Podcast appearances and mentions of howard grotts

Mike Ferrentino is back behind the microphone in this episode of Reviewing the News, and Mike and Simon get right into what happened in the bike industry in August. They recap the exciting UCI MTB World Championships in Andorra; Mike gives his take on the interesting Specialized and Frameworks partnership; and they both agree that cross-country mountain bike courses should be longer. Simon puts Mike on the spot about his racing history, and they wonder if the bike retail landscape is ever going to return to ‘normal', and lots more.RELATED LINKS:BLISTER+ MembershipBLISTER+ Real World TestimonialsBlister LabsThis Week's Gear GiveawayBlister Mountain Bike Buyer's GuideTOPICS & TIMES:The Breck Epic (1:49)Howard Grotts' Crash (4:02)MTB World Championships (10:58) Mike's Microphone Looking Safe 24:58)Spot Bikes vs Gates Lawsuit (25:57)Scott's Two CEOs (30:35)Specialized/Frameworks Partnership (34:18)Lifetime Events and Races Doing Well (41:10)Mike's Racing History & the Leadville 100 (43:21)Amazon Accountability (57:33) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Christian Bagg crossed the finish line at the Leadville 100 this year, he became the first rider to complete (and start) the notorious high alpine race with a handcycle. He did it with a bike he created through his company, Bowhead Corp, the leading purveyor of adaptive mountain bikes. Taking part in Leadville was part personal challenge and part broader statement — he wanted to make it clear that cyclists with mobility disabilities can race alongside able-bodied riders at the toughest events in the world, no matter the terrain. After an injury left him paralyzed from the waist down in 1996 at the age of 20, the machinist from Calgary spent over a decade contemplating how to design a bike that could handle narrow singletrack, loose ascents, and rutted descents. Nearly two decades and countless iterations later, he and his team have done just that. Christian sat down with Payson to talk about the long road to designing the bike, racing the Sea Otter Fuego XL to get into Leadville, and how he managed to assuage the race organizers' fears that he might not be able to complete the 100 miles and nearly 12,000 feet of climbing that Leadville covers. They also discuss the potential controversy of para-athletes using motor-assisted bikes in competitive events, why having one is necessary, and why he wants to be the first line of defense in the debate. Donate to Howard Grotts' recovery here:Howard Grotts' road to recoveryHoward Grotts recovery fundInstagram: @theadventurestacheYouTube: Payson McElveen

