Refuel & Reboot - The Tech and Bikepacking resupply Podcast

This episode of the Refuel and Reboot Podcast is an interview with former cycling professional Matt Rowe, founder of Rowe & King, older brother of the Team Sky /Ineos Grenadiers legend Luke Rowe and husband of Olympic champion and former professional cyclist Dani Rowe (nee King) His story of racing bikes as a junior and pro and having to give it up all because of illness is a fascinating story. Es...

Ep. 22 Aren't you the cycling guy. Mark Taggart of Taggart People. This episode is a discussion with Mark Taggart, founder of Taggart People and follows a theme of business owners who have struck out on their own after a successful career in the corporate environment. In this episode, Mark talks about redundancy, making the decision to start up on his own, the challenges of first starting, the pow...

In this episode of the podcast Mark goes for a ride on the Isle of Wight with Joe Staunton, performance coach at Ceyreste Performance and author of the Human Operating System mental performance programme. They talk through mental resilience, training for the brain, combating mental fatigue and even have a short example session whilst riding through the lanes and roads of the eastern Isle of Wight...

Episode 20 : Still not giving up. Reflections from the SuperMaratona Challenge. This episode begins at dinner on the evening before the challenge attempt on Thursday 4th June in Alta Badia discussing the plan for the next day, how to organise the car, the nature of the climbs and the descents for the day. The episode continues with snippets from the day and an interview with Jamie at KM90. All wil...

Ep 19: The Tour de F.... Cancer Preview Its a return to the podcast for Jamie Granados on the eve of the challenge that he and Mark spoke about in a bonus Episode of the Podcast back in February. (That episode can be reached here Never Giving Up - Jamie’s Adventure to honour bravery and Courage. ) (photo Credit Gerard Probst ) Recorded on Wednesday 3rd June just before Jamie attempts his challenge...

In a first for the Refuel and Reboot Podcast, this latest episode with Lee Curtis CEO of Seguro Technology was recorded in person. So you can watch the interview also on Mark's YouTube Channel. In this episode Mark and Lee talk about Lee's early cycling, racing on BMX bikes and then on the road whilst also building a career in sales before moving into the IT space. He tackles the question what are...

After a weeks break the podcast is back with a new interview and a minor exclusive in this interview with Chris McKnight, founder of the Altus Collective an experience led travel business with a big focus (but not exclusively) on cycling and endurance events. Chris and Mark met through the Tullio Business Networking Community for Cyclists at the Derby Velodrome and on subsequent Tullio events. Aft...

In this episode of the Refuel and Reboot Podcast I once again combine cycling and business and technology as I speak to a fellow telecoms cyclist and entrepreneur Alex Tebbs, who has founded two telecoms companies in the fields of UCAAS and voice platforms and now runs the UK division of the sports clothing brand Kalas. Kalas is the clothing partner for professional sports teams such as Alpecin Pr...

This episode of the podcast is one of rare occasion episodes that combines both cycling and business, that forms the dual identity of the refuel and reboot podcast. In this episode Mark speaks to Dominic Rowing-Parker founder and owner of Tullio CC, the business Community for Cyclists. It's a insight into the world of business networking events and how bringing the bike is changing the dynamic. Mo...

This episode of the podcast is part 3 of the 3 part series recorded a couple of weeks after the 2025 edition of the El Piri Gravel Ultracycling event and is a conversation between Mark, Adam Masters and Sean Donevan, answering questions submitted by cycling club members and members of the Tullio Cycling Business Networking group. In this part of the conversation we cover what we learned from the e...

This episode of the podcast is part 2 of the 3 part series recorded a couple of weeks after the 2025 edition of the El Piri Gravel Ultracycling event and is a conversation between Mark, Adam Masters and Sean Donevan, answering questions submitted by cycling club members and members of the Tullio Cycling Business Networking group. In this part of the conversation we cover kit choice, nutrition & hy...

El Piri Question & Answer Episode 1. This episode of the podcast was recorded a couple of weeks after the 2025 edition of the El Piri Gravel Ultracycling event and is a conversation between Mark, Adam Masters and Sean Donevan, answering questions submitted by cycling club members and mebers of the Tullio Cycling Business Networking group. This is the first of a 3 part series covering the following...

In this episode of the Refuel & Reboot Podcast, Mark talks with Monika Sattler, Author, Endurance Athlete, TEDx & Keynote Speaker about her latest endurance challenges to hike 30 Swiss Peaks in 30 Days as part of her Climb series of challenges. Monika is the first woman to ride the complete Vuelta a Espana (Tour of Spain) men's route back in 2018 where she completed every stage on the morning of t...

