Hello and welcome to the Bikes Sword Death podcast. My name is Patrick and I'm your host.

And this is the podcast that talks about bikepacking, adventuring, and the cool people to make up the sport.

Today I was fortunate enough to sit down with Indiana Jones, Indiana Schultz here in my kitchen actually in my dining room.

He's back to do the Grand Gravel 500, and that actually kicks off tomorrow, at least when we're

recording it.

It'll probably come out here in about a week.

But last year, he showed up in a pink tutu and a mohawk and full tats and I didn't know Indy, but I was

definitely like, he piqued my curiosity and he wound up winning the race and setting a course

record.

But beyond that, man, he's honestly a really genuine person.

He's very thoughtful.

He's passionate about life, passionate about

riding bikes, and I really, really enjoyed talking to him. I've enjoyed getting to know

him a little bit on a personal level too. Super good dude. So without further ado, let's get to it.

I came in the door. I said it before. I never let the mic mangotize me no more for this get to it. All right, man, so today I'm sitting down with your real name.

It is your real name.

It is not.

Yeah.

So what, Indy, Indiana, last year at the 500, you were

Squirrely Indy? Sparkle on, Indy. Oh, okay. Yeah. And that was just a shout out for my friend Amanda,

who had passed away from cancer. So, yeah, yeah, no, it's okay. Sparkle on. It's, you know,

I smile when I think of her and she loved glitter and stuff like that. So, you know, the gravel grand is something. It's a, it's a fun race. So I try not to take myself too seriously. Yeah. Yeah. What about Jerry Smith? Who's that? Jerry Smith is from a cartoon, Rick and Morty. and same thing. I'm just out here to have fun.

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