Episode 113 - TdFF, MTB Tire Showdown at SBTGRVL, Healing4Howie, and AMA What up party people. We've got the full crew back in the studio again and Tyler even got himself a new mic so you can hopefully hear him better even when Dizzle is talking over everyone. We're talking Tour de France Femmes, the emergence of mountain bike tires on the gravel scene with Keegan dominating SBTGRVL, we send all of our get well wishes to crowd favorite Howard Grotts who suffered some severe injuries after a wicked crash during the final stage of Breck Epic over the weekend, and then get into some rapid fire “ask me anything” listener questions. If you have any questions or feedback for the show you can drop us a note at bonkbrospodcast@gmail.com or slide your way into those Bonk Bros instagram DMs (@bonkbros @dylanjawnson @adamsaban6 @tylerclouti @raddaddizzle @scottmcgilljr). 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They also talk about the Steamboat gravel race and Keegan Swenson's victory on mountain bike tires. The conversation takes a somber turn as they discuss Howie Grotts' serious crash at the Breck Epic. The conversation revolves around the recent Dust Bowl race in Iowa and the experiences of the participants. The main themes include the race itself, the competition, the course, and the enjoyment of racing. The conversation also touches on topics like Christian Blumenfeld, tires, and Project Echelon. The participants discuss their own experiences, share anecdotes, and express their opinions. In this part of the conversation, the hosts discuss various topics including the lack of mountains in Iowa, Dylan's potential participation in Gravel Worlds, the best training tires for road riding, the idea of having a training bike and a race bike, and the confusion between Gravel Worlds and UCI Worlds. They also touch on the possibility of Scott riding Alpe d'Huez in under an hour, drug testing in cycling, and the future of their cycling careers. In this part of the conversation, the hosts discuss various topics including getting sick at a birthday party, racing cyclocross, retiring from road racing, and estimating the income of top lifetime Grand Prix riders. They also touch on the importance of tire selection and the possibility of doing backflips. The conversation is light-hearted and filled with banter. In this final part of the conversation, the hosts discuss the financial aspects of professional cycling, overcoming fear after a crash, and Dylan's love for his Conti Race King tires. They also mention the new Silca products, including the speed chip and endurance chip. The conversation ends with a humorous discussion about using the crockpotinator for cooking and the potential for a mega product that combines all the different wax blends.   Keywords Tour de France Femmes, SD Works, Steamboat gravel race, Keegan Swenson, mountain bike tires, Howie Grotts, crash, Breck Epic, Dust Bowl, race, competition, course, Christian Blumenfeld, tires, Project Echelon, mountains, Iowa, Gravel Worlds, training tires, road riding, training bike, race bike, Alpe d'Huez, drug testing, cycling careers, sickness, birthday party, cyclocross, retirement, income estimation, tire selection, backflips, professional cycling, finances, fear after a crash, Conti Race King tires, Silca products, speed chip, endurance chip, crockpotinator, wax blends   Takeaways The SD Works team faced drama and controversy during the Tour de France Femmes. Keegan Swenson's victory at the Steamboat gravel race on mountain bike tires highlights the potential shift in tire choice for gravel racing. Howie Grotts' serious crash at the Breck Epic is a reminder of the risks involved in competitive cycling. The Dust Bowl race in Iowa was a recent topic of discussion The participants share their experiences and anecdotes from the race The conversation touches on the importance of tires in racing Project Echelon and Christian Blumenfeld are mentioned in the conversation Iowa does not have mountains, just hills. The hosts discuss the best training tires for road riding, with Dylan recommending GP 5000 and Scott preferring Gator Skin. Having a separate training bike and race bike can be beneficial to preserve expensive parts on the race bike. There is confusion between Gravel Worlds and UCI Worlds, and the hosts suggest changing the name of one of them to avoid confusion. Scott is unsure if he could ride Alpe d'Huez in under an hour. The hosts discuss the possibility of drug testing in cycling and the need for fair competition. Dylan and Scott joke about their future in cycling and the potential for taking up other hobbies. The hosts reflect on their recent experiences watching race recaps and attending a birthday party. Getting sick at social gatherings is a common occurrence, especially during flu seasons. Retirement from professional racing often leads to a transition into other aspects of the sport, such as coaching or spectating. The income of top lifetime Grand Prix riders can vary greatly, with the top earners making significantly more than the rest. Tire selection is an important consideration for gravel riders, and the Vittoria Corsa and Peyote are mentioned as potential options. Backflips on a bike require skill and practice, and trampolines can be a good training tool. Professional cyclists face financial challenges, including expenses for training, travel, and equipment. Overcoming fear after a crash requires gradually getting back into the activity and accepting that fear is normal. Dylan has a strong attachment to his Conti Race King tires and finds them soothing. The hosts discuss the new Silca speed chip and endurance chip, as well as the potential for a mega product that combines all the different wax blends. They joke about using the crockpotinator for cooking and the potential for high prices if the Conti Race King tires were to be discontinued.   Titles The Serious Consequences of Cycling Crashes The Rise of Mountain Bike Tires in Gravel Racing Enjoying the Thrill of Racing The Significance of Tires in Racing No Mountains in Iowa Drug Testing in Cycling Attempting Backflips on a Bike Getting Sick at Social Gatherings Overcoming Fear After a Crash Dylan's Love for Conti Race King Tires   Sound Bites "The most exciting finish to a grand tour I've ever seen." "Gravel tires are officially on the decline." "It sounds like it's, I don't know. I heard people talking about how like, how he might not even come back to mountain biking, like that might be it for him." "What'd you win?" "We were the only two that had arrow bars" "He yelled, 'Hail Mary'" "Oh my gosh, like there it is, it's right there." "Tusted by Drew, wow." "Because I sell training plans on there. This is how we transition into an advertisement about my training plans." "I might've gotten sick at Deanna's birthday party." "Is masters really an age category or is it like a lifestyle category?" "I don't think that I'll ever race a master's race." "Yeah, you're making more money than half the guys in the top 10." "How do you overcome fear after a crash?" "In Portugal, yeah, the first day I like flew into a ditch."   Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Tour de France Femmes 05:38 Exciting Finish at the Steamboat Gravel Race 13:09 The Shift to Mountain Bike Tires in Gravel Racing 19:13 The Serious Consequences of Cycling Crashes 22:33 The Dust Bowl Race: Experiences and Anecdotes 23:05 The Significance of Tires in Racing 25:30 Project Echelon and Christian Blumenfeld 29:34 Enjoying the Thrill of Racing 39:37 No Mountains in Iowa 42:11 Training Plans and Sponsorship 43:15 The Best Training Tires for Road Riding 44:23 Training Bike vs. Race Bike 50:18 The Confusion Between Gravel Worlds and UCI Worlds 51:19 Scott's Alpe d'Huez Challenge 53:19 Drug Testing in Cycling 55:02 The Future of Cycling Careers 55:32 Race Recaps and Birthday Parties 55:56 Getting Sick and Social Gatherings 57:14 Transitioning from Racing to Retirement 58:31 The Age Category of Masters Racing 01:01:06 The Challenge of Racing at an Older Age 01:05:27 Attempting Backflips on a Bike 01:10:01 The Financial Realities of Professional Cycling 01:11:18 Overcoming Fear After a Crash 01:17:35 Dylan's Love for Conti Race King Tires 01:19:28 Introducing the Silca Speed Chip and Endurance Chip 01:23:02 The Potential for a Mega Product and High Prices

