Ep. 145 ~ ETS Recap with Hannah Simon, Stephanie Hall, Ariel Marlowe, & Russell Pickavance recorded Live at Cycleast
Bikes or Death
Patrick Farnsworth
4.8 • 563 Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2023
⏱️ 132 minutes
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Summary
Ever since I started the podcast I dreamed of one day recording an episode in front of a live audience. Fear kept me from pursuing it. Fear that no one would show up. Fear of having an audience that amplifies the pressure and anxiety. At one point that dream progressed into a goal. And a goal needs a plan. And a live event needs a venue. Austin, TX seems like the obvious choose as a Texan. It's two hours east of me and has a rich cycling culture and community. Nestled on the east side of Austin is Cycleast, a bike shop that I've been a friend/fan of. They do so many great community events, including bikepacking group trips. A couple months ago a met with Russell Pickavance, the owner of Cycleast, and told him my idea about BoD Live. He was immediately receptive to the idea and offered to allow me to host them at his facility after store hours!
The timing worked out to make doing an East Texas Showdown episode a no-brainer. Three of our guest this week are employees of Cycleast and One is a friend of the shop. My guest this week are Hannah Simon and Stephanie Hall who are veterans to the ETS and this year shared a first place finish. Also joining me are Russell Pickavance and Ariel Marlowe who both completed the LOWdown, which is a new 160 mile bikepacking group ride and not a race.
We had about 30 people join us for the first BoD Live and it really made for a great atmosphere. I want to thank the Austin community for showing up and supporting the guest and this event. Its so great to see bikepacking thriving here in Texas.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Bikes for Death podcast. |
| 0:04.5 | As always, my name is Patrick, and I'm your host. |
| 0:07.6 | And on today's episode, we're doing something fun and new. |
| 0:11.5 | This was the first ever Bikes for Death live podcast that we recorded. |
| 0:17.0 | This is going to be a new semi-regular that we do it's going to be hosted at cycle |
| 0:23.3 | east in austin texas and uh this was our first go at it so uh we had about 30 people uh in |
| 0:32.2 | attendance on tuesday night and we gathered around to talk about this year's East Texas Showdown. |
| 0:41.1 | And my guest for this episode were Hannah Simon and Stephanie Hall, who shared first place in |
| 0:50.5 | the showdown and Russell Pickavance and Ariel Marlowe who did the lowdown this year. |
| 0:59.1 | So those are our guest. And again, we had a live audience. So it was great to get some audience |
| 1:06.2 | participation and hear their questions as well. We had a lot of fun. I would say that the first Bikes |
| 1:14.1 | or Death Live was a total success. Everyone seemed to have a good time. And I think we're going |
| 1:19.4 | to do it again. I've actually started working on scheduling the next one. I'll be announcing that |
| 1:24.2 | one soon. But for now, let's get into today's episode first let's take a moment to |
| 1:29.9 | thank everybody that made today's episode possible starting with our latest batch of patrons |
| 1:35.2 | so this week we would like to thank johnny napali and cycle nuts USA for being the latest |
| 1:43.9 | sustaining members of the bikes for Death podcast. |
| 1:47.3 | If you enjoy these shows and you would like to help us produce them, we could always use your support. |
| 1:53.9 | I always say that the patrons are the PSI and the knobby tires that keep this podcast rolling. And if you would like to help |
| 2:03.2 | inflate our tires, you can find out more over at patreon.com forward slash bikes or death. |
| 2:10.0 | All right. And today's episode is also brought to us by Old Man Mountain racks. Today, |
| 2:15.1 | Eric is joining me from Old Man Mountain. How are you doing today, Eric? |
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