Roll Up with Down to Ride

From the Ground Up Project alumni Enzo Moscarella joins Connor for a conversation about going from zero to 10,000 fast...real fast.

From the Ground Up Project on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtE0eSwMTXrL9UFqu08o7Fw

Apply for the 2022 class of the From the Ground Up Project: https://www.fromthegroundup.bike/2022-applications

As a freelance writer with most of her publication credits revolving around surviving, hiking, and biking around Northern Michigan's forests, Kandace lives to be outside. She has completed the Iceman Cometh Bike Challenge - the largest point-to-point mountain bike race in the US - eight times with 5,000 other riders - managing to not podium not even once, not even close. BUT she accomplished her lifelong bike dream last summer: she started a women’s bike group for the funny, fab, and not-so-fast! So get comfy and enjoy the story behind the founder and creation of MI Girl Bike Group.

Links:

http://www.kandacechapple.com

https://www.facebook.com/groups/migirlbikegroup

For Nicky, group rides are the best way to be on a bike whether it be party pace or a spicy training ride. Despite being a serious rider for over six years across multiple disciplines, it's an ongoing struggle for respect. Listen in on our conversation about riding, inclusion and how the community can improve to welcome all riders with the League of Michigan Bicyclists director of development.

Learn more about how LMB is making bicycling better and safer in Michigan LMB.org or join the league here - LMB.org/members

Follow and ride with Nicky by following her on DTR - https://dtr.lol/1xiXrHjeuXHjyZCd8

Sean has been mountain biking since 2005 and working with MiSCA in many roles since joining their Board in 2012. As the Executive Director for Michigan Scholastic Cycling Association, he's the point person for the youth mountain biking league here in Michigan. When he’s not busy planning things around biking, he loves to hit the singletrack with his son Arthur! Get to know Sean and how he's helping get more kids on bikes!

We wanted the camaraderie, we wanted the training partners, we wanted to keep each other showing up for the training rides/runs. So Paul Leonard and his friends founded Infinite Multisport. The core focus has always been and will continue to be to celebrate everyone’s accomplishments, no matter their speed, distance, or ability. Listen to learn how Paul, his wife, and a group of friends built one of the largest communities of endurance athletes in the country around his kitchen table.

Not just for leisure, Bill has been on a mission to showcase how practical biking is for a means of transportation since he was riding around on his BMX bike with pegs as a kid. Now, he's leading efforts to build more bicycling-friendly infrastructure so more Americans can have a great experience on their 'freedom machines.' Learn what going by bike can do for you, your community, and the local economy in this episode!

"You think you’re in good shape then some guy takes you mountain biking and you reconsider everything you thought you knew." - Brian Dokter

In this episode, we speak with Brian Dokter whose team is transforming the mountain bike scene in the Midwest through the creation of The Dragon Trail. Get to know Brian, why it's called The Dragon, and learn how this world-class mountain biking destination came to be!

In this episode, we are joined by Collin Snyder, avid cyclist and moderator of the largest buy, sell, trade page for everything cycling in the state, Michigan Bicycle Classifieds. So who exactly is the man making sure items are fairly priced while ensuring Ford 150s don't end up on the page and how did he create such an influential marketplace? Tune in and find out.

In this episode, we are sitting down with Cody Sovis, Iceman race director, and Traverse City cycling stalwart to talk about why you shouldn't bike that much in high school, sheet cakes, and how new riders can find their place in the cycling community.