GrindWorks BMX

After having a plan in place to chat with Harry for an upcoming episode, and subsequently having all plans put on indefinite hold, I'm glad we were finally able to make this happen. Harry Geyer is the owner of The Wheel Mill bike park in Pittsburgh, PA. This episode is split into two main parts: The first is regarding some features of the park that are sometimes considered "lame" or "fun-killers" by patrons and allows Harry to explain why The Wheel Mill has to make some choices that they do and give him a voice in the discussion that happens within the park. He gives some really good insight into the "not-so-fun" sides of running a park and trying to create a sustainable business model. The second is regarding the current state of The Wheel Mill during the current Coronavirus pandemic, including some speculation into what re-opening "might" look like.

There's some links at the bottom to point you towards the Vans shoe fundraiser, the shirt selection over at Ink Division, and The Wheel Mill social medias.

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Links:

https://www.vans.com/customizer.slip-on-classic.html?recipe=5eb2a4df58c152e185e75ad8e4de4863&icn=FTB_thewheelmill

http://www.thewheelmill.com/

https://www.instagram.com/thewheelmill/

https://www.facebook.com/TheWheelMill/

https://shop.ink-division.com/wheelmill/shop/home

email: [email protected]

Jams and contests seem to be a question on everyone's minds right now as we begin to re-emerge from nation-wide Stay-at-home orders and quarantines, while restrictions on gatherings remain in place. We have been trying to come up with an alternative for the last month or so and decided on a set of weekly InstaJams. Listen in for more details and check out the social media channels listed below for the flyers and more details as each event goes live!

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James is originally from the Owego, New York area and many of you will know him from the Binghamton scene; he now lives in Austin, Texas. I caught up with him when I was visiting in January, but couldn't make a podcast happen in-person, so we did it via Skype while we're all still quarantined.

This was very Binghamton-scene oriented and came out with a few good ideas for future episodes as well.

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Links: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqKCCaTKkfc

https://vimeo.com/57270735

This episode is with a small business owner and BMX rider in the Pittsburgh scene, Karlis Fisers, or as many will know him as Mantis Tattoo, or @813mantis. Karlis has ridden BMX since the early 1980's and also operated Mantis Tattoo, a tattoo and piercing shop, in Greensburg, PA for 16 years.

As you can imagine much of the discussion is related to the current Corona Virus (COVID-19) epidemic and the impact on small businesses such as his own, but we definitely talk about BMX as well.

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Links:

https://www.instagram.com/813mantis

https://www.instagram.com/mantistattoo

https://youtu.be/8A3jiM2FNR8

https://anchor.fm/diffrent-spokes/episodes/031-Dont-Spike-the-System-w-Liane-Battista-ebsmuf

https://anchor.fm/diffrent-spokes/episodes/032-The-Yea-site--BMX-Brands---other-things-eca8kh

This episode was more of an experiment than anything else; seeing both what I can manage to do with my computer setup and also how responsive the audience would be to a live-stream format with the podcast. I recruited James Yusczyk to help co-host it, which was intended to be together in the same room, but due to the current state of the world, decided to do it via Skype, which also gave us a starting point for discussion.

This episode is somewhat a hodge-podge of information, jokes, and just a general hang-out with some of the Buffalo, NY crew who eventually hop into the Skype call towards the end. Overall, a fun episode to do. We didn't realize audio was being pushed at the beginning, but some of it was humorous so I edited it down and kept it in. I think we will do another one of these, but send your feedback and let us know what you think. For the full experience of this episode, check out the YouTube version.

Feel free to drop a comment with feedback and any other suggestions for us, especially if it can help me out with the Skype audio.

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Links:

www.mixer.com/grindworksbmx

https://www.thebloombmx.com/2020/03/SupportTheWheelMill.html

https://www.thebloombmx.com/2020/03/SupportTheYardOttawa.html

https://www.thebloombmx.com/2020/03/SupportYourParkBreakingFree.html

https://www.thebloombmx.com/2020/03/support-your-park-part-4-daniel-dhers.html

https://anchor.fm/diffrent-spokes/episodes/031-Dont-Spike-the-System-w-Liane-Battista-ebsmuf

I've never met Brad in person, but we've known each other via the internet for quite some time. There wasn't much of a plan going into this episode and it really turned into a recorded hangout session where we chatted about plenty of things from video games to the Thrasher BMX Jihad article to social media.

This isn't extremely focused and has some serious issues with syncing the audio to the Skype call which I will hopefully get fixed out better on future episodes if Skype is used. Regardless, there's some interesting discussion and we had a good time.

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Links: 

420 Grinds Edit referenced within: https://vimeo.com/214113805

BMX Jihad (not original article): https://www.rotorburn.com/forums/index.php?threads/bmx-jihad.6111/

A lot of you may have seen or talked to Sam in the past at a handful of different events throughout the East Coast. He commonly refers to himself as "Sam from Mexico", drives a Honda Element typically equipped with a tent on the roof, and is an active farmer in Upstate NY.

Sam and I spent the entire weekend together before recording this, so we had a good bit to talk about. The first half of this podcast is very BMX and travel oriented. The latter half talks about farming and some of the stuff people may not know or understand about it.

Feel free to drop a comment with feedback and any other suggestions for us.  Thanks for listening and hit us on the socials at @grindworks_bmx on Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat; and @grindworksbmx on Facebook, Mixer, Tik Tok, Anchor, and here on YouTube. Don't forget to like the video and subscribe to the Channel!

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Links:

0:47:53 - www.instagram.com/myhondaelement

1:06:31 - www.instagram.com/sam_from_mexico

1:10:53 - https://youtu.be/Xsa46CXwfdY

1:55:00 - https://tractortestlab.unl.edu/

A couple weeks ago I got to sit down with Tom Beckman and chat about coming up in a booming scene in the middle-of-nowhere upstate NY and photography stuff, among plenty of other topics. Tom has been contributing photos to Our BMX in efforts to promote the current upstate NY scene. You can check his work out at www.tombeckmanphoto.com.

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With the news of FBM closing their machine shop, a lot of questions have been circulating as to what happens next. For John Corts, its an opportunity to start fresh while continuing to do what he's passionate about: build high-quality bike frames. Here's some insight into what you can expect to see in the future as John get's things rolling with his new frame company, Work. And check back here soon, as I'll be updating the description with a link to his website as soon as it goes live!

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Andy sat down with Mike and Mark Potoczny to discuss the upcoming Winter Welcome Jam taking place at The Wheel Mill on January 18, 2020 in Pittsburgh, PA.

If you want to listen to the rest of the interview, check it out here and start at 10:00.

Check out the details at http://www.thewheelmill.com/winter-welcome-2020/ and follow @welcomejam , @thewheelmill , @michaelpotoczny , and @markpotoczny on Instagram.

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