MTB Podcast - Episode 5 - Special Guest "The Angry Singlespeeder" Kurt Gensheimer

MTB Podcast

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4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2017

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

The always outspoken Kurt Gensheimer (AKA "The Angry Singlespeeder") joins us to answer your questions, opine on the news and give us the local's perspective on Downieville. Topics covered in this episode: • How to use a mountain bike for indoor training • Are rollers outdated? • How to stay motivated throughout the season • How to plan a season of racing • How to make mountain biking less expensive • Are carbon wheels really that good? • How to build up a cheap, durable yet light wheelset • Is the Rockshox RS-1 worth the cost? • What's a better investment: carbon wheels or carbon frame? • Is it possible to be a good climber while living in a flat area? • How to train to be a better climber • Enduro training and racing tips • Lance Armstrong and some of the U.S. Postal Team are racing the 24 Hours of Old Pueblo • GT Marketing Manager Andrew Cho paralyzed: http://www.pinkbike.com/news/wishing-andrew-cho-a-speedy-recovery-2017.html • Old Rampage Site for sale for oil and gas: http://www.pinkbike.com/news/old-rampage-site-for-sale-for-oil-and-gas.html • Scott Sports & Velosolutions Join Forces in 2017: http://www.pinkbike.com/news/scott-sports-and-velosolutions-join-forces-in-2017.html • 2017 EWS Entries Open Next Week: http://www.pinkbike.com/news/2017-enduro-world-series-entries-open-next-week.html • Andrew Neethling retires: http://www.pinkbike.com/news/andrew-neethling-announces-his-retirement-from-racing-2017.html • Anne-Caroline Chausson signs with Commencal: http://www.pinkbike.com/news/anne-caroline-chausson-returns-home-press-release.html • 2017 Trek Factory Racing Roster: http://www.pinkbike.com/news/trek-factory-racing-announces-mtb-roster-for-2017.html • Neko Mulally on YT: http://www.pinkbike.com/news/neko-mulally-joins-the-yt-mob-2017.html • SRAM replaces ODLO as co-sponsor of Scott XC team: http://reviews.mtbr.com/sram-new-co-title-sponsor-of-double-olympic-champ-scott-xc-team • Nate Hills Followcam Friday Best of 2016: http://reviews.mtbr.com/nate-hills-best-of-followcamfriday-2016 • Downieville, The Lost Sierra and Yuba Expeditions: http://www.yubaexpeditions.com • Backcountry ski setups: http://www.blackdiamondequipment.com • Steven's trainer music picks • Mavic Crossmax XL Pro Shoes: https://shop.mavic.com/en-us/crossmax-xl-pro-shoe-d6196.html

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0:00.0	And the Hey everybody welcome to episode 5 of the mountain bike
0:18.1	podcast I'm your host Jonathan Lee with my co-host Stephen Lewis. Hello.
0:23.0	And we have another special guest this week.
0:26.0	He's from Reno.
0:27.0	You've probably read his stuff before, under the name,
0:30.0	The Angry Single Speeder.
0:31.0	What's up, Kurt?
0:32.0	How you doing? Hello, how, how you doing well man? All right,
0:35.2	Kurt Gansheimer, right? Kurt Gansheimer, that's right.
0:38.0	Yeah, is that German? Japanese, okay. Sounds really Japanese, yeah. Sounds. Okay. Sounds really Japanese.
0:43.0	Yeah.
0:44.0	Sounds about right.
0:45.0	Kurt, if you guys haven't read it stuff a lot on MTVR and Bike Mag, I mean in a lot of places,
0:52.0	how would you define what you do, I guess, to give people kind of an introduction?
0:57.4	I am a writer and a writer.
1:01.4	So I write about riding, writer, rider, rider.
1:04.4	Good. That's it.
1:05.8	That's what I do. I mean, I, you know, I'm a freelance journalist and copy writer.
1:11.2	I have clients like in and outside the bike industry, but the past few years... journalist and
1:13.2	copyright I have clients like in and outside the bike industry but the past few years I have
1:15.8	been more and more just focused on doing stuff in the bike industry because that's what I love to do and great people and it's fun.
1:24.8	Yeah, and you do a good job of it too by the way.
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