to talk to bicycle shop owners Aaron and Jennifer Austin along with shop employees Mike Madore and Pete Towles about their shop, how they started it, lessons learned along the way, their local cycling community, local events, and much more!!! Their passion for providing a service to their community and wanting to grow bicycle advocacy in their community is evident! It's a passionate, entertaining, and very inspiring listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our sixty- seventh episode, Kate and Michael Seiler discuss their father-daughter relationship, their coach-athlete relationship, Kate's college Colorado Mesa University, the National Crit League, Kate's love of track racing, road racing, Metta Endurance, and much more! It's a passionate, informative, and family bonding listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our sixty-sixth episode, Erik Anderson and Brent Evans discuss Erik's video series, The Ohio to Erie Movement!!! The Ohio to Erie Movement is a five-episode video series about Erik's weeklong trip from Cincinnati, Ohio to Cleveland last September!!! Erik talks about his inspirations, route, setbacks, lessons learned, and much more on his journey!!! Brent asks Erik questions that he had from watching Erik's documentary!!! Erik and Brent realize the common bonds they have and alot of ah-ha moments occur. I do recommend watching the series first on the link below on YouTube!!! It's a high energy, passionate, informative, and a very honest listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our sixty-fifth episode, its all about gravel as Andrew Short, Phil Smith, Phillip Beal, and Todd Grassman weigh in on the Spirit of Gravel, their favorite gravel events, what makes a great event, the Life Time Gran Prix, and so much more!!! This episode circles around on everyone's appreciation of the remoteness of gravel roads, less traffic, and the peacefulness that it brings! It's a passionate, entertaining, and bonding listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our sixty-fourth episode, Marissa Doner, Brett Conaway, and Ava Shipman from the Midwest Devo Junior cycling program discuss their team, why they are involved in it, what keeps them involved, their disciplines, and much more!!! They talk about what's new with the club, plans for Cyclocross Nationals in Louisville, their events, and why they are a premier junior's program!!! It's a passionate, heartfelt, and inspiring listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our sixty-third episode, Lifetime Gran Prix and accomplished mountain bikers Isabella Hyser and Chelsea Bolton discuss the reasons that they applied to the Lifetime Gran Prix, the first stage Sea Otter race, what races they are training for, strategy for next month's Unbound 200-mile gravel race, how they got into mountain biking, endurance racing, the state of women's cycling, and so much more!!! This is an episode not to miss with stories and insights from these two up and coming racers!!! It's a passionate, informative, and inspiring listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our sixty-second episode, Chris Mayhew and Jordan Villella who both live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania discuss Pittsburgh cycling, running cyclocross practices, Pittsburgh events including the Dirty Dozen, racing, new technology, how cycling nutrition is so much better, Jordan's work with Bike Rumor and Cycle-Smart, Chris' coaching with JBV, and so much more!!! It's a passionate, entertaining, and must listen to listen!!! We also announce the winner of last month's #aprilcyclingchallenge!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our sixty-first episode, Phillip Beal and Matt Tanner discuss their love of gravel riding and racing, riding in Indiana, STS bicycles, the Rollfast Cycling team, Strate Superfuel nutrition, and much more!!! Their unique bond and appreciation for each other is inspiring especially since their reason to ride is very different!! It's a passionate, heartfelt, and inspiring listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our sixtieth episode, Sarah and Michael Larson discuss their friendship that turned into marriage, their training, racing UCI cyclocross and their mindset, the state of cyclocross, how they appreciate riding bikes with their significant other, and much more!!! Their love story of meeting in Reno, Nevada/ Northern California to relocating to Indiana and how bicycles have changed their lives for the better shows how bicycles can make your life better! It's a passionate, heartfelt, and inspiring listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our fifty-ninth episode, Allen talks to Brent Evans and Stacy McGrath from the Pan Ohio Hope Ride about the 4-day 328-mile charity ride that raises money for cancer patients housing during their treatments!!! They discuss the ride, the routes, their passion and excitement for this event, the people, their reason why to