In this bonus episode, of the Refuel and Reboot Podcast, I chat to Andrew Harding, owner of Cycling Strength PT and fellow member of the business networking group Tullio. Andrew reached out to me after hearing the mind over mountains episode of the pod. He had some aspects to add to the preparation aspect of ultra or any distance cycling. His website is https://cyclestrengthpt.com/ and you can fol...

In the last of this series that focuses on mental preparation for endurance cycling events, Mark speaks to Jake Dugdale, Jake_is_outside , who rides for the Experimental Bikepacking Team. Jake and Mark are from the same town and met for the first timethe finish line of the Hellenic Mountain Race. In this episode, they cover how Jake got into bikepacking in the first place, some great insights into...

In this bonus episode of the Reboot & Refuel Podcast, Mark speaks with Andrew O'Connor known as Andrewon2Wheels on social media, who is in the process of cycling all of the UK 100 Climbs and more. The reason for this conversation is because Andrew has added some extra spice to his ongoing challenge by cycling what is probably one of the most notorious, Hardknott Pass continuously for 24 hours. In...

Episode 7: Preparing for El Piri & the AlpsDivide The podcast returns to the Series topic of mental preparation for Ultracycling events after a brief technical interlude from Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona and the last episode covering first hand reports from the Atlas Mountain Race . In this episode Mark talks with Oscar Mager, a relative newcomer to the sport of Ultracycling racing but...

This is a special episode of the Refuel and Reboot Podcast, recorded at MWC 2026 (aka Mobile World Congress) where I focus on the tech side of my interests. In this episode I capture a few voice notes on the hot topics and discussions I have been in during the conference week. It should be no surprise to anyone in the telecoms industry that AI featured not just heavily but everywhere at the event....

Episode 6: Chasing the Snail - A report from the 2026 Atlas Mountain Race In this episode Mark breaks from the Mental Preparation for Ultra events that has been the theme of this series to have a chat with Richard Hunt and Matthew Franklin who have both come back from the 2026 Atlas Mountain Race. This years edition was an epic edition due to the weather influencing the route and conditions. Even...

Episode 5: Riding into the Dark: Lynne Diamond Davies. This is the 5th Episode in the series on Mentally Preparing for UltraCycling events and races and in this episode Mark speaks with Lynne Diamond Davies i_am_diamond_davies on Instagram . Lynne is a mother of three and rides part time for Pipedream Cycles in Scotland. In the episode Lynne and Mark talk about how different experiences in Ultra e...

Never Giving Up - Jamies Adventure to honour Bravery and Courage. Another Bonus Episode; Jamie and I are members of the Tullio Cycling Business Community and lead local rides as Ride Captains in the Chilterns and New Forest respectively. After listening to the Mind Over Mountains episode and the discussion on Mental preparation, he reached out to talk about his current cycling challenge and the pr...

Episode 4: Cat Magill - Learning along the way, one Ultra race at a time. Cat Magill https://www.instagram.com/catrmag/ and I had a shared experience in scratching at CP2 on the 2024 edition of the Atlas Mountain Race. As she lay recovering from sickness that caused her to scratch she was already planning on how to return to ultra riding and what she needed to do next. She then rode the Highlands...

Episode 3 : Ultra Runner to Ultra Cyclist. In this episode of the Refuel and Reboot podcast , I interviewed Steve Hayes as part of the Mind Over Mountains series of videos on my YouTube channel. During that interview Steve spoke about the transition from being an Ultra Distance Runner to starting out in Ultracycling and long distance bikepacking. Steve shares why he made the move, the crossover in...

Bonus Episode : A Wild Weekend at the Atlas Mountain Race A short bonus episode of the Refuel and Reboot podcast in-between regular episodes to give a quick glimpse into the opening weekend which has been governed by the weather and conditions. I am a volunteer dotwatcher on the race and it has been an eventful weekend. So here in this episode I give a quick update on events. The next regular epis...

Episode 2 - Interview with Erin Poland and Jono Freeman ahead of the Atlas Mountain Race. This is the full interview from our discussion for the Mind Over Mountains YouTube video about Mentally Preparing for an Ultracycling race like Atlas Mountain Race, Alpsdivide or Silk Road. Track their progress at AMR when tracking goes live on Friday 6th February and follow them on instagram Erin Poland http...