Steed Cycles podcast

What is mental health in the mountains? Well, it’s difficult and different for everyone to explain. It may be FOMO, trauma/PTSD, self-compassion, imposter syndrome, or all of the above and more. Tori shares some of her tips and experiences as a studying clinical psychologist and elite level mountain biker on a range of topics about mental health relating to athletes and the way we function.  Comin...

Why do gym work when you could be riding your bike? One of the main questions Jason Bond gets asked with his Dryland Cyclist training program and I even got while training at an elite cycling level. Honestly there isn’t an easy answer to this as there are many reasons to be in the gym and not on your bike. Winter, injury prevention and recovery, strength, and of course most people have their own r...

What does safety in the outdoors look like to you? A question Jojo Das once asked at the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival. He got a lot of confused answers, which created some great conversation and education about why people can be scared and anxious to travel into the great outdoors. Growing up as an Indian boy and moving 14 times before the age of 11 was both a blessing and a curs...

Take a second and imagine lining up for a competition in a country where that sport is one of the major spectator events in the nation! Well, Michael van den Ham and Cody Scott got to experience that earlier this month at the 2023 Cyclocross World Championships in the Netherlands. With 50,000 plus spectators surrounding the course, Cody shared his experience of having no choice but to take it all...

“What would we do differently if we had the chance to call the shots?” That’s the question teammates Ramsey and Elliot started asking themselves a year into racing. They wanted to use their voice to steer women’s road bike racing in a new direction.   It was a conversation over dinner and wine that led to them launching Ruckus Racing. The pair chatted about barriers and setbacks women face, such a...

Niels explains how he moved out of his parents’ home at 14 years old to chase his dreams racing bikes and what that taught him on his path to become a World Champion. After what most would call a very successful BMX racing career, racing for the Netherlands Cycling Federation and now Niels is focused on Pump Track World Championships and King of CrankWorx.  On his fourth attempt he took the top st...

Bike packing is fast becoming the chosen activity for a lot of endurance athletes during and after covid but Meaghan has been bike packing before many knew it was a thing with her first major tour in 2009 riding the Pacific Coast (Terrace, BC, to Mulege, Baja California Sur) Since then she has accomplished many great feats with some of her biggest being her outright win and setting Women’s KFT at...

Claire is a Lynn Valley girl that grew up in and out of bicycle stores with her Dad owning one in North Vancouver before she moved to Whistler to chase the bike life. She originally stumbled into the racing world when she podiumed her first elite nationals qualifying her for the Canadian worlds team.  Her list of cycling achievements are nothing but great, but it’s how she got there that makes her...

Welcome to Episode 26 of our podcast! Tony 'Toe Strap' Brisindi has been working at Steed Cycles as a mechanic for over 6 years now and most of our regular customers will know Tony pretty well, having worked on their bikes, given them advice or maybe having been riding with them. Tony is a mainstay at the shop and we're happy to have him and his experience and knowledge in the shop....

For episode 25 of our podcast we've got Dougie Fresh AKA Doug Giles, our outside sales rep for Shimano, amongst other brands. Being rep for Shimano means Doug has a unique view into both the world of retail and the inner workings of the bike industry in terms of manufacture, distribution etc. for Shimano. Credit to Doug he's always as transparent as he can be, and we try to be to. We&apo...

Welcome to podcast episode 24! This week Jarrad has the tables turned on him and has to sit in the guest chair while Steed mechanic and former radio journalist, Ash Kelly, jumps into hosting so you can hear all about Jarrad’s recent overnight epic ride (unofficially dubbed the “XXL Island Loop” by Jarrad). Their conversation touches on a lot more than his impressive ride stats though, as the pair...

Welcome to episode 23 of our podcast! This time around we have Ramsey Glass, also known as Ramsbikes on Instagram. Ramsey is a Vancouver-based road cyclist and has an Instagram account that's exploded in popularity since she started it in October last year as a creative outlet and a way to express who she is in cycling. Ramsey only picked up cycling in a serious way in 2020, as with many new...

Welcome to podcast episode 22! In this episode Jarrad heads to 7mesh headquarters to chat with founders TJ and Ian. For those unfamiliar with the brand, 7mesh are a high performance cycling apparel company, focussed on bringing the best technology available to the world of cycling clothing.  7mesh had an interesting start - TJ and Ian moved over from high end outdoor clothing company Arcteryx wher...

Welcome to episode 21 of the Steed Cycles podcast. Today we're chatting with Tristan Olk and Scott Pilecki - Tristan and Scott are some of the original Steed Cycles staff from way back in the day when we were just earning our reputation for what we are today. They saw first-hand the shop change from a small business to one of BC's premier bike shops.  Say what you want about California b...

In episode 20 of our podcast we sit down for a chat with Ben Bolliger about his unfortunate run-in with a vehicle while riding his bike in July of 2021 and the resulting battle he had to undergo to receive some form of justice from ICBC. Ben is an integral part of the Steed Cycles Ride Club as an active ride leader, and has been a part of Ride Club for six years now. Prior to his accident last yea...

Welcome to podcast episode 19 and thanks for joining us! We're here today with Nick, Sam and Mathew Szymanowski (AKA Shim) from Shim's ride, the missing member being Cole Glover. A collection of Avid Cyclists, Nick, Sam, Cole and Shim lived together in Victoria from 2014-2019 and rode and raced together. Shim's ride is group dedicated to raising money for spinal cord research throug...

In episode 18 of our podcast we're stoked to chat with pro mountain bike athlete Hailey Elise. Riding for Juliana Bicycles , Hailey grew up in Vancouver and cut her teeth riding the local mountains here, and now living in Whistler spends her time riding her bike, shooting photo and video and creating mountain bike content. That's the dream, right? Hailey is one of the rad women leading t...

Welcome to Episode 17 of the Steed Cycles podcast! This time around we're talking with Mischa Partridge, pro BMX and track cyclist turned athletic  therapist. Mischa is another one of those guys that's spent a lot of time racing bikes on a pro level, which has set him up well for the rest of his career.  Mischa started riding BMX as a kid and took up racing at the late(ish) age of 11. He...

Welcome to Episode 16 of the Steed Cycles podcast - this week we've got Tammy Brimner of TLB Velo Photography. Tammy is one of Vancouver's best-known cycling photographers - if you've raced a road bike in Vancouver, chances are you've probably heard of Tammy, or TLB Velo. The thing about photographers though is that they're always behind the lens, and not in front of it. T...

Welcome to podcast episode 15! This week we have Aaron Dobie on the show. Aaron is a trained physiotherapist that specializes in manual therapy and exercise prescription for injury recovery but also in strength and conditioning coaching to help athletes perform at their peak and to help prevent future injury. As a long time cyclist, specifically mountain bikers, Aaron has been riding since he was...

Welcome to podcast episode 14! In this episode we're thrilled to be chatting with Bianca Hayes. Bianca will be riding across Canada later this year in support of Ovarian Cancer, aiming to raise $1m in funds. Ovarian cancer is a cause close to Bianca's heart, sadly losing her sister to the disease in 2018. Bianca already rode across Canada in 2020 and holds the fastest female time of 19 d...

Welcome to episode 13 of the Steed Cycles podcast. This is a bit of a special one, in that we have the man himself Kim Steed as a guest, celebrating 25 years of Steed Cycles. Kim is a man that needs no introduction to many, but for those of you that haven't spent as much time around the shop over the years, Kim is the founder and owner of Steed. Kim opened the first store on March 15th 1997 a...

In episode 12 Jarrad gets to hang out with legendary freerider Geoff 'Gully' Gulevich. Raised on the North Shore and heavily involved in the freeride movement, Gully is one of those larger than life characters, but is still refreshingly down to earth and does a lot for his local community still, including Geoff Gulevich Garage Sale. Having grown up here, Gully spent much of his younger y...

Welcome to Episode 11 of the Steed Cycles Podcast! In this episode we're joined by Joele Guynup of Santa Cruz/Juliana bicycles. Joele is our rep for Santa Cruz, Juliana and Cervelo, and is quite often the reason we're able to keep Santa Cruz and Cervelo riders riding their bikes when they have a problem - she's a miracle worker sometimes. Having been riding and racing bikes for arou...

In episode 10 of our podcast Jarrad is joined by Nic and Ryan from Northirn Overland - an vehicle rental company with a difference. Northirn Overland's stable of rental vehicles differs from any other rental company in that their vehicles are equipped to be overland-ready. Overlanding vehicles are typically rugged 4x4s that are kitted out to go anywhere and everywhere and be self-sufficient t...