The Inside Line Podcast - Vital MTB

Welcome mountain bikers. thanks for tuning in to Vital MTB’s The Inside Line podcast. We pushed back our episode a day, so it didn’t land on April 1st. Our guest today is Dan Hallada, co-founder of Cushcore. Kyle Warner sat down with him at the Sedona Mountain Bike Festival before all the Corona chaos, and the discussion is inspiring and enlightening. It’s really crazy to think about how quickly t...

Vital's Brandon Turman checks in with Guerrilla Gravity to discuss how the Coronavirus is impacting their US-made mountain bike production. This conversation was recorded on March 18, 2020. Thank you - Maxxis Tires Thank you - Jenson USA Thank you - The Paydirt Fund

Welcome mountain bikers! As our guest today just said in an email, "I'm stoked to bring something positive to people's day." Nate Hills, the man behind #followcamfriday is way more than just a POV celebrity. He has a long riding and racing history that blossomed into an "ambassador" career. Nate and Kyle Warner got together at the Sedona Mountain Bike Festival to disc...

Has MTB design peaked? Can we really get better mountain bikes that what we have now? This week The Inside Listeners give their feedback on whether mountain bike design is as good as it gets. For our next topic, we want to know your best mountain bike-related tips, tricks, techniques and hacks for maintenance, for riding, for trailside repair or safety and security. It’s a broad topic, but we know...

What started out as an addiction to racing downhill mountain bikes turned into a career of building and designing competitive bikes and suspension platforms. Chris Canfield, who just happens to be a current Masters World Champion DH racer, created the CBF suspension platform found on Revel Bikes and Canfield Bikes. He and Kyle Warner go into some epic history about Canfield Brothers bikes and the...

Welcome mountain bikers! Thanks for tuning in to The Inside Line podcast. If you’ve been listening, you know that I've taken a stab at getting direct feedback from you, the listener, and I’m really stoked with how it’s taken off. As a result, I’ve decided to split up the alternating weeks with our normal guest interviews while adding shows dedicated to listener interaction. Instead of taking...

Welcome mountain bikers! Thanks for tuning into The Inside Line podcast. Today we wrap up a candid interview with influential photographer, Ian Hylands. In part one we discussed his history and his impact on our sport, and today we get into his battle with Lyme disease and how that impacted his life. We dig into how he transitioned from a film photographer primarily shooting for print magazines to...

Welcome Mountain Bikers, this is The Inside Listener Response podcast. Maxxis Tires , Jenson USA and the Paydirt Fund help make The Inside Line possible. Last week at the beginning of the Ian Hylands interview, I threw out a question about social media and mountain biking and wanted to know what you think about it. In hindsight, it’s not much of a surprise that the responses were pretty thin. Two...

Welcome mountain bikers. Thanks for tuning in to The Inside Line and thanks for your patience this week. We had some technical difficulties with the recording of Ian Hylands that you’ll hear today, but I’m stoked to report the interview was recovered after some painstakingly repetitive work, and the stories and history await through this special talk with one of our sport’s most influential and in...

Welcome mountain bikers. A question was asked at the beginning of last week’s The Inside Line episode with Shimano’s Joe Lawwill . I wanted to try something new this year, to engage more with you, the listener, and I’m blown away by your responses. So much so, that I’m taking your feedback to create supplemental episodes with your opinions on the topic brought up. So, I began wondering why so many...

Shimano MTB Marketing Specialist, Joe Lawwill was one of the first people to ride a full-suspension mountain bike. His father, the legendary motorcycle racer, Mert Lawwill, made the bike some 30 years ago. From a budding motocross career that organically grew into a life in the cycling industry, Joe has been immersed in our sport for decades after being turned on to the speed of mountain biking wh...

This week on The Inside Line, Kyle Warner hosts the show with two-wheeling destroyer, Barry Nobles. Stories of Barry growing up in Alabama and getting into bikes, finding BMX racing and turning that racing into a career are covered. Eventually, Barry adds mountain biking to his competitive focus, all while trying to make the Olympics for BMX. From Crankworx podiums to double backflips and gnarly c...

