The Origins of a Champion - Mountain Biker Tinker Juarez / LA RUTA

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

“I chased the pain,” says mountain biking legend Tinker Juarez (@dtinkerj), who has spent nearly 40 years atop the world of cycling. Spartan Up La Ruta series host Roy M. Wallack (@roywallack) - author of Bike for Life: How to Ride to 100 - talks with Tinker about his career, how Tinker has achieved longevity in the sport and advice on how to grow your own career.

In this episode you’ll learn:

Firsthand, the early days of BMX and how mountain biking grew into a mainstream, extreme sport
Tinker’s transition from BMX to mountain biking
Tinker’s mindset of “chase the pain” and why it’s enabled him to have a sense of fulfillment in life
Why the transition to 24-hour races and how Tinker manages fear during a race

Background: David "Tinker" Juarez is a 2x Olympian, former professional BMX racer and is one of the most decorated mountain bike racers of all time. Juarez got his start in BMX racing when he was just 16. For the next 10 years, built an impressive career in BMX, but then mountain biking pulled him in a different direction. Today, Juarez is still racing for Cannondale, his bike sponsor since 1994, and racing at the elite pro level most weekends of the season.

Hear more about La Ruta, the world's hardest mountain-bike race, on Roy's Bike for Life Stories podcast: https://roywallack.wixsite.com/bikeforlifestories

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Transcript

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0:00.0	That's kind of when I realized that I you know I have some endurance in me
0:04.4	You know because everything was still new to me in mountain biking. I just wanted to try any new event that sounded really exciting and
0:12.1	Welcome to the Larrututa series on Spartan Up podcast with host Roy Wallach.
0:17.0	Today we have the honor of being able to talk to one of the true legends of mountain biking who's also done Larruta seven or eight times.
0:27.0	Tinker Warez.
0:29.0	This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Optimize, a service created by our friend Brian Johnson.
0:34.0	If you want more wisdom in less time, go to Optimize. me slash Spartan up.
0:39.0	You can start a free two-week trial there, and then use the code Spartan to save 10% off a monthly or annual
0:45.0	membership.
0:47.8	So welcome Tinker, good to have you.
0:50.8	Good talking to you Roy.
0:52.0	How's everything?
0:53.0	Great. Now let me ask you the first thing, apart from just all the stuff you've done and your
1:00.0	longevity and the sport and all that, you are almost as well known for your hair.
1:05.3	So that hair, how did it happen?
1:09.3	How did you develop a dreadlock style?
1:11.7	What was, what were you thinking?
1:14.4	Well, they have dreadlocks, you don't really have to think much. You know, one thing you
1:20.4	just let your hair just get into big water knots you know I I never had any any
1:28.8	dreams of having dreadlocks and it just happened. I've always wore a hat after
1:36.1	after riding I take off my helmet and I put on a hat so maybe start it that way
1:40.9	just you know because I never take off my hat and my hair just
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