Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & events

Dr. Maribeth Orr is an amazing human: A full time physician, mother of four, wife, gravel racer, triathlete, body builder and so much more! She's a fun and ambitious soul and in early June completed both the Unbound 200 gravel race in Kansas and a week later the North American Ironman Championships in Iowa! Her road to that 340-mile adventure was a long one as she describes later in our conversati...

Tyson Wieland toed the line at the North American Ironman Championships on Sunday, June 12. We caught up with him at mile 22 of the marathon and he was kind enough to invite us to join him for a bit so we could talk about his first Ironman experience. Follow Tyson on instagram at @triguy51_ or connect with him at https://www.wielandracing.com As a subscriber to the Bike Talk with Dave podcast, you...

Tyson Wieland is a professional triathlete entering his first Ironman length triathlon. We talked with him in the week preceding his 140.6-mile race in Des Moines, Iowa. Tyson discovered triathlon while in high school and has risen to the professional ranks excelling at Olympic and half-ironman length events. In addition to learning about what it takes to prepare for an 8+ hour day, we also discus...

Fifteen years ago Charles Werb faced at red pill or blue pill kind of choice in his life: Buy a Harley motorcycle or sail across Antartica. He chose the blue pill, the color of ice, and began to work on his invention: The Swoosh Snowsailer - a craft capable of sailing across the frozen continent. Along his journey, he became a publisher of adventure and sports magazines and eventually found himsel...

More than 20 years ago, Scott Sumpter dreamt of a place on the internet where people could go to find fun cycling events, everything from party rides to road races. He put his fingers to work and gave the world a one-page list of hundreds of events throughout his home state; Iowa. But what he really built was a vibrant community of cyclists of all types: trail riders, criterium racers, fat bikers,...

Rose Grant is a mountain girl from NW Montana, who skis, rides horses, enjoy's time with her husband Nelson and daughter Layla - and finds time to race mountain bikes, excelling at races of 50 miles or more. The 5-time U.S. Marathon National Champ is also a two-time Leadville Trail 100 champion, winning the last two editions of the highest 100-miler in the country; 2019 and 2021. In 2022 she accep...

I reached out to Katie Compton to see how she's doing in her post-cycling life, what it's like to transition out of something you've done your entire life, and find out what she's up to. now. I also wanted to talk about her experiences with WADA (the World Anti Doping Agency) and USADA (the US Anti Doping Agency). From what I'd read and heard about her, and other athlete's experiences, it's a proc...

As the LUX Cycling Team Director Sportif, Chris Daggs' job description should read simply "Whatever needs to be done," Wash the team car, make airline reservations, fix a flat tire or eight - whatever it takes, he's in. All for the good of the team - which is one of the top DEVO teams in the world, sending riders to the US National Team, Jumbo Visma, Israel Start Up Nation (now Israel Premier Tech...

You're invited inside a small host house in Nome, Alaska, to eaves drop on the post-race banter with the ITI1000 Co-Champions John Logar and Petr Ineman. They were interviewed for the film 1000 Miles to Nome only 18 hours after completing the 1000 Mile race from Anchorage to Nome along the Iditarod Trail in 19 days. We also have a couple of special guests including Howard Farley, the 20th place fi...

Episode no. 13 had to be someone who's had some luck and I couldn't think of anyone better than Katie F'n Compton - who blasted through the number 13 to win a 14th and then a 15th National Cyclocross Championship! She's definitely had some luck since then, but none of it can be blamed on being my 13th episode! Katie's always been kind to me, and I'd love to have her on the show in the future - but...

Petr (without an 'e') Ineman finished his fourth 1000 mile travers of the Iditarod Trail on fat bike this winter, reaching the famous burled arch first for the third time. He tells us stories of the challenges of living on the remote trail for more than two weeks; bitter temperatures, soft snow and hurricane force winds. The Iditarod Trail Invitational (ITI) is a 350 or 1000 mile invite- only race...

