Groadio - The Premier Gravel Cycling & Racing Podcast

Chelsea Bolton joins Amanda to chat about the switch from competitive runner to competitive cyclist, how her partnership with Ventum transpired, the early success she found racing gravel and her struggles in the first round of the LifeTime Grand Prix at Sea Otter.

Follow Chelsea on Instagram at @chels.bolton.

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.

Cecily Decker and Jonas Woodruff are Amanda's latest guests on The Midfield Report, our bonus content focusing on riders of note in the middle of the gravel pack. Amanda chatted with Cecily about her transition from ski racing to bike racing and the success she has found racing gravel and on the road. Amanda and Jonas talk about being a young gun and mixing it up with some of the top racers in the world at BWR before recapping the Sea Otter El Fuego race. 

Follow Cecily on Instagram at @cecily_decker.

Follow Jonas on Instagram at @jonaswoodruff_.

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.

Amy Charity is the co-founder and owner of SBT GRVL and founder/partner of FNLD GRVL.  Ryan Steers is the marketing director for SBT GRVL and FNLD GRVL. Amanda chats with Amy and Ryan about their transition from bike racers to event organizers, what SBT GRVL will look like without Leadville happening the day before, the exciting premiere of FNLD GRVL presented by Alfa Romeo F1 Team and Kick and GRVL's upcoming gravel tour in Portugal. We also have a cameo appearance from episode 60 guest Alexey Vermeulen.

Find out more about SBT GRVL at www.sbtgrvl.com and follow on Instagram at @sbtgrvl. Find more on FNLD GRVL at www.fnldgrvl.com  and follow the event at @fnldgrvl.

Follow Amy on Instagram at @amymcharity.

Follow Ryan at @rsteers. 

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.

US Cyclocross National Champion Curtis White joined Amanda at Sea Otter to chat about the transition from cyclocross to gravel racing. Amanda and Curtis also talk about attention to detail in racing, the challenges of building your brand, and how cyclocross racing can make you a better gravel racer.

Follow Curtis on Instagram at @curtisjwhite and listen to Curtis' In The Red podcast at podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-red-with-curtis-white/id1542980516.

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.

Professional gravel cyclist Paige Onweller joined Amanda at Sea Otter to chat about the transition from runner, physician's assistant, and Zwift racer, to full-time gravel professional. Amanda and Paige talk about Belgian Waffle Ride California, the evolving gravel scene, the Life Time Grand Prix and equality in sport.

Follow Paige on Instagram at @paigepowered and follow her blog at www.paigepowered.com.

Big thanks to Miir for hosting this episode at their Sea Otter pop up. Check them out on Instagram at @miir.

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.

World Tour road racer turned endurance dirt and gravel racer, Alexey Vermeulen joins Amanda in the mobile Sea Otter podcast studio to chat about the transition to racing on mixed surfaces, Alexey's worldview on what's important about racing, and the role of media to get your message to the public.

Follow Alexey on Instagram at @alexeyvermeulen and Alexey and Avery on YouTube at www.youtube.com/@alexeyandavery.

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.

Ariana Milelli is Amanda's latest guest on The Midfield Report, our bonus content focusing on riders of note in the middle of the gravel pack. Amanda chatted with Ariana about her top 10 finish at BWR Arizona and her burgeoning cycling career. Follow Ariana on Instagram at @arianamilelli.

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 @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.

Professional triathlete turned gravel racer, Heather Jackson, joins Amanda and Bill to chat about her varied athletic endeavors including the journey from ice hockey to triathlon to trail running and gravel racing, her experience at Unbound last year and her third-place finish at the 2023 Midsouth Gravel.

Follow Heather on Instagram at @hjacksonracing and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@heatherjacksonracing.

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 @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.

Brayden Johnson (Bear National) is Amanda's first guest on The Midfield, our bonus content focusing on riders of note in the middle of the gravel pack. Amanda chat with Brayden about his top 20 finish at BWR Arizona, coming to gravel as a mountain biker, and his future plans.

Follow Brayden on Instagram at @Brayden_MTB.

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 send 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 @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.

Kerry Werner started his cycling career as a cross-country mountain bike racer. He then moved on to racing cyclocross at the highest level before adding gravel racing to his toolbox. We talk about Kerry's early days racing bikes before moving on to how the gravel life has been treating him. We also talk about his gravel racing strategy and how it played out at Midsouth.

Check out Kerry's touring and adventure business, Virginia Blue Ridge Adventures at https://www.vbradventures.com/.

