March 26, 2014

Mark catches up on the last two weeks of endurance racing news. He gets an interview with the Huracan 300 winner, Eddie O'Dea, as well as with Brendan Collier of The Hub Cyclery, who is the driving force behind the Stagecoach 400. You'll also hear a quick excerpt of a recent MBR interview with Jonathan Davis about the True Grit Epic.

This episode is sure to get your blood warmed up for some summer dirt!

You'll also hear more about:

• Telluride 100
• Yak Attack
• True Grit Epic
• Hartford 50
• Cape Epic
• Upcoming races

Click on the little "e" on the bottom right of the screen to find the full list of the below links that you can click.

Related Show Links:

Trans North Georgia

Telluride 100

Stagecoach 400

True Grit Epic

Huracan 300

Eddie O'Dea's Website

Yak Attack

Hartford 50

Cape Epic

The Hub Cyclery

Austin Rattler

6 Hours of Warrior Creek

Dragons Tale

The Last Aid Station Facebook Page

Mountain Bike Radio Endurance Calendar

About the host, Mark

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March 25, 2014

Frequent guest and good friend of Mountain Bike Radio, Jonathan Davis, joins the show to discuss his recent 5th place at the True Grit. He brings some great experience with the True Grit as he's raced it each year that it's been a race.

We then launch into a pretty lengthy discussion about everything Jonathan has going in, including his new Elevated Legs compression recovery legs, the 92Fifty Cyclery shop and team, and more.

If you don't listen to this and immediately feel inspired to get do something cool, you may want to check yourself for a pulse.

You'll also hear about:

• Elevated Legs
• 92Fifty Performance Studio and Camps
• AntiEpic 160 aid stations and course marking
• Jon's clear passion for everything he does
• The future of the 92Fifty team

Related Show Links:

True Grit Epic - http://truegritepic.com/

Elevated Legs Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/ElevatedLegs

Elevated Legs - http://92fifty.com/elevated-legs

92Fifty Cyclery Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/92FiftyCyclery

92Fifty Cyclery - http://www.92fifty.com

Get 15% off of a set of Elevated Legs by becoming a Mountain Bike Radio Member - http://store.mountainbikeradio.com/product/mountain-bike-radio-1-year-member

2014 Endurance Racing Calendar - http://www.mountainbikeradio.com/mountain-bike-calendars/endurance-race-calendar/

March 24, 2014

Welcome to another episode of Just Riding Along. This episode brought to you by ProGold, runnin from the cops, and ProGold again.

Are you secure enough to admit that you've had Zima and a Jolly Rancher? The episode starts off with a great discussion of how the dad of the year should get his daughter's bike set up with 140mm or 150mm cranks. It includes some good bottom bracket information for every rider. You'll also hear:

• Fox and Rock Shox forks
• Oil levels
• Riding in a paceline
• Should you color match your bike?
• "It has an electronic lockout like the brain on Specialized, but reverse...so when it senses bumps, it locks out..so it's rigid when you want it.."
• And plenty more....

Related Show Links:

ProGold

Brickhouse Racing Website

Brickhouse Racing Facebook Page

Mountain Bike Radio Facebook Page

Andrea's Twitter

Matt's Twitter

Kenny's Twitter

2014 Endurance Racing Calendar

March 23, 2014

Jeff, Jonesy, and Pat are back with the second episode of The Big Livers Podcast. They're trying out some new beers and taking it international. They may have just gotten back from the local tavern. Can it be called a beer if it's 2.7% ABV?

Listen in to hear about:

• Bikini Beer
• Global Hipster Ale

If you have an idea for an episode or have some thoughts on this one, leave a comment below or contact us.

Related Show Links:

Big Livers Website

Big Livers on Twitter

Evil Twin Brewing

Evil Twin Bikini Beer

2014 Endurance Racing Calendar

March 22, 2014

Lynda Wallenfels is one of the premiere mountain bike coaches and she is now bringing listeners coaching information through the Mountain Bike Radio airwaves.

In this second episode, she gives you some great information on how to properly warmup. Lynda shares some basic information about warming up for races and workouts that you need to consider, as well as specific techniques that can help riders of any level.

If you have an idea for an episode or have some thoughts on this one, leave a comment below or contact us.

This episode is presented by Elevated Legs (http://www.elevatedlegs.com)

Related Show Links:

LW Coaching Website

LW Coaching Facebook Page

LW Coaching Twitter

LW Coaching Forum

Email Lynda

Elevated Legs recovery legs

92Fifty

2014 Endurance Racing Calendar

March 18, 2014

Welcome to another episode of Just Riding Along. This episode brought to you by ProGold, turtles, and ProGold again.

This is a great episode filled with discussion about a lot of different topics. They start out with Spa City discussion and then launch in to a lot of listener questions. Here are some topics that you'll hear in this show:

• Matt's Spa City 6 Hour Report
• How did Matt ride so consistent during the race?
• 2014 NAHBS thoughts
• Ti skewers and bolts
• Opinions on tires
• Listen for more!

Related Show Links:

ProGold

Brickhouse Racing Website

Brickhouse Racing Facebook Page

Mountain Bike Radio Facebook Page

Andrea's Twitter

Matt's Twitter

Kenny's Twitter

Maxxis Ikon

Maxxis Ardent

Spa City 6-Hour MTB Endurance Race

March 17, 2014

Jeff Oatley joins the show to discuss his amazing ride over the 1000-mile route of this year's Iditarod Trail Invitational in Alaska. Jeff's amazing finish time of 10 days, 2 hours, and 53 minutes, gives him the new record by over 7 days over the previous record.

Listen in as Jeff talks about his start in the winter racing world, how he trains to race in the potentially deadly conditions, how the race played out, and much more! Jeff has a tremendous amount of winter riding and racing experience and he shares some of that with you in this episode.

Related Show Links:

Ride Fatbikes

Iditarod Trail Invitational

Fatback Bikes

Bikepackers Magazine Q & A with Jeff

Iditasport

MBR Fatbike Calendar

Become a member & buy MBR gear

Elevated Legs Compression

March 17, 8:08am

Brendan Collier checking in to report that he had a really weird day yesterday

March 16, 12:27pm - Brendan Collier checks in. He is having some issues. He's determined to finish, so he's going to take it as it goes.

March 15, 4:52pm - Matt Renfro, Kevin Hinton, and Brendan Collier. Apparently Matt wants to get to L.A. asap.