Mountain Cog

Jan 28 2025 93 ep. 67 mins 6
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Hosted by an enthusiast and a mountain bike industry expert featuring laughter and passionate guests.

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093 - Fox vs SRAM RockShox: Electronic Mountain Bike Suspension Systems Compared

Jan 28 2025 67 mins  
Send us a textThis episode delivers an expert comparison of leading electronic suspension systems, featuring Mountain Cog host and suspension specialist Dane Higgins' detailed analysis of SRAM Rockshox Flight Attendant, Fox Live Valve, and Fox Live Valve Neo. The discussion examines how each system approaches terrain detection and suspension adjustment, with Flight Attendant's cros

092 - Evolution of SRAM's Mountain Bike Technology: from Gripshift to Transmission and beyond. (Jimmy Nordloh, SRAM Field Guide)

Jan 14 2025 80 mins  
Send us a textMountain Cog dives deep into the evolution and future of SRAM's mountain bike components with industry veteran and SRAM Field Guide Jimmy Nordloh. Discover the fascinating history behind SRAM's acquisitions, including: Zipp Wheels and Time Pedals, while exploring breakthroughs like the Buttercups suspension technology (surprisingly inspired by chainsaw grips). Learn w

091 – If he’d drank less, he would’ve won more... Steve Peat (Guest: Tim March - ghostwriter of Peaty's new autobiography)

Dec 31 2024 64 mins  
Send us a textIn this episode the boys are joined by Tim March who ghostwrote Steve Peat’s new autobiography “Forged By Speed – The Making of a Mountain Bike World Champion”. Steve Peat needs no introduction, he had a prolific downhill race career with 17 World Cup wins, 2 World Cup Overall titles, and a World Championship title. He is currently the head coach and team mana

090 – Bet you don’t know about this! (Faction Bike Studio, Adam Robbins)

Dec 17 2024 73 mins  
Send us a textWho is Faction Bike Studio? You can think of them as the creative minds behind your next bike. Faction Bike Studio is a cutting-edge industrial design and engineering consulting company based in Quebec, Canada. Essentially, bike brands (small, medium, and the big guys) hire Faction to help them design and engineer their company’s bikes or bike parts. They’ve done

089 – If you’re buying a bike light based on lumens alone… you’re wrong! (Outbound Lighting, Tom Place)

Dec 03 2024 72 mins  
Send us a textOutbound Lighting is a premier bicycle light manufacturer in Chicago, IL. In this episode, the boys sat down to chat with Tom Place (Co-Owner, Engineer, Testing, & Customer Service) from Outbound Lighting to go deep on all things related to mountain bike lights.And as the title of this podcast would suggest, we learned that there’s a lot more to a great mountain

088 – Are electronic mountain bike components worth the cost? (The Guru’s 25th Episode co-hosting the MCP)

Nov 19 2024 80 mins  
Send us a textTo celebrate Dane’s 25th episode co-hosting the MCP, the boys sit down to debate the benefits, issues, and costs of electronic mountain bike components. In addition to electronic components (shifting, droppers, suspension, brakes?, etc.) the boys also cover other bike-tech topics like the right way to torque bolts, when grease is really needed, and more. And. Of cou

087 – Tonto Gravity Riders (TGR) are bringing more gravity trails to the desert southwest. (Chris Johnson, Tonto Gravity Riders)

Nov 05 2024 75 mins  
Send us a textIn this episode Josh & Dane sit down with Chris Johnson who is the CEO & President of the Tonto Gravity Riders (TGR). TGR has built and maintained some amazing gravity focused trails in Arizona including in the Pinal Mountains Trail System and Sunrise Bike Park.TGR is a large group of dedicated outdoor enthusiasts that share a passion to better the user experi

086 – What’s better than beer & a bike friendly business? (Tucson Hop Shop, Jessie Jean Mance & Sarita Mendez)

Oct 22 2024 69 mins  
Send us a textIn this episode we dive into the value of bike-adjacent businesses deliberately planning for and taking actions to make it convenient for cyclists to visit their establishments. Tucson’s Hop Shop does exactly that… in fact, they are of 1 of only 11 businesses in Arizona to get a “Bicycle Friendly Business” award by the League of American Bicyclists. In this ep

085 – Building & maintaining big mountain trails on a desert sky island. (TORCA, Nick Giovannucci & Matt Hrabko)

Oct 08 2024 87 mins  
Send us a textIn this episode Josh & Dane sit down with the President (Nick Giovannucci) and Vice President (Matt Hrabko) of the Tucson Off-Road Cyclists and Activists (TORCA). They are doing some amazing work relative to building & maintaining big mountain trails on Mt. Lemmon in Southern Arizona.The mission of Tucson Off-Road Cyclists and Activists (TORCA) is "To preserve

084 – Unlike MF Doom, mountain bike sales reps are not supervillains. (Carlos Quintero, Enso Sales Group)

Sep 24 2024 75 mins  
Send us a textIn this episode, Josh & Dane chat with Charles Kwintero (or as he says it, Carlos Quintero). Carlos has worked in the bike industry for 15+ years including roles at Giant, Specialized, and managing Bicycle Warehouse in SD. Today, Carlos is the Southwest Marketing Manager for Enso Sales Group (which covers Intense, POC, Mavic, & Derosa) and is a specialist at G