Groadio - The Premier Gravel Cycling & Racing Podcast

Amanda chats with former pro road cyclist Travis McCabe about his path to the World Tour, the changing face of gravel racing and continuing to race for fun while working for Ventum.  You can follow Travis at @travis_mccabe . This Groadio episode is sponsored by buycycle. Use this link to check out Amanda's Niner bike she has for sale on buycycle  along with thousands of other bikes available in th...

You haven't made it as a podcast until you've had a lost episode. Amanda and Caroline Dezendorf took care of that this past August after a conversation went unrecorded. With Caroline competing in the Mid South double, Amanda reached out for a redo and the result is a fantastic conversation with so many great stories from Caroline. Who says there are no second chances in podcasting? Follow Caroline...

Amanda and Bill chat about the inaugural Valley of Tears and the 2024 edition of Mid South. Bill's CXHAIRS Bulletin race recap from Valley of Tears is here. Use this link to check out Amanda's Niner bike she has  for sale on buycycle  along with thousands of other bikes available in the buycycle buyer-protected marketplace.  For a limited time, save up to $100 on your buycycle purchase with code G...

Daxton Mock joins Amanda and Bill to talk about his move to gravel after racing MTB and CX most of his life, and his stong finish at BWR Arizona.  Follow Dax on Instagram at @daxtonmock . Use this link to check out Amanda's Niner bike she has  for sale on buycycle  along with thousands of other bikes available in the buycycle buyer-protected marketplace.  For a limited time, save up to $100 on you...

In the latest Midfield Report, Amanda chats with mountain bike and gravel racer Sierra Sims about her 16th-place finish at BWR Arizona, success on the mountain bike, coming back from injury and work/racing balance. Follow Sierra on Instagram at @sierra_mountains_ .  Use this link to check out Amanda's Niner bike she has  for sale on buycycle  along with thousands of other bikes available in the bu...

Amanda and Bill are together for a guestless episode to introduce Groadio's new title sponsor, buycyle, and chat about season two of the Life Time Grand Prix's Call of a Life Time series. Use this link to check out Amanda's Niner bike she has for sale on buycycle along with thousands of other bikes available in the buycycle buyer-protected marketplace.  For a limited time, save up to $100 on your...

Chase Wark joins Amanda and Bill to discuss his race-winning ride at the Rock Cobbler, organizing events and helping build the Minnesota cycling community and his plans for the upcoming gravel season. The conversation ends with another great round of Tuff Takes. Follow Chase on Instagram at @chasethebiker and @warkscyclingservices . You can follow Amanda on Twitter at  @_amanda_panda_  and on Inst...

Deanna Mayles joins Amanda and Bill to discuss her fast rise in the gravel world, her beginnings in mountain bike racing, and how she balances a career as an engineer for SRAM with a full racing calendar, including the Life Time Grand Prix. Amanda and Deanna also talk about her recent win at the Rock Cobbler. The conversation ends with another great round of Tuff Takes. Follow Deanna on Instagram...

Ted King joins Amanda to discuss his plans for 2024 and how they differ from his past gravel racing seasons. Ted explains that he is training seriously again for the first time since retiring from the World Tour and is coming into this season with more focus. The conversation ends with a great round of Tuff Takes. Follow Ted on Instagram at  @iamtedking . And on his website: www.iamtedking.com and...

Amanda chats with Emma Grant on the latest installment of the Midfield Report. Follow Emma on Instagram at @emgrant1 . If you're listening to this bonus content, please consider becoming a member of the Wide Angle Podium podcast network and supporting Groadio with your membership. If you do that by going to  wideanglepodium.com , and sending evidence of your new membership to  groadio@gmail.com ,...

Micah Rice joins Amanda and Bill to discuss his career path that took him from a professional road racer and team director to head of national events at USA Cycling and finally to gravel and mountain bike race director and consultant. Micah runs the Pikes Peak APEX p/b Rock Shox MTB stage race and is the race director for SBT GRVL and the new Valley of Tears gravel event in Turkey, Texas. Valley o...

Amanda welcomes Alex Wild to the show to talk about his return to the Life Time Grand Prix, working a full-time job and performing at a pro level on the bike, and balancing life and racing. Follow Alex on Instagram at @alexwildmtb . Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. Our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor for a limited time  by purchasing a   Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit  ha...

