Nick from Fifth Element camping sits down with us about making the best camper inserts for western NC’s best vehicle. Also, downhill southeast, world cups and more! If you ever optimized every last centimeter of your vehicle for sleeping and storage then go ahead and click subscribe!

Listen to Brevard's top amateur homeless bike packers as they recount their adventure of a 374 mile loop in central Florida on some very tough terrain. It's a story with many ups and downs and even some unders. Tj, Rusti and Regis are some fine humans and kudos to them on completing this amazing journey together and sharing with us! Have you ever had to plan a bike trip by where beer is available? then go ahead and click subscribe!

Charlotte's Airline mountain bike park might have sat somewhat dormant for a few years before being publicly open, and there's a good story behind it. Listen along as Will Washam from the Tarheel Trailblazers fills us in on the behind scenes battles to bring a new bike park along with a slew of volunteers while Mangler goes for a guided tour from Craig and Patrick. There's a lot to cover in this episode from Berm Park, Roamfest, CX Worlds, WWE Royal Rumble and to an open comment period on a National Park project. Dive in with your favorite listening tool. If you ever left the mountains to go to Charlotte, to get away from the Charlotteans then go ahead and click subscribe!

the open commenting period on the natural gas pipeline is open till feb 5, 2022

The G5 trail collective celebrated a ground breaking ceremony for the more than 40 miles of trail that will be built in the Old Fort, NC area. What was expected to be a decent gathering of around 50 people turned into a massive gathering of over 200 people in a field off Jarrett Creek road, that will eventually become a trailhead parking area. All the movers and shakers were there and we caught up with most all of them to get some words on the trails, the community and how the future looks for the Old Fort area and McDowell county. And have you ever wished for a longer loop than Kitsuma, but a shorter loop than Heartbreak then go ahead and click subscribe!

Trail building and new trails are a hot topic right now. So after some back and forth we finally got Peter Mills of Elevated Trail Design on the mic to talk Berm Park / Chestnut Mountain along with a slew of his other trail projects going on right now. And if you’re looking for some new brunch spots to wrap up those frozen morning rides, we’ve got you covered. And if you have already failed on your New years resolutions, go ahead and click subscribe!

After a year of producing this podcast, Drew and Mangler reflect on what they’ve taken away from sharing, learning and experiencing all of these episodes and what’s in store!

Kinda hard not to nerd out on weather living in the mountains so we got Dr Baker Perry from App State on the mic to talk Appalachian weather and some of his wild expeditions to install weather stations in the far reaches of the world. Also the dudes round up some gift guides that help support the western NC scene a little bit more. If you’re trying to orographicaly get to the other side of a mountain for ripping descent then go ahead and click subscribe!

Mangler ventured down to Alabama to find the southern slow tech on Boulder Ridge trail at Oak Mountain State Park with local Lon Cullen. With both NCGP and Cranksgiving going down on the same weekend, the dudes drew straws to cover the events and have some good wrap up details for ya. If you enjoy that slow jank then go ahead and click subscribe!

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Drew caught up with both Chris Bennett and Kerry Warner to talk about the upcoming NCGP UCI Cyclocross race going down this weekend (11/20) at Jackson Park in Hendersonville. Also, Cranksgiving is going down at Ride Kanuga this weekend with events taking place Friday-Sunday. If you ever watched ALL the bike races in one weekend then go ahead and click subscribe!

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