Brothers Cullen and Griffin Easter are professional bike racers and the founders of Opicure Foundation, a non profit focused on addressing opioid-related addiction and deaths.

We welcome Jim Capra, head coach at Tyler Hamilton Training, back on the podcast to discuss training while travelling, running and the ‘20,000 meters in a week challenge’.

Episode two discussing the 2022 Tour de France, including Hugo Houle’s historic stage win for Canadian cycling, and the beautiful rivalry between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar.

We hope you’ve been enjoying the 2022 Tour de France as much as we have. This episode is a chat on the racing we’ve seen through stage 13, and our favourite riders of this year’s tour (so far).

Scott Mercier is a retired professional cyclist and author of the new book, Win True: How You Win Matters, On and Off the Bike. Tyler and Scott were roommates and teammates with similar backgrounds, both faced with the same choices in the late 1990’s in European professional cycling. Scott shares with us some of his story, and the process of creating his book. You can order Win True at: https://www.amazon.com/Win-True-How-matters-bike/dp/B09SWLK7N4

Cory Wallace is a 4 time World Solo 24 hour mountain bike champion and ultra endurance professional cyclist from Jasper, Alberta, Canada. We get to hear about some of Cory’s epic 24 race battles, as well as many other adventures (including an FKT attempt up Mount Kilimanjaro).

Sacha Hockenhull is a lifelong outdoor enthusiast, growing up racing on skis and snowboards in Alberta’s Bow Valley, he’s also an avid climber, trail runner and cyclist. Sacha is the event director and co-founder of the Crowsnest Pass 100 mountain bike and gravel races, taking place in Crowsnest Pass, Alberta on August 6th and 7th.

Cole Kessler is a professional cyclist from California, currently splitting his time between LA and Girona, Spain. Cole tell us about his quick transition from recreational mountain biker to professional road cyclist, joining the Israel - Premier Tech team, getting mentored by Chris Froome and much more.

Just how hard is climbing 20,000 metres in 1 week? As it turns out, it’s really hard. We discuss just how difficult this is (and how much time it takes), and contextualize Jack Ultra Cyclist’s incredible effort of keeping up that pace, for an entire year.

We’re rejoined by our friend Steve O’Shaughnessy, bikepack racer and host of the popular My Back 40 Podcast. Steve is taking on one of our ‘bucket list’ rides next month, riding the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route as part of the Tour Divide bikepacking race, from Banff, Alberta to the Mexico border. Steve joins us to talk about his race prep, gear, plans and his bike. We’re excited to have Steve back on later this summer for ‘part 2’, to hear all about this adventure of a lifetime.