The Gravel Lot

Subscribe to The Gravel Lot. Social Media: Patreon - Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube - Streamlabs The Art of Being a Pebble: A TGL Manifesto Be Free Ride Bikes: The best kit on the market, customized to YOUR specifications. Grimpeur Brothers Coffee: Support amazing people doing amazing things in bikes while feeding your caffeine habit! Handup Gloves: Use code "PEBBLE$" for 10% off EVERYTHING in store. Visit The Gravel Lot website for our latest podcast, Real Talk videos, Bonus Content, shop, social media, and everything in between. Support The Gravel Lot on Streamlabs Or Donate to TGL here Our intro and outro music is from WatR, so many thanks to him for the jams, check him out on all the major platforms! https://soundcloud.com/itswatr Special Thanks to Justin Balog and Mixed Media Machine

Jake Wells joins us this week wearing a new hat. In addition to being an athlete, business owner, coach, and mentor... He is now a race promoter. We cover Jake's journey through the pandemic and how that birthed Bighorn Gravel, and how you can win a dream gravel weekend courtesy of Outside Magazine and Bighorn Gravel... Learn more about Bighorn Gravel Register NOW Subscribe to The Gravel Lot. Social Media: Patreon - Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube - Streamlabs The Art of Being a Pebble: A TGL Manifesto Be Free Ride Bikes: The best kit on the market, customized to YOUR specifications. Grimpeur Brothers Coffee: Support amazing people doing amazing things in bikes while feeding your caffeine habit! Handup Gloves: Use code "PEBBLE$" for 10% off EVERYTHING in store. Visit The Gravel Lot website for our latest podcast, Real Talk videos, Bonus Content, shop, social media, and everything in between. Support The Gravel Lot on Streamlabs Or Donate to TGL here Our intro and outro music is from WatR, so many thanks to him for the jams, check him out on all the major platforms! https://soundcloud.com/itswatr Special Thanks to Justin Balog and Mixed Media Machine

Joining us for another lap in The Gravel Lot today is Tara Seplavy. This week we talk about her new role at Bicycling Magazine and what the current media landscape looks like. We then make a big transition into Traumatic Brain Injuries and have a very candid conversation about looking out for each other. This episode is a can't miss. Photo: Trevor Raab Support James' Family Subscribe to The Gravel Lot. Social Media: Patreon - Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube - Streamlabs The Art of Being a Pebble: A TGL Manifesto Be Free Ride Bikes: The best kit on the market, customized to YOUR specifications. Grimpeur Brothers Coffee: Support amazing people doing amazing things in bikes while feeding your caffeine habit! Handup Gloves: Use code "PEBBLE$" for 10% off EVERYTHING in store. Visit The Gravel Lot website for our latest podcast, Real Talk videos, Bonus Content, shop, social media, and everything in between. Support The Gravel Lot on Streamlabs Or Donate to TGL here Our intro and outro music is from WatR, so many thanks to him for the jams, check him out on all the major platforms! https://soundcloud.com/itswatr Special Thanks to Justin Balog and Mixed Media Machine

Today, we are being joined by Kate Weatherly: A professional rider and human from the opposite side of the globe. After securing multiple New Zealand Downhill national championships, she's now focusing on Enduro, she is also a full-time medical products design engineer, and an all-together rad human being! We dig into her life, challenges, and what her future looks like on this week's episode of TGL. Photo: Keith Valentine Subscribe to The Gravel Lot. Social Media: Patreon - Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube - Streamlabs The Art of Being a Pebble: A TGL Manifesto Be Free Ride Bikes: The best kit on the market, customized to YOUR specifications. Grimpeur Brothers Coffee: Support amazing people doing amazing things in bikes while feeding your caffeine habit! Handup Gloves: Use code "PEBBLE$" for 10% off EVERYTHING in store. Visit The Gravel Lot website for our latest podcast, Real Talk videos, Bonus Content, shop, social media, and everything in between. Support The Gravel Lot on Streamlabs Or Donate to TGL here Our intro and outro music is from WatR, so many thanks to him for the jams, check him out on all the major platforms! https://soundcloud.com/itswatr Special Thanks to Justin Balog and Mixed Media Machine

This week is a good old fashioned TGL throwback episode where we talk to a pro and follow along their career path. But, in classic TGL form, we don't talk about power metrics, or UCI points, but instead we discuss dyslexia and overcoming hurdles. Chris Schroeder has a very unique stance on the future of bike racing and we could not be happier to give him the opportunity to talk about Dimond Factory Racing with us. Follow Dimond Factory Racing Subscribe to The Gravel Lot. Social Media: Patreon - Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube - Streamlabs The Art of Being a Pebble: A TGL Manifesto Be Free Ride Bikes: The best kit on the market, customized to YOUR specifications. Grimpeur Brothers Coffee: Support amazing people doing amazing things in bikes while feeding your caffeine habit! Handup Gloves: Use code "PEBBLE$" for 10% off EVERYTHING in store. Visit The Gravel Lot website for our latest podcast, Real Talk videos, Bonus Content, shop, social media, and everything in between. Support The Gravel Lot on Streamlabs Or Donate to TGL here Our intro and outro music is from WatR, so many thanks to him for the jams, check him out on all the major platforms! https://soundcloud.com/itswatr Special Thanks to Justin Balog and Mixed Media Machine