Ellen Campbell has been riding bikes since she was a kid growing up in Durango, Colorado. She raced in college and on the national circuit, but it was only last year that she decided to step into professional gravel full-time. Joining Sarah Sturm's privateer program, she competed in the Grand Prix in 2022 with the goal of finishing every race. This year, she's racing in the Grand Prix again, but her perspective and goals are shifting. In this interview, Ellen tells Payson about why she made up her mind to go professional  during a stressful weekend helping her partner, Howard Grotts, and Sarah at Leadville. They also talk about enneagrams, why her mindset on racing has changed this season, and what she thinks people got wrong about this year's Unbound debate.Instagram: @theadventurestache

Payson sits down with professional mountain biker and gravel racer Ryan Standish to preview the second race of the Lifetime Grand Prix, Unbound 200. They talk about the start list, a Who's Who of World Tour, gravel, and mountain bike racers, and make some predictions about the podium. They're also joined by unexpected guests Bobby Wintle, founder of The Mid South; and Howard Grotts, mountain bike Olympian and Grand Prix competitor.Ryan also talks about going all-in on racing after his father's MS diagnosis, his clothing line Rocket Sloth, and becoming an overnight celebrity after racing the Snowshoe World Cup short track in jorts. 

Chad Cheeney is the co-founder of Durango Devo, a non-profit mountain bike program for kids in Durango, Colorado. Since the program began in 2006, Chad has coached thousands of young riders, including Sepp Kuss, Christopher Blevins, Sarah Sturm, and Howard Grotts. But beyond those who have gone on to become world title holding pros, many more have achieved the program's central objective: becoming life long riders. Chad talks to Payson about why he wanted to start a development program out of college and why he prioritizes fun and exploration over structured training. They also talk about their shared memories of Durango Sweet Elite, a U25 team that was created for graduates of Fort Lewis College and alumni of Durango Devo. In 2013 when Chad was Team Manager, the roster included Payson, Sepp Kuss, Sarah Sturm, and Stephan Davoust. They discuss some of Chad's unconventional coaching methods that cultivated memorable moments between the races, and how his emphasis on community and team building has carried over into the training practices of some of Durango's most successful pros. They also talk about how his coaching has changed since he became a father, and the moment he learned that Sepp Kuss had won a stage at the Tour de France.

