We sit down with Dave Ortloff to trace a life on bikes from rigid forks and jorts to Cat 1 wins, White Rim epics, and choosing joy over endless intervals. We also launch The Dirties, a new, irreverent awards night to celebrate trail crews and the people who make our scene hum.

• sponsors, local events, and dates for Damn Zombies and OKXC
• Dave’s origin story from Lake Thunderbird to Bluff Creek
• stepping through Cat 3 to Cat 1 and what it cost
• training structure, coaching insights, and erg mode heresy
• White Rim logistics, beauty, and safety lessons
• Little Sugar strategy, sodium mistakes, and pacing
• gear talk on tires, pressures, tubeless, and side knobs
• why flow is meditation and community is the win
• announcing The Dirties awards night details and sponsors

The Dirt -EZZ will have free pizza, cash bar, and raffle at Angry Scotsman, Thursday, February 26, 6–9 pm. Pizza at 6. Awards at 7. “Please come join us. It’s really just a good time for a bunch of fools to hang out and laugh at each other.”

Dirt-EZZ Details https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1872VTJwwR/