Podcast appearances and mentions of Greg Welch

In this episode of "Find Your Finish Line," I had the pleasure of chatting with the legendary Greg Welch, a former professional triathlete who has achieved the remarkable feat of winning the Grand Slam in the sport. Greg shared his incredible journey, from his early days in Australia to his triumphant victories at the ITU Triathlon World Championships, the IRONMAN World Championship, and more. We delved into his experiences, including the harrowing moments during the LA fires and his inspiring comeback stories.   Greg also opened up about his health challenges, including a life-threatening heart condition that forced him to retire from professional racing. Despite these setbacks, Greg's passion for the sport remains undiminished. He continues to contribute to the triathlon community through his work as a commentator and his involvement with Oakley. We discussed the current state of triathlon, the importance of equality in the sport, and the camaraderie that binds the triathlon family together.   For those looking to follow Greg's journey and insights, you can find him on instagram at @welchygram and on Facebook @GregWelchTri

The CPG Guys feature a special episode that our very own Sri Rajagopalan hosted with his Thinkblue partner Manish Sharma & Greg Welch - partner at Spencer Stuart in the executive practice. They had a discussion on how board seats, CEO's, and C-suite leaders are found and placed at the world's largest market cap brands. Find Greg Welch on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwwelch/ Find Spencer Stuart on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/company/spencer-stuart/posts/?feedView=all Find Spencer Stuart online at : https://www.spencerstuart.com/ Here's what Manish & Sri asked him :Here's what we asked him :1. Leadership Journey :  to start off, can you share a defining moment in your career that shaped your leadership style?2. Industry Insight : From your perspective, what qualities or traits do you see consistently in people who go on to become great leaders?3. Mentorship and Growth : "Who has been the most influential mentor in your journey, and what key lesson did they impart to you that still influences your leadership approach today?4. Leadership Philosophy : "How would you succinctly describe your leadership philosophy, especially considering the unique role you play in helping organizations find their future leaders?5. Talent Identification : what specific qualities or behaviors stand out to you that indicate a person has the potential for greatness?6. Leadership Challenges : Could you share a significant challenge you encountered during your career, and how you approached overcoming it?7. Nurturing Leadership in Others"How do you identify and nurture emerging leaders within an organization, especially when you're tasked with finding someone who fits both the culture and the leadership needs of a company?"8. Future of Leadership"Looking ahead, what qualities do you believe are going to be the most important for leaders to succeed, especially as the workplace evolves with technological advancements and changing workforce dynamics?"9. Personal Growth and Development"Greg, even with all your experience, how do you continue to grow and develop as a leader? What drives your personal growth?"10. Cultural Fit"Given the diversity of leadership styles and company cultures, how do you assess whether a leader is the right cultural fit for a specific organization?"11. Emotional Intelligence Please contribute to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund here: https://americanredcross.donordrive.com/campaign/CPG-Retail-FiresCPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.comFMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.comCPG Scoop Website: http://CPGscoop.comRhea Raj's Website: http://rhearaj.comLara Raj in Katseye: https://www.katseye.world/DISCLAIMER: The content in this podcast episode is provided for general informational purposes only. By listening to our episode, you understand that no information contained in this episode should be construed as advice from CPGGUYS, LLC or the individual author, hosts, or guests, nor is it intended to be a substitute for research on any subject matter. Reference to CPGGUYS LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual's use of, reference to, or inability to use this podcast or the information we presented in this podcast.

Hey Brand Nerds, we are back with a Biggest F-Up Remix! Take a listen to avoid these F-Ups in your own career! Check out some of our favorites from four of our former guests:1. Scott Hargrove2. Brooke Janousek3. Greg Welch4. Roger Fishman #marketing #advertising #branding #digitalmarketing #media #socialmedia #brandsbeatsbytes #cmo #biggestfup

REMIX: Album 5 Track 1 - Senior Partner CEO, CMO and Board Practices, Spencer Stuart  - Greg Welch - Stories of a Career and Life Truth TellerYou know what a new year means...a brand new album! We are kicking off the year (and album) strong with a guest unlike any other we've had on the show. Greg Welch not only has extensive brand/marketing experience, he is sharing how his career journey landed him in executive recruiting (sneak peek; it was from his biggest f-up). Looking to continue growing your career? Listen to hear from the recruiter of the best, the top-tier executives of the marketing world, with je-wels dropped in every question. Here are a few key takeaways from the episode: The power of truth, "no"s, and taking a pause What does your digital footprint say about you? ie. social media channels You've got to have both creative and strategy skills to succeed as an executive in the marketing space "You have one mouth and two ears...use them in that ratio"  NOTES:Show Partner: SpecificityLearn More About Specificity Stay Up-To-Date on All Things Brands, Beats, & Bytes on SocialInstagram | Twitter

The RMR Podcast: Music, Cannabis, and Marketing Cannabiscapes has made a name for himself creating art out of cannabis flower and has created hundreds of pieces for brands all the way to designing an album cover for Berner. Greg makes art out of cannabis with Joey and talks sun grown cannabis, issues in California, and what he likes (and doesn't like) about the industry. Today we'll chat about all things craft, sun-grown, and the cannabis industry. More at www.respectmyregion.com

A couple's serene vacation is thrown into chaos by a terrifying wildfire. Julie & Greg Welch are oblivious as they paddle deep into nature and far away from civilisation. Soon they will find themselves surrounded by a 20-foot wall of flames. With daylight disappearing and smoke filling the air, they'll need a miracle to make it out alive… A Noiser production, written by Susan Allott. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started with a 7-day free trial. Or, if you're on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's Co-Hosts: Ben Criddle (@criddlebenjamin) Subscribe to the Cougar Sports with Ben Criddle podcast:Apple Podcastshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cougar-sports-with-ben-criddle/id996764363Google Podcastshttps://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvMTM2OTkzOS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVkSpotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/7dZvrG1ZtKkfgqGenR3S2mPocket Castshttps://pca.st/SU8aOvercasthttps://overcast.fm/itunes996764363/cougar-sports-with-ben-criddle-byuSpreakerhttps://www.spreaker.com/show/cougar-sports-with-ben-criddleStitcherhttps://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=66416iHeartRadiohttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-cougar-sports-with-29418022TuneInhttps://tunein.com/podcasts/Sports-Talk--News/Cougar-Sports-with-Ben-Criddle-p731529/

Album 5 Track 1 - Senior Partner CEO, CMO and Board Practices, Spencer Stuart  - Greg Welch - Stories of a Career and Life Truth TellerYou know what a new year means...a brand new album! We are kicking off the year (and album) strong with a guest unlike any other we've had on the show. Greg Welch not only has extensive brand/marketing experience, he is sharing how his career journey landed him in executive recruiting (sneak peek; it was from his biggest f-up). Looking to continue growing your career? Listen to hear from the recruiter of the best, the top-tier executives of the marketing world, with je-wels dropped in every question. Here are a few key takeaways from the episode: The power of truth, "no"s, and taking a pause What does your digital footprint say about you? ie. social media channels You've got to have both creative and strategy skills to succeed as an executive in the marketing space "You have one mouth and two ears...use them in that ratio"  NOTES:Show Partner: SpecificityLearn More About Specificity Stay Up-To-Date on All Things Brands, Beats, & Bytes on SocialInstagram | Twitter

For the final episode of this season 515 is offering you a special double episode.  This is Part A.Link to Part BMy two Ohana guests today share a number of ideas that have propelled them to the top of the podium in world events in 2022.  They are both in their 50's; they both believe in doing more than just swimming, biking and running to stay in shape; and they believe the records they are setting are only there to push other women to break them.My first guest, Dede Griesbauer, is currently the oldest pro triathlete on the planet at the age of 52.  She smashed the 50 - 59 age group record at the Ultraman World Championship in 2022 where she topped the women's podium against, what Steve King states is, one of the toughest women's fields to face off on the big island.  Dede proudly coaches in the Julie Dibbens crew and is also a broadcaster for Ironman Live when not training or racing herself.  The second guest is Yvonne Timewell, amateur triathlete from Penticton, BC, who won the 2022 Ironman World Championship in the 55-59 age group.  Yvonne used the toughness she learned on day 3 of the Ultraman Canada race in 2014 to propel her to multiple podium finishes in Kona over the years. Both guests share great stories and tips that will surely entertain and help any athlete. Resources mentioned in this episode:IM UKIronman World ChampionshipsUltraman World ChampionshipsUltraman Florida Wharton School of Business Vineman TriathlonIM Florida IM European Championship Frankfurt IM Coeur D'Alene Ironman LiveUltraman ArizonaUB 515 BrazilUltraCzech 515 Penticton Triathlon ClubZwift Team 2:18 Run KINeSYS Sunscreen Specialized Canada Lever Running System Normatec BootsIronman Canada Ultraman Canada Ultra 355 Canada Stelvio PassOregon Gravel Grinder Shout-outs and mentions in this episode:Jordan Bryden (S1E7)Karen Smyers  Paula Newby-Fraser Katja Schumacher  Kate Ligler Dave Griesbauer Julie Dibbens Laura SiddallSophie Evans Tara NortonLeanda Cave (S1E8)Antonina ReznikovRob GrayMatt Bottrill Barry Berg (S1E9) Kimmie RouseCameron Brown Siri LindleyMatt LietoMike LovatoGreg WelchJane Bockus (S1E4)Gustav Iden Kristian BlummenfeltSam Laidlow Chelsea Sodaro Lucy Charles-BarclayManmadh Rebba (upcoming S4E2)Gunter Pilz (upcoming)Alexandre Luna (upcoming)Tim DonSarah True Phil Nicholls Sebastian KinleyLucy Ryan (S2E5) Tony Horton Steve Brown (S2E13) (S3E1)Amy Robitaille (S3E6)Steve King (S1E1) (S1E2) (S1E3)Show Contributors:Host : Larry Ryan Contributing Raconteur : Steve KingAnnouncer : Mary Jo DionneProduction : 5Five EnterprisesMusic  :  Run by 331For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/515TheUltraPodcastInsta : 515theultrapodcastEmail : 515Ultraman@gmail.com

This installment of the Full Caster Podcast - A Karting Conversation, was recorded on August 22nd 2022, with hosts Mike Smith and Derek Esquibel interviewing the owner and principal of Forward Direction Motorsports, Greg Welch! many these days know Greg from his FDM team and race shop based out of Colorado, but he has been a part of karting ever since he was a little kid. We chat about his driving career rising through the ranks of Shifter karts, his time working for the family biz at Shockwave karting, and then his transition to owning his own kart shop and team.Join us for Episode 49 of Full Caster Podcast, Part 1 with Greg Welch!

This installment of the Full Caster Podcast - A Karting Conversation, was recorded on August 22nd 2022, with hosts Mike Smith and Derek Esquibel interviewing the owner and principal of Forward Direction Motorsports, Greg Welch! many these days know Greg from his FDM team and race shop based out of Colorado, but he has been a part of karting ever since he was a little kid. We chat about his driving career rising through the ranks of Shifter karts, his time working for the family biz at Shockwave karting, and then his transition to owning his own kart shop and team.Join us for Episode 49 of Full Caster Podcast, Part 2 with Greg Welch!

In our latest episode of ANA Champions of Growth, host Matthew Schwartz talks with Greg Welch, partner at executive search firm Spencer Stuart and founder of the company's annual “CMO Tenure Study,” about how to reverse the downward trajectory in CMO tenure. According to the latest report, the average CMO tenure was 40 months in 2020, the lowest since 2009, as the pressure mounts on CMOs to demonstrate their value to C-suite and prove that marketing is an asset and not an expense. Is the challenge akin to rolling a peanut up a hill?

