Episode 15 - What's Holding Mountain Biking Back?

The Pinkbike Podcast

Pinkbike

Sports, News

4.8 • 718 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2020

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Modern bikes are better than ever, but that doesn't mean there's no more room for improvement. In this episode, Brian Park, Christina Chappetta, James Smurthwaite and Kazimer discuss what could be changed to make mountain bikes, and the sport as a whole, even better. Grippy tires that don't go flat, inexpensive bikes with good geometry, investment from larger corporations, and building a more supportive, inclusive riding community were just a few of the suggestion that came up.

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0:00.0	What up, Pinkers, and welcome to the Pinkcast.
0:11.3	This is actually episode 15 of the Pink Bike podcast.
0:14.6	We'll never refer to it as the Pinkcast again, but we just did that because Mike
0:18.2	Levy is not with us today.
0:19.7	He's wandering around in the woods somewhere. So no Levy today, but I'm Mike Casmer. I'm here with Brian Park. Hey, Brian. How's
0:26.3	going? Good. How are you? Good. We got James Smirthwaite. Hey, James. Hey, Mike. We also have a special
0:34.1	guest, Christina Chippetta. Christina is our presenter, as well as our race correspondent in a season where we don't have any
0:40.8	racing.
0:41.4	So a little different, but we're going to bring her on today to chat.
0:43.9	So hey, Christina.
0:45.2	Hello.
0:45.8	Thanks for having me.
0:46.8	Yeah.
0:47.1	Last time, Brian was away and we talked about his favorite topic.
0:51.4	So now that leaves.
0:52.3	Which was getting blackballed from the industry and what you would buy with your own money.
0:56.1	I'm always talking about that and you guys stole it from me.
0:59.1	Yeah, it was great.
0:59.9	Brian wasn't here.
1:00.6	So we got to talk a lot.
1:01.6	But now he is here, but Levy is not here.
1:03.5	So we were thinking maybe we should talk about why linkage forks are the only way forward,
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