Amanda and Bill are joined by Chris Mehlman to preview the 2024 Life Time Grand Prix. We concentrate on who's back, who isn't and the rookies for next year's LTGP. We also talk about the changes we liked from year one to year two and what we look forward to in year three. Sign up for Chris' newsletter  and follow him on Instagram at @cmehlman34 . Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2....

Amanda welcomes Crystal Anthony to the show to talk about her transition from cyclocross racer to Life Time Grand Prix competitor, her experience at World Championships and how that event fits into her greater gravel calendar. Follow Crystal on Instagram at @crystaljanthony. Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. Our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor for a limited time  by p...

Amanda welcomes Zach Calton to the show to talk about his time in the Life Time Grand Prix as a climbing specialist mountain biker, how his ninth place at Unbound played out and balancing a full-time job while racing against the best gravel racers in the world. Follow Zach on Instagram at @zachcalton . Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. Our listeners can get a free heart-rate moni...

Amanda welcomes Morgan Aguirre to the show to talk about jumping head-first into gravel racing and her fast ascent from never riding on dirt to racing the world championships. Morgan also talks about relocating to Girona, Spain, and the differences between the US and European gravel scenes. Follow Morgan on Instagram at @morgan_aguirre . Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. Our list...

Amanda welcomes Hannah Shell to the show to talk about racing the Life Time Grand Prix after spending her entire cycling career on the road. Hannah also talks about the coverage she provided for the women's field at SBT GRVL and her epic adventure at Gravel Worlds. Follow Hannah on Instagram at @hannahgshell . Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. Our listeners can get a free heart-r...

Lance Haidet (Legion of Los Angeles) joins Amanda to chat about how a family move to the Pacific Northwest turned him into a bike racer, the challenges of racing cyclocross in a gravel-dominated calendar, his recent injury struggles, and the demands of the Life Time Grand Prix events.  Follow Lance on Instagram at @lancy_pants . If you're listening to this bonus content, please consider becoming a...

Pete Stetina returns to Groadio to chat about how gravel racing in the US has changed in the past few years, his new approach to the evolution of the sport, and how Unbound and Crusher in the Tushar played out. You can follow Pete at @pstetina . Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. Our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor for a limited time  by purchasing a   Hammerhead Karoo...

2023 Unbound 200 winner Keegan Swenson ( Santa Cruz Hit Squad ) joins Amanda and Bill to chat about his early racing career and chasing success in international cross-country mountain biking, his transition to an endurance athlete and gravel racer and how this year's Unbound played out. Along with his Unbound victory, Keegan has a closet full of national champion jerseys from XCO, XCC and marathon...

Sarah Lange ( Velocio Exploro ) joins Amanda and Bill to chat about finding bikes and gravel riding during the pandemic, her early gravel racing career success, and her fifth-place finish at the 2023 Unbound Gravel 200.  Follow Sarah on Instagram at @sarahwlange . Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2.  For a limited time, our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor with the purch...

Tobin Ortenblad joins Amanda and Bill for a raucous episode of The Midfield Report, our bonus content focusing on riders of note in the middle of the gravel pack. This episode was recorded a week after Tobin finished 18th at Unbound. Ortenblad made his name as a top cyclocross racer in the US before joining the Santa Cruz Hit Squad and tackling the biggest gravel and MTB races in the country. This...

Carolin Schiff, 2023 Unbound 200 Champ, joins Amanda and Bill to talk about her history racing cyclocross in America and how she met Amanda, putting road racing behind her to become a   gravel pro, and how she dominated the 2023 Unbound 200 race. You can follow Carolin on Instagram at @carolinschiff . You can follow Amanda on Twitter at  @_amanda_panda_  and on Instagram at  @amanda_panda_. Follow...

Former Unbound Champ and Gravel Hall of Fame inductee Yuri Hauswald joins Amanda (also former Unbound Champ) and Bill to chat about this year's 200-mile Unbound race. We talk mud, sprints, mobile phones, paint sticks, and so much more. Follow Yuri at  @yhauswald . Stay tuned for more Unbound coverage, including 100 and 350XL coverage and a new Midfield Report. Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead an...

Amanda and Bill chat about the latest gravel beef that reared its head at Gravel Locos before unveiling our "Who's Going to Crush It at Unbound Power Rankings."  Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2.  For a limited time, our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a   Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit  hammerhead.io  right now and use promo code   GROADIO   at checko...