Pisgah Podcast

Freehub has long been regarded as the community mountain bike magazine and we are very psyched to have the magazine’s creator and publisher, Brandon Watts on this weeks show. Drew runs us down on the best ways to help keep your favorite trail your favorite and Mangler went to Snowshoe! And if you ever bought anything because you saw it advertised in a magazine than click subscribe! Freehub magazin...

Mangler makes his way up the hill to get Shrimper on the mic to talk all things Black Mountain re route, spoiler, he makes bulldozer noises. Drew runs us down on the USA nats with our local heroes and we close out the episode with a track from local WNC band, SHUN! SHUN on bandcamp also available on streaming platforms

Drew chats with Malcom Hadley on early adoption in Pisgah and mountain biking. Mangler is back on the road in the RV in the PNW heatwave getting sun burnt. EWS season has returned along with some new high pivot mountain bikes! If you have no clue what AMP suspension, Proflex or a “beam bike” is, its ok millennials you can at least subscribe and share this episode with your boomer uncle who used t...

John Murphy fills us in on his career change from pro cycling to brand manager for Gulo Composites along with the details on their fancy carbon wheels. How did our local World Cup riders do? Also, guess who else used to make bike wheels in western nc? And if you can feel a 2 psi difference in a 700x45mm tire, click subscribe! Gulo spoke impact test Listen to Pisgah shirts

Paul Stahlschmidt of the Northwest NC Mountain Bike Alliance fills us in on what’s happening up the mountain in the “other Pisgah” with new trails and re routing Yancey Ridge trail. World Cup downhill season opener this weekend with lots of home team riders to cheer for and Pisgah Area SORBA opened up the new re routed middle Black Mountain trail, but the old trail will be open till September. And...

Ash and Andi from This is Roam came out to Brevard as part of their Roam Rally for a stop at Sycamore Cycles for demo’s, tech talks and good times. Also, they’re in Roam 2.0, a kind of new venture in how they do events. Mangler road tripped to Oregon and got snowed on. Drew is still waiting for his new bike while half a dozen new bikes got released. If you ever planned to go to an event for a 3 da...

Drew chats with Josh Whitmore on coaching coaches and growing up in Pisgah and the boom mountain biking has created. Also we’ve got run downs from Green River Games and the UCI Redbull pump track qualifier at the Gashouse! If you have the bike, the fitness and the time BUT you still just dont have the skills, Subscribe, share with all of your skill lacking friends (and sign up for a 1 on 1 skills...

Drew’s shoulder is still healing, Mangler got knocked down from gettin vaxxed, Cane Creek’s test and tune at Ride Kanuga and Brevard’s shreddiest real estate agent and mom, Bernadette Merriman! If you busted out the hardtail because it its XC season please make sure you subscribe! Bernadette's Real Estate link Cane Creek Cup Listen to Pisgah shirts

Collin from Kolo bike park in Asheville gives us some updates on new trails, new maps, sold out summer camp and 5 after 5 is back. We dropped the ball on t-shirt info so we made a big cartel web store. Drew smashed his shoulder so he’s got some recovery time to build a fresh rig. If you wished there was a mountain bike skills park in your town when you were a kid, please make sure you subscribe! T...

We talk maps with Pete Kennedy and Jack Henderson of THE Pisgah Map Company. Drew and Mangler debate bike racks and locking up the goods and how lost does Drew get in the forest? If you ever took the wrong map to the right district. And got lost still. Click subscribe! Pisgah Map Co Buy a T-shirt! (we don't have a web store yet)

Shawn Neer had a solid 2019 EWS season and then the pandemic hit, but his side project of Traction Coffee with Mike Murfitt has been gaining… traction? And of course we talk bmx and growing up bike riders. Drew rode a bunch in Pisgah and Mangler rode some West by god goodies. Also, Pinkbike’s pond beaver has all the new bike stuffs, check it out. If you need coffee to get some traction, go ahead a...

Cashion from The Bike Farm informs us of their move closer to the gates of Pisgah along with some other changes for 2021. The seasonal trails (Pink beds, Coontree, Cat gap, North Slope) have closed up for the season so now you gotta wait till October 15th, did you ride them all? And If you ever went GLAMPING and STILL all of your gear got wet from an over night rain storm… click subscribe. The Bik...