This week is a little different. Since you just had the two of us last week, we are bringing in the big guns this week and we have a man who has climbed many a mountain in his life. Financial industry, Corporate America, becoming a multi-time ironman, a writer, an advocate, and so many other things. He came into our sphere because of his book entitled "Cycle for Lives", but we are going to give him the full TGL treatment. Buy Cycle of Lives today! Subscribe to The Gravel Lot. Social Media: Patreon - Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube - Streamlabs The Art of Being a Pebble: A TGL Manifesto Be Free Ride Bikes: The best kit on the market, customized to YOUR specifications. Grimpeur Brothers Coffee: Support amazing people doing amazing things in bikes while feeding your caffeine habit! Handup Gloves: Use code "PEBBLE$" for 10% off EVERYTHING in store. Visit The Gravel Lot website for our latest podcast, Real Talk videos, Bonus Content, shop, social media, and everything in between. Support The Gravel Lot on Streamlabs Or Donate to TGL here Our intro and outro music is from WatR, so many thanks to him for the jams, check him out on all the major platforms! https://soundcloud.com/itswatr Special Thanks to Justin Balog and Mixed Media Machine

We have had the very unique experience of seeing how bikes have influenced the lived experience of a great number (and diversity) of people. So, we been accumulating your questions over the last few months and figured we would answer them ON the show. So we've got some fun ones, some serious ones, and well, certainly some unserious ones. Subscribe to The Gravel Lot. Social Media: Patreon - Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube - Streamlabs The Art of Being a Pebble: A TGL Manifesto Be Free Ride Bikes: The best kit on the market, customized to YOUR specifications. Grimpeur Brothers Coffee: Support amazing people doing amazing things in bikes while feeding your caffeine habit! Handup Gloves: Use code "PEBBLE$" for 10% off EVERYTHING in store. Visit The Gravel Lot website for our latest podcast, Real Talk videos, Bonus Content, shop, social media, and everything in between. Support The Gravel Lot on Streamlabs Or Donate to TGL here Our intro and outro music is from WatR, so many thanks to him for the jams, check him out on all the major platforms! https://soundcloud.com/itswatr Special Thanks to Justin Balog and Mixed Media Machine

This week we are talking ZINES... And mental health, speaking your truth, and of course bikes: Christina Torres is writer, editor, zinester of CYCLISTA ZINE + BIKE TALK, and has been referred to as: The feminist critique to cycling culture. Of course, we are going to get into the love of bikes, where it came from, and where it's all going. Support Cyclista Zine today! Subscribe to The Gravel Lot. Social Media: Patreon - Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube - Streamlabs The Art of Being a Pebble: A TGL Manifesto Be Free Ride Bikes: The best kit on the market, customized to YOUR specifications. Grimpeur Brothers Coffee: Support amazing people doing amazing things in bikes while feeding your caffeine habit! Handup Gloves: Use code "PEBBLE$" for 10% off EVERYTHING in store. Visit The Gravel Lot website for our latest podcast, Real Talk videos, Bonus Content, shop, social media, and everything in between. Support The Gravel Lot on Streamlabs Or Donate to TGL here Our intro and outro music is from WatR, so many thanks to him for the jams, check him out on all the major platforms! https://soundcloud.com/itswatr Special Thanks to Justin Balog and Mixed Media Machine

Today we are joined by yet another guest delivered by The Pebbles. Kyle Johnson wrote his dream of racing bikes in Belgium on a poster board when he was 9 years old, and less than 10 years later, he was delivering on his dream. After having his life and career up-ended by the pandemic, he has spent the last year putting the pieces back together like many of us have. Enjoy the chat, and be sure to submit your comments and questions and follow along live with Kyle Johnson, bike racer, UCI race winner, and fellow Pebble. Subscribe to The Gravel Lot. Social Media: Patreon - Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube - Streamlabs The Art of Being a Pebble: A TGL Manifesto Be Free Ride Bikes: The best kit on the market, customized to YOUR specifications. Grimpeur Brothers Coffee: Support amazing people doing amazing things in bikes while feeding your caffeine habit! Handup Gloves: Use code "PEBBLE$" for 10% off EVERYTHING in store. Visit The Gravel Lot website for our latest podcast, Real Talk videos, Bonus Content, shop, social media, and everything in between. Support The Gravel Lot on Streamlabs Or Donate to TGL here Our intro and outro music is from WatR, so many thanks to him for the jams, check him out on all the major platforms! https://soundcloud.com/itswatr Special Thanks to Justin Balog and Mixed Media Machine

Mike Finnegan rode his bicycle across the United States to raise money for his youth wellness scholarship charity. The thing is, traversing the entire country is probably the least interesting thing about his life and career. Tune in this week to learn why Mike Finnegan is the Gym Teacher that we all deserved to have while in school. Subscribe to The Gravel Lot. Social Media: Patreon - Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube - Streamlabs The Art of Being a Pebble: A TGL Manifesto Be Free Ride Bikes: The best kit on the market, customized to YOUR specifications. Grimpeur Brothers Coffee: Support amazing people doing amazing things in bikes while feeding your caffeine habit! Handup Gloves: Use code "PEBBLE$" for 10% off EVERYTHING in store. Visit The Gravel Lot website for our latest podcast, Real Talk videos, Bonus Content, shop, social media, and everything in between. Support The Gravel Lot on Streamlabs Or Donate to TGL here Our intro and outro music is from WatR, so many thanks to him for the jams, check him out on all the major platforms! https://soundcloud.com/itswatr Special Thanks to Justin Balog and Mixed Media Machine