Flat Pedals and a Hardtail: Does Equipment Matter When Learning MTB Skills?
Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast
Singletracks.com
4.7 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2023
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Angi Weston is the founder of Radical Roots MTB, a group that provides "fun, safe, mountain bike skills progression" through various lessons, programs, events, and group rides. In addition to working with riders, Angi also trains MTB skills coaches and is based in Bellingham, WA.
- What led you to launch Radical Roots in 2018?
- What can riders learn from riding flats that they can't learn riding clipless pedals?
- Do you think it's better to learn skills on a hardtail than a FS bike?
- Are the junior riders you work with looking to develop different skills from the adults that attend your other camps?
- How much does having a good mountain bike contribute to rider confidence, and perhaps even skill? How do you know if you need to upgrade your skills vs. your bike?
- What are the skills your students are most interested in learning? Is there a fundamental skill or skills everyone should learn first?
- What are the skills you're working on personally? Are there things you wish you could do better?
- What makes someone a successful MTB skills coach?
Visit radicalrootsmtb.com to connect with Angi and find out about upcoming clinics.
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| 0:00.0 | The Single Tracks podcast is brought to you by TPC, the Proz Closet. |
| 0:05.7 | Now is the perfect time to upgrade, and TPC has an industry-leading selection of new and certified |
| 0:11.9 | pre-owned bikes, plus frames, wheels, and accessories. Each certified pre-owned bike is inspected, |
| 0:19.0 | tested, and serviced, and every bike includes 30-day returns. |
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| 0:37.8 | And look for the link and coupon code in the show notes. |
| 0:41.9 | Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. |
| 0:44.8 | My name is Jeff. |
| 0:46.3 | And today my guest is Angie Weston. |
| 0:49.1 | Angie is the founder of Radical Roots MTB, a group that provides fun, safe, mountain bike skills progression |
| 0:56.3 | through various lessons, programs, events, and group rides. In addition to working with riders, |
| 1:02.4 | Angie also trains skills coaches and is based in Bellingham, Washington. Thanks for joining us, Angie. |
| 1:09.2 | Thanks so much for having me. I'm stoked to be here. |
| 1:11.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:12.3 | So tell us how did you first get into mountain biking? |
| 1:15.9 | So kind of a funny path to get me here. |
| 1:20.9 | I was a sophomore in college here at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington. |
| 1:27.9 | And I just grew up like Seattle, Tacoma, Suburbs area of Washington. So I was staying in state, |
| 1:33.2 | come up here to go to school. Second year in, I didn't get my financial aid check one quarter |
| 1:38.4 | and kind of panicked. And I realized that I was two credits short for their requirements. And I really didn't want to add |
| 1:45.5 | another textbook heavy class to my schedule that quarter. And so I scrolled for PE classes |
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