Marisa Boaz discovered bike racing in 2018 and in four short years finds herself on the pointy end of gravel races and launching flyers in pro road races. In addition to training and traveling to some of the biggest races in the U.S., Boaz is a wife and mother of four, ages ranging from four to 11-years. From gravel crusher, roadie to soccer mom, see how she rose to the top and manages to find suc...

Rory Mason discovered the beauty of the bicycle at a young age and worked in a bike shop in college. It was there that he landed a job as a sales rep for Cannondale. Through a series of fortunate events he found himself living in Europe working as the Global Director of Sports Marketing, working to pull together projects like the Liquigas/Cannondale World Tour Team. Now with Bianchi North America...

Dave thought it would be a good idea to bring a mic along on a 100K winter gravel race in south central Iowa, CIRREM, and weave it into an episode to take you along for the ride. It was definitely an experiment. We hope you like it! We conclude episode no. 10 with a conversation with race winner Matt Zimmer of the Project Echelon Cycling Team. Skim ahead to 36:45 to hear Matt's take on the pointy...

Ultramarathon cyclist Heather Poskevich talks with our guest host Lisa Carponelli about her victory, and second overall, in the 2021 930-mile Race Across the West (RAW), a race from Oceanside, California to Durango, Colorado through the searing 120-degree heat of the desert southwest. Thanks so much for listening to Bike Talk with Dave. If you'd like to support this podcast, it would be most appre...

As you heard in Part 1 (listen to Part 1!) Felipe battled drugs and deep depression, but, after homelessness and several attempts at suicide, he made a conscience decision to live and rebuild his life. Part 2 of his incredible story is his road to recovery and to the starting line of the UCI Cyclocross World Championships. It was not an easy road, as it was filled with bumps, hills and deep valley...

Felipe Nystrom has become a bit of a celebrity on the UCI Cyclocross World Cup circuit - but his road there has been rough and rocky. In this episode Felipe talks openly about his childhood, his introduction to drugs and alcohol and the deep depression and several attempts at suicide that led to - Felipe describes his final attempt to take his own life in detail (spoiler alert - it didn't work) an...

Tyson Flaharty lives in Fairbanks Alaska and loves to race his Fatbike! In February of 2022, he started his fourth ITI350 - 300+ miles along the Iditarod Trail from Anchorage (Knik) to McGrath, and was the first to reach the remote gold mining outpost. Tyson talks about life on the trail, race strategy and equipment choices needed to compete in one of the most challenging ultra marathon bike packi...

Twila Muzzi - you may not know her name, but you likely know her work. Cannondale, EF Education, TIBCO, Canyon SRAM, Red Bull, Peloton Magazine, FSA, Prologo and on and on and on. Her incredible images of Tom Pidcock were featured by Red Bull, Her images of Elisa Balsamo in the hallowed showers of the Roubaix Velodrome nearly broke the internet after the inaugural Paris Roubaix Femme. She has in i...

Liz Van Houweling was the top U.S. finisher and raced to a top-five finish in the 2022 UCI Esport World Championship race in February. Dave talks with Liz about her racing history, raising a family and discovering the very competitive virtual world of ZWIFT racing. Join her on ZWIFT - just look for her avatar: LIZ VAN HOUWELING. And check the race out on the ZWIFT channel on Youtube - it's pretty...

Host Dave was joined by Courtenay McFadden to cover the U.S. Cyclocross World Cup adventure tour in October 2021. We caught up with Gage Hecht, Becca Fahringer and Lance Haidet during a break in the racing at Jingle Cross in Iowa City. For all of Dave and Courtenay's coverage of the World Cup races in Waterloo, Wisconsin, Fayetteville, Arkansas and Iowa City, Iowa check out www.cxmagazine.com

Fans love an underdog! Three guys, racing in the recent Cyclocross World Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, representing smaller countries, attracted the attention of the thousands of fans at the 2022 Cyclocross Worlds. I caught up with the three of them via zoom a week after the event to get there reaction of the racing and ask about each of their roads to the starting grid. after 20 or 30...

Dave talks with Stephen Hyde about his role as coach of the U.S. Cyclocross squad at the January 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, as well as what it will take for the U.S. to remain competitive on the worlds stage.