Bob Babbitt's name is synonymous with the sport of triathlon. Bob did his first Ironman in Hawaii in the very early days in the early 80s and has been hooked on triathlon ever since, both as a competitor and on the media side of it too. He's passionate about sharing people's stories, he loves having Breakfast with the pros and he is passionately devoted to the Challenged Athletes Foundation, which he helped to co-found. You'll hear 12:00 Why is Breakfast with Bob such a highlight for athletes? It's a mutual respect and I feel some of my job is to share their stories. 17:39 Does Bob ever get nervous before interviews? Not really, as long as I'm prepared. 19:00 We talk about actor Robin Williams and how he got involved with the Challenged Athletes Foundation. 24:00 Are you a quiet person away from the mic Bob? No, I'm a people person. I like to meet people, I like to find out what makes them tick. 27:14 Do you appreciate how instrumental you have been in the sport of triathlon and to get stories out there? 28:55 What would you say to the people who told you triathlon was a fad in the 1980s? 33:34 Why did Bob believe in triathlon so much? 38:04 Does Ironman care about professional athletes? 41:44 What do you think the future looks like for Ironman? "I think it looks great. Just seeing this group of young athletes having immediate success, there are so many cool things happening. My one main concern is that too many people are doing too many Ironmans. My concern is that you look at Dave Scott, heart issues, Greg Welch, heart issues. so what happens with our athletes now who are doing 5 or 6 Ironmans a year for multiple years. Find out more about this week's guests Bob Babbitt https://twitter.com/bob_babbitt (Twitter) Bob Babbitt https://babbittville.com/ (website) https://www.challengedathletes.org/ (Challenged Athletes Foundation) Like what you heard? Let me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons below https://www.patreon.com/insidetrishow (GET YOUR HANDS ON AN EXCLUSIVE EPISODE!) Sign up to be a vino buddy or a training buddy on Patreon and get your hands on two patrons-only episodes a year. Or just support the show by buying Helen a coffee every month by https://www.patreon.com/insidetrishow (becoming a coffee buddy Patreon of the Inside Tri Show). Sponsors of the show Resilient Nutrition provide formulated products to improve your cognitive and physical performance. From phenomenally tasty Long Range Fuel nut butters, to delicious dark chocolate drink Switch On. Get 10% off by using the code insidetri10 or go direct https://resilientnutrition.com/discount/insidetri10 (via this link). Supporters of the show Get 10% off sun cream and skin protection use the code insidetri at https://my.captivate.fm/www.lifejacketskin.com (www.lifejacketskin.com) You can also get a discount at https://my.captivate.fm/www.komfuel.co.uk (komfuel.co.uk) with the code insidetri https://www.33fuel.com/ (33 Fuel) – natural and very yummy sports nutrition. Use the code INSIDETRI33 for a discount at checkout at https://www.33fuel.com/ (www.33fuel.com) Find out more about Helen Head over to https://www.helenmurray.net/ (Helen's website) to find out more about her This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

Episode 46 -  Has hands will travel - the story of Stephen Kirwin and the healing hands that have taken him around the worldIn today's episode Andrew chats with Stephen Kirwin.Stephen is Neuromuscular therapist/ integrative bodyworker at Joint Dynamics. He shares his time with us and the globe. Along his way and after treating thousands of individuals, from elite athletes, politicians, corporate giants and those looking to recharge and move away from pain he has developed a healers intuition (and reputation). In this podcast he shares his philosophies on healing, his time as an Iron Man athlete living and working out of Boulder, Colorado training with and treating the world's top IM athletes such as Dave Scott, Scott Molina, Mark Allen, Greg Welch, Ken Suza, Tim De Boom, Mike Pigg, Paula Newby Frazier and Wolfgang Dietrich.This is a fascinating discussion from a therapist walking the path least travelled and his experience and wisdom gained along the way.  See you in two weeks  Here are some useful links for this podcastStephenKirwin - https://www.jointdynamics.com.hk/the-team/massage-sports-therapists/stephen-kirwinPrevious podcast with Stephen o Episode 10 of Joint Dynamics Intelligent Movement Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/episode/2yupj0u19GObJLN36PVHn4Another relevant previous podcast o  Energetic Healing - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0tU98xDiJRFVymPCyiksq3One of our favourites!o  Episode 22 with Movement Specialist Ben Lincoln- https://open.spotify.com/episode/5zGTa3XcBR9L5w6NJdR6I9JOINT DYNAMICS links:Joint Dynamics Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JointDynamicsHongKong/Joint Dynamics Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/jointdynamics/Joint Dynamics Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQZplKxZMSvtc6LxM5Wckw Host - Andrew Cox - https://www.jointdynamics.com.hk/the-team/trainers/andrew-coxThe Joint Dynamics online at home exercise program - contact us to purchase your copy https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qUVpoTnn_Wx8dpy7kggnd416307a7lcT/view?usp=drivesdk

