You trained. You booked the time off. You refreshed the registration page. And you didn’t get in.
This week we’re diving into lottery-based race entry systems and why they exist, who they actually benefit, and whether they’re helping or hurting the sport. From high-demand MTB events to bucket-list endurance races, we unpack fairness, access, community impact, and what it feels like when your season hinges on random selection.

Is the lottery the best bad option? Or is there a better way?

Maybe it's an injury, maybe it's a lack of motivation, we each come up with 3 things that we are doing to get back in the saddle

Our recap of LT100 and Breck Epic 2025, just a bit... late

If you could pick any time period in the history of bikes to be a bike rider, when would it be?

Its been a couple of years since we discussed if the Life Time Grand Prix is a net positive for off road racing, time for a check in

Figuring out this editing thing has been a deal. Yes, these next 3 episodes are old, but we just hope you all like us enough to listen to some old content.

Justin and some friends raced their bike REALLY high and had a killer time. Also, we throw down some hot takes at the end.

In this episode we explore the positives and negatives that being a committed cyclist has brought to our lives

Justin took a big group of adventurers to this years installment of the Machu Picchu epic, we dig into some of the finer details of what that experience was like.

We've discussed balancing your regular life against racing, but what happens when you go all in on racing and adventure?

In our last episode, we discussed adjusting life to fit racing goal. On this episode we dig into refocusing racing goals into profressional goals