I first heard Jeff on Vital MTB's podcast titled The Financial State of MTB which really blew my mind. This dude can analyze so many different angles of the bike industry being an avid mountain biker/pro racer combined with a background of finance, tech, and start ups. He digs beneath the surface to truly understand how things are the way they are and learn from the past to understand the future. In today's world most opinions are surface level and it is refreshing to talk to someone that views the bike industry from so many angles.

We discuss learning about the bike industry from earnings calls of Fox Factory, trends and predictions of the bike economy, and his personal take on certain brands/preferences. This may be one of the most fascinating podcast interviews I have done yet and I hope you think so too!

P.S. He is coming out with a competitive product to Strava!!!!

To follow Jeff Brines (the guy that never sleeps) here is all his content/links:

- His insta https://www.instagram.com/jeffbrines/?next=%2F

- His youtubes https://www.youtube.com/@JeffreyJim09

- www.jeffbrines.com

- His substack https://jeffbrines.substack.com/

- The podcast that got me hooked on Jeff Brines https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/financial-state-bike-industry-jeff-brines-inside-line

- If you want to be a tester for his Strava competitive app you can reach him at [email protected]

Big thanks to our new sponsor https://sktchymtb.com/ go hit them up for some siyack apparel and tell them the Gnar Gnomies sent ya!

Also shout out to Fresh Bikes our other sponsor to hit up for any MTB's or related gear, service, support, etc.

Super stoked to get Mike on the pod! We ran into each other at Jarrod's Place on the shuttle years ago and stayed in touch. At the time he was working for Santa Cruz, but now working for Cane Creek. We catch up on his story, his obsession for Santa Cruz (favorite rigs), and his new gig at Cane Creek. Of course we had to have some van life talk mixed in as well since he has been living it for a long time. The true Mansmann is now a resident of Pisgah so go hit the brotha up for some rad trail riding!

His gram: https://www.instagram.com/mansmann_/

Cane Creek's gram: https://www.instagram.com/canecreekusa/

Got back on the pod with our main host MTB Lawyer and co host the Gnar Gnomie (according to Google AI lol). Here is the latest we chat about:

- MTB Lawyers new branding, latest gravel obsessions, new bike interest, and getting tired of same trails

- Tricking out the eeb, foamie grips, and other bike stuff

- Latest rides at sope creek, big creek, dirty sheets, haw creek, san lee, and beaches

- Upcoming races Quick Six and Lifetime Coldwater MTB

- Latest news YT and Intense struggles

- Latest sponsor of the podcast Fresh Bikes!

Enjoy Gnar Gnation!

We welcome Maggie and Brad Smith of Catalyst Sports an amazing adaptive outdoor sports organization to the podcast! Maggie and Brad discuss how they got into mountain biking, falling in love with the sport and each other (They got married at Blankets Creek!) We unpack adaptive mountain biking from a gear, trail, and experience perspective. I learned sooo much from them and think we can all learn a ton on how to make this great sport and hobby more accessible to all to enjoy it.

https://www.catalystsports.org/post/a-catalyst-love-story

@team.mb.adventures on Instagram

@catalyst_sports on Instagram

https://www.sorbawoodstock.org/meet-the-board

Recorded this after riding bike park tour day 3 for some and day 2 for me at Kanuga. We chat about the differences between the two bike parks (Rock Creek and Kanuga) and the experiences as a whole. We also discuss Frameworks and some other fun tid bits throughout. It is just me and MTB Lawyer on this one but it is packed full of goodies. Take ya a gander will ya?!

So this is a little confusing because the Chief Gnar Gnome got to the party late, so the rest of the Gnar Gnomies did Kanuga day 1 ,and then I joined them for day 2 at Rock Creek. This was recorded ad hoc after the ride at the Shredstead in Brevard in the garage fixing our broken bikes and having beverages post Rock Creek. It is all over the place but cool to get a behind the scenes look at a post ride roundtable with the Gnomies. Hope you get all the feels from this and can smell the brake fluid.

P.S. Part two will be dropping next week after the day 2/3 ride at Kanuga and then Stumphouse.

https://ridekanuga.com/

https://riderockcreek.com/

Use Gnar Gnomies when emailing [email protected] for 10% off your rental stay at his Shredstead.

Cason Smith is back for round 2 on the podcast but in a different light. He is now going full time with his marketing company CTS Media and with Jarrod's Place Bike Park! We catch up since our podcast a long time ago when he was at Free Flite to where he is today and in the future. We talk maturing, 90's mtb's, future bikes, projects and much, much more! Towards the end we talk about my latest adventures and specifically Bootleg Canyon. Take ya a gander and listen now will ya?!

https://www.instagram.com/casonsmith827/

https://www.instagram.com/media.cts/

David Chaney from Martha's Outpost chatted with the Gnar Gnomies about their latest annual Cardinal Trail Award. They gave it to our backyard trails Big Creek! We unpack all that goes behind this award and the factors that make a great community MTB trail system. There are some other random nuggets thrown in the podcast as well as always. Tune in Gnar Gnation!

https://www.facebook.com/reel/989542436493364/

https://www.marthasoutpost.com/

https://www.instagram.com/marthasoutpost/

Just Joshin with ya gnomies. We are back after a brief hiatus. We do talk gravel biking but also about latest mtb rides, weird sightings on the trail, breaking bikes and upgrading, the new Bonnell bike (controversial), testing out different parts and much more. Hope you enjoy this one with MTB Lawyer and the Gnar Gnome!

Email [email protected] and use Gnargnomies for 10 percent off his shredstead in Pisgah.

Use Gnargnomies5 for 5 dollars off your Jarrod's Place day pass online.

Wow episode 100 is here! What better way to celebrate than have some of the core gnar gnomies join like the Outlaw of Josey Wales, MTB Lawyer, The Mechanic, and Shreddy along with the fellas of Jarrod's Place! We recap all the things and take it in many different directions and had so much fun! It was originally with the whole SORBA board but that fell through... but fear not it will come soon. So crack one open and celebrate gnar gnation as we hit the big 100!

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