Thank you for tuning in to episode 83 of the MTB podcast presented and hosted by Worldwide

Cyclery. I am Jeff. I'm Liam. I'm Dirt. I like cookies. In this episode of the podcast,

we're going to give a quick take on our favorite recent mountain bike rides. We're going to

drive trained tier comparisons. What the heck is the difference between SLX, ST, XTR, etc.

Handlebars, Materials, Rise, Sweep, Width, common-sauce care program. We're actually going to

hear from a guest, Mike Rice, who is one of the race organizers of the Pike's Peak Apex race.

What else does he do? He helps organize other races in the Colorado Springs area.

Yeah, he knows a lot about other cool races. We're going to hear from him on the current state

of mountain bike racing, given the pandemic, and actually some quick tips from him on how to start

a mountain bike race or event yourself, if you're so interested in something like that.

And we're going to answer some listener questions around mixing, drivetrain, brand components,

and also preferred geometry for former BMX riders. That's a lot of stuff.

Oh, let's do it. All right, let's go. Let's do it. Let's get into this DJ pineapple,

play sound effect.

All right, favorite rides.

Wow. Favorite rides. Liam, what's your most recent favorite ride?

Most recently, I've been getting on the Curly Bar bike, which is gravel bike.

What do you mean? Yeah, gravel bike, drop bar, handlebars, all-road bike,

whatever you want to call it, really. I just call it the Curly Bar bike. It's for going

longer distance. Couple of buddies, some shop friends. We did, we want to do a

Santa Barbara front country and back country ride where we started on the front country, climbed

up and over the mountain, descended the back side, traversed the back country, and then went

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