In this part two of our conversation with bike industry pioneer Craig Calfee, he and Randall do a deep dive into the merits of suspension on gravel and road bikes before jumping into e-bike conversions, variable head angles, regenerative braking, an E-motorcycle project Craig is involved with in Africa, ideas for the ultimate mass-produced frame, and the challenges and opportunities of localized assembly and production. Calfee Designs Website  Join The Ridership Support the Podcast Automated transcription, please excuse the typos: Craig Calfee Part 2  [00:00:00] Randal R. Jacobs: Welcome to the gravel ride podcast. I'm your host Randall Jacobs. And today I, once again have my friend Craig Calfee, this is part two of our conversation. We'll be having a part three at some point where we get into wood and bamboo bikes, but today we're going to be focusing on mostly on carbon fiber. And so with that first topic where we left off in the last conversation, Craig was, we were getting into suspension, particularly suspension on road bikes, but that would also apply to gravel bikes too. [00:00:28] Craig Calfee: Yeah, that's a great topic. It's one really close to my heart because we kind of stumbled on it through the bamboo bikes actually. And it was about the vibration damping of. We had a triathlete who had a really nice carbon fiber race bike that he used for Ironman distance triathlon. He's also a data junkie. So he had all the, all the, you know, biofeedback stuff, the heart rate monitor, the lactose levels, all kinds of crazy stuff that he measures on his training rides. So he also ordered a bamboo training bike just for fun. Really. He's a wealthy guy who can afford multiple expensive bikes. And we built at exactly the same geometry as his race bike, and the only difference ended up really being the race wheels that he didn't use all the time. Anyway. So he was doing his training runs and found that he was actually faster on the bamboo bike, which was about two pounds heavier than his race bike. So. I asked him, well, let me guess you're feeling fresher towards the end of the, the bike segment and your time advantages in the latter half of that segment, he said, you're right. And why is that? And I said, well, the only clue I have is that the bamboo definitely absorbs vibration better. So you're subjecting your body to less fatiguing vibration. And he said, that's exactly how it feels and has run after the bike is, is generally faster as well. And that backs up what Dave Scott reported when he rode our bike in the Ironman, when it came out of retirement at the age of 40 and came in second to, um, to Greg Welch at the iron man everyone thought Dave was going to be top 20 maybe, but he ended up second place. And he credited that performance to feeling super comfortable on his Tetra custom tri bike that we built for him, which is notoriously smooth riding because of their skinny seat stays. Anyway. Um, so the vibration damping also has been studied by insurance companies for truck drivers and airline pilots. So they do these tests to figure out how fatigued people are based on how much vibration they're subject to, and they've shown you know, hands down that it's, that vibration causes fatigue. And there's some scientific details on that that I could get into, but it's, um, probably better to move on here. So we found that, um, aside from the, the fatigue we've found that it had better traction and that allowed for more efficient client. So for a racing cycling. Yes. Fatigue is important, but actually having better traction for getting a better time on climbing is really where the rubber meets the road, literally. Yeah, but for me that the biggest one was layers less know you're going to crash out of the tour de France less often. So being able to corner faster and do faster descents without crashing is as important, if not more important than having more efficiency climbing so that, you know, those three factors less fatigue, better traction, and more stable at high speed are to me the most important they're all three of them make for a faster bike. And we. [00:04:10] Randal R. Jacobs: Oh, go ahead. Um, well I was going to say like on the flats and on the dissents, it's pretty obvious. And I've actually been thinking a lot about this. You know, our listeners will know that I'm a big proponent of high volume tubeless tires on wide rims, right. Run at lower pressures for bigger contact patch. And I'm coming around to this idea that while that is good, that's that suspension that pneumatic suspension also results in varying tracks. [00:04:38] Craig Calfee: Yeah. [00:04:39] Randal R. Jacobs: yeah. [00:04:40] Craig Calfee: So we, we actually measured that, um, most people are like, well, you're going to lose something on the climb. You know, you're going to activate the suspension and lose a percentage of your input, activating suspension. And we thought, okay, you know, there is some of that, but it seems like that's minimal compared to the advantage in climbing. So we understand about the pneumatic suspension and part of it was to go back to the advantage of less rolling resistance. With a smaller tire, higher pressure you know, tires. And so we did an experiment where with a couple of interns from Germany that were really into the data collection side, and we set up a manta with an electric motor on it an e-bike effectively. So we could do a climb and measure the power required to get from the bottom to the top. And we found that w w we did 20 runs. So 10, 10 runs without the suspension and 10 with the suspension, meaning we would put an aluminum slug in where a spring used to be. And that would be the, the locked out version. And all of the runs with the suspension were about 2% of fat, you know, further up the test run than the ones that were locked out, which was kind of surprising. We w the consistency of it was amazing actually. So we found that, you know, he got up the hill with the same amount of energy further up the hill. So that was, um, you know, a graphic representation of how much more efficient it was. And then we wanted to subtract the loss of the, the losses from pedal induced suspension activation. And so we put up, put a a power meter on the crank sexually. That was the, um, the, the what's the really well known power crank meter the name escapes me, but anyway, we put a hub mounted power meter and a crank mounted power meter on the same bike. And we were able to measure the difference between the two and it ended up being about 1%. So we did have a situation where it was more efficient climbing, about 2%. Minus 1% loss of a pedal induced suspension activation. And so net gain of 1%, and that was noticeable by, by riders. They could feel that 1% but that actually matters more in a race where, you know, you actually win by significant amount expending the same amount of energy. So that, that was really the, the revelation that caused me to predict that at some point every bike in the tour de France will have suspension with at least 12 millimeters of travel. [00:07:27] Randal R. Jacobs: I've been just to repeat, like, I've been a big proponent of non suspended bikes. I actually, we Craig and I just you know, kind of tongue in cheek offered our, our bikes of the year, gravel bikes of the year. And the one that I nominated was an old one, the the open up, because it is not going with some of these new fangled you know, attempts to suspension and so on. And I still I still see a place for that, but. As I'm thinking about like a hypothesis as to why you're getting those improvements in efficiency, even on a climb. The thing that comes to mind is a unsprung mass in the amount of VR. You know, you take those the front and the rear axle, and you look at their path through space. And when you have an active suspension when you have a suspension that is built into say the seat stays or the fork, or what have you, as opposed to the, you know, using the tire, you're going to probably get less vertical deflection as the bike is traveling over the road. And even a smooth road is going to have, you know, meaningful amounts of bumps that are going to result in you know, energy losses as the, not just the bike, the unsprung mass of the bike, but the unsprung mass of the body of the rider on the bike as those are moving up and down is that what you suspect as well? Or do you have any data on, like, what is the actual. [00:08:45] Craig Calfee: Yeah, that is the mechanism that's been studied a fair amount, um, and regular suspension in detail was motorcycle. um, the, the so it's already been proven that suspension is faster because you're not raising and lowering the mass of the bike and rider over these minute bumps, which if you add up all of the miniature bumps that you're getting up and over on a race it's like an additional, you know, 20 feet of, of elevation that you have to climb relative to another bike that has that, that the suspension only has a fraction of the weight going up and over the bump, but your body and the rest of the, of the bike is not needing to be lifted up and over. So that's that's physics 1 0 1 and. Whether you do that with new Maddix or with a steel spring it doesn't matter as much, except that you can gain back the rolling resistance losses that you're getting from the history of rubber, as it has to bend and flex up and over that bump steel Springs are way more efficient than rubber as a spring. [00:09:59] Randal R. Jacobs: The rotational inertia as Well, Those, all those little Micheal micro accelerations that you have with a higher volume tire that is inherently higher mass to a, is that a significant factor as [00:10:12] Craig Calfee: I haven't measured that myself, but, um, I mean, it seems to me that would be an issue. Everyone talks about you know, the rotating weight. So, you know, why are people spending so much money on carbon fiber rims? You know, be nice to have, you know, for sprinting and accelerating. It certainly feels that. [00:10:31] Randal R. Jacobs: Hmm, when it occurs to me too. So last time we spoke about, you know, one bikes or at least I use this term to describe the bike that you had come out with. The, I think he called it the adventure, which I described as, you know, the first, the first true one bike. Cause it was an endurance road type geometry, but with clearance for big six 50 B tires is very much my philosophy. There's been this trend in the industry towards gravel bikes, having higher volume, 700 C, um, and people feeling or believing that it's faster. And that makes sense. From the perspective, that was a part of the marketing of 29 or wheels where the attack angle would be less. And so that vertical deflection is happening over a longer distance and a longer amount of time. Um, but you know, with, with an active suspension, you no longer have to, you, you can get that benefit of reducing the vertical deflection and the losses associated with little bumps in the road. Um, without having to go with that bigger tire, which means you can still maintain an endurance road geometry, or even a proper road bike geometry on a bike, that'll pay take big six 50 BS. So that keeps us back in one bite territory, which I like as well. [00:11:37] Craig Calfee: Yep. Absolutely. That's that's a really good argument for slightly smaller wheels. [00:11:44] Randal R. Jacobs: Yeah. Would you, so you're doing this with a spring any damping in that system? [00:11:50] Craig Calfee: Well, the carbon fiber stays are kind of self damping. We do too. We basically have a hybrid spring. The carbon chain stays and the steel spring up at the seat up above the brake brake brake bridge. Um, that's so we're getting both and the carbon stays, tend to absorb a lot of the, the resonance of the steel. do have, um, a rubber bottom out a plug, but that's about as much damping as we get. And by the way, we found that elastomers make a pretty bad spring for, for bicycles. And I know that's been been proven years and years ago on the earliest mountain bike suspensions, but a lot of the bike companies are coming up with these rode bikes that have rubber bits in them that try to simulate some level of suspension. But if you ever ride one of those and you hit a pretty rough bump, the rubber stiffens up, and it actually becomes useless on the, where counts the most, the, you know, the more the heavier hits it's it's we measured that. And it was definitely not as good as the steel. [00:13:02] Randal R. Jacobs: And this is true even of like more advanced, a less Americ materials that have come out since the battle days of, you know, 40 millimeter mountain bike forks with. [00:13:11] Craig Calfee: Yeah, there hasn't been a ton of improvement on that. There's been different viscosities used, but, um, the problem is the molecules can't get out of their own way. Fast enough, you know, that's, that's what it boils down to. [00:13:26] Randal R. Jacobs: Well, and then there's the issue of temperature sensitivity to which I believe that there's been some improvement made in that, you know, better than I would. [00:13:33] Craig Calfee: That's probably the one area of improvement. Yup. [00:13:36] Randal R. Jacobs: Yeah. So just for the audience in cold temperatures, these materials tend to become firmer in hot temperatures. They tend to be more compliance. And so you don't have consistency across temperature ranges, even though your body is, is not changing the terrain isn't changing. So that's another problem with the last tumors as a suspension of. Um, and then there's the issue of certain companies who will remain nameless having technologies where they started off by putting in an elastomer somewhere in, in the the chain, the suspension chain of the frame itself. And then ultimately, because it was all marketing anyways, they just bolted things on and actually compromise the frame in doing so. Yeah. Um, they, they rhymed with a certain minty candy called certs that anyways, we'll, we'll continue on there, but a lot of, a lot of that sort of marketing fortunately I don't know what your opinion is on that one. Do you see more or less of that sort of a marketing who he, these days. [00:14:32] Craig Calfee: Well, that's been going on since day one. I mean, that's, that's, you know, that's part of the business and, you know, it's as much about fashion as it is about technology. So the marketing guys are needing to sell what's popular. You know, suspension starts getting talked about as a possibly good thing, then they're going to, you know, try every trick in the book to, to hype it up by doing actual measurements. And studies is really fun because you can actually see serious gains in in the efficiency of the bike and for races like the tour de France, where three weeks of racing, you know, 1% means you win. You know, it's interesting. I don't brag too much about building bikes for Greg , Greg Lamond, but you know, at one point he was looking at our gussets and thinking, you know, you should really trim those gussets down just a little bit smaller because they're less aerodynamic. And this is the biggest it's at the bottom bracket, which were set kind of sideways to the wind. And I've felt like arguing with him a little bit about, you know, this really not much, it's just, you know, this tiniest little bit, but here's a guy who won the tour by eight seconds. How do you argue with that guy? Oh no. So 1% is huge in that route. [00:15:57] Randal R. Jacobs: Yeah, Yeah. Yeah. Um, Hmm. And so you're, you did, um, 12 millimeters of suspension in the rear of the manta. And how did you come up with that number? Is that what you consider the optimum for road and what would you do for gravel? [00:16:13] Craig Calfee: I think it's actually quite good for both. He couldn't go even more for gravel depending on just how rough the terrain is, but your legs end up doing more suspension, work on much rougher terrain than that. On a really efficient, if you want your, to have much less peddling losses. I think that's where the there's a transition at some point you have to minimize the travel to minimize the peddling law. So we found that 12 millimeters with, and there's three spring rates that we like to play with depending on the weight of the rider. So the, the stiffest one with a heavier rider it basically maxes out at 12 millimeters under the most extreme scenarios. Um, the, the, the problem really is matching this front suspension to rear suspension. And there's currently no decent front suspension road forks, or even a road stem that that is available. We did a bunch of testing with, with Ben jock, Maine, where he was trying to, he loved the suspension. He loved the concept. He felt like it was faster, but at the end he was like, you know, I really need the front to match the. So he can just forget about the bike as he's putting in an all out effort. So he's the front wheel behaves differently if it's not suspended, then the rear wheel, and as you're racing hard you have to constantly consider that the front has less ability to track than the rear. In other words, it's, you really need the front as much as you need the rear, particularly for the high-speed descending and, and trying to crash less often. That's that's more on the front wheel than the rear. So, we re we tried a couple of experiments with suspension forks. It became really difficult to, to build one. No, it's just a really hard challenge to build a lightweight carbon for that also has 12 millimeters of travel. We just haven't been able to do it. [00:18:17] Randal R. Jacobs: What's a much more complex structural challenge. You have much higher stresses. The consequences of failure are that much higher. You probably not need a lot more complexity in the design, a lot more mass being added versus, you know, adding something to a mano seat's day. [00:18:32] Craig Calfee: That's right. It's much more difficult. And yeah, the, I, I broke my first bone in my body testing that for just a, the little finger on my, on my, on my right hand. But, you know, I, I was trying to break it and I usually fall, you know, I do, I do my own stunts and I, I used to be able to fall really well, but that one, right. I had, when I fell, I had to, I put my hand out just by mistake, but I literally broke the fork on a speed bump. I stiff arm to speed bump, and I was able to crack the fork and have it fail. And it was it, it kind of set us back, um, because of the. Lack of popularity right now with suspension on forks for road bikes. It's just too difficult in the current market, but there are some suspension stems out there now that are really interesting. And we've been messing around with that. And that's pretty good. That's really close to ideal, but, um, I don't think it's gonna going to be adopted a hundred percent unless someone does some tests with a stem and the rear and shows that it's absolutely the best thing since sliced bread. So we need more, more testing and more pro level riders who, who can vouch for. [00:19:47] Randal R. Jacobs: Hmm. When I got something that I've been working on that I'm okay. Sharing in a public forum. So I I've talked about mullet setups and going with a higher volume fronts than the rear because you have less mass over the front tire when climbing or on a flat. And so the rolling resistance impact is generally lower than if you had that same volume tire in the back. And so that could be one way to give a little bit more compliance at a suspension step. As [00:20:13] Craig Calfee: W does sure. Just the UCI allow, um, different wheel sizes and gravel racing. Is, is there any, I don't know enough about it, but I know in red rain they insist upon the same size wheels, [00:20:27] Randal R. Jacobs: I don't know. I've never heard this come up. I don't know that there are there UCI gravel races at this point. [00:20:34] Craig Calfee: you know? [00:20:35] Randal R. Jacobs: so out of the loop, when it comes to elite racing, I couldn't care less. I care much more about, you know, people were just out to have a good time. [00:20:42] Craig Calfee: Yeah. So for our purposes on the, you know, sticking with the road bike suspension thing, um, yeah, you can't do that because of UCI rules. So [00:20:52] Randal R. Jacobs: interesting. I thought that, um, I thought that for a time, like the specialized had their TT bikes running a narrower tire up front and a wider one in the rear aerodynamics. [00:21:04] Craig Calfee: sizes, for sure, but not, not wool diameters, [00:21:07] Randal R. Jacobs: Oh, I see. Yeah, I'm talking same rim, same rim. size, actually the same exact rims, but say in a, um, in a more cross-country oriented gravel setup, running a, you know, a 2.25 in the front in a 2.0, you know, semi slicker file trade in the rear, and then having the rear with that 10 or 12 mil of suspension that you described in upfront combining that higher volume, lower pressure tire with a suspension stem. The