The Stoked on Spokes Podcast

On our forty seventh episode, Allen talks to former racers/ junior cycling fathers: Kevin Bratetic and Mark Gunsalus at Cyclocross Nationals before their children's Nationals races about their children, watching your kids grow up in cycling, the positives and negatives, the lessons they have learned along their journey so far, how their personal cycling encouraged their kids to ride, and so much m...

On our forty sixth episode, we have a team panel of Drew Dillman, Hannah Arensman, and Gus Bratetic of the Ignition Race Team at Cyclocross Nationals before their Nationals races about their season, their team, their friendship of each other, predictions before their Elite and Juniors Nationals race, their cyclocross journey so far, Drew's Legends Race run as Forest Gump at the Trek Waterloo World...

On our forty fifth episode, Allen talks to long term cycling friends Phil Smith and Jacob Spath who met on a group ride in and rode together for a while out of Quincy, Illinois!!! Phil still resides in Quincey and rides every morning, while Jacob moved to Bettendorf, Iowa.  Both gentlemen discuss their love of gravel riding and racing, cyclocross, the state of gravel cycling, crit racing, cri...

On our forty-fourth episode, Kerry Werner, Tyler Cloutier, Brent Evans, and Allen gather to celebrate the professional cyclocross career of Tyler Cloutier, whom retired after the recent Cyclocross National Championship in Hartford, Connecticut!!! We also roasted Kerry Werner about his Single speed Men's National Championship win. Everyone gives their thoughts on Tyler's career, cyclocross, keeping...

On our forty third episode, we have an Elite Women's panel at Cyclocross Nationals with Sunny Gilbert, Anna Megale, and Jen Malik before their Nationals races about their season, their friendship of each other, smack talk before their Single speed and Elite Nationals race, how they became professional cyclists, their cyclocross journey so far, the state of cyclocross, and so much more!!! Hilarity...

On our forty-second episode, Allen talks to Women's Cycling Team VeloFemme from Cleveland, Ohio member Laura Webb, Emily Lang Miller, & Jilian Beveridge about their team, riding disciplines, dealing with injuries and their team's support, the importance of having women's teams for female cycling to grow, the Cleveland, Ohio cycling scene, and much more!!! The episode shows that their team is m...

On our forty-first episode, Allen talks to the leader of the 906 Adventure Team: Todd Poquette and Michael Gottfried share his experience and admiration of what Todd and the 906 Adventure Team have accomplished!!! The 906 Adventure Team is a 600 plus youth mountain bike team based out of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with the goal of helping kids love bike through exploring the woods, getting ex...

On our fortieth episode, Allen talks to mountain bikers, bike mechanics, and long-term racing friends Paul Doty and Stewart Pomeroy!!! Paul and Stewart first met in the Colorado mountain bike racing scene and became friends due to their mutual ability level!!! They talk about their racing together, riding, exploring, being bike shop mechanics, the current bike industry, recovering from big crashes...

On our thirty-ninth episode, Allen talks to Rebecca Fahringer & Kerry Werner, whom are teammates of the Kona Adventure Team about their team, their strong personalities, their vlogs, the team's focus on gravel, the gravel push in the bicycle industry, Rebecca's Tinder dating in Belgium, Tyler Cloutier, and so much more!!! Hilarity and awkwardness ensue on this loaded episode leaving no stone u...

On our thirty-eighth episode, Allen talks to long time cycling teammates and friends Larry Hughes, Shawn Aker, and Trevor Miller! They are former competitive criterium and cyclocross racers, the heartbeat of the former VeloScience team from Columbus, Ohio, absolute cycling goofballs, and adrenaline junkies who have come up with ridiculous rides to challenge themselves but also grow as friends!!! T...

On our thirty-seventh episode, Allen talks to Michael Seiler and Holly Benner, who have recently started their coaching business, Metta Endurance! They talk about their business' different approach to coaching with the Mind, Body, and Soul, their athletic backgrounds, their previous coaching experience, the struggles people have when starting out with a coach, and much more!!! It's a passionate, c...

On our thirty-sixth episode, Allen talks to Professional Cyclocross racers Maghalie Rochette and Caroline Mani about their friendships, the current bicycle industry, how they started racing, their biggest sponsors and supporters, being a mentor, and so much more!!! Maghalie is a 3-time Canadian National Champion, 3-time Pan American Champion, World Cup Winner, currently runs the Fever Talk Podcast...

On our thirty-fifth episode, Allen traveled to the Kings CX UCI races held this past weekend in Mason, Ohio to interview professional cyclocross racers Drew Dillman, Brannan Fix, and cover the UCI Elite races with Ryan Haden!!! Allen interviewed Brannan and Drew about how their current season is going, their season goals, the Kings CX weekend, their programs, and asked individual questions. Gettin...

