Ep. 201 ~ Cjell Moné, AZT 800 World Record!
Bikes or Death
Patrick Farnsworth
4.8 • 563 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2025
⏱️ 173 minutes
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Summary
Cjell Moné just did the unthinkable by riding his custom Moné La Roca with coaster brakes on the Arizona Trail 800. The AZT 800, which is actually 840 miles, traverses the length of Arizona from the USA/Mexico border to the border of Utah. It's infamous for being one of the most challenging bikepacking routes in the world.
Riders will face extreme temperatures, brutal desert terrain, long stretches without resupply, all on a trail that was designed for hikers, not cyclists. While the route is riddled with challenges it is equally beautiful and awe-inspiring, which only adds to it's mystique and it's growing popularity among those with a sense of adventure and maybe a slight penchant for abuse.
For the uninitiated a Coaster Brake bike is like the one you probably road as a kid. When you pedal backwards it engages the rear brake. And that's it. No hydraulic disc brakes to control your speed to keep you from flying off the trail and into the abyss. Coaster bikes can only work on Singlespeed bikes, so on top of taking on the AZT 800 with a coaster bike, he was also only had one gear.
Crazy? Maybe. Wild? Yes! But if you know Cjell Moné you wouldn't be even a little bit surprised. Cjell is known for his style, flair, and fondness for individuality. Which is represented in everything he does, from how he rides his bike to the bikes he builds at his custom bike factory (which is a truthfully a 1990 Wonderbread Truck). Learn more about Cjell and the beautiful bikes he builds over at MoneBikes.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Bikes for Death podcast. As always, my name is Patrick, |
| 0:05.5 | and I am your host. And on today's episode, I am really excited to bring you a conversation with |
| 0:12.6 | Shell Money, a man that I'm sure needs no introduction, but we'll give them a quick one anyway. |
| 0:20.7 | Shell just set a world record on the Arizona Trail 800, which is actually 840 miles. |
| 0:28.5 | What makes his ride special and a world record is that he rode the entire 840 miles on a custom |
| 0:36.4 | Laroca coaster brake bike. And if you don't remember what |
| 0:40.6 | coaster brakes are, we're going to talk about that in today's episode. But if you know |
| 0:44.6 | anything about the Arizona Trail, it is super gnarly, which makes his ride absolutely |
| 0:49.5 | incredible and impressive and certainly world record worthy. Try saying that 10 times fast. |
| 0:57.3 | Shell is also the owner, founder, and artist behind money bikes where he makes some of the |
| 1:04.2 | sexiest looking bikes on the market. And on today's episode, we are going to be talking all about |
| 1:09.7 | his Arizona Trail world record. |
| 1:12.1 | And we're going to, of course, talk about the bikes that he's building over at Money Bikes. |
| 1:17.1 | But before we get into today's episode, let's take a moment to thank the people that made it |
| 1:22.5 | possible starting with are patrons, if we had any of this week. |
| 1:27.0 | But we don't. And that's okay. But if you would |
| 1:30.5 | like to support these episodes, a great way to do that is over on Patreon. To learn more, |
| 1:36.6 | go to patreon.com forward slash bikes or death. |
| 1:43.5 | And today's episode is also brought to us by my friends over at the Farther Bag Co. |
| 1:50.0 | Whether you're strapping a bag to your bike for a weekend adventure or packing up for your daily commute, |
| 1:57.2 | Farther Bagco has you covered. |
| 2:00.4 | Their handmade small batch bags are built for adventure, made from water-resistant |
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