one that we talk about a lot is the one from Redshift. I don't know if you have others that you recommend as well. And then I have a, a concept for a handlebar that I'm going to run by you at some point that would have some adjustable suspension component built into that as well. [00:21:47] Craig Calfee: Yeah. Yeah. I think that could work. I mean, that would be worth trying and doing some tests on. Um, and we do like the suspension stems. We, we put a steel spring and one of the redshifts stems a couple of years ago and it, it actually was a significant improvement because it took out the, the elastomer junk they have in there. And it really helped on the heavier hits. But the Redshift stem is compared to a stiff stem is great, but the Cirrus stem with the body float Cirrus cycles stem with steel Springs is really my favorite. It's a little clunky looking, but it's not as aesthetically pleasing to look at, but, um, it performs really. [00:22:35] Randal R. Jacobs: And that's a linkage stem, right? A more complex linkage stem versus a single pivot. Like the red shift. [00:22:40] Craig Calfee: Yeah. Yeah. And it keeps your, your handlebars at the same orientation where the Redshift causes the bars to tilt down when it, when it activates. [00:22:50] Randal R. Jacobs: Yeah, you have to, you have to account for that in the bar rotation in the most outright position. [00:22:55] Craig Calfee: it'd be nice to avoid that. So, back to the fork, you know, that the fork is really the place to do it. And the Lao forks are really kind of like their concept, but if they could do a road version, that would be really great. [00:23:10] Randal R. Jacobs: The challenge I see with love, I see kind of two primary challenges. One is damping, right? Cause it kind of is what it is. And I could imagine a design where you actually put elastomers between those leaps that, in that fork. And so when, you know, when it is compressing, it's actually compressing that elastomer and that, you know, it's not, it's not really adjusted. Well, I guess you could swap different, you know, different numbers of elastomers or different durometers of elastomers in there to adjust that. But then the other thing. To my understanding is the bigger issue is like we'll flop like lateral flop because you don't have a telescoping section like you do, um, say on a traditional mountain bike suspension forks. So the tire at a hard angle in a corner can actually deflect to one side or the other materially in a way that can be unsettling. I don't know how much experience you have with those forks. I, I haven't written them myself to any significant extent. [00:24:05] Craig Calfee: Yeah, they're not, they're not perfect for road bikes. Certainly. They're they're okay. They, and they do need damping on their higher travel forks, but the, the fork that I built, um, I noticed that the vibrate, the. Um, damping, wasn't really an important issue. Such a little small amount of travel. It, it didn't oscillate at all. It just, you know, gave, it, gave it to you right when you needed it and didn't oscillate or BA or Bob at all. So for me, that short amount of travel doesn't really require damping. Um, it might be a nice thing to tune as you, as this whole idea evolves, but, um, initially I don't think it's something that should prevent it from happening. [00:24:52] Randal R. Jacobs: Well, at some point I have a, a, an idea for a real time adjustable suspension built into the layup of the frame that run by you. And we can see if that's an experiment. We might run at some point, but I'm pretty sold on this concept. My big concerns would be weight and complexity, which in turn adds costs. But from a, you know, what does the future look like? We have the technology, it seems like an it's an engineering problem, not a, a an issue of proving the physics at this point, from what you've described. [00:25:20] Craig Calfee: Yeah. Yeah. It's a marketing problem too, though. So it's, I think the way I wanted to approach it was to get a pro racer on it who could see that it was definitely faster. And then they go back to the team and say, look, we need suspension because we'll win. And the team generally pushes for that. And if a large bike sponsor wants to win, then they'll develop the suspension. So until that happens, it's going to be an uphill battle for, for us smaller guys. [00:25:56] Randal R. Jacobs: Well, let's have a sidebar conversation after this about whether that can be made economic in the, in the near term. All right. So everybody you've heard it. I am now sold on the idea of, bikes as well. So more on this topic as we go, but Bravo Craig, it's taken, it's taken a while to get me convinced, but I'm definitely in your camp now. All right. So next step other fun things to talk about that you've been involved in. So in 2019 you started doing a retrofit, like, e-bike system retrofits. So you want to talk about that program. [00:26:27] Craig Calfee: Yeah, that's been really fun to see all the bikes coming through that that have been hanging on people's in people's garages, a great high-quality bike often from, you know, 10 to even 20 years ago. Like a good titanium bike that just, you know, never corroded. And they moved on to a nicer carbon bike or something and, but these beautiful bikes are still, you know, there and people want to ride them. So it's a perfect opportunity to electrify some of them to try out you know, what, what an electric assist will do for you. For those of us you know, a little bit older, um, it's nice to ride with you young punks and keep up, you know, and you know, still have fun as a group. I mean, we still have the bike handling skills, but maybe we can't get up the hill as fast as you, but we can certainly, you know, hold our line, coming down the hill and being able to do it without being utterly exhausted is, is really helpful in a lot of. [00:27:29] Randal R. Jacobs: And what are the e-bike systems that you're using? Are these kind of. off the shelf or is it a you're you're buying separate components and integrating them in some special ways or any software involved at the level that you're implementing? [00:27:41] Craig Calfee: Yeah, we're, we're doing a grin kit. It's basically a hub motor, fairly small hub motors, unless you're on tandems. We use a bigger one and we try to really simplify the user interface. So it's, it just feels more like a bike than an e-bike. So we have a little circuit board that we programmed for the lights that are just little led lights that go into your handlebar tape or on your, on your bars. And it just shows how much batteries left and how much of an assist level you have. So it's really super simple. We basically over oversimplified it to make it. As much like a bike ride as, and not an e-bike, so it's more bike than e-bike. [00:28:29] Randal R. Jacobs: And you're doing, um, not just Calfee bikes, but any bike that somebody would want to retrofit [00:28:34] Craig Calfee: Yeah, yeah. [00:28:35] Randal R. Jacobs: way for you to make that work. [00:28:36] Craig Calfee: That's right. So we were able to do pretty much anything at this point. And it's been really fun seeing these older bikes come through and, and having them get written again now, and they end up, some of them may end up becoming their favorite bike and they sell the newer bike and, and they're back on their older, older, trustworthy bike that they've spent so much time on and, you know, keep keeping bikes from getting sold and used for cheap and keeping them out of the landfill. [00:29:06] Randal R. Jacobs: It'd be interesting to see if we see more e-bikes in the ridership. We see quite a few folks. Who've posted pictures of the know 20, 30 year old Bridgestone 26 inch mountain bikes that have been converted to gravel bikes for winter duty here in the Northeast. So definitely seeing new life and bikes that were good in their time and still have a lot of life in them. [00:29:26] Craig Calfee: Yeah. Yeah. That's that's, I love to see that, you know, so many great bikes that are kind of old and forgotten and get a lot of dust on them. And then they get brought out. I mean, it's similar to our carbon repair business, you know, just, no, you don't have to throw it away. Let's let's repair that. And some of our carbon repair customers are sending their repaired bikes to be converted to e-bikes. Cause it's not the latest greatest, and it's, it had been crashed and we repaired it and, and it's sort of the second bike, you know, they've already bought a nice new. But they kept the old bike. And now, now it's got an electric hub motor on it. So it's, it's great. [00:30:07] Randal R. Jacobs: That makes a ton of sense. Do you ever, um, do you ever integrate the batteries into one of those broken carbon frames, like to get into the down two or is it usually an external Mount. [00:30:16] Craig Calfee: It's, it's external Mount. I mean, it's, it doesn't really help to try to integrate it. Um, you know, you pretty much have to design the bike from, from the beginning to be an e-bike, if you want to do that. And that's what all the new e-bikes are or most of them, but we use a carbon fiber bag that Velcros to the top to basically it looks nice. It's, it's very useful bag that you can carry as little or as many batteries as you want. We use the little a hundred watt hour LIGO batteries, so you can choose to bring a smaller amount of battery or bring all of them and you can travel on an airplane with them as well. So it's become a default for the touring by. Particularly the coupler bikes, you know, SNS, couplers, bikes, or traveling, you know, bring the AR kit with the Lego batteries and you can have an eBike in, in Europe or south America, wherever you're going. You can bring your eBikes stuff with you. [00:31:11] Randal R. Jacobs: On in turn, if you're running a smaller power pack, you're probably running a lower output motor keeping the whole system lighter and more efficient. And you know, it's, it's not, it's not a moped it's you plus a, which is a philosophy that I think, um, makes a tremendous amount of sense for enthusiast oriented bikes, where you want to maintain the handling characteristics and so on. And you want to maintain the range without ending up with a, a 40, 50 pound behemoth. [00:31:36] Craig Calfee: That's right. That's a big, that's a big deal for a lot of our customers. [00:31:40] Randal R. Jacobs: Yeah. So then that brings us up to last year and you came out with your assesful hard tail. When you tell us about this. [00:31:46] Craig Calfee: Yeah. The circles also have really exciting project because we're able to. Um, address the questions that are popping up, you know, over the past couple of years around head tube angle, and what's the best head tube angle for a given type of ride. And the other issue that it solves is, um, all these different categories of bike, you know, Enduro by cross-country bike, even a gravel bike, it's sort of, you know, all these niches of utilities, which imply that you need six bikes to, to have, you know, the right bike for all conditions. You know, where, you know, I'm kind of more minimalist. I like to have the N minus one concept where this is a bike that, that does pretty much everything kind of like your one bike concept. So it, it has an adjustable head tube angle using flip plates, and we're able to adjust the head angle enough so that you can swap out different fork travels. So we're able to go up to with like a one 60 travel for. On this hard tail and you can also do a one 20 travel or 100 millimeter travel by changing the head tube angle. We have an eccentric bottom bracket, so you can raise and lower your bottom bracket all with an Allen wrench on the trail if you want. So it's, it's really fun to climb a good, good solid climb with a head angle. That's a bit steeper mix of very efficient pedaling feels great. And then at the top of the climb, you whip out your Allen wrench, flipped the head, the flip plates around, and now do the descent with a two degree slacker head angle. That's a really big difference and it's super fun, you know, to do that right on. [00:33:37] Randal R. Jacobs: Well, I think for, I mean, I maybe simply because I haven't tried it yet for gravel bikes, I think. The future is also this, you know, adjustable geometry, again, keeping the ones, the one by concept of having a bike that has the snappy you know, performance road, geometry on one end of the spectrum. But then, you know, you get a more upright position. That's a little bit more slacked out, but slower steering for your, you know, borderline cross-country setup when you're running a, you know, as I was saying, like a two to five or even a two, four upfront and like a 2.0 or a two to five in the back. So I do, I do think adjustable suspension is something that we're seeing in the gravel space, quite a bit with bikes, like the the allied. Was it the allied able, no, the allied echo. I'm curious, what is the percentage change in head tube and axle and the amount of axle the crown change? Because obviously those are changing in tandem depending on the forks. So maybe we keep the fork constant, you know, you have a one 40 millimeter fork on that bike on a size, medium, or a size large. How much does the head tube angle changing without changing the axle? The crown. [00:34:41] Craig Calfee: Well, as much as you want, I mean, you can bring our flip plates go from plus zero, zero plus four and zero to minus four. So it's an eight degree range. [00:34:53] Randal R. Jacobs: Oh, wow. Okay. [00:34:54] Craig Calfee: Which is ridiculous, you know, but when you change the fork travel, when you do change that actual crown things change radically. So you're compensating for the tilting of the bike forward as you go to a shorter travel for. So you wouldn't normally change your head angle by eight degrees. Two is plenty, you know, [00:35:14] Randal R. Jacobs: Yeah. [00:35:14] Craig Calfee: you have the option, you know, with that, to, to do it as much as you want. [00:35:19] Randal R. Jacobs: And the, I remember that Fox had their talus fork at one point where you could change the travel on the flight. Is there anything that's well implemented out there right now? Or is it all throwing a new spacer in [00:35:30] Craig Calfee: I need that. Yeah. I haven't, I haven't looked into that. I, I haven't seen changing of actual travel on the fly, but you know, all I'm really seeing is lockout mechanisms. [00:35:41] Randal R. Jacobs: So then let's get into some, some fun side topics. So, I've been to your workshop a few times at this point. Um, and I've described it as what a 10 year old bike nerd would, would create if they had like all the resources to, to do whatever they want in terms of fun projects and so on. And some of the things that I recall seeing in your workshop, one was a a, um, somewhat stripped down zero electric motorcycle. I remember an electric little race cart of some sort. So when you share some of the, the weird wild and wonderful projects that you've had going on in that workshop of yours, maybe describe the workshop itself. [00:36:18] Craig Calfee: Yeah, we have a pretty big shop that, um, that we basically pay under market rates for that, which is why we can afford to have a bigger shop it's on a school campus. And part of the deal is we're supposed to provide a on the job training or job experience to some of the students at the school. So, which is easy to do. And they don't, you know, send us a ton of kids. We have to chase after it's usually one or maybe two at a time, and we keep them busy with all kinds of stuff, but the projects, um, we're allowed to basically spread out and have projects going that can go at their own pace. And some of the projects go at a very fast pace, especially when there's real money involved and some take longer to develop. So for example, the zero motorcycle stuff has been, has been very diverse in that we're dealing with SWAT changing the batteries out for a zero, had us do a battery upgrade project for a fleet of motorcycles. So we did that for them. We did another. Project where we changed the change the motor out of the whole model year of bikes went on 2012. They had to upgrade their motors. So we came up with a Mo a different way to Mount a new motor in the old bike. And now we're involved with an aerodynamic body kit for the bikes. This is kind of a speculative project where we're making carbon fiber bodywork designed for the zero motorcycles. And it should give you better, um, range. The, on the freeway in particular, the another project we're really excited about is a, um, a regenerative brake lever. So that's where you have variable region and a brake lever on the left side. Cause you don't need a clutch on these bikes. And by using that, you can increase your range by about 10%, which is again, a pretty significant number on the freeway because at 60, 70, 80 miles an hour, you, you really slow. You, you really get a lot of drag and every time you touch the brakes, you're effectively wasting energy. So if you can hit the region lever as your regular brake lever, um, it will save a lot of that energy. So that's that doesn't exist. I'm really shocked that it still doesn't exist as a stock offering because it's not that difficult to do. So we're, we're going to be offering that as an aftermarket item for the zeros. And I think we can set it up on other electric motorcycle brands as well, but for now we're focused on the, the largest one. [00:39:08] Randal R. Jacobs: I've looked at electric motorcycles and I've always been surprised at, um, how poor the rain, the peak range tends to be given how much heavier they are than a standard bike. And it's, you know, aerodynamics at speed, the aerodynamics of a motorcycle with a rider on it. There's so many variables, there's so much vortices shedding happening off of the rider. And like that fairing kit makes a ton of sense for extending range. And then it's a region is a, another level of complexity versus a car because your weight distribution is one. opposite what you would want. So it's your rear with it. You have power going, and if you're going to use the motor to go send it into region mode, well, when you're braking, it's shifting weight onto the front wheel. So that's a challenge. And then there's control issues that you don't have with a, with a four wheeled vehicle that you do have with a motorcycle that has any sort of input that isn't completely controlled by the rider. So like being able to feather that Regene brake makes a ton of sense. [00:40:04] Craig Calfee: it's super helpful. I mean, it's it's night and day difference. The stock offering is a fairly low region level that's on or off. When, when you're released the throttle, you can set your settings can be, can be set up to have heavy region or light region. And it's just the heavy region just feels real jerky and you don't really use it as you're just decelerating in normal traffic. It's just, you know, it's eco mode basically where variable region lever, it gives you. You know, region all the time and exactly the amount you want for two, and then you use it all the time and you only use the real break for emergency braking where you do need that front wheel to get loaded up and slowing you down right now where the region it's more for deceleration than real breaking. [00:41:00] Randal R. Jacobs: Yeah, I've thought about that on e-bikes as well, where, you know, having the rear brake, essentially the first portion of its travel, go add some regenerative elements and then go into actually engaging the disc brake rotors. [00:41:16] Craig Calfee: Yeah [00:41:16] Randal R. Jacobs: so then we get, [00:41:17] Craig Calfee: good. [00:41:17] Randal R. Jacobs: How about this race car that you had in there? Is that allowed to be spoken about. [00:41:20] Craig Calfee: Yeah. Well, the, the race car was, was a special project of a friend of mine. And we did some carbon repair work on it, and I think there was some battery swapping going on. Um, so we have, we have friends in the, in, in the racing electric race car circuit that loves the fact that we can fix a broken carbon. So, you know, they, they tend to get wild out there in the racetrack. And so, and we're not far from Laguna Seca, so they, they come by here and we do some work on their cars. [00:41:55] Randal R. Jacobs: really a, it's really a special space that you have down there and you get the air, you get that local airport right behind you. It's a very kind of quiet, tranquil sort of area generally now. Not far from the coast. [00:42:07] Craig Calfee: Yeah, we're right on the coast. And the airstrip is a fun place to do tests. Um, yeah. And other companies that come combine to do tests on our airstrip Polaris has a new electric, um, off-road quad vehicle that they're doing in partnership with zero motorcycles. And they came down and did their range test on our