Episode 42: Colin Strickland — Dirty Kanza 200 winner

King of the Ride

Ted King

Sports, Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

On the eve of The Rift gravel race in Iceland, Colin Strickland and Ted sit down to a frosty beer and lively conversation. Covering the obvious topics like how Colin got into cycling, the convo veers to topics like his environmental studies major, on-air taste testing Icelandic fish jerky, and what it's like managing the first professional gravel cycling team. Colin is a scholar and this conversation is a great one. Colin comes from the fixed gear racing world and has segued those lightning fast criterium laps to a win at the 2019 Dirty Kanza 200. This podcast is presented by The Feed. For a personally curated box by Ted, featuring the nutrition he reaches for every day with a 15% savings visit www.thefeed.com/king or simply use the code king10 for 10% off everything else storewide. Upcoming events as Ted talks about early in the pod: September 21: www.PeachamFallFondo.com October 13: www.unPAvedPennsylvania.com October 19: www.KingChallenge.org If you'd like to support my King Challenge ride, you can do so here: https://www.pledgereg.com/229373

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0:00.0	The world of marketing has changed and I mean I consider us as equal parts a marketing entity as a
0:08.3	bike racing entity because you really have to, you know, I feel like that's all the, all the
0:15.0	support we receive as bike racers is marketing budgets. It comes from marketing budgets. And if we're
0:20.5	not really, you know, doing
0:21.7	effective work for our partners to inspire people to have a positive impression of these companies,
0:29.0	then we're not doing our jobs.
0:32.9	Hey, everybody. Welcome back to another episode of King of the ride podcast ted king here your host today
0:40.4	and always on king of the ride let's just jump right into it our guest today Colin
0:46.2	strickland dirty canza 200 winner a short while back in june of 2019 that Colin Strickland, my friends.
0:56.0	Also, the Champion Red Bull sponsored Fixed Gear Racer,
1:00.2	the Environmental Studies Major,
1:02.1	the Texan who was just trying not to inherit a junker car,
1:06.5	and therefore rode a bike to get around,
1:08.2	the manager of what just might be the first professional gravel team,
1:12.2	that Colin Strickland,
1:14.2	he and I had the chance to catch up and talk these aspects of his life,
1:19.4	but way beyond these while we were in Iceland, of all places.
1:25.0	Colin and I raced the rift in Iceland back in late July,
1:28.3	staying in the beautiful Ranga Hotel in the town of Hella, Iceland, outside of Hospicevaller.
1:37.3	On the eve of the race, Colin and I had the chance to chat for nearly an hour,
1:41.3	which to be honest is nearly an hour more than Colin and I have
1:44.5	ever chatted before. I definitely enjoyed the conversation. He and I have made small talk over
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