Ep. 22 - Kerry Staite, the "Mad Scientist" at kLite

Bikes or Death

Patrick Farnsworth

Sports, Health & Fitness, Wilderness

4.8 • 563 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2019

⏱️ 149 minutes

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Summary

Kerry Staite is the owner and founder of kLite. I've been a customer of his for a couple of years and have followed him on social media (@klite_dynamo_power on Instagram) with growing curiosity. It was this post that made me reach out to him immediately:

"This is ME, I am kLite
I wear no shirt of social conformity.
I wear no hat to hide my hairless shame
I am flesh and blood, I am free to be me.
I am kLite" ~ Kerry Staite

I pictured him as a mad scientist inventing cool electronic gadgets that are beyond my ability to comprehend. While I do still see him as a mad scientist type, he does an excellent job of explaining his products and how they work.

After interviewing him for two hours I can confirm the statement he made in that Instagram post, "I am free to be me." He shared his ideas and perspectives without hesitation or fear of any backlash. It was refreshing.

It was also informative. He is a wealth of bike and life knowledge that has come through a lifetime of experiences. I learned a lot and truly enjoyed our conversation.

My favorite quote from the podcast was, "I don't give a shit if all I have is a bag of rice. As long as I get to do something I love that makes me happy."

We will be recording another episode in the near future. If you have some questions for Kerry drop them in the comment section below and I'll get you answers!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome to the Bikes for Death podcast. My name is Patrick, and I'm your host.
0:05.5	This is a show that talks about bikepacking, adventuring, and the cool people who participate.
0:11.0	And as always, this episode is no exception. Today I have Kerry State, who is the owner, founder, and chief mad scientist of K-Light.
0:24.8	So Kerry is a really interesting guy.
0:28.6	I kind of got bits and pieces of that from following him on social media.
0:34.0	But his true personality really showed itself on this episode, I think.
0:40.2	It was a ton of fun.
0:42.6	You know, Kerry is his own man.
0:44.6	He even does his own introduction on the show.
0:47.9	It's quite entertaining, so I'll let you listen to that.
0:52.7	But, you know, I really enjoyed talking to him.
0:55.8	I loved his ability to share without hesitation or any kind of fear of backlash.
1:02.8	It's just refreshing.
1:04.3	You know, he owns a company and he could be, like, guarded and careful about which
1:09.2	words he said and not to cuss and to just try to come across really polished and all that.
1:15.8	And he just did.
1:17.2	And he was just like, fuck it.
1:18.3	This is me.
1:19.2	This is what it is.
1:20.7	And here it is.
1:22.6	So it was quite refreshing, honestly.
1:25.3	It was great.
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