airstrip. So that was, that was fun to see the first one. So we kind of got a sneak preview of that product. [00:42:36] Randal R. Jacobs: I'll come pay you a visit next time. I'm in California. It's been a, it's been a while. It's been a few years. All right. So then let's see a few last things to finish up with. So, um, you mentioned last, we spoke about in an electric motorcycle project that you've been working on in Africa. [00:42:53] Craig Calfee: Yeah. That's really fun. It's, it's basically a an ambitious plan to replace all of the nasty polluting, low displacement gas burning motorbikes that are, that represent about three quarters of the number of motorcycles sold in the world. You know, all the motorbikes you see in the streets, in the U S you know, most of them, the higher, the bigger bikes. There that represents a very small portion of the market. So these are the 1 25 CC bikes that are used for pretty much everything in developing countries, they're taxi bikes, their cargo bikes, they move more stuff than almost anything else in, in most of the world. So they're not very well-regulated for their pollution. And they're expensive to maintain. And gas prices in developing countries are subject to unstable conditions and in both supply and demand and, and corrupt practices that cause prices to fluctuate so that you can have your business model of being a motorcycle taxi. But your cost of doing business varies too much, and it makes it really hard to make a living. So we found now that an electric motorcycle where you have a battery swap a business model, Which means you don't have to buy the battery. You just rent the battery that reduces the cost of ownership significantly. And then you can have these battery swap stations that are solar powered. So very low costs, not reliant on an unstable grid and provide steady power for critical transport infrastructure. That is also not only economically feasible, but allows for the same entrepreneurs to still make money more steadily with with a cleaner energy. So it's it. Every time you turn around on this thing, you're saving money to no maintenance. Um, you know, these, these bikes they're constantly breaking down. They're spending money on spare parts. Sometimes the bike sits for months while they wait for spare parts. Just the, that whole infrastructure is a disaster, but, um, the electric side is much easier to manage. And if the batteries are managed centrally by a company, so they're managing the charging and discharging of the batteries more strictly would they're maintaining the batteries properly. And we're in into the modular battery concept, similar to the LIGO batteries. In fact, our prototype was built with LIGO bricks, where if any, one of those went bad, we could just open the battery up and swap out one of the bricks. And the brick is 10, 10 cells. So usually electric motorcycles have these monolithic giant batteries. And if one cell goes bad in that pack, then that's a, that's a thousand dollar. You know, replacement part and that's just too expensive. So I'll all my battery engineer, friends are big fans of modular batteries where you can go in and replace either one cell or one, one pack of a cell. So that's, that's really, um, you know, exciting and cutting edge technology right now. [00:46:16] Randal R. Jacobs: It's a lot of, um, a lot of like multi-variate optimization looking at, say like a remote village that may not have good infrastructure for transporting gas, but then also has abundant sunlight and maybe the grid infrastructure, as you said, isn't stable, or maybe it hasn't even reached in a lot of places, but put up some solar panels you could literally like, you know, have a 20 foot container built out as a little repair and. Surging station with wings at fold up and just drop it in there. And all of a sudden you have a hub for generating power and maintaining an entire fleet. You can even have financing for people who want to get a motorcycle can have access to these batteries, because everything is so much more predictable because you've controlled so many of the cost variables and so on. So this is, this is quite interesting. [00:47:00] Craig Calfee: it's huge. I mean, back to the financing side. So getting funding for projects like this is difficult because it involves investors throwing money down on to expensive stuff, you know, inventory or assets that get distributed into a, into a region that is notoriously unstable in terms of security of assets, things get stolen, things get, you know, broken and not tracked well. So we put trackers on these batteries. So the tracker follows the battery, not the bike, and it just, we're just tracking these thousand dollar battery packs and the investors feel very confident about. And if somebody ends up with a battery and doesn't either doesn't return it or tries to charge it up on their own and they don't re you know, we can track where the location of that battery is and go get it if necessary. So that discourages people from trying to cheat the system, cause they don't want to deal with the police which are much more severe than they are here. It's not like they'll just come in and you know, these are like repo squads and they will, it's the wild west, you know, you just don't want to deal with that. So people don't, they just, they cooperate, they pay their bill, they return the battery, they get a fresh one and every everything's good and it's cheap enough that there isn't that much incentive to try to gain the system. So back to the investors, they love that. And therefore a lot of money becomes available to, to throw at this incredibly huge market. there's all of these development projects. People say, oh, well, why don't you just, you know, donate that stuff or, you know, get a nonprofit started up psych. Well, actually we've been trying that for hundreds of years and it generally doesn't work. So you really need economically sustainable businesses to, to get supported and continue running profitably so that they can, can, you know, just run without the need for donors to constantly give them free. [00:49:14] Randal R. Jacobs: It's something that, that actually resonates a lot with. Kind of how my thinking has evolved on such matters. Like you can have a population of people that may, at some point in history have been victimized, but continuing to treat them like victims versus giving them the tools of empowerment and being like, okay, we're going to create a viable economic model. And ideally as the organization kind of kick-starting things you're not, it's not an exploitative model. It's not an extractive model. It's a, like, we're going to make this thing. So it funds itself, um, versus a, a more charity oriented model that, um, does not have the inherent self-sustaining dynamics that something that's built from an economic perspective may have, you know, from, from the get-go. Yeah. This is great, Craig. So I'm going to pick your brain. Now we're coming to the end of our conversation for some free. Advice on a project that a friend of a friend of a friend may possibly be working on wink, wink, nudge, nudge if you were to make The ultimate mass production, carbon fiber frame how would you construct it? So we've talked about already how bikes went, you know, you, you created the what was your ultra light? Two, two pound frame. [00:50:29] Craig Calfee: The dragon. [00:50:30] Randal R. Jacobs: The dragon fly and that bike was made very tough. And you talked about how your, your repair business really, um, you know, got legs when these, these, you know, monocot wide, a big tube thin wall framed, started coming to market. So if you wanted to build the ultimate high-performing, but really bomb-proof frame and make it you know, perform at a very high level keeping weights in check and so on. How would you construct it and what would you expect some of the specs to look like. [00:50:59] Craig Calfee: Well, are you, if you're just choosing a manufacturing method, um, you know, bladder molding is as suitable. If you don't need to change the geometry much. So, you know, if you have the investment, you are going mass production. Sure. Bladder molding is current favorite and. It works great. You just have to design the layup properly so that you have enough robustness for the bike to handle a minor spill that doesn't cause you to have to stop riding and wait for a replacement bike if you're racing. Um, so you know, it, it comes down to just smart, um, orientation of the fiber. And then there's lots of little details around the metal parts and choosing how the dropouts integrate with the frame. Making sure the way the dropout attaches, if it's a metal dropout, which I prefer metal dropouts to to carbon dropouts. So how that interface goes, it's really critical. Um, you know, head tubes and bottom brackets and seat seat binder areas are also really important. And for robustness, I tend to go with metal interfaces there. A lot of people are molding them in. We've we've done a lot of repairs on, on cracked head tube areas, cracked seed, binder areas. So all that stuff, you know, the way we build them with metal parts, instead of trying to mold them everything out of carbon. Um, as, as my recommendation, the some of the shortcuts that are taken to reduce costs on manufacturing, aren't really shortcuts. Unless you're, you have a very profitable crash replacement program where, when something breaks and is actually more of a warranty issue, but you can't prove it. You ended up getting offered a crash replacement deal. So when things break you you just offer the crash replacement, you still make profit on those. And therefore you can, you can get away with building bikes that, that don't really hold up and just keep people happy with, by offering this year's latest model year crash replacement bike. [00:53:18] Randal R. Jacobs: Get half off this already overpriced thing. [00:53:20] Craig Calfee: Yeah. And, and it's, and you feel okay about it? Cause it's like, oh, it's brand new. It's it's I'm getting a deal on it. You know, it's like, well, not really because that bike you bought two years ago should last at least five years, you know? [00:53:37] Randal R. Jacobs: Yeah. Yeah. And ideally, um, stays in circulation for a very long time. Not just because of the quality of its construction, but because of the foresight of its design and its, you know, forward compatibility with, you know, future standards and things like this. [00:53:51] Craig Calfee: Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, I'm not I like bladder molding for mass production. I think it's fine. The labor contents and issue though. So, you know, the, you've got to think about where you're having them made and how motivated the workers are. Um, and the cost of that price pressures with, with some of the artificial barriers import duties and stuff make that supply chain thing really complicated. So. Um, bladder molding in the United States is incredibly difficult and expensive. Um, [00:54:23] Randal R. Jacobs: Yeah, [00:54:23] Craig Calfee: so maybe you have to consider that part of the equation. And if you, if labor is an issue, then you might look at some other more automated ways or lower labor content, ways of building bikes. The way we put bikes could be cheaper than bladder molding. If we had some robotics, you know, robotic trimming going on, you know, with prefab tubes and just molding the loves that just reduces the amount of surface area needed to be laid up. And there's some really interesting techniques for making lugs that would be almost purely automated. So if you're looking at a high volume, but needs to have very low labor content there's other alternate techniques that might be worth. [00:55:11] Randal R. Jacobs: Yeah. And you're starting to see that greater automation. We discussed previously with rims in particular and rims are getting to a place where the, the, um, the autumn, the, the automated ones, the ones that have made it through an automated process are having you know, better quality, lower weight, higher strength, floor Boyd, um, characteristics relative to the hand-laid one, which has been the standard for a long time. And which in the early days of automation, um, we're still superior. You know, you were compromising in order to get these kind of low resolution woven rims of like say five or 10 years ago. [00:55:47] Craig Calfee: yeah. Yeah. That's it's happening. I mean, developing robotic stuff in automated processes for composites is difficult because it hasn't been done very much. It's been done at the very highest levels of aerospace. For consumer product, I, I struggled to think of a single consumer product. That's that's at that level, there is one, um, I think it's a part of a lawnmower that it turned out that carbon fiber ended up being the best material. And it was a thermoplastic injection semi injection molded carbon fiber part for a lawnmower that was featured at one of the composite shows I went to, and it was like, they were touting it as the first consumer product that uses advanced techniques. And it hadn't volume that it justified the tooling and expensive development. But, you know, I, I don't know if they did it at a loss or what, but it was a very impressive part. Um, but it, you needed, you know, a million of them to justify the development. So [00:56:52] Randal R. Jacobs: Yeah. And with, [00:56:53] Craig Calfee: are planning to be pretty good. [00:56:55] Randal R. Jacobs: um, with, with bicycles, there's so much variety. Every company wants to have its own spin on it. And even if, you know, the vast majority of bikes are almost identical in a lot of ways it's still, it has to be differentiated in some way in order to spin some sort of marketing story. So getting to those volumes and then you have five or six sizes, or maybe even seven or eight, depending on how granular you go. Yeah. It's coming, but, but probably five or 10 years out, would you guess? [00:57:22] Craig Calfee: Well, yeah, it, it's hard to say. Um, I, I also look at, um, you know, the handmade side where and the bike shop owners are going to be pissed off at me for saying this, but, um, the whole model of buying a bike through a bike shop is, is difficult. I mean, the, the world is trending towards this direct sale model and bike shops are becoming more of a service center rather than. Bike sales outlet. I think, you know, the fitting studio and the servicing of the bikes is, is really where the bike shops are going to at least the high end ones and selling expensive bikes could be done through direct interactions with people who make these bikes by hand guys like myself, of course, and all the metal frame builders and people who were the labor content is kind of high, but it's specialized in terms of it's it's not industrial type of labor. It's very much high skill labor. And if you, if you cut out the middleman, so to speak, that allows the fabricator to get paid, what they should be getting paid in terms of the labor. So that's pretty much the only way you're going to get you know, made in USA locally made products at reasonable prices. You have to basically let the builder collect the retail margin. [00:58:48] Randal R. Jacobs: Well, this is actually something that I've, um, had some fun diving into, again, with Russ over it, pathless pedals going into, like, what did, what did China's industrialization model look like to get them to a place where they have such deep supply chains and it actually Taiwan in particular, in the bike industry and you know, how would you slowly recreate that? You're not gonna, you know, this, I don't know that there's anyone making hydraulic disc brakes in the U S there's nobody making integrated Grifters with hydraulic disc brakes. There's a lot of things that just aren't, you know, you can't get made here. Um, and so you need to be able to take, like the one thing that can be made here in a reasonably economically viable way like a frame, and then, you know, bring in containers of parts from other places. And then slowly pick off those parts. Maybe do wheel assembly here. Maybe you do, you know, you do the final assembly here, bring more of that value and local. And over time, a cottage industry built around at least that's my hypothesis hypothesis as to how we relocate flies. A lot of bike industry production and assembly processes. [00:59:49] Craig Calfee: Yeah. Yeah. I think there's, there's lots of room for that. I liked that last point about the bike assembly. That's where a huge amount of savings is had in the mass produced bikes. I've been to these factories with these assembly lines. I mean, it's just, it's literally Henry Henry Ford, you know, the bike girls down a moving platform and people do the same job hour after hour bolting on the left brake lever and the next person bolts on the right brake lever. And, you know, it's, it's a very boring job actually. So the, and here by the good bike shops effectively reassemble these bikes to their, their standards. Well, why can't that happen from the game? And save some money in the process. [01:00:37] Randal R. Jacobs: So we actually early on with thesis we actually did, um, distributed assembly. So we had what we called our LBP or local bicycle professional program in any professional mechanic or fitter or shop. And usually it was, you know, small service oriented shops that worked with us could sign up and we would, um, if they sold a bike, they got a commission. It was less than the market, but they weren't, they were already not selling bikes. Right. So they get a commission for the sale. Um, and then they would get a paid by us to do the final assembly. The challenge we had was consistency. Yeah, everyone has their own way of doing things. Sometimes the cables wouldn't be routed in, in the way we wanted, or they wouldn't have a particular tool for a particular process. So being able to control is something that's centralized assembly allows for to a much greater degree. But then on the other extreme, when you're describing the assembly line process also results in an inferior product. So what we went to was, um, a team of carefully trained mechanics who have a very detailed standard operating procedure for assembling our bikes in any tiny little change has to be approved. And that's how we're able to get, um, you know, the quality of assembly that we get on our bikes and it costs more than that assembly line, but actually not that much. Cost us like 50, 60 bucks a bike. Um, but then you're shipping something that's much bigger and your ship and you're paying duty on a greater value. And so having, you know, having that sort of semi centralized process where you have little hubs of assembly of assemblers who are doing kind of the same handful of bikes, and they are able to do it at a very high degree and not on an assembly line process. but like one mechanic, one bikes, there's that intimacy with the machine, making sure it's all dialed. Um, that is what I believe will be the future, at least on the on the high end and is the direction we're going in. [01:02:27] Craig Calfee: Yeah, I would push for that pretty hard. I mean, that's, that's how we do it at our shop. And you know, we ended up shipping, complete bikes out rather than bikes and parts kits to assemblers. But, um, you know, it's, I think that's the, that is the future. The customer ends up being really satisfied with it. We have, um, two, two full-time mechanics that have relationships with our customers. They are buddies, you know, and if they have an issue with their bike, they send them a note or a, you know, it's almost like fans, they're not just Cathy fans. They're, they're Ryan and Patrick fans. And, you know, they, they love Ivan's wheels, Ireland's a great wheel builder. So they just continue to promote the brand on personal relationships, not just a brand loyalty. So I think that part of it is really cool. [01:03:22] Randal R. Jacobs: It's something I've noticed in meeting your riders in various places. There's a deep affinity, not just for the bike, but for the people behind it. So I appreciate you bringing that to the podcast here today. And I look forward to having a follow on conversation where we go deep nerd on bamboo and wood and alternative bicycle materials and how those may or are being made economically viable going forward. So, Craig Calfee thank you for your time and we'll talk to you again in a few months. [01:03:50] Craig Calfee: Okay. Thanks, Randy. [01:03:52] Randall: And that's going to do it for this week's edition of the gravel ride podcast. If you'd like to engage further on this topic or connect directly with our friend, Craig Calfee. I encourage you to join The Ridership. If you're interested in supporting the podcast, you can visit www.buymeacoffee.com/thegravelride. And finally to use craig dalton's words here's the finding some dirt onto your wheels.  

