Episode 61: Geoff Kabush — Professional Cyclist of All Stripes, 3x Olympian 15x National Champion, Victor of One of Few Bikes Races in 2020

King of the Ride

Ted King

Sports, Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On a pleasant Friday afternoon in early May, Geoff and Ted cracked into bottles of Chimay beer, raised a glass, and sipped and chatted... from across a computer screen and across the country. At his US home in Truckee, CA, Geoff Kabush tells tales that are quite frankly of legend -- and that legend spans more than two decades of professional cycling. From his time at three Olympic games, to how it came to be that he went head to head against Yao Ming in 2008 in Beijing to how he came about with this legendary Coach K cyclocross training techniques, we'll discuss a crazy ride at the Tour of Cuba, his time of Jittery Joes in a US Postal/Discovery Channel era at the Tour of Georgia, where the Dopers Suck campaign came from, chat about his brief but successful running career, who his heroes are from cycling, and much more. Be sure to check out the YouTube video to see the amazing and hilarious anecdotes from this show: https://youtu.be/UzFUveyGZSU Join the #DIYgravel revolution at www.iamtedking.com/diygravel

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0:00.0	Hey there and welcome back. All you King of the Ride podcast listeners and viewers. That's right.
0:12.2	We are a videocast. Head on over to Ted King on YouTube. I still find that strange to say
0:18.5	that I have a YouTube channel, but check it out.
0:26.4	Check out this episode for your visual entertainment. This episode in particular has some incredible video clips, hilarious little snippets. I just wrapped up editing it. It is well worth
0:32.4	your while to check that one out. Our guest today, Jeff Kibush.
0:39.5	Surely you know his name.
0:42.3	You might even remember his amazing mutton chops.
0:46.4	Jeff is a three-time Olympian, 15-time national champion.
0:50.9	He's adept in literally all aspects of bike racing.
0:55.8	He can tear your legs off in a cross-country race, as much as you're going to see him at an enduro.
0:58.8	These days, he is dabbling in gravel.
0:59.9	Jeff does it all,
1:03.7	including winning hill climb running races.
1:05.1	Yeah, independent of the bike.
1:06.4	Push-up competitions.
1:08.3	Going head to head, ladies and gentlemen,
1:11.4	with Yao Ming at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
1:14.1	Stay tuned for that story, because it is a stunner.
1:21.8	We're going to explore the genesis of the doper's suck campaign, how it all came about, how it was well received, how it was sometimes not so well received.
1:26.1	We'll talk contemporary sports, hockey, of course, being that Jeff is a Canadian.
1:30.8	We'll talk about tricking out car tires and the absolutely crazy adventure that is bike racing in Latin America at the Tour of Cuba.
1:40.1	We're going to talk about how his career has spanned from the year 2000 and before as an Olympian to still kicking ass and gravel in the year 2020.
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