This week on the Refresh, Kenny and Adam catch up with Howard Grotts. Howard is a 4x National Champion, 3x Leadville victor, and winner of the Cape Epic stage race. Howard sits down with Kenny and Adam to discuss his career and upbringing, share some Kenny stories, and fill us in on why he decided to stop racing professionally to focus on earning a masters degree in mathematics. Also in this episode, the boys chat about the spring classics that are starting this weekend and cover a fun tech tip.

Sarah Sturm is an all terrain cyclist who's raced road, cross country, cyclocross, and gravel. After moving to Colorado to attend Fort Lewis College, she fell into mountain biking almost by accident. After a few years on the collegiate and development scene, however, she quit racing altogether. It wasn't until she returned to the sport in 2018 that she found seemingly non-stop success, winning back-to-back singlespeed cyclocross national championships, the crit race at Sea Otter Classic, and placing second at the Leadville 100. Her win at 2019's Belgian Waffle Ride shot her to stardom, and established her as one of the foremost women of gravel. In this conversation, she and Payson talk about being teammates on the development team Sweet Elite along with Howard Grotts, Sepp Kuss, and Stephen Davoust among others. They talk about how the experience taught them some painful but valuable life lessons, though on opposite ends of the spectrum, and why Sarah decided to step back from racing for awhile. They talk about the professional conundrum of Singlespeed Worlds, where partying is mandatory and serious racing is discouraged. Sarah describes some of her favorite moments from those races, which involve male strippers, an enormous fast food order, and falling out of a trailer in a glittery helmet and tutu. She also talks about her breakthrough win at Belgian Waffle Ride in 2019, which was her first gravel race and the longest ride she'd ever done by 40 miles. They also talk about the graphic design business she started during lockdown, why she doesn't pre-ride courses or use training data, and her youthful aspirations of becoming a professional surfer despite living in Albuquerque. 

2016 Olympian, three-time Leadville 100 MTB winner and four-time elite men's cross-country mountain bike champion Howard Grotts discusses his decision to step away from full-time mountain biking, the races that still excite him, his recent adventures in the San Juan Mountains and his upcoming move to grad school in Montana. That and much more in an hour-long sit down with one of American mountain biking's most accomplished athletes. Music credit: “Too Cool” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Sepp Kuss, Howard Grotts, and Chris Blevins are three of Payson's best friends, and also some of the most accomplished professional cyclists in the world. All three Durango, CO natives, Payson moved to their hometown when he was eighteen, and enjoyed having them as teammates, friends, and competitors during some their most formative years coming up through the pro ranks. After winning multiple national titles on the mountain bike, Sepp Kuss moved to the road, where he enjoyed a meteoric rise. Now riding for ProTour outfit Team Jumbo-Visma, Sepp enjoyed enormous success in 2018, winning the Tour of Utah and completing his first grand tour, the Vuelta a España. Howard Grotts is an Olympian, World Championship medalist, World Cup winner, many time national champion, winner of the Cape Epic, and member of the Specialized Factory mountain bike team. His teammate, Chris Blevins though a few years younger than the other three has racked up a national title list in the twenties and also medaled at the World Championships. With Payson the current defending XC Marathon national champion, Howard current XC national champion, and Chris current STXC national champion, all three mountain bike titles were represented at this very laid back, fireside chat. It was a relatively typical offseason night for the four cyclists that involved a good number of brews, only this time it was caught on a recorder. 