Há algumas semanas Tim Odonnel revelou ter sofrido um ataque cardíaco durante o Challenge Miami, atletas como Greg Welch, Norman Staddler, Tornbjorn Sindballe, abandonaram suas carreiras por problemas cardíacos. Existe relação entre os esportes de endurance e esses problemas? Neste episódio temos a Dra. Luciana Janot, cardiologista, doutora em ciências pela FMUSP, Diretora médica da Federação Paulista de Ciclismo e cardiologista da clínica MOVE e Eduardo José Kleinubing, ex-triatleta profissional que após passar por um problema cardíaco, cirurgia retornou ao esporte e vai nos contar como. Pega o seu café e vem com a gente!!!

These days in the sport of Triathlon we love to throw around names like Jan Frodeno, Alistair Brownlee, Javier Gomez as being the greatest of all time, and obviously, they're all in the conversation.   But, when I rewind the clock there are other names that we need to start throwing into that discussion, Simon Lessing, Scott Molina, Greg Welch, Brad Bevan, Mike Pigg.... and the list goes on.   And then there are two that I look at, that influenced my desire to become a professional Triathlete more than anyone else. And I believe, They have impacted the sport as a whole more than anyone else. They have been on this show separately in episodes 5 and 7. But today I'm joined with both of them on the show together.   What a privilege it is to have Dave Scott sit with me in the studio and Mark Allen call in.   We discuss the Collins Cup from the past week, Ironman Kona – or lack thereof, the sport of Triathlon as a whole, and well, anything and everything. We end with some fun rapid-fire questions.   Discount Codes and Deals   Athletic Greens - a FREE year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase by visiting athleticgreens.com/greg   Hyperice - Click https://bit.ly/3jzyFDa for exclusive offers on all Hyperice products or visit at hyperice.com and use the code mentioned in the show   FormSwim Goggles - formswim.com/greg for $15 off - The coupon will be automatically added to the cart. Or use code GREG2021 at checkout.   Athletic Brewing - AthleticBrewing.com  