Also, follow him on YouTube and Instagram at @kerryw24.

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 @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.

Sofia Gomez Villafañe joins Amanda and Bill to chat about her evolution as a bike racer, embracing gravel, her recent win at BWR Arizona and her portrayal in the Call of a Lifetime video series.

Follow Sofia on Instagram at @sofithevilla.

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 @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.

Coming off her victory at Rock Cobbler, Amanda and Bill chat with Anna Yamauchi about being new to the MTB and gravel scene, the Lifetime Grand Prix, and having fun racing your bike.

Follow Anna at @yamaggucci.

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 @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.

Yuri Hauswald joins Amanda and Bill to chat about gravel racing's evolution over the past decade. 

Follow Yuri at @yhauswald.

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.

Also, visit our sponsor, Endura! No matter what type of riding you do, Endura have you covered. CX, gravel, mountain bike or road they have apparel and accessories for every rider. Visit endurasport.com to see all of their latest winter ranges and use the code “Wideangle20” for 20% off your next order.

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 @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.

Haley Smith and Andrew (Lespy) L'Esperance join Amanda and Bill to chat about their first year racing gravel, mixing endurance and XCO racing into the same season, and how to balance racing, life and expectations.

Follow Haley at @haleyhuntersmith and Lespy at @andrewlespy. Follow Maxxis Factory Racing at @maxxisfactoryracing. 

Check out Haley's and Lespy's podcast Offroad Inroads at https://offroadinroads.buzzsprout.com/ and Haley's blog at https://www.haleyhuntersmith.com/blog.htm. 

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.

Also, visit our sponsor, Endura! No matter what type of riding you do, Endura have you covered. CX, gravel, mountain bike or road they have apparel and accessories for every rider. Visit endurasport.com to see all of their latest winter ranges and use the code “Wideangle20” for 20% off your next order.

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 @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.

Chris Mehlman, endurance racer and host of Everyday Cyclist Chats, joins Amanda and Bill to preview the upcoming Life Time Grand Prix series. Follow Chris at @cmehlman34 on Instagram. Also, subscribe to his newsletter, North American Gravel and MTB Racing Report.

Check out our sponsor 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 @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.

Brendan Quirk, USA Cycling CEO and President, joins Amanda and Bill to chat about gravel racing and USA Cycling's involvement in the discipline. The conversation touches on the UCI Gravel World Championships, USAC Gravel Nationals, and what part USAC plays in the future of domestic gravel events. 

Check out our sponsor 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.

Also, visit our sponsor, Endura! No matter what type of riding you do, Endura have you covered. CX, gravel, mountain bike or road they have apparel and accessories for every rider. Visit endurasport.com to see all of their latest winter ranges and use the code “Wideangle20” for 20% off your next order.

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 @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.

Amanda chats with adventure racer, Becca Fahringer, about everything, including her cyclocross and gravel racing career. Follow Becca on Instagram and Twitter at @GoFahr. Also subscribe to her YouTube channel and watch her vlog at https://www.youtube.com/@GoFahr.

Check out our sponsor 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.

Also, visit our sponsor, Endura! No matter what type of riding you do, Endura have you covered. CX, gravel, mountain bike or road they have apparel and accessories for every rider. Visit endurasport.com to see all of their latest winter ranges and use the code “Wideangle20” for 20% off your next order.

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 @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.

Amanda chats with gravel racer Whitney Allison. Follow Whitney on Instagram at @whit.allison.

Check out our sponsor 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.

Also, visit our sponsor, Endura! No matter what type of riding you do, Endura have you covered. CX, gravel, mountain bike or road they have apparel and accessories for every rider. Visit endurasport.com to see all of their latest winter ranges and use the code “Wideangle20” for 20% off your next order.

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

Catch up with Zach on Twitter at @theshoestar and on Instagram at @zacharyschuster.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show @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.

Amanda chats with gravel racer Innokenty Zavyalov (Mazda Lauf Factory Team). Follow Inno on Instagram at @premium_russian.

Check out our sponsor 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.

Also, visit our sponsor, Endura! No matter what type of riding you do, Endura have you covered. CX, gravel, mountain bike or road they have apparel and accessories for every rider. Visit endurasport.com to see all of their latest winter ranges and use the code “Wideangle20” for 20% off your next order.

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

Catch up with Zach on Twitter at @theshoestar and on Instagram at @zacharyschuster.

Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter.

Follow the show @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.