Episode 69 - Crank Length, Flats vs. Clips, Oval Chainrings, Skinwalls & More

MTB Podcast

Worldwide Cyclery

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4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2019

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan and Steven cover news including the beautiful new Intense M29 and "interesting" YT Jeffsy 29 release, plus a great set of questions from listeners including crank arm length, oval chainrings, flats vs. clips, skinwall tires and getting more kids on bikes. Thanks for listening and enjoy! –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Topics covered in this episode: - Jonathan's ski trip at @PowderCreekLodge : https://www.instagram.com/powdercreeklodge - The new YT Jeffsy 29: https://www.vitalmtb.com/interstitial?page=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vitalmtb.com%2Fvideos%2Fmember%2FNEW-YT-JEFFSY-VIDEO-WITH-CHRISTOPHER-WALKEN%2C36233%2Fsspomer%2C2 - Intense's gorgeous M29 downhill bike: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/review-intense-m29.html - Pinarello Go Bang (e-bike fire): https://www.pinkbike.com/news/video-bike-explodes-as-aftermarket-motor-catches-fire.html - Fox Transfer 175mm Dropper: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/press-release-fox-announces-175mm-transfer-dropper-post.htm - Cannondale Sessions w/Josh Bryceland and Crew: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/josh-bryceland-and-squad-form-the-cannondale-sessions.html - Does crank length really matter? - How crank length affects cadence and power output - Are downcountry and trail bikes too similar? - Why coil shocks can work on most bikes - Tips for helping kids enjoy riding - The benefits and drawbacks to oval rings - A fashionista's guide to skinwall tires - How to make a Rockshox Reverb more reliable - Why clips vs. flats is a silly debate - New trail bike choices - Power meter options for fat bikes - A guide to understanding dirt types –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– The MTB Podcast is presented by Worldwide Cyclery, the online retailer for serious mountain bikers. Head over to www.MTBpodcast.com/store/ to get your parts, accessories and MTB Podcast swag.

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0:00.0	And Hey everybody. Welcome to episode 69 of the Mountain Bike Podcast
0:18.0	presented by Worldwide Cyclery. Hi, how you doing Steve? I'm good. I'm
0:21.5	Jonathan. One of your co-host here. Stephen and I co-host this mountain bike podcast. We absolutely love it. We do. We're back in the studio.
0:28.6	Thanks to worldwide cyclery first and foremost for supporting the show pretty awesome place you can go to
0:35.2	store or go to mtv podcast dot com go to the store then click the worldwide cyclery manner
0:40.1	then a cut of that gets sent into the podcast.
0:43.0	But the thing that I want to mention really quick
0:45.0	is they have been putting out a massive amount of content recently.
0:48.0	They have some really good stuff.
0:50.0	They even had basically an ask me anything with their CEO Jeff we can attest to the shred
0:55.1	factor of Jeff it's very high yes the shred quotient is high it's like 11 out of 10 yeah
0:59.6	I've seen his dirt unibrow yeah Yeah. Yeah he's a
1:02.6	pictures just ask he and a ton of the employees there they all know what they're
1:06.2	doing. Yes they do. Really good folks and then this type of place where it's not
1:10.1	just like some online retail place where you talk to some guy that's who
1:13.6	knows where in the world on customer support and he's never worked on bikes
1:16.8	before right sells part numbers all of these people are extremely you know adept
1:21.5	riders I know what they're doing.
1:23.2	They're eager to answer questions.
1:24.4	Anyways, for those of you that are loyal listeners of the podcast,
1:27.2	you already know this.
1:28.0	But we get new listeners all the time.
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