In this episode David and John continue David and John welcome in Greg Welch. Greg is known for having won "The Grand Slam" ,which includes the ITU Triathlon World Championships (1990), The Ironman World Championship (1994), the ITU Duathlon World Championships (1993) and the Long Course Triathlon World Championship (1994).

WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: (00:17:04) Polarised Training – a review. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW – GREG WELCH (00:46:10) We chat to IRONMAN commentator and previous Kona World Champion Greg Welch. ONE STEP AHEAD: (01:37:49) Sleep and the “Optimisation and Validation of a Nutritional Intervention to Enhance Sleep Quality and Quantity” LINKS: More about MitoQ at https://www.mitoq.com/ Link to the Training Peaks discount at https://www.fitter.co.nz/about-radio Link to the Elite Mindset Institute discount at https://www.fitter.co.nz/about-radio Link to the Recovery Systems discount at https://www.fitter.co.nz/about-radio Matt Fitzgerald 80/20 running at https://www.amazon.com/80-20-Running-Stronger-Training-ebook/dp/B00IIVFAEY Matthew Walker Why We Sleep at https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Sleep-Unlocking-Dreams/dp/1501144316 Greg Welch at https://www.facebook.com/GregWelchTri/ Link to One Step Ahead segment athttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/9/2579/htm?fbclid=IwAR1YIaDo0r4_ulRCgoIsS5k7r6dSyQjg2cQCvu-R88rHY7lGj8PW4ybtgC0 CONTACT US: Learn more about us at http://www.fitter.co.nz        Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/fittercoaching for the latest news and information Mikki Williden can be found at https://www.facebook.com/mikkiwillidennutrition

The word “legend” is used too frequently these days, like describing the pizza delivery guy who arrives when you’re hungry.  However, in the case of this week’s guest, calling him a legend is absolutely the right word.  Dave Scott is “The Man”! He’s won the Ironman World Championships no less than 6 times and in its early days he was dominant. He retired and then made a comeback at the age of 40, finishing second behind rising star Greg Welch. Since his last Ironman in 2001, Dave has carved out a career as a triathlon coach (advising other Ironman World champions such as Craig Alexander and Chrissie Wellington) and motivational speaker. When I first started in triathlon, there were no coaches but I did manage to find a triathlon book, Dave Scott Triathlon Training, which I still have to this day. In fact, I managed to get it autographed by Dave when we met for the first time at the Eilat triathlon in 1989. Dave is a forthright character and isn’t afraid to voice his opinion.  When you listen to this conversation you’ll get real insight to one of the greatest Ironman triathletes ever, including: How depression sometimes meant Dave struggled to even start his sessions Following the low fat/high carb Pritikin diet and why Dave did a 180 and adopted a Keto diet Rinsing cottage cheese to get rid of the fat When you have been an Ironman world champion and you develop heart problems Dave Scott on strength training for triathletes Why Ironman have done a good job during the COVID19 pandemic PTO and why it’s a great opportunity for professional triathlon If you would like to follow Dave you can find him on all of the social media channels listed below.  The best place to find him is his website https://davescottinc.com/ where you can sign up for his regular newsletter Twitter https://twitter.com/davescott6x Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davescott6x/ YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/user/davescottinc/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/davescott3/ Dave and I chatted about many topics and made references to other resources. These are the books Dave has been inspired by The Perfect Mile - The race to break the four minute mile Thinking Fast & Slow - Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize The 3 year swim club - The untold story of “sugar ditch” kids in Maui and their quest for Olympic glory Road to Valour - Gino Bartali: Tour de France legend and WW2 hero To find out more about Simon’s SWAT programme, please click HERE  Visit Simon's website for more information about his coaching programmes Links to all of Simon's social media channels can be found here For any questions please email Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com

Almost three years ago, I published Episode 5 of CMO Moves, called The CMO Roadmap to Success, with Greg Welch, Senior Partner of Spencer Stuart. Having placed over 500 CMOs at the time, all ears tuned in to find out the secrets to landing the big job. Today, I bring back Greg to give us on update on the current CMO landscape, what’s changed this year (everything!) and what’s ahead for CMOs. In addition, Greg introduces us to the Spencer Stuart CMO Summit that just went live and is included in this episode. Three Global CMOs from New York to Brazil to Singapore weigh in on what’s changed in their world and what they look forward to: Janey Whiteside, CCO Walmart, Silvia Lagnado, Sustainable Growth Officer, Natura & Co, and Erica Kerner, Head of Marketing Strategies and Partnerships, ONE Championship.

From our Breakfast with Bob: Stay Home Edition interview show, enjoy this epic interview with the one and only Greg Welch. Australia’s Greg Welch won the 1994 Ironman World Championship, finished second in 1991, and took third in both 1989 and 1996. But his 11th place finish in 1999, despite the fact that he was… The post Greg Welch: Breakfast with Bob Stay Home Edition appeared first on Babbittville.

Tune in to Episode 77 recorded live in Las Vegas, Nevada during MJBiz Con week with Greg Welch, formally known as Ty Forto of Cannabiscapes. Listen to Greg’s last episode on L & L where we discuss Cannabiscapes and current affairs in the Florida cannabis market. In Episode 77 we dive into the truth behind the cannabis industry and the importance of local cannabis farmers, the threat from large corporations and their lack of knowledge about cannabis culture. This is one episode you don’t want to miss! #cannabisculture #cannabiscapes #cannabisfarmer #supportsmallfarmers #cannabiseducation --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lit-and-lucid/support

Veteran athletes with heart problems?  Is it inevitable?  There are a number of retired high profile triathletes who have heart problems - Dave Scott, Normann Stadler, Greg Welch and of course our own Julian Jenkinson died after suffering a cardiac event while out riding. Look through some of the triathlon and cycling Facebook groups and you will also find many threads about athletes who have had, or are still having, issues with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter. If athletes who were once the world’s best are not immune then where does that leave the rest of us enthusiastic amateurs? In today’s podcast, I’m going to have a go at clearing up a lot of the misinformation that surrounds the topic of training for endurance sports and associated cardiac issues. My guest is Peter Swoboda - Consultant Cardiologist and senior lecturer at the University of Leeds.  Peter has been involved in extensive research into the relationship between fitness and the quality of heart size, and is currently engaged in a study to understand the changes to heart structure with age in veteran athletes who have a history of training at least 8-10 hours per week for many years.  If you have any concerns about your heart health or have suffered with your own cardiac issues then this conversation will answer a lot of your questions as we discuss: “The Broken Leg” study and what happens to your fitness with just 6 weeks of inactivity Why astronauts MUST row for 2 hours per day when they are in a zero gravity environment Can a life time of exercise lead to changes in the structure of the heart, and is it part of normal physiology? What type of sports pre-dispose people to Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) and other heart issues Rowing and cycling and why they have a different effect on the heart to running. Why athletes are humans first and have the same statistical likelihood of heart problems as sedentary people Noticeable changes in heart response to exercise and why it’s ALWAYS a good idea to get a check up Why exercise is a good thing for just about all humans Peter’s training advice for over 50’s Ultimately why you should not worry, the statistics are in your favour In this podcast I mentioned the book The Haywire Heart. To find out more about Simon’s coaching please visit his website here. To follow Simon on Facebook, click here. For more information please go to www.SimonWardTriathlonCoach.com, or www.TheTriathlonCoach.com, or email Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com.

Our interview this week is with former pro triathlete, Olympian, PhD and author Joanna Zeiger. Joanna has been a previous guest where we spoke to her about her book The Champion's Mindset and her coaching project Training Away Chronic Pain.  After years of pain management and university research, Joanna shares her latest research on cannabis and endurance athletes. We thought it would be good to get the perspective of an athlete and researcher of this caliber. Today's show is supported by iKOR Labs.  iKOR is a clean, natural source of recovery enhancing CBD hemp extract that protects your body from the stresses of training, improves recovery from intense efforts and helps you maintain a positive mental state. The most bio-available CBD product on the market, iKOR is a highly protective anti-oxidant and effective anti-inflammatory.  WADA and USADA legal.  Used by world class professional athletes.  Save 20% by using the code "endurance" at checkout. Go to www.ikorlabs.com for more details.  Thanks to last week's guests, Billy "The Kid" Edwards who joins us to talk about the https://www.sostriathlon.com/.  Reminder that registration opens on Halloween evening at midnight ET.  If you haven't heard the interview, go back and listen to episode #148. Our interview is sponsored by Riplaces.  Riplaces are the no tie laces with custom tension for the perfect fit.  Pro triathlete proven and endorsed, most durable elastic bungee lace system available and they come in the super cool MHE logo package for $19.98  https://www.riplaces.com/collections/mile-high-endurance Let's get into the interview now with Joanna Zeiger, PhD.  We'll give her a proper introduction as we get into the conversation.  Here's Joanna Zeiger. Welcome back.  Our post interview discussion is sponsored by Halo Neuroscience.  The Halo Sport from Halo Neuroscience will help you learn the technique and form to get faster.  20 minutes of neural priming with the Halo Headset gives you an hour of neural plasticity to work and lock in the muscle movement that leads to strength, power and endurance.  Use code MHE150 to save $150. This topic is a bit of a challenge for me for similar reasons that Joanna gave: it's potentially controversial, there's some reputation risk, but I genuinely believe in what CBD can do to help with inflammation, recovery, anxiety and athletic performance.  Joanna mentioned the details about the survey.  We've included the link on the headline on the home page of MHE and it's also in the show notes at Athlete PEACE Survey - https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4539059/The-Athlete-PEACE-Survey    It's also a topic that is attracting lots of attention, so I'm glad we are pulling together some information and education.  We've gathered some articles for you and we've put them on the MHE Resources page in the Wellness section : https://ufc.usada.org/cbd-in-2018-four-questions-answered/ Regardless of individual state laws regarding legalized medical and recreational marijuana or the anti-doping rules of sport, all cannabinoids, including CBD, remain illegal as Schedule I substances under the U.S. Federal Controlled Substances Act. THC, which is the psychoactive component of marijuana, cannabis, and hashish, is subject to a urinary reporting threshold of 150 ng/mL. Respiratory conditions, such as lung cysts, chronic bronchitis, and lung cancer, have all been linked to the inhalation of marijuana smoke. https://www.fundacion-canna.es/en/full-spectrum-cannabis-extracts-vs-cbd-isolate In hemp THC is a minor constituent and appears only in trace amounts under 0.3% by dry weight, as required by the U.S. government for hemp products. THC mimics the action of anandamide, a neurotransmitter naturally produced in the human body, and binds to CB1 receptors in the endocannabinoid system found mostly in the brain. The extremely low levels of THC in hemp make hemp oil non-psychoactive and safe for all ages to use. https://www.marijuanabreak.com/cbd-isolate-vs-full-spectrum-oil https://weedmaps.com/learn/cannabis-and-your-body/thc-vs-cbd/ Cannabidiol as an Emergent Therapeutic Strategy for Lessening the Impact of Inflammation on Oxidative Stress National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine This review discusses recent studies suggesting that cannabidiol may have utility in treating a number of human diseases and disorders now known to involve activation of the immune system and associated oxidative stress, as a contributor to their etiology and progression. These include rheumatoid arthritis, types I and II diabetes, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, hypertension, the metabolic syndrome, ischemia-reperfusion injury, depression, and neuropathic pain. World Health Organization: Evaluation of Cannabidiol This report has been drafted under the responsibility of the WHO Secretariat, Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products, Teams of Innovation, Access and Use and Policy, Governance and Knowledge. CBD has been demonstrated as an effective treatment of epilepsy in several clinical trials, with one pure CBD product (Epidiolex®) currently in Phase III trials. There is also preliminaryevidence that CBD may be a useful treatment for a number of other medical conditions.  Thank you Joanna for taking time to share your information with us.   I did check a couple of relative facts about iKOR, which is the hemp extract CBD that I take and thought I'd share some of those for context: iKOR IS as full spectrum product and is not pure CBD. iKOR receives reports from their manufacturing partner for each batch of product that they receive.  Every batch so far has come back at zero % THC. 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Greg Welch interviewing Joanna Zeiger after her 2008 win at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship Pro Interview:Joanna Zeiger   Upcoming Interviews: Coach Debbie Potts and host of The Whole Tri-Athlete Professional triathlete Sarah True to talk about her 4th place performance at IM World Championship Panos Papadiamantis about PNOE, the first field use metabolic breath analysis device Professional triathlete Merredith Kessler Our show is also supported by 303 Endurance Network, which includes 303Triathlon and 303 Cycling, which covers the endurance culture, news and events on triathlon and cycling.  Be sure to subscribe to the 303Radio podcast and follow 303Triathlon's Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. 303Radio Interviews coming up: Professional cyclist Tommy Danielson Professional cyclist Tyler Hamilton Please support our affiliate brands that support the show and help you get faster! All of these discounts can be found at milehighendurance on the Discounts page. 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  Few professionals are as knowledgeable about marketing leadership and the CMO’s role as Greg Welch. A senior partner at Spencer Stuart, one of the world’s foremost leadership consulting firms, Greg helps to connect companies with the right fitting CMOs. He’s witnessed firsthand how, when leadership is done right, a CMO can be his or her team’s biggest cheerleader and source of inspiration. Greg has worked with the leadership of dozens of large corporations, including Walmart, Facebook, and Dunkin’ Donuts. Greg believes that the intangibles of an extraordinary leader can transform a good CMO into a great one, but developing those skills takes work. On this episode of Renegade Thinkers Unite, Drew and Greg discuss what aspiring professionals need to know to be successful in marketing leadership, as well as concrete advice for CMOs striving for that CEO desk. Greg also shares why you should surround yourself with a group of supporters and mentors to develop your personal marketing leadership style. You’ll be inspired by Greg’s advice - be sure to listen here. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts - Stitcher- or Podsearch What You’ll Learn Greg is seeing a new breed of CMOs emerge, and they have these qualities Throughout his 20 years of executive search experience, Greg has discovered that the best marketing leaders possess a few main qualities, including: The ability to understand both the brand and data sides of a business An intense sense of curiosity An ambition to be a great listener Capable of building and maintaining support with others CMOs need to be smart, aggressive individuals. Greg believes they need to have the ability to know the basics behind building quality, sustainable brands, as well as motivate and inspire others. Marketing leadership is all about building and maintaining relationships Greg says, “You can’t manage your marketing team with the door closed.” Meaning, a person in marketing leadership can’t exist as a silo - every leader should rely on their team in order to achieve the greatest amount of success. That’s why stellar leaders intensely focus on building and maintaining strong relationships with others. Mentors, peers, subordinates, and even your competition are all invaluable connections a great CMO needs to invest in. Being authentic, transparent, and honest will go a long way towards fostering strong relationships with those who will help you in life and work. The role of the CMO is always shifting - here’s how to continually succeed Drew and Greg both believe that the role of the CMO in business is never stagnant. The best CMOs are seeking to learn and understand more about the business they’re in - even if they have no desire to end up in the CEO spot. Greg explains that the top priority should be keeping your team satisfied and engaged, no matter what else you may be focusing on in your marketing leadership role. Looking towards the future, Greg predicts that a focus on eCommerce strategies will help you stay on the cutting edge of a career as a CMO. Timeline [0:29] Greg’s Renegade Rapid Fire segment [6:50] It’s a new day in marketing and marketing leadership [12:40] You can’t manage the marketing team with the door closed [23:39] The ever-expanding role of the CMO [33:10] Greg’s take on the ultimate CMO of the future Connect With Greg: About Greg Connect with Greg on LinkedIn Follow Greg on Twitter Resources & People Mentioned Antonio Lucio marketing guru The CMO Club BOOK: “The Old Rules of Marketing are Dead: 6 New Rules to Reinvent Your Brand and Reignite Your Business” BOOK: “Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times” RESEARCH: “Chief Marketing Officer Average Tenure Increases to 44 Months” SPONSOR: Social Media Explorer Connect with Drew http://renegade.com/ On LinkedIn On Twitter On Facebook On Instagram

