Shut Up and Build Bikes Podcast

By Joe Roggenbuck

An interview show with bike framebuilders and handmade bicycle industry folks... more

4.8

6969 ratings

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about Shut Up and Build Bikes Podcast:

How many episodes does Shut Up and Build Bikes Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 67 episodes available.

Shut Up and Build Bikes Podcast episodes:

December 09, 2019 Ep. 26 Mark Norstad of Paragon Machine Works
Mark Norstad started Paragon Machine Works in his parents' basement in 1983. I interview Mark about his history in the bike industry, and about how things have changed.
...more
1h 6min
December 02, 2019 Ep. 25 Dave Harrison of Pedal Driven Cycles
Dave is a TIG welding, framebuilding legend in the BMX world and well beyond. This week's episode is a special treat as we dive into his history with Spooky Cycles, FBM, and Pedal Driven Cycles.
...more
1h 18min
November 25, 2019 Ep. 23 Chris Chance of Fat Chance Bikes
Chris Chance has been building bikes for decades, first at Whitcomb USA, then as Chris Chance Cycles, then Fat City Cycles, and after a hiatus, he’s back with Fat Chance Bikes. We talk about how he got started and how he built a brand that made so many huge fans.
...more
1h 32min
November 25, 2019 Ep. 24 Jessica Bratus of Fit Mi
Jessica Bratus is an expert bike fitter and the host of the Ann Arbor handmade bike show each year in the spring. We talk about bike fit, how it relates to custom bicycles, and we talk about the Ann Arbor handmade bike show.
...more
36min
November 18, 2019 Ep. 23 Chris Chance of Fat Chance Bikes
Chris Chance has been building bikes for decades, first at Whitcomb USA, then as Chris Chance Cycles, then Fat City Cycles, and after a hiatus, he’s back with Fat Chance Bikes. We talk about how he got started and how he built a brand that made so many huge fans.
...more
0min
November 13, 2019 Ep. 22 Joe Roggenbuck of Cobra Frames (autobiography episode)
I thought I should tell my own story this week.
...more
1h 18min
November 04, 2019 Ep. 21 Mike DeSalvo of DeSalvo Custom Cycles
Mike Desalvo has been building steel and titanium custom bicycles for 20 years in Ashland, Oregon. We talk about teaching at the United Bicycle Institute, learning and mastering TIG welding, and how the industry has changed over the years.
...more
1h 15min
October 28, 2019 Ep. 20 Stephen Bilenky of Bilenky Cycle Works
Stephen Bilenky cut his teeth making huge numbers of tandem bikes through the 80s and 90s. He also has made a ton of commuter and touring bikes among others, he has done tons of modifications and retrofits on bikes, and he's known as a master of fillet brazing. This week I asked him how the industry was different then vs now, and how he got started before you could take a class or so-readily learn from peers online. We also talk about the history of the Philly Bike Expo that he started in 2008.
...more
1h 3min
October 21, 2019 Ep. 19 Sean Chaney of Vertigo Cycles
Sean Chaney builds very detail-oriented and expertly-executed mountain bikes in titanium in his shop in Portland, Oregon. We talk about why Titanium, how he got started, what he’s been up to with making some guitars, and more.
...more
1h 17min
October 15, 2019 Ep. 18 Matt McDonough of Isen Workshop
Isen Workshop makes unique and beautiful bicycles in the UK and this week I share my interview with Matt, one of the founding members. Isen Workshop is based on Matt’s work with Talbot Cycles and Caren Hartley’s work with Hartley Cycles. Together, and with the help of some others, they do Isen Workshop. We talk about the dynamic of a business model like this. We also talk some about what it’s like being a framebuilder in the UK.
...more
1h 9min

FAQs about Shut Up and Build Bikes Podcast:

How many episodes does Shut Up and Build Bikes Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 67 episodes available.