Ep. 143 ~ Winter Riding with Rebecca Rusch
Bikes or Death
Patrick Farnsworth
4.8 • 563 Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2023
⏱️ 109 minutes
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Summary
Rebecca Rusch is an accomplished endurance athlete with 40 years of experience. Her list of accomplishments over that time period has been impressive. Among other things, she is a 7x World Champion Adventure Athelete, 2x Iditarod Trail Invitational winner, MTB hall of fame inductee, and a Red Bull Athlete.
On today's episode we tackle the topic of Winter Riding. Some of the topics discussed are layering, eating, keeping water from freezing, managing electronics, and going potty. The information is this episode is invaluable and it's a result of Rebecca's extensive personal experiences.
We are honored to have Rebecca back on the podcast and grateful for her willingness to share some tips she's learned over the years.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Bikes for Death podcast. |
| 0:03.6 | As always, my name is Patrick and I am your host. |
| 0:07.1 | And on today's episode, we have a very special guest in Rebecca Rush. |
| 0:13.0 | And today, the topic is winter riding. |
| 0:17.0 | Rebecca is a lifetime athlete. |
| 0:19.1 | She's been an athlete for about 40 years, and she has done everything from rock climbing to rafting to bikepacking, ultra endurance cycling. She has done it all, and she brings with her a wealth of knowledge. She's also a two-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Invitational, and she is the perfect guest to talk to us |
| 0:39.6 | today about riding in cold weather. Today is a little bit different than what we typically do |
| 0:45.2 | on the podcast. Usually we get to know the stories of the riders, but this is something new that |
| 0:50.3 | Bikes for Death wants to be doing going forward, which is tackling topics. |
| 0:54.6 | So this one today is on winter riding, and we have more topical series coming your way. |
| 1:00.7 | But if you want to know more about Rebecca, I actually had her on the podcast in 2021, so you can check out that episode. |
| 1:07.2 | It's episode 70, and we talk a lot more about Rebecca and her story. |
| 1:12.4 | But again, today we're talking winter riding. |
| 1:15.7 | We had an excellent chat. |
| 1:17.4 | She has a wealth of experience and achievement. |
| 1:20.7 | She has achieved so much in her 40 years, and she brings all that knowledge to light today in today's podcast. But before we get into it, |
| 1:31.0 | let's take a moment to thank the people that made it possible starting with our latest batch |
| 1:35.7 | of patrons. One cool thing about being a patron is you get access to the private Facebook group. |
| 1:42.1 | I let you know what guests are coming up and give you an opportunity |
| 1:46.0 | to ask questions. And on this topic in particular, we got a lot of feedback from our patrons |
| 1:51.6 | and a lot of our questions today came from them. So thank you very much for being part of today's |
| 1:56.3 | discussion. And without further ado, let's thank our newest patrons, starting with |
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