Groadio - The Premier Gravel Cycling & Racing Podcast

Amanda and Bill are together for a guestless episode to introduce Groadio's new title sponsor, buycyle, and chat about season two of the Life Time Grand Prix's Call of a Life Time series.

Use this link to check out Amanda's Niner bike she has for sale on buycycle along with thousands of other bikes available in the buycycle buyer-protected marketplace. 

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You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

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Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for a free pair of socks.               

Chase Wark joins Amanda and Bill to discuss his race-winning ride at the Rock Cobbler, organizing events and helping build the Minnesota cycling community and his plans for the upcoming gravel season. The conversation ends with another great round of Tuff Takes.

Follow Chase on Instagram at @chasethebiker and @warkscyclingservices.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for a free pair of socks.               

Deanna Mayles joins Amanda and Bill to discuss her fast rise in the gravel world, her beginnings in mountain bike racing, and how she balances a career as an engineer for SRAM with a full racing calendar, including the Life Time Grand Prix. Amanda and Deanna also talk about her recent win at the Rock Cobbler. The conversation ends with another great round of Tuff Takes.

Follow Deanna on Instagram at @Deanna.Mayles.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for a free pair of socks.               

Ted King joins Amanda to discuss his plans for 2024 and how they differ from his past gravel racing seasons. Ted explains that he is training seriously again for the first time since retiring from the World Tour and is coming into this season with more focus. The conversation ends with a great round of Tuff Takes.

Follow Ted on Instagram at @iamtedking. And on his website: www.iamtedking.com and on YouTube at www.youtube.com/@TedKing1.

This week's episode is brought to you by Valley of Tears Gravel, a new event that introduces riders to scenic canyons and the historic Quitaque Peaks. Registration for the event is only $20! Find more information and register at www.valleyoftearsgravel.com. 

Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. Our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor for a limited time by purchasing a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at checkout to get yours today.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for a free pair of socks.               

Amanda chats with Emma Grant on the latest installment of the Midfield Report.

Follow Emma on Instagram at @emgrant1.

If you're listening to this bonus content, please consider becoming a member of the Wide Angle Podium podcast network and supporting Groadio with your membership. If you do that by going to wideanglepodium.com, and sending evidence of your new membership to groadio@gmail.com, we will send you a pair of Groadio socks, courtesy of our friends at Sock Guy.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for free pair of socks.

Micah Rice joins Amanda and Bill to discuss his career path that took him from a professional road racer and team director to head of national events at USA Cycling and finally to gravel and mountain bike race director and consultant. Micah runs the Pikes Peak APEX p/b Rock Shox MTB stage race and is the race director for SBT GRVL and the new Valley of Tears gravel event in Turkey, Texas.

Valley of Tears is a new event that introduces riders to scenic canyons and the historic Quitaque Peaks. Registration for the event is only $20! Find more information and register at www.valleyoftearsgravel.com. 

Follow Valley of Tears at @valleyoftearsgravel

Follow SBT GRVL at @sbtgrvl

and follow APEX Pikes Peak at @pikespeakapex

Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. Our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor for a limited time by purchasing a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at checkout to get yours today.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for a free pair of socks.               

Amanda welcomes Alex Wild to the show to talk about his return to the Life Time Grand Prix, working a full-time job and performing at a pro level on the bike, and balancing life and racing.

Follow Alex on Instagram at @alexwildmtb.

Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. Our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor for a limited time by purchasing a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at checkout to get yours today.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for a free pair of socks.               

Amanda and Bill are joined by Chris Mehlman to preview the 2024 Life Time Grand Prix. We concentrate on who's back, who isn't and the rookies for next year's LTGP. We also talk about the changes we liked from year one to year two and what we look forward to in year three.

Sign up for Chris' newsletter and follow him on Instagram at @cmehlman34.

Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. Our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor for a limited time by purchasing a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at checkout to get yours today.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for a free pair of socks.               

Amanda welcomes Crystal Anthony to the show to talk about her transition from cyclocross racer to Life Time Grand Prix competitor, her experience at World Championships and how that event fits into her greater gravel calendar.

Follow Crystal on Instagram at @crystaljanthony.

Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. Our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor for a limited time by purchasing a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at checkout to get yours today.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for a free pair of socks.               

Amanda welcomes Zach Calton to the show to talk about his time in the Life Time Grand Prix as a climbing specialist mountain biker, how his ninth place at Unbound played out and balancing a full-time job while racing against the best gravel racers in the world.

Follow Zach on Instagram at @zachcalton.

Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. Our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor for a limited time by purchasing a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at checkout to get yours today.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for a free pair of socks.

Amanda welcomes Morgan Aguirre to the show to talk about jumping head-first into gravel racing and her fast ascent from never riding on dirt to racing the world championships. Morgan also talks about relocating to Girona, Spain, and the differences between the US and European gravel scenes.

Follow Morgan on Instagram at @morgan_aguirre.

Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. Our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor for a limited time by purchasing a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at checkout to get yours today.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for a free pair of socks.

Amanda welcomes Hannah Shell to the show to talk about racing the Life Time Grand Prix after spending her entire cycling career on the road. Hannah also talks about the coverage she provided for the women's field at SBT GRVL and her epic adventure at Gravel Worlds.

Follow Hannah on Instagram at @hannahgshell.

Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. Our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor for a limited time by purchasing a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at checkout to get yours today.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for a free pair of socks.

Lance Haidet (Legion of Los Angeles) joins Amanda to chat about how a family move to the Pacific Northwest turned him into a bike racer, the challenges of racing cyclocross in a gravel-dominated calendar, his recent injury struggles, and the demands of the Life Time Grand Prix events. 

Follow Lance on Instagram at @lancy_pants.

If you're listening to this bonus content, please consider becoming a member of the Wide Angle Podium podcast network and supporting Groadio with your membership. If you do that by going to wideanglepodium.com, and sending evidence of your new membership to groadio@gmail.com, we will send you a pair of Groadio socks, courtesy of our friends at Sock Guy.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for free pair of socks.

Pete Stetina returns to Groadio to chat about how gravel racing in the US has changed in the past few years, his new approach to the evolution of the sport, and how Unbound and Crusher in the Tushar played out.

You can follow Pete at @pstetina.

Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. Our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor for a limited time by purchasing a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at checkout to get yours today.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for a free pair of socks.

2023 Unbound 200 winner Keegan Swenson (Santa Cruz Hit Squad) joins Amanda and Bill to chat about his early racing career and chasing success in international cross-country mountain biking, his transition to an endurance athlete and gravel racer and how this year's Unbound played out. Along with his Unbound victory, Keegan has a closet full of national champion jerseys from XCO, XCC and marathon MTB as well as wins at Leadville 100, Telluride 100, Breckenridge Epic, and Pikes Peak Apex.

Follow Keegan on Instagram at @keegels99. 

This episode is sponsored by Mammoth Tuff. Join Amanda and Dave Sheek September 15-17 in Mammoth, CA, for what some are saying (read: Dave) is the hardest 100 miles on gravel, anywhere. Find your tuff at this year's event, which includes not only great riding in California's Eastern Sierra but also a  beer run on Friday and live music on Saturday. For more information and links to registration, go to www.tuff.ventures/mtuff.

Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. Our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor for a limited time by purchasing a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at checkout to get yours today.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for a free pair of socks.

Sarah Lange (Velocio Exploro) joins Amanda and Bill to chat about finding bikes and gravel riding during the pandemic, her early gravel racing career success, and her fifth-place finish at the 2023 Unbound Gravel 200. 

Follow Sarah on Instagram at @sarahwlange.

Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. For a limited time, our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at checkout to get yours today.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for a free pair of socks.

Tobin Ortenblad joins Amanda and Bill for a raucous episode of The Midfield Report, our bonus content focusing on riders of note in the middle of the gravel pack. This episode was recorded a week after Tobin finished 18th at Unbound. Ortenblad made his name as a top cyclocross racer in the US before joining the Santa Cruz Hit Squad and tackling the biggest gravel and MTB races in the country. This is a good one, y'all. 

Follow Tobin on Instagram at @mctubbbin.

If you're listening to this bonus content, please consider becoming a member of the Wide Angle Podium podcast network and supporting Groadio with your membership. If you do that by going to wideanglepodium.com, and sending evidence of your new membership to groadio@gmail.com, we will send you a pair of Groadio socks, courtesy of our friends at Sock Guy.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for free pair of socks.

Carolin Schiff, 2023 Unbound 200 Champ, joins Amanda and Bill to talk about her history racing cyclocross in America and how she met Amanda, putting road racing behind her to become a   gravel pro, and how she dominated the 2023 Unbound 200 race.

You can follow Carolin on Instagram at @carolinschiff.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. For a limited time, our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at checkout to get yours today.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for a free pair of socks.

Former Unbound Champ and Gravel Hall of Fame inductee Yuri Hauswald joins Amanda (also former Unbound Champ) and Bill to chat about this year's 200-mile Unbound race. We talk mud, sprints, mobile phones, paint sticks, and so much more.

Follow Yuri at @yhauswald.

Stay tuned for more Unbound coverage, including 100 and 350XL coverage and a new Midfield Report.

Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. For a limited time, our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at checkout to get yours today.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for a free pair of socks.

Amanda and Bill chat about the latest gravel beef that reared its head at Gravel Locos before unveiling our "Who's Going to Crush It at Unbound Power Rankings." 

Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. For a limited time, our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at checkout to get yours today.

You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show on Twitter @groadio and also on Instagram at @groadio.

Email the show at groadio@gmail.com.

Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute. If you join and support Groadio, screenshot your receipt and send it to groadio@gmail.com for a free pair of socks.