We're honored to have this interview with legendary BMX racer and cycling fanatic, Mike "Hollywood" Miranda. Kyle Warner sat down with Mike in Bentonville, Arkansas, a few months ago for a fun, a candid discussion detailing some of Mike's comedic and character-building childhood moments, his involvement with the cult classic movie, RAD , as well as getting more kids stoked on b...

Santa Cruz Bicycles commits to giving away $1 million to projects that increase access to trails This is our commitment to increasing access to quality trails. We’re pledging to give $1 million over the next three years to trail development projects, local and national advocacy organizations, events, and programs geared toward creating and strengthening access to trails. Santa Cruz wants to suppor...

As a kid, Carlos Matutes found freedom on a bicycle thanks to a local BMX track in his Texas town. Since then, he has continued to immerse himself in all forms of cycling, from BMX, to mountain biking, to road racing and endurance events. At one point, he even rode a rigid, fixed-gear mountain bike on the trails. Experience as a mechanic and working for a cycling parts distribution business has he...

We’re going to try something a little different this week and discuss the recent Red Bull Rampage event from three different perspectives. Rampage is the pinnacle of freeride mountain biking. Its imagery is iconic, the moves and consequences are only accomplished under its event conditions and never-been-done bike riding takes place every time it happens. Kyle Jameson was one of the event judges,...

It's with sad hearts that we mourn the loss of Jordie Lunn. Jordie lost his life during a mountain biking accident a few days ago, stunning friends, family and the MTB community. The Inside Line focuses on his giving heart and his adventurous nature through stories told by fellow riders and friends. Rest in peace, Jordie. We miss you. #longlivejordie

Days before the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, current DH champ, Loic Bruni spends some time with Enduro World Series racer, Martin Maes. Though Martin focuses on enduro racing, he is in Mont-Sainte-Anne to compete in the downhill event at Worlds. Last year, the young Belgian mountain bike racer won the La Bresse World Cup downhill even though he was competing in a full EWS season. Lo...

After a few days shooting photos and getting to know his family in Buena Vista, Colorado, Brandon Turman had the chance to sit down with none other than Mick Hannah, also known as "Sik Mik." With a mountain bike career that spans nearly two decades and well over two hundred results, you've no doubt seen this man lighting up the races. While some of today's younger riders may kn...

Your three-time consecutive (4-time total) UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Champion and 2019 World Cup Downhill series winner, Loic Bruni, sits down with his race team manager, Laurent Delorme and the manager of Canyon Factory Racing, Gabe Fox. Laurent and Gabe have been involved with winning World Cup downhill teams for years and they share their insight about what it takes to earn the rainbow s...

Welcome mountain bikers! We're proud to bring you an Inside Line episode with a wonder grom of #USDH, Chris Grice. The 16-year-old from North Carolina is amped to ride and race mountain bikes, driving across the country multiple times a year to get it done at the national level. We caught up with him on August 1, a week after he won his second U.S. National Championships DH race in the 15-16...

Was this the greatest downhill mountain bike race ever? Steve Peat thinks so, and he's seen almost every one of them! The final race of the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Downhill season concluded in Snowshoe, West Virginia, with Danny Hart taking the race win and Loic Bruni narrowly edging out Amaury Pierron for the World Cup overall Championship of 2019. Loic would need a third place fini...

It often seems those young, natural talents, who have so much promise and future, end up struggling with the biggest hurdles. Finding success in something easily at a young age can cripple the growth and maturity of an individual, leaving them wondering what happened when opportunities finally close and success can't override questionable personal choices. JD Swanguen tasted success in mounta...

The current Downhill Mountain Bike World Champion, Loic Bruni, is interviewing the rider of his choice at each World Cup DH round in 2019 for his Outspoken series on Vital MTB. This episode features the Greatest Of All Time, Greg Minnaar. Following a horrific start to the season in Maribor, where Greg failed to qualify for race day (a career first), he sits down with Loic to discuss all aspects of...

This may be the most insightful look into what it means to be a modern downhill mountain bike racer. Troy Brosnan , tied for 2nd place in the 2019 UCI World Cup DH overall, sits down with Loic Bruni , the current leader in the downhill race series. Troy is known for his consistency at the races, regularly placing 2nd or 3rd. He's won two World Cup downhills in his career, but Loic questions T...