On our thirty-fourth episode, Lizzy and Allen talk to daughter and father cycling pair: Eleanor and Gregory Dyas about their relationship, the benefits of riding with your father/daughter, their training, racing, new passions in cycling, Eleanor's racing cyclocross in Europe, and much more!!! Their love for each other and cycling together shine through on this episode! It's a heartfelt, passionate...

On our thirty-third episode, we talk to organizers of the SpokerRide: Jeff and Steve Wood!!! SpokerRide is a charity race/ride that happens on the last Saturday in July in Sackets Harbor, NY to benefit the American Cancer Society and the Volunteer Transportation Center. Jeff and Steve discuss their event that has been held for the last 20 years, how the event has changed over the years, their batt...

On our thirty-second episode, we talk to Spencer Hackett and David Strong about their friendship, the Columbus, Ohio cycling scene, their new fascination in cargo bikes, David company Donut Sack Bicycle Bags, Spencer long run of bicycle promoting, Cap City Cyclocross, and much more!!! It's an entertaining, lighthearted, and informative listen!!! There is no racing update from Lizzy Gunsalus this w...

On our thirty-first episode, we continue our weekly series with Lizzy following her professional cyclocross season last weekend at Rocester UCI in Rochester, New York and address being mentioned and play a clip from the In The Red Podcast with Curtis White and Tony Sylar!!! We also talk to professional cyclocross racers Lauren Zoerner and Anna Megale about their season goals, their love of cyclocr...

On our thirtieth episode, we start a weekly series with Lizzy following her professional cyclocross season that started last weekend at GO Cross in Roanoke, Virginia and we also talk to Salty Chimps Racing members: Ken Hammond, Ben Rabin, Jon Cyganik, & Patrick McNeil at Local 315 Brewing Company in Syracuse, New York about their team, local road and cyclocross racing, their reasons to race an...

On our twenty-ninth episode, Allen and Lizzy talk to professional cyclists Stephen Hyde and Curtis White about their love of cycling, cyclocross, Stephen's new role as Team USA National Cyclocross Coach, Curtis' transition to a new team, their time on Cannondale Cyclocrossworld, when they first met, and so much more!!! It's an entertaining, high energy, and informative listen!!! Thanks for joining...

On our twenty eighth episode, we talk to Jerry Hayes, Justin Frontuto, and Chris Anderson about what is gets them stoked about the upcoming cyclocross season! #crossiscoming!!! They talk about their roles, what they love about cyclocross, the current state of cyclocross, what they are looking forward to, and much more!!! It's a high energy, engaging, and insightful listen!!! Thanks for joining us...

On our twenty seventh episode, we do a mid-season episode reflecting on the podcast, introduce Lizzy Gunsalus as our new co-host, Allen and Lizzy talk about their goals for the podcast, how they first met, what led to Lizzy taking on a more involved role, where the podcast is going, and they talk about their bicycle goals for the future!!! It's an ambitious, lighthearted, and informative listen!!!...

On our twenty sixth episode, we talk to professional racer Tyler Cloutier and amateur racer Todd Grassman about riding in Northwest Arkansas, their friendship, their love of bicycles, how Tyler became a pro cyclist, Tyler's coaching business, Tyler's Flamingo Pro Tips, Kerry Warner, and much more!!! Tyler naturally makes the dialogue easy to carry on and flow quite well! It's an entertaining, ligh...

On our twenty fifth episode, we talk to married couple Brent and Korin Evans about how bicycles affect their marriage, Brent's former European racing days, the Pan Ohio Hope Ride, Korin's coaching business, how bicycling has changed over the years, and so much more!!! Their support for each other has strengthened their family, community, and the lives they continue to impact each day through their...

On our twenty fourth episode, we talk to leaders of CORA Mtb which is the Cincinnati Offroad Alliance in Cincinnati, Ohio and Northern Kentucky building and maintaining multi-use trails!!! Olivia Birkenhauer and Jason Reser talk about running CORA, their trail system, their volunteers, their responsibilities, adapting to new needs and trends, their events, NICA in their area, other disciplines, an...

On our twenty third episode, we talk to up-and-coming female cyclists: Lizzy Gunsalus and Lexi Stierwalt!!! They talk about their friendship, favorite disciplines, being part of a family that loves cycling, winning a Junior National Championship, the state of US Cycling, favorite race courses, and so much more!!! Their dialogue shows how much they love cycling and how strong friendship is!!! ...