make it a priority, and so much more!!! Their passion and love of this event shines through and we even get a surprise visit from Pan Ohio Christmas in July Santa Elvis!!! It's a passionate, informative, and overly entertaining listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our fifty-eighth episode, Mountain Bike Adventure Club leaders Todd Poquette, Rick Armstrong, & Matthew Mesarchik talk about their programs, the opportunities in youth cycling, differences in their programs, their program goals, and so much more!!! It gets entertaining very often as these leaders discuss what makes cycling so important to them and their successful programs! It's a passionate, informative, and  entertaining listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our fifty seventh episode, professional cyclists Emily Werner and Erica Zaveta discuss their friendship, their disciplines, racing in Europe, the recent US Cyclocross Worlds team process, the new National Criterium League, dealing with injuries, and so much more!!! Their friendship which goes back to racing at the same college is evident as this episode is full of laughter, stories, kind words, and support!!! It's a passionate, informative, and entertaining listen!!! Allen gives more information at the end about the podcast's upcoming April Cycling Challenge on Instagram including how to do it, the prize list, and what he hopes results from it!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our fifty sixth episode, we go international talking to Soledad Hernandez and Alex Mesarichik about a recent bicycle trip Alex did with his father to visit and be shown around Ecuador by Soledad. Soledad lives in Quito, Ecuador and is a bicycle guide and Alex is a high school mountain biker from Cuyahoga County in Northeast Ohio.  Soledad and Alex discuss the trip, an avalanche enduro race that Alex did starting at the top of an active volcano, mountain biking in Ecuador, Ecuador's cuisine and cycling, and so much more!!! Soledad and Alex also discuss their love of mountain bike racing and exploring on bicycle. It's a passionate, informative, and exciting listen!!! Allen previews and gives information along with Mr David Palan and Scot Herrmann about next month's April Cycling Challenge!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our fifty-fifth episode, Allen talks to race organizers of the Chequamegon MTB Festival, the Lutsen 99er, and Austin Rattler: Peter and Christina Spencer about their love of event promotion, bicycles and their marriage, the challenges, the inaugural Lifetime Gran Prix that happened last year, the thought process of each event, and so much more!!! Their passion for bicycles and event promotion shines through and makes this episode quite unique!!! It's a passionate, informative, and kindhearted listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our fifty-fourth episode, professional cyclists Scott Funston and Scott McGill Jr discuss what got them into racing professionally, the cyclocross scene, Scott McGill Jr's European Continental Road racing, the Blue Competition Cyclocross team they were on last season, Single Speed Cyclocross Nationals, fashion choices, and much more!!! Their dedication, ambitions, and drive shine through on this episode!!! It's an informative, inspiring, and overly entertaining listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our fifty-third episode, Scot Herrmann and Mr David Palan kick off the second season of this podcast by discussing the former Cross Vegas, their love of announcing, junior teams, and much more!!! David rambles on at the end about a 5K race in Michigan as Scot and Allen wonder what he is talking about! It's a outrageous, passionate, and wild listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our fifty-second episode, we wrap up our first season of the podcast with a season finale episode with Mark Gunsalus, Phil Smith, Douglas Knieper, and Todd Grassman look back on the podcast so far, comment on episodes that stood out to them, discuss this year's Cyclocross World Championships, and much more!!! Brent Evans jumps in at the end to also give his thoughts on the first season! These are some of the biggest fans and advocates of the podcast, so it was nice to get them together to wrap up our first season!!! It's a passionate, informative, and entertaining listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our fifty-first episode, Allen talks to members of Cork Monkey Racing: Laura Kline, Sarah Hess, & Susan Anderson about their team, their strong support system, the state of women's cycling, payouts, their disciplines, and so much more!!! Cork Monkey Racing is a Women's Elite Racing team out of Syracuse, New York that supports women in all aspects of bicycle racing and an extremely strong support system!!! Their conversations definitely show what this team means to each of these ladies!!! It's an inspiring, passionate, and empowering listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our fiftieth episode, Allen talks to YouTube personalities and Professional/Amateur Mountain Bike riders Macky Franklin, Syd Schulz, and Bobo Mixson about their thoughts of being YouTube stars, the struggles and pressures of producing video content professionally, their injuries, obstacles, and their love of bicycles!!! The episode turns into a YouTube personality therapy session as the guests take off with personal discussion not allowing Allen to ask his regular questions!!! It gets a little too honest and crazy at points! It's a passionate, ridiculous, and overly entertaining listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our forty-ninth episode, Allen talks to supporters of The Challenged Athletes Foundation and members of The Cycling Club in Columbus, Ohio: Chris Imhoff, Kristie Boltz, & Don Novel about cycling, the CAF foundation, their team, Kristie's post ride snacks, Don's epic routes, Chris' dedication to riding, and so much more!!! The Challenged Athletes Foundation is dedicated to people who have lost a limb and helping them stay active to still live a healthy lifestyle!!! The true passion that these individuals have to help their community and people they may never meet is phenomenal!!! It's an inspiring, passionate, and empowering listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our forty eighth episode, Allen talks to professional cyclocross racers Caroline Mani and Lauren Zoerner about their latest seasons, Caroline's new role taking over the Alpha Bicycle Company Groove Silverthorne team, racing in Europe, Lauren's U23 Nationals podium, the state of Women's cycling, and so much more!!! Their respect and admiration for each other shines but gets overshadowed by their comedic personalities!!! It's a passionate, empowering, and extremely entertaining listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our forty seventh episode, Allen talks to former racers/ junior cycling fathers: Kevin Bratetic and Mark Gunsalus at Cyclocross Nationals before their children's Nationals races about their children, watching your kids grow up in cycling, the positives and negatives, the lessons they have learned along their journey so far, how their personal cycling encouraged their kids to ride, and so much more!!! Though they never met each other before this recording, they quickly found many common passions to talk about!!! They hope that this conversation can encourage other parents to continue supporting their children's bike endeavors!!! It's a passionate, entertaining, and inspiring listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!! This episode was recorded at Nationals and we were unable to get a soundproof space. There are extra sounds of horns, cheering, and chatter, but we hope you can appreciate the authenticity of this episode. We are proud that we were able to get people together from around the United States during the weekend of Cyclocross National Championships in Hartford, Connecticut!!!

On our forty sixth episode, we have a team panel of Drew Dillman, Hannah Arensman, and Gus Bratetic of the Ignition Race Team at Cyclocross Nationals before their Nationals races about their season, their team, their friendship of each other, predictions before their Elite and Juniors Nationals race, their cyclocross journey so far, Drew's Legends Race run as Forest Gump at the Trek Waterloo World Cup, the state of cyclocross, and so much more!!! Hannah rejoins later to talk about her Women's Elite Nationals 4th place finish and Kevin Bratetic, the team's mechanic talks about what Drew has done for the sport of cyclocross! The bonds that this team has and their appreciation for each other shines through!!! It's a passionate, entertaining, and heartfeld listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!! This episode was recorded at Nationals and we were unable to get a soundproof space. There are extra sounds of horns, cheering, and chatter, but we hope you can appreciate the authenticity of this episode. We are proud that we were able to get people together from around the United States during the weekend of Cyclocross National Championships in Hartford, Connecticut!!! Disclaimer we try to keep journalistic integrity and may not agree with everything our guests say!

On our forty fifth episode, Allen talks to long term cycling friends Phil Smith and Jacob Spath who met on a group ride in and rode together for a while out of Quincy, Illinois!!! Phil still resides in Quincey and rides every morning, while Jacob moved to Bettendorf, Iowa.  Both gentlemen discuss their love of gravel riding and racing, cyclocross, the state of gravel cycling, crit racing, crit beef, exploring new places to ride, and so much more!!! It's a passionate, informative, and lighthearted listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!! We apologize for the background noise in the episode since Jacob was traveling with his family during this recording!!!

