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Click here to text DCMTB Light it up kid! What are your thoughts on riding with lights? Does night riding tickle you? Are you afraid of the dark? Did Courtney kill Kurt?  Tom Place, co-owner of Outbound Lighting, joins us to tell the story of how Outbound came to be, and his path to lighting up the bike industry. Tune in for another banger from the DCMTB podcast factory!

Click here to text DCMTB That's a wrap on the 2023 ESC DH season. Find out how the final race of the season went, and how the overall shook out after the dust (or rain) had settled. Love was in the air so tune in to find out the nitty gritty details, in the last DH recap of the year.

Click here to text DCMTB How did the DH pan out in Powder Ridge last weekend? Find out all the juicy details in this recap of the Eastern States Cup. The season is coming to a close soon and the overall points race is still there for the taking. Tune in to find out who might be able to grab it in the final races of the season.

Click here to text DCMTB We made it through Covid and the supply chain issues that the industry delt with for the last few seasons, but is the industry worse now than it was a year ago? We are seeing bigger sales than ever before. Is this a sign of rocky times for the industry? The DCMTB brain farm crunched the numbers and analyzed the data. Tune in to find out the health of the bike industry in a...

Click here to text DCMTB Do reviews have any weight when you are making a  buying decision? Where do you go to when you want to find out about a new product? We cover that and more in this episode of DCMTB, where we review reviews. We talk about who does them, what makes a great review, and we almost lose Rob to an asthma attack.

Click here to text DCMTB The final showdown of the 2023 Eastern States Cup season!  Find out how the dust settled in Massachusetts, after a weekend of racing at Thunder Mountain.  Also find out who the biggest monster truck fan is...

Click here to text DCMTB The ESC gang swung by our backyard again last weekend for another Stans enduro. The weather was all bark and no bite for this one, and for the racers that showed up it was all time! Arrowhead had it all; new stages, fresh loam, and an extra party in the woods. Find out who took home some metal in the ESC race recap.

Click here to text DCMTB Peter Ostroski, organizer of Trans New England, joins us for an episode from afar. Beaming in from Alaska, we talked about his path into the bike industry, the amazing TNE event he puts on, and we tried to convince him to make Arrowhead his next stop in what could be one of the gnarliest mtb races in the Northeast. So cozy up with the family and enjoy another heartwarming...

Click here to text DCMTB How'd it go down in PA? Blue mountain delivered the goods for both enduro and DH. Great track conditions and great times. Tune in for the full run down.

Click here to text DCMTB Rob and Eli recap the 4th showdown of the season.  The wet conditions didn't seem to deter riders for signing up to race Sugarloaf. Tune in and find out how things shook down in another race recap from DCMTB.

Click here to text DCMTB Guest host Tom Harthan joins us to try to figure out if bike shops suck? We covered cleanliness, vibe, inventory, and employees. Don't forget to drop us a line and let us know what you think of the pod. Does you local shop suck? What bothers you about the industry in general. We love to hear it.

Click here to text DCMTB Burke had it all! Conditions were choice, racing was tight, and spirits were high. Get in on this DCMTB race recap of the 2023 Burke ESC enduro!

Click here to text DCMTB Is it worth it? Let me work it. I'll put my game down flip it and reverse it... Seriously though, what's worth it? Where is your money can be best spent on your bike? In this episode Rob and Eli cover what products and services are worth their price, and which ones are a waste of money. 

Click here to text DCMTB After a multi year  hiatus,  DH  racing returned to Mt. Snow, VT.  There was some close racing and some new names atop the podiums. Tune in to find out how thing shook out in another ESC race recap from DCMTB.

Click here to text DCMTB Find out how it went down at the ESC Sugarbush  Oakley Showdown last weekend. New names at the top of some of the categories! Tune in to see who got it done in this weeks ESC race recap.

Click here to text DCMTB Imagine traveling the country, riding bikes, stoking up the industry, and doing it all with your dog. Well that's exactly what Sean O'Donnell does. Sean is the US demo driver and field marketing rep for Revel bikes. Sean took the long drive from Carbondale, CO to hang with us on a Thursday night to play bikes and shoot a podcast. And here we are, this one was rad...

Click here to text DCMTB The first night enduro of the season kicked off at Arrowhead, with a three-and-three. Three stages Saturday night under the lights, followed by three stages Sunday morning to complete the weekend. The weather held off  and conditions were wild. The stoke is extra high in this one because its DCMTB's home turf. Tune in to find out how it went in this weeks ESC recap.

Click here to text DCMTB Boy oh boy, it sure has been a wet one this year. Well DCMTB lays it all out in the wet weather episode. We cover some products to use, some gear to wear, and even some ideas on how to ride different terrain in the wetness. Tune in for a nice damp episode from Dirt Church

Click here to text DCMTB The party in Killington was a bit damp last weekend. Tune in to find out how the latest showdown in K-town went. Who made the right tire choice? Who knew the line? And who stood on the box? Find out here with DCMTB!

Click here to text DCMTB Missing one of our brains for this episode. Rob and Eli talk about the evolution of bike parks over the years. What we like, what we hate, and what we want to see in the future.  If you're looking for an episode with little direction, you'll love this one

Click here to text DCMTB Our first Oakley showdown of the season! We double dipped with a little enduro and a little DH to match. It was a damp weekend down in Mass, but the racing was top notch none the less. Tune in to see how it went and where we are headed next!

Click here to text DCMTB What a trip its been! Tripp Bartlett came to town to shred some bikes and join us on the pod. We got the down and dirty on how Tripp ended up being SRAM's ultimate hype man. Tune in to hear how Tripp went from a dirty hiker on the AT (Tomahawk) to New England's field guide for SRAM.

Click here to text DCMTB ESC returned to Glen Park, PA last weekend for stop number two of the 2023 ESC Stans Enduro series.  Dirt Church has you covered with all the deets on who was fast, who was last, and who had crashed. 

Click here to text DCMTB Have you ever met a wizard? Well Chris "Yank" is the wizard behind Shimano tech. We covered the full gamut of how he got to where he is, why shimano does what they do, and maybe even what shimano might be doing in the future. We rode bikes, we drank beers, and we talked about our favorite thing... BIKES!

Click here to text DCMTB race recap from the first ESC enduro of the season. Just like the first DH, this one was also sloppy. Wet conditions made for a wild weekend in Connecticut. Tune in for more on this DCMTB  race recap.