A spontaneous and unrehearsed interview.

Hello and welcome to the 66th episode of Curiosityness.

I am Travis DeRose and this episode's a little different because this is kind of a selfish episode.

I wanted to get into mountain biking and learn how to do it because it seems super fun. So I got on Jeff Barber of

Singletrax.com and asked him how to get started mountain biking. Single Tracks is a mountain

biking website, kind of blog, you know, community thing where they share info and

equipment and stuff like that. So Jeff really help me out. We go through like step by step

how to get into mountain biking if you're interested in that at all. I can ride a bike on the

regular road and that's about it. So that's kind of where we get started. You know,

we talk about renting, equipment, safety, all that stuff. So I found it interesting. Hopefully

you do too, if you have any interest in getting started in this sport, it's a good workout. It's fun,

gets you out in nature. So without further ado, let's learn how to mountain bike. And here is

Jeff Barber of singletracks.com. All right. What's up, Jeff? How are you doing? Pretty good.

How you doing, Travis? Doing good, man. Thanks for being on. Stoke to talk. So where are you at?

Where are you based out of? I'm in Atlanta, Georgia, actually in Decatur, which is just east of Atlanta, about five miles or so.

Oh, okay. So pretty close. So is that like suburban type stuff or what kind of area is that?

It's actually not. It's pretty urban, or at least I would call it urban. I grew up in

the suburbs, but here in Decatur, everything is really walkable. We got lots of bars and restaurants and

breweries, and there's even a train line. We can hop on the train and get to the airport and stuff.

So, yeah, it's, it's pretty sweet. Yeah, I like it.

Yeah, sounds like a good area. So are you close to, to mountain biking trails and stuff, or is that a

trek for you? I'm not, not official ones anyway. Yeah, I mean, that's one of the challenges,

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