On our forty-fourth episode, Kerry Werner, Tyler Cloutier, Brent Evans, and Allen gather to celebrate the professional cyclocross career of Tyler Cloutier, whom retired after the recent Cyclocross National Championship in Hartford, Connecticut!!! We also roasted Kerry Werner about his Single speed Men's National Championship win. Everyone gives their thoughts on Tyler's career, cyclocross, keeping juniors engaged, gravel, and so much more!!!  The energy level and high and gets hostel at points! It's a passionate, hilarious, and high stoke listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our forty third episode, we have an Elite Women's panel at Cyclocross Nationals with Sunny Gilbert, Anna Megale, and Jen Malik before their Nationals races about their season, their friendship of each other, smack talk before their Single speed and Elite Nationals race, how they became professional cyclists, their cyclocross journey so far, the state of cyclocross, and so much more!!! Hilarity and serious conversations ensue as the ladies hold nothing about their love for cyclocross and cycling in general!!! Sunny rejoins later to talk about her Women's Singlespeed National Title win and that it means to her!!! It's a passionate, comedic, and loaded listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!! This episode was recorded at Nationals and we were unable to get a soundproof space. There are extra sounds of horns, cheering, and chatter, but we hope you can appreciate the authenticity of this episode. We are proud that we were able to get people together from around the United States during the weekend of Cyclocross National Championships in Hartford, Connecticut!!!

On our forty-second episode, Allen talks to Women's Cycling Team VeloFemme from Cleveland, Ohio member Laura Webb, Emily Lang Miller, & Jilian Beveridge about their team, riding disciplines, dealing with injuries and their team's support, the importance of having women's teams for female cycling to grow, the Cleveland, Ohio cycling scene, and much more!!! The episode shows that their team is more about friendship and support than just bicycle racing! It's an inspiring, passionate, and empowering listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our forty-first episode, Allen talks to the leader of the 906 Adventure Team: Todd Poquette and Michael Gottfried share his experience and admiration of what Todd and the 906 Adventure Team have accomplished!!! The 906 Adventure Team is a 600 plus youth mountain bike team based out of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with the goal of helping kids love bike through exploring the woods, getting exercise, discovering new friendships, building resiliency, establishing healthy habits, establishing healthy habits, and pursuing an activity equals sport, equal parts lifestyle, that can grow and change as you do!!! This community of kids support each other and embrace a sport where there is no bench, where everybody rides!!! It's an inspiring, passionate, life changing, and informative listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our fortieth episode, Allen talks to mountain bikers, bike mechanics, and long-term racing friends Paul Doty and Stewart Pomeroy!!! Paul and Stewart first met in the Colorado mountain bike racing scene and became friends due to their mutual ability level!!! They talk about their racing together, riding, exploring, being bike shop mechanics, the current bike industry, recovering from big crashes, and much more!!! It's a high stoke, passionate, and informative listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our thirty-ninth episode, Allen talks to Rebecca Fahringer & Kerry Werner, whom are teammates of the Kona Adventure Team about their team, their strong personalities, their vlogs, the team's focus on gravel, the gravel push in the bicycle industry, Rebecca's Tinder dating in Belgium, Tyler Cloutier, and so much more!!! Hilarity and awkwardness ensue on this loaded episode leaving no stone unturned with these two professional cyclists!!! Kerry gets really honest on many personal subjects, we discuss Rebecca's Belgian Waffle Ride Kansas win, Sherman randomly barks, Kerry uncontrollably sneezes, Rebecca apologizes to Tyler Cloutier, Kerry admits owing Tyler Cloutier a lot of money, and much more! This is a not to miss episode full of Rebecca and Kerry at their best, which is sometimes their worst!