Greg Welch, Senior Partner of Spencer Stuart, shares his vast experience in placing and advancing more than 500 CMOs; what it takes to land the top marketing job, how to determine your next move, what skills to flex and build, how to think about board seats, when/if to shift into a CEO role and more!

Today I’m speaking with the plucky Aussie Greg Welch. Better known as Welchy. he really doesn’t need an introduction but for those, who for some reason do not know who Welchy is… he is the charismatic Aussie and the first Aussie to win here in Kona back in 1994. I got the pleasure of sitting down at the Oakley house here in Kona with Greg and having a very quick conversation before the party started. There’s a bit of background noise but honestly who cares. We are in Kona sitting by the ocean chewing the fat about the race. Good times. And if you are here in Kona, go check out Oakley’s new helmets and glasses. They are pretty sweet. Enjoy. Listen & Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher Radio SHOW LINKS: Web: Oakley.com Social: Instagram  Join (for Free) our TRISPECIFIC CAFE https://www.facebook.com/TriSpecific http://www.instagram.com/trispecific SHOW SPONSORS: Today’s show is brought to you by Purica. For over 17 years Purica has been offering supplements of the highest quality a results-based company.  From their flagship product, Recovery that offers increased cellular health and powerful anti-inflammatory properties to their brand new Power Vegan Proteins containing Chaga AND effective digestive enzymes, Purica has something for every athlete, active person and anyone looking to improve their health and longevity, not to mention performance. Learn more about Purica here: http://purica.com/trispecific Order Purica products via Lifestyle Markets here: https://lifestylemarkets.com/vitamins-and-supplements/purica-trispecificand use the code “ALLERGICTOAVERAGE” to save 15% on your order today. PLEASE HELP US GROW… To subscribe to the podcast, please use the links below: Click Here to Subscribe via iTunes If you have a chance, please leave an honest rating and review on iTunes by clicking here. It will help the show and its ranking in iTunes immensely! We appreciate it! Enjoy the show!

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Episode 22-Greg Welch with Unser Racing and Entertainment Greg Welch from Unser Karting and Events is in the blanket fort this time! He schools us on what it takes to get into competitive karting, how to get faster at arrive-and-drive karting, and even dabbles in marriage counseling. Oh, and the dude is a serious car-guy, having owned an impressive roster of cars with decidedly unimpressive reliability reputations. Check out Unser Karting and Events at unserkarting.com, and be sure to go drive the track during their special, with a new track layout and a $5 coupon using this link. Hey! Did you know you can view the full episode description for links! Yeah! Click on stuff! TeamClearCoat website TeamClearCoat Instagram TeamClearCoat Twitter TeamClearCoat Facebook

This week we invited our good friend Greg Welch to join us. We also discuss the demise of the hitchhiking robot, something we had the foresight to predict.

In this festive episode of the 220 Triathlon podcast, we hear from Katy Campbell, winner of our 'Train with Chrissie' competition, get talked through key fitness benchmark sessions from coach Joe Beer, and chat to Aussie tri legend Greg Welch

Some people are artists. Others are athletes. It's the rare individual who can excel at both.As I kid, I was interested in sport and things creative. But for some reason, I came to the conclusion that you just can't do it all. I had to pick and never the ‘twain shall meet. Call it a left brain, right brain thing.Most of us lean in one direction. We're either logical and calculated by nature, or we're whimsical dreamers. We settle on a side and call it a day. But what if we really could excel at both?My Australian mate Daniel MacPherson is great example of someone who seamlessly traverses back and forth between seemingly unrelated worlds, tightrope walking both hemispheres of the mysterious cranium with facile grace and ease. Not only is he a tremendously talented and gifted athlete – a guy who has competed at the highest levels in triathlon, he is also a quite gifted artist – as an actor, television host and media personality. Not to mention an exceptionally successful and celebrated one at that.It's by no means a stretch to call Dan the Ryan Secrest of Australia — and I mean that in the most complimentary, non-perjorative sense. Brimming with good looks, endless charm, intelligence, athletic prowess and creativity to boot, quite simply put it's hard to imagine there is anything Dan can't do, and do well.Dan has qualified for and raced the Ironman World Championships, the Half Ironman 70.3 World Championships, and began his triathlon career at the storied Cronulla Triathlon Club in the suburbs of Sydney, training amidst the sport's greatest athletes – world champions like Craig Alexander & Chris McCormack (my guest on RRP episode 24 ). This is the same club that produced triathlon legends Greg Welch and Michellie Jones – the biggest names in the more formative years of triathlon.As a youth, Dan was intent on becoming the best triathlete he could be. Then something totally out of the blue happened. At the conclusion of a local race, he was “discovered.”The rest is history.Best known for his role on Australia’s long running series Neighbours, Dan starred in City Homicide , the British police drama The Bill and was the host of Australia’s X-Factor. He is the currently co-host of Australia's wildly popular Dancing with the Stars and is starring in a soon to be released independent sci-fi drama called Infini (trailer below).But despite Dan's blinding good looks and impeccable fitness, what is amazing is that it wasn't always this way. You might be surprised to learn that Dan was actually a chubby and somewhat insecure young bloke. A kid who, at a young age, embraced fitness and healthy lifestyle to transcend his situation and ... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Macca & MG go for it on today's latest topics covering all the upcoming races on the circuit and who all the top athletes to watch in 2013 will be. Pucon, Lance Armstrong, Auckland 70.3, Ironman New Zealand, Challenge Wanaka, Hawaii Ironman, Super Swimmers, Peeing on the bike, how to prepare for these early races, race tips, 3 questions from the audience. Allot of laughs!   Honorable Mentions ....  Terenzo Bozzone, Kelly Bozzone, Rich Roll, Bryan Rhodes, Bevan Docherty, Graham O'Grady, Paul Ambrose, Pucon, Auckland 70.3, Challenge Wanaka, Oscar Galindez, Luke McKenzie, Ben Hoffman, Cameron Brown, Tim Burkel, Tim Van Berkel, Joe Gambels, Luke Bell, James Hodge, Leanda Cave, Mark Allen, Oprah Winfrey, Lance Armstrong, Caroline Steffan, Meredith Kessler, Liz Blatchford, Cameron Dye, Joe Lamphe, Michael Prince, James Bowstead, Mark Bowstead, Fraser Cartmell, Brett Sutton, Pete Jacobs, Bart Arnouts, Farris Al Sutan, Marco Albert, James Cunama, Richard Murray, Ronnie I-Ron Schildknecht, Tim Don, Will Clarke, Alister Brownlee, Johnathan Brownlee, Bella Ballis, Jodie Swallow, Leon Griffin, Miles Stewart, Brad Bevan, Greg Welch and more.

*What a great honor to connect with two legends of triathlon on the occasion of the 30 th* *anniversary of the greatest triathlon race of all time and what many observers call the greatest endurance competition of all time.* That’s the 1989 “Ironwar,” where Mark Allen and Dave Scott battled for the Hawaii Ironman world championship title, side-by-side for eight hours, before Mark pulled away to achieve his long-awaited first victory in Hawaii. The race was special for so many reasons: First, it was a transcendent performance that has stood for 30 years. The times of 8:09 and 8:10 shattered the previous world record by 20 minutes. Third place Greg Welch and the rest of the world’s elite were 23 minutes+ behind the duo in front—two athletes at the very top of their game pushing each other to the best performances of their lives. Even today, no pro has bested the six-minute per mile pace these two held across the steamy hot lava fields of Kona on the heels of swimming 2.4 miles and cycling 112 miles. Second, the confluence of career arc’s made for high drama. Allen was the undisputed #1 triathlete in the world, virtually unbeatable at all distances from the Olympic distance circuit, to his 10 for 10 domination of the world long course championships in Nice, France. However, he was definitely cursed in Hawaii, with a string of mistakes and misfortunes keeping him from the victory that was the single void in his career accomplishments. Dave on the other hand was the King of Kona—six victories, many busting his own previous world record time and setting a superhuman standard for peaking on demand and performing in the extreme heat of Kona. By 1989 however, Dave seemed to be at the tail end of his career, was not racing much on the world circuit, and missed the 1988 Ironman due to injury. The pressure on both athletes to come through on the big day was enormous. Thanks to an ambitious project by the Scott Zagarino Agency, the story of 1989 is being told in more detail than ever before. Check out the website 1989TheStory.com for a serial publication of articles from Mark and Dave about all things relating to the big race and their career and personal challenges at the time. Thirty years is sufficient time for reflection and perspective, and Mark and Dave each offer vulnerable and revealing insights about the psyche of a champion athlete and the challenges and pressures relating to performing on the world stage and pushing the limits of human endurance. If you are a triathlon enthusiast, this will be a huge treat. But even if you’ve never heard of these two senior citizens, the insights they share have a powerful application to all manner of peak performance goals, and striking the delicate balance between competing hard and achieving goals, and trying to remain healthy and balanced along the way. TIMESTAMPS: Legends Mark Allen and Dave Scott connect on the eve of the Hawaii Ironman to talk about their Iron war in 1989. [03:36] Are they still enjoying their incredible story of thirty years ago? [13:20] They have many stories to tell of the experience. [15:32] 1989 was about a race but it was also about life. [30:57] You may as well be yourself; everybody else is taken. [39:41] In the old days, there were fewer “tools” with which to measure how you were doing. [41:43] Slow down to go faster. [47:10] How are they handling the memories of the big “Iron war?” [58:11] Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-get-over-yourself-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands