The Bikepack Racing Podcast

Feb 04 2025 33 ep. 83 mins 34
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Dedicated to the pointy end of bikepack racing. Interviews with the people behind the dots.

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EP 33: The State of US Bikepack Racing 2025 Featuring Stephanie Hall

Feb 04 2025 80 mins  
Andrew and Ezra sit down with good friend of the show, and member of the Old Man Mountain x Silca Experimental Bikepacking Team: Stephanie Hall to discuss the current state of bikepack racing in the United States in 2025. Topics range from Stephanie's new team, making ends meet as an up-and-coming bikepack racer, the current sponsorship landscape, the first half of the 2025 US race

EP 32: BACK AT IT AGAIN?

Jan 21 2025 66 mins  
SURPRISE! After a very strange 2024, Ezra and Andrew are back to rambling about their lives, bikes, and all things bikepack racing. In this catch up episode (sometimes it feels like all we do is catch up episodes), we do just that. Catch up! It's mostly personal updates, but there is a bit of bikepack racing banter mixed in. We really are trying to make this a somewhat more consist

EP 31: 2023 Ramblings with Ezra & Andrew

Jan 12 2024 109 mins  
The episode title really says it all! Ezra and Andrew sit down for a very informal recap of the 2023 season, while also looking forward to 2024. Highs and lows are discussed, future plans are divulged, and incredible accomplishments are recognized. We know it's a longer one...but the end does get a bit spicy as some strong remarks are made about the cycling industry relating to

EP 30: Abe Kaufman

Dec 19 2023 81 mins  
"The current best American bikepack racer." That's the title Ezra gave Abe Kaufman after he smashed the FKT at the Arkansas High Country Race this October. Add in a 4th place finish at the 2022 Tour Divide plus FKTs at Trans North Georgia and Trans Virginia, and it's safe to say Abe is certainly a dangerous man when it comes to bikepack racing. In this episode we

EP 29: Daniel Connell aka "DIRTY DAN"

Dec 18 2023 129 mins  
Making his second appearance on the podcast, Daniel Connell aka "Dirty Dan" is back to talk all things 2023 Tour Divide. This year was Dan's fourth consecutive Tour Divide finish! We take a deep dive into everything that went down as Dan fought through his fair share of obstacles to finish in his fastest time yet at 16 days 16 hours 4 minutes. This conversation is a must listen to

EP 28: We're Back?

Dec 18 2023 74 mins  
To start...sorry! We know it's been a minute...or 8 months...but we are trying to get this thing rolling again. In this "catch-up" episode Andrew and Ezra sit down and have a meandering conversation about a whole lot of bikepacking, bikepack racing, bike racing, and general life things. It was oh so good to sit down and catch up. We hope you enjoy listening to this un

EP 27: Jeff Kerkove

Mar 13 2023 67 mins  
Jeff Kerkove is truly a legend of bikepack racing. Jeff and his friends were racing bikes offroad in extreme and unique ways before the words "Gravel racing" and "Bikepacking" were commonplace in the cycling world. In this conversation, we dive into Jeff's start in the 12/24 hour mountain bike race scene, a 14 year battle with finishing the Colorado Trail Race, his most recent race

EP 26: Meaghan Hackinen

Jan 18 2023 67 mins  
We couldn't think of a better way to kick off 2023 than with a multi-time world champion. Our guest for episode 26 is two-time 24hr Time Trial World Champion Meaghan Hackinen. Meaghan had an absolutely massive 2022 season: competing in The Transcontinental No8, setting a new fastest known time while taking the win at The Big Lonely, and then winning her second 24hr Time Trial World

EP 25: 2022 Ramblings with Ezra & Andrew

Dec 31 2022 106 mins  
In this final episode of 2022, Ezra and Andrew sit down for a rather informal and rambling wrap up of the past year. They discuss their own personal highs and lows from the past racing season. Talk about the current state and future of The Bikepack Racing Podcast. And go on more than a few tangents into other bikepacking related topics.  Hopefully this episode finds you either

EP 24: 2022 Part Two with Lauren Brownlee

Nov 25 2022 75 mins  
For episode 24, we have our first recurring guest of the podcast. Back in May, Lauren Brownlee sat down in Ezra's van to chat after a victory at Ride/Race Across Arizona and then a podium finish at Pinyons and Pines Bikepacking Race. You can listen to that conversation in episode 9. This conversation picks up where we left off as we discuss Lauren's second half of the 2022 season.