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our thirty-eighth episode, Allen talks to long time cycling teammates and friends Larry Hughes, Shawn Aker, and Trevor Miller! They are former competitive criterium and cyclocross racers, the heartbeat of the former VeloScience team from Columbus, Ohio, absolute cycling goofballs, and adrenaline junkies who have come up with ridiculous rides to challenge themselves but also grow as friends!!! They mention the beginning of their friendship, crit racing off the wall strategies, Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships which started their crazy challenges, and how difficult rides affect their friendships! It's an off the wall, over passionate, hilarious, and informative listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our thirty-seventh episode, Allen talks to Michael Seiler and Holly Benner, who have recently started their coaching business, Metta Endurance! They talk about their business' different approach to coaching with the Mind, Body, and Soul, their athletic backgrounds, their previous coaching experience, the struggles people have when starting out with a coach, and much more!!! It's a passionate, caring, and informative listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our thirty-sixth episode, Allen talks to Professional Cyclocross racers Maghalie Rochette and Caroline Mani about their friendships, the current bicycle industry, how they started racing, their biggest sponsors and supporters, being a mentor, and so much more!!! Maghalie is a 3-time Canadian National Champion, 3-time Pan American Champion, World Cup Winner, currently runs the Fever Talk Podcast, and is coming off a 7th place finish at this year's World Championship! Caroline is a 5-time French National Champion, is currently leading the USCX series, and placed 2nd at the 2016 World Championships in Zolder, Belgium! Their support and respect for each other really makes this episode a fantastic listen and they discuss their race strategy of talking in French also!!! It's an empowering, passionate, and informative listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our thirty-fifth episode, Allen traveled to the Kings CX UCI races held this past weekend in Mason, Ohio to interview professional cyclocross racers Drew Dillman, Brannan Fix, and cover the UCI Elite races with Ryan Haden!!! Allen interviewed Brannan and Drew about how their current season is going, their season goals, the Kings CX weekend, their programs, and asked individual questions. Getting these gentlemen together was impossible with their busy schedules! Brannan's love of cyclocross pushed him to start his own program and he mentions riding and training in Colorado. Drew has taken his love of being on a team into his program the Ignition Racing Team and also mentions his love of coaching, his faith, his YouTube channel, Dad watts, and mentoring the new generation of riders.  Allen along with Ryan Haden covered the weekend's Elite UCI races since the regular media took the weekend off. They break down each individual C1 and C2 race, and interview the top 2 finishers that was Caroline Mani, Lizzy Gunsalus, Drew Dillman, Mark Myles, Hannah Arensman, and Brannan Fix!!! It's a very different episode but still highlights people that are stoked on cyclocross and bicycles!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our thirty-fourth episode, Lizzy and Allen talk to daughter and father cycling pair: Eleanor and Gregory Dyas about their relationship, the benefits of riding with your father/daughter, their training, racing, new passions in cycling, Eleanor's racing cyclocross in Europe, and much more!!! Their love for each other and cycling together shine through on this episode! It's a heartfelt, passionate, and informative listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our thirty-third episode, we talk to organizers of the SpokerRide: Jeff and Steve Wood!!! SpokerRide is a charity race/ride that happens on the last Saturday in July in Sackets Harbor, NY to benefit the American Cancer Society and the Volunteer Transportation Center. Jeff and Steve discuss their event that has been held for the last 20 years, how the event has changed over the years, their battles with cancer and the reasons why the American Cancer Society and Relay for Life is so important to them, their riding and training, and so much more!!! It's a heartfelt, empowering, and informative listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our thirty-second episode, we talk to Spencer Hackett and David Strong about their friendship, the Columbus, Ohio cycling scene, their new fascination in cargo bikes, David company Donut Sack Bicycle Bags, Spencer long run of bicycle promoting, Cap City Cyclocross, and much more!!! It's an entertaining, lighthearted, and informative listen!!! There is no racing update from Lizzy Gunsalus this week, since she did not race at Charm City!