Cycle Jerks Podcast

Nov 07 2024 182 ep. 67 mins 12
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Conversation for the love of bikes...all of them. We can't promise that it won't get too nerdy at times but always try to keep it fun and entertaining. We will touch on subject matter ranging in topics for newbies to the hardcore racer and everyone in between. Cyclocross, bike packing, road, mtb, bmx, gravel or just riding in general, we got ya covered. Interviews with athletes and industry insiders as well as stories that will hopefully entertain as well as inspire you to ride.

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Ep 172 Jose Gutierrez owner of Danville Bike Shop

Nov 07 2024 73 mins  
Located near the base of Mount Diablo Danville Bikes has been servicing the community for over 40 years and owner Jose Gutierrez has been there for almost all of those years. Buying the shop at the tender age of 23, Jose emptied his bank account for the down payment and he's been there ever since. The timing was fantastic as he took over right at the beginning of the mountain bike

Ep 171 with Rick Sutton Co Founder of the Sea Otter Classic and now with Enduro Bearings.

Oct 31 2024 101 mins  
Oh boy did I blow the introduction on this one! I totally spaced out and didn't acknowledge Chris and just went into some script that I had wrote out prior to the podcast, another thing I never do. I was nervous as Rick and the Sea Otter Classic have been a huge part of my career in the bike industry and just very excited to get him on the podcast. Anyway after a rocky start we rea

Ep 170 with Laurent Frieden of Dirty Sundays and host of Velo Cosmos

Oct 24 2024 99 mins  
Like so many of us, bikes became our passion at a very young age. As a kid it is your first experience of freedom. The wind in your face and your only limits were how far your body could propel you. For an older generation, it was when the street lights came on. In the 1990's mountain bikes exploded into the mainstream. Bike manufactures small and large were only held back by their

Ep 169 with Argentinian BMX Pro and Entrepreneur Ezequiel Helmreich

Oct 17 2024 81 mins  
BMX has been very good to Ezequiel. Growing up in a small mountain town in Argentina Ezequiel was first exposed to BMX thru the video games Dave Mirra and Matt Hoffman, from there he connected with a couple of locals and the rest is history as the saying goes. Eze style and skills on the bike are undeniable but his humble, nurturing character is what struck me in this interview. He

Ep 168 Bike industry Veteran and Co Owner of Enduro Bearings Matt Harvey

Oct 10 2024 88 mins  
Boy this was a fun one! Matt has been in the industry a long tme and with a very colorful history working in product development with great brands like Gary Fisher, White Industries, Bianchi. Ultimately leading to him co founding Enduro bearings with a friend from high school. Enduro makes all types of bearing for bicycle applications, and they have something truly unique in their

Bonus Episode Talking Mt Diablo Challenge with Mark Dedon

Oct 04 2024 62 mins  
Mark joins us again this year to discuss the finer details of this year's instalment of the Mt Diablo Challenge coming up this Sunday October 6th. If you haven't already signed up it is not too late. We also discuss the closures on the mountain this year to add additional turnouts, the funding effort and the benefit to all users as a result. Hope you enjoy! We want to hear from you

EP 167 Introducing new Cycle Jerk Co Host Chris Padavana

Oct 03 2024 70 mins  
We said farewell to Dave last week and this week we introduce his replacement, Chris Padavana. Chris and I have known each other and worked together for almost 30 years! Friends of the show will recognize that name as he has been on the podcast before when he was the owner of Eden Bicycles. In this episode we learn where he grew up and what his childhood was like, and his family hi

Ep 166 Daves Farewell

Sep 26 2024 50 mins  
This one is bittersweet. Dave has taken a new job with Trek Bicycle as Manager of their Castro Valley location. This new role is requiring more time from Dave and he has decided to step down as Co-Host of the Podcast. This is a proper send off to a good friend and great contributor to the show. Thanks to Dave for all of his work on the Podcast its been a lot of fun and we wish him

Ep 165 With Lindsey Richter of Liv Ladies Allride

Sep 19 2024 94 mins  
Lindsey has lived a very interesting life, growing up in Portland and Bend Oregon then venturing to Hollywood and ultimately back to Oregon. She grew up as a tom boy playing sports and riding horses. later she was selected to be on the 3rd season of the reality show Survivor, then was featured in the "Without me" Eminem music video with Dr Dre, but all that pales by comparison to w

Episode 164 Cody the Kid Kaiser

Sep 12 2024 79 mins  
Being raised with a golf instructor father one might have thought his future was preordained. But at the age of 10 a longtime family friend brought him down to a local bike shop. Seeing all those bikes was life altering and since that day the wheels haven't stopped turning. He started out riding mountain bikes and quickly turned cyclocross. During our chat Cody talks about his rise