Pisgah Area SORBA has announced that the reroute of Black Mountain Trail in the Pisgah Ranger district will be starting the first part of April. We got Daniel Sapp to give us the run down on the timeline, the process, the changes and everything you need to know, for now. More downhill, Shrimper is building it, its gonna be awesome. If you are going to go get a legacy Strava time on Full Black hit...

Drew made his way out to Windrock for the TN National downhill race while Mangler watched on social media cause he caught Covid in Florida. Forest roads are opening up and spring weather is springing back and forth! If you’ve ever put your mud spikes on only for the track to dry up, go ahead and hit that subscribe button!

For the Sept/Oct issue of Bike Mag back in 2015 a story ran titled “The Outer Limits”. Written by Graham Averill, photography by Derek Diluzio and stunts by Evan Voss. The crew wanted to ride the awesome downhills of Kitsuma, Heartbreak and Big Ivy in a multi day bike packing trip. The printed article was only part of the story, we’ve got the rest. If you’ve ever stopped at the top of upper heartb...

Mangler finds Walker Parrott at 1 of his 3 hangouts for a little sit down to find out more about angler guiding, Ride Kanuga hosted the SE XC race so hear who was on the top steps and what do Drew and Mangler do when they aren’t playing bikes in the woods? If you ever hooked a big one but it got away, then click that subscribe button! Walker's IG Ride Kanuga SE XC result

Drew chats with Jenny Kallista from the Appalachian Bicycle Institute and president of PBMA about the importance of skilled bike mechanics, Mills from South Main Cycles gives us a run down on the new Pivot Trail 429, when should you couch mechanic your bike from a YouTube tutorial or take it to the shop, and what a lovely spring streak we are having this week! If you’ve ever cut your chain too sho...

Daniel Sapp from Pisgah Area SORBA fills us in on some club updates and whats new in the hood. Do you like the short web edits or full length mountain bike films? And will the rain ever end? If you ever thought you needed to give back to the trails, do that but also hit the subscribe button! Pisgah Area SORBA

Mangler spent some time in the woods with Logan Watts of bikepacking.com working on a Shredders and Shakers episode and decided to share some bits of Logan’s interview on Pisgah Podcast. Drew and Mangler discuss how they carry tools and water and with snow melt and rain in the forecast, its greenway riding season! If you ever packed the kitchen sink for a ride but accidentally left your helmet at...

Leigh gets locked in Mangler’s van for an interview covering his pro bmx career, team management with Mongoose bikes, concussions, and more. Drew delivers on his homework assignment to educate us on suspension designs. Leigh captured Mangler wrecking in Pisgah and it sounds funny. Also, we got fancy new MV7 microphones from Shure ! And if you ever decided you needed to stay inside and do your taxe...

Drew and Mangler put mics on Jeff and Eric from McGill Trails, the dudes that built The Riveter’s sweet jumps, what’s up with the local forest roads and Drew gets a homework assignment that could help us all. If you ever went exploring down a gravel road to get to your secret camp site only to find that it was taken over by squatters, hit subscribe. http://www.mcgilltrailfabrication.com @mcgilltra...

Seth talks about the new town of Canton Chestnut Mountain project berm park, should Mangler and Drew build yard trails and the dudes went on a day trip corporate retreat! If you have ever been challenged on whether to ride your local trails or to ride your back yard. Hit that subscribe button and share with your friends. @sethsbikehacks @cantonnc.cares @elevatedtraildesign @appalachian_org

Mangler got all the snow, Drew’s melted by noon, where’s a good close’sh spot to do a weekend plus trip to a warmer and drier riding destination and actor Juan Pablo Raba joins in to talk about mountain biking while filming and his new show Coyote on CBS. If you've ever binge watched a Netflix show, go ahead and hit that subscribe button! @juanpabloraba

The d00ds reflect on positives from 2021, we got Shawn Mullican from Find Your Line Bikes to give us the run down on how to keep your bike happy during the harshest months *hint, its preventative maintenance* and the weather scientists are calling for snow, MILK AND BREAD! If you are as glad as we are that 2020 is a wrap, go ahead and click subscribe. Find Your Line Bikes @findyourlinebikes

Mangler gathered some trimmings from the cutting room floor and didn't want this segment from our interview with Eric Porter go unheard. Tall dudes riding large sized bikes! Eric does a bike check on how he sets up his Diamondback Release 29 with wireless bits, Magura brakes, Kinda tires and more! If you’ve ever smacked your shin with a bike pedal, go ahead and click that subscribe button!