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our thirty-first episode, we continue our weekly series with Lizzy following her professional cyclocross season last weekend at Rocester UCI in Rochester, New York and address being mentioned and play a clip from the In The Red Podcast with Curtis White and Tony Sylar!!! We also talk to professional cyclocross racers Lauren Zoerner and Anna Megale about their season goals, their love of cyclocross, their athletic background, the state of cyclocross, and so much more!!! The interviews were recorded at this past weekend's race at Rochester UCI with busy schedules getting the ladies together was impossible, so they have separate interviews. Lauren's enthusiasm and energy is contagious, while Anna's passion for the sport is inspiring!!! We also talk to former guest and In The Red Podcast Co-host Tony Sylor about the weekend and Curtis White's goals. It's a loaded, exciting, and informative listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our thirtieth episode, we start a weekly series with Lizzy following her professional cyclocross season that started last weekend at GO Cross in Roanoke, Virginia and we also talk to Salty Chimps Racing members: Ken Hammond, Ben Rabin, Jon Cyganik, & Patrick McNeil at Local 315 Brewing Company in Syracuse, New York about their team, local road and cyclocross racing, their reasons to race and ride, their comradery, and much more!!! At some points the conversation gets wild and rowdy as these passionate cyclists get very stoked on their love on bicycles!!! It's an entertaining, honest, and informative listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!! This episode was recorded live at Local 315 Brewing Company during their regular hours so there are some random noises we couldn't edit all out!

On our twenty-ninth episode, Allen and Lizzy talk to professional cyclists Stephen Hyde and Curtis White about their love of cycling, cyclocross, Stephen's new role as Team USA National Cyclocross Coach, Curtis' transition to a new team, their time on Cannondale Cyclocrossworld, when they first met, and so much more!!! It's an entertaining, high energy, and informative listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!! 

On our twenty eighth episode, we talk to Jerry Hayes, Justin Frontuto, and Chris Anderson about what is gets them stoked about the upcoming cyclocross season! #crossiscoming!!! They talk about their roles, what they love about cyclocross, the current state of cyclocross, what they are looking forward to, and much more!!! It's a high energy, engaging, and insightful listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our twenty seventh episode, we do a mid-season episode reflecting on the podcast, introduce Lizzy Gunsalus as our new co-host, Allen and Lizzy talk about their goals for the podcast, how they first met, what led to Lizzy taking on a more involved role, where the podcast is going, and they talk about their bicycle goals for the future!!! It's an ambitious, lighthearted, and informative listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our twenty sixth episode, we talk to professional racer Tyler Cloutier and amateur racer Todd Grassman about riding in Northwest Arkansas, their friendship, their love of bicycles, how Tyler became a pro cyclist, Tyler's coaching business, Tyler's Flamingo Pro Tips, Kerry Warner, and much more!!! Tyler naturally makes the dialogue easy to carry on and flow quite well! It's an entertaining, light hearted, and informative listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our twenty fifth episode, we talk to married couple Brent and Korin Evans about how bicycles affect their marriage, Brent's former European racing days, the Pan Ohio Hope Ride, Korin's coaching business, how bicycling has changed over the years, and so much more!!! Their support for each other has strengthened their family, community, and the lives they continue to impact each day through their commitment to their sport and each other!!! It's an empowering, family focused, and informative listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our twenty fourth episode, we talk to leaders of CORA Mtb which is the Cincinnati Offroad Alliance in Cincinnati, Ohio and Northern Kentucky building and maintaining multi-use trails!!! Olivia Birkenhauer and Jason Reser talk about running CORA, their trail system, their volunteers, their responsibilities, adapting to new needs and trends, their events, NICA in their area, other disciplines, and so much more!!! It's a fascinating, empowering, and informative listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!

On our twenty third episode, we talk to up-and-coming female cyclists: Lizzy Gunsalus and Lexi Stierwalt!!! They talk about their friendship, favorite disciplines, being part of a family that loves cycling, winning a Junior National Championship, the state of US Cycling, favorite race courses, and so much more!!! Their dialogue shows how much they love cycling and how strong friendship is!!! It's an empowering, entertaining, and informative listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!!