Tune in to Episode 4 of the Diverge Podcast with host Seamus Allardice as he talks through the Absa Cape Epic route and the form of the UCI men's and women's category riders 10 days out from the 2019 race. Coming hot on the revaluation that Howard Grotts has withdrawn from his title defense bid, due to illness, and that Samuel Gaze will now partner Jaroslav Kulhavy for Investec-songo-Specialized the show details the form of all the main contenders. Focusing on the South African hopefuls Alan Hatherly and Matthew Beers who will now team up for the Specialized Foundation-NAD.  In the women's race the form of Anna van der Breggen and Annika Langvad is ominously formidable, as the pair raced to a 1-2 finish at the Cyprus Sunshine Cup. Van der Breggen who finished second was 6 minutes and 30 seconds ahead of the third placed rider - former Junior World Champion Sina Frei.  But first we delve into the 2019 route in more detail.  If you would like to purchase a copy of the Mountain Bike Magazine 2019 Absa Cape Epic Event Guide you can do so at any good newsagents or online here: https://joom.ag/87ua Music Credit: White Water by Apache Tomcat / Freemusicarchive.org

Should we call them frenemies? Not quite. Mountain bike stars Howard Grotts and Payson McElveen are close friends and training partners even if they clash on the trails at the races. We recorded this interview in the back of McElveen's van at Whiskey Off-Road in Arizona before they embarked on a road trip to U.S. marathon mountain bike nationals in Arkansas. As they did last year, the Durango, Colorado duo brought the heat with McElveen winning his second title in a row and Olympian Grotts again getting a silver. We talked a little about the racing but a lot more about their heavy duty training programs, and how Grotts likes to keep it old school as far as technology is concerned.

Should we call them frenemies? Not quite. Mountain bike stars Howard Grotts and Payson McElveen are close friends and training partners even if they clash on the trails at the races. We recorded this interview in the back of McElveen's van at Whiskey Off-Road in Arizona before they embarked on a road trip to U.S. marathon mountain bike nationals in Arkansas. As they did last year, the Durango, Colorado duo brought the heat with McElveen winning his second title in a row and Olympian Grotts again getting a silver. We talked a little about the racing but a lot more about their heavy duty training programs, and how Grotts likes to keep it old school as far as technology is concerned.

Howard Grotts is a Professional Mountain Biker for Specialized and Team USA. He, fellow Durango inhabitant, frequent training partner, and WRA Coach Payson McElveen are on today to give a peek inside their hectic race season, travels, and more.www.iamspecialized.com/members/howardg/www.paysonmcelveen.com/GO TO http://www.williamsracingacademy.com/coaching-2/ -> and use Code "ECHELON"IG: @williamsracingacademy / @noahspeed_ / @criwilliamsFB: https://www.facebook.com/WilliamsRacingAcademy/ Tell ben@jakroousa.com we sent you! Try it for yourself first-> shop.jakroo.com/Williams-Racing-Academy-2019Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/TheSecondEchelon)

October 9, 2017 The Last Aid Station Show Page ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Howard Grotts has been one of the best US mountain bike racers for years and this year is no exception. In addition to competing in the 2016 Rio Olympics, he’s been piling up some impressive results in 2017, including a 13th place at the World Cup at Andorra, 1st place at the Leadville 100, 2017 US XC National Championship, 1st place at the Breck Epic, 1st place at the Epic Rides Carson City Off Road and Grand Junction Off Road, and a 2nd place at the Epic Rides Whiskey Off Road. Howard joins Mark to discuss training, racing, the US scene, and some other tidbits. His future is bright and it’s great hearing from one of the young, bright stars in the mountain bike world. If you are a race director or racer who would like to hear your race report on an episode of The Last Aid Station, please contact Mark at Mark@Mountainbikeradio.com. 

Drew is joined by the future of mountain biking. Stephen Ettinger and Howard Grotts are fresh off the Missoula Pro XCT.