MTB Podcast - Episode 60 - Bike Nerdery with Geoff Kabush

MTB Podcast

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4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2018

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

This week's podcast features a conversation with Yeti Cycles' Geoff Kabush and Jonathan, taken from an episode of TrainerRoad's Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast. The discussions covers everything from equipment and nutrition, to training and technique, plus one awesome story about the massive Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming and an Olympic pin. Tune in and enjoy the nerdery! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE • Are aero bars beneficial in gravel racing? • Is gravel racing just a marketing scheme? • How Geoff maintains fitness throughout the year • Keeping motivation throughout each year of racing • Racing and training as an aging athlete • How Geoff has become such a great technical rider • Pre-riding the Continental EWS Northstar course • How do you recon a technical section of trail? • What would Geoff change for Dirty Kanza next year? • Advice on riding muddy conditions • Cadence comparison on mountain vs. road • Having confidence and controlling traction with your front tire • Tire discussion with Geoff • Geoff's opinion on the new Fox StepCast 34 mountain bike fork • Geoff's XC bike setup • Why is Di2 so beneficial for mountain bike racing? • Geoff's tips and tricks for racing the BC Bike Race ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 and welcome to another episode of the Mountain Bike Podcast.
0:17.8	This one is going to be a little bit different as you can tell it's just me, no Stephen,
0:22.1	and in this case I'm actually going to post an interview
0:24.3	that was done on the other podcast that I host,
0:27.3	the trainer roads Ask a Cycling Coach podcast.
0:30.0	And the reason that I'm gonna post this
0:31.3	is because it was with Jeff Gabush.
0:33.6	Now usually we're a bit more nerdy on that podcast and we get into all the details of
0:38.0	training and science and everything else.
0:40.0	But we covered a whole range of different things with the three-time Olympian that rides for
0:44.6	Yeti, Shimano, Maxis, Oakley, geez, a whole other bunch of other companies.
0:50.2	I probably shouldn't have mentioned any because I probably just got some angry but anyways he's an absolute legend
0:55.1	15-time Canadian national champion three-time Olympian like I said a heck of a
1:00.0	rider and we cover everything that he does in terms of you know training or equipment
1:04.1	plenty of different details so I figured it would be of interest to all of us here on the
1:08.4	mountain bike podcast as well a bit nerdy but yeah bear with us through it and I think that you'll enjoy it and you'll learn a ton.
1:14.7	So without further ado here's Jeff and I.
1:17.3	Welcome to the podcast is dedicated to making you a faster cyclist the Ask
1:21.0	a Cycling Coach podcast presented by Trainer Road.
1:23.6	I'm Coach Jonathan Lee and I don't have our head coach Tad Timmerman or our CEO,
1:28.1	Nate Pearson. Instead, I have just one special guest with us here in studio and that's three-time Olympian
1:33.9	15-time Canadian national champion multi-time BC bike race champion and plenty
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