Best World Series Of Spades Podcasts (2024)

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Reviewer Reports: Lightweight eMTBs, Ultra-Adjustable Enduro Bikes, Electronic Suspension Battle & More 1:16:42

3h ago1:16:42

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Simon Stewart and David Golay are back for their first joint Reviewer Reports episode in a while, to talk about a whole bunch of what they’ve been testing lately. There’s a lot to cover, from three very different Trail bikes to a couple of lightweight eMTBs, the ultra-adjustable Geometron G1, two very different takes on electronically-controlled su…

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PeopleForBikes CEO, Jenn Dice, on Assessing, Advocating For, & Building Better Bike Infrastructure 47:13

7h ago47:13

47:13

Getting more people on bikes, and building better bike infrastructure to facilitate it, is something of a chicken-and-egg problem. People need to feel safe to get out in the first place; getting municipalities to take the issue seriously often takes a demonstrated need for better infrastructure. PeopleForBikes is doing a lot to advocate for bike ri…

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Matthew Fairbrother on His Self-Supported NZ Rally Win, the North Shore Triple Triple Crown, & More 43:25

9h ago43:25

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Matthew Fairbrother’s wild effort to bikepack through the entire 2022 EWS season was an incredible accomplishment, and he’s just kept stacking up bonkers feats of endurance on a mountain bike in the years since. So we once again sat down with Matthew to talk about what he’s been up to of late, including winning the NZ Rally despite forgoing all the…

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Reviewing the News w/ Dylan Wood, October 2024 1:14:56

7d ago1:14:56

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October is always an exciting month because of Red Bull Rampage, but this year was extra special due to the historic first women’s competition. Dylan and Simon recap this truly amazing event in the Utah desert and offer their take on some of the results. They also cover the usual industry news — some good, some bad — some exciting new products, and…

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Casey Brown on the Inaugural Women’s Red Bull Rampage 42:02

14d ago42:02

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Red Bull Rampage finally included a women’s category this year, with Casey Brown doing a whole lot to spearhead it, and the event was spectacular. If you haven’t watched it yet, well, you should. Casey’s run starts at 29:25, but do yourself a favor and watch the whole thing. We sat down with Casey to hear how it felt to finally have the door opened…

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Arid Cycles on Self-Taught Frame Design, the Spade Enduro Bike, & More 45:05

21d ago45:05

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Ethan Eggert is hard at work refining his Arid Cycles Spade Enduro bike, which has gone through three different suspension layouts, numerous geometry and kinematic tweaks, and one catastrophically broken frame — and he’s just 19 years old. We sat down with Ethan to get the whole story — including his plans to eventually offer bikes for sale — and i…

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High Above on US Manufacturing, Pack Design, Expanding Their Lineup, & More 46:54

29d ago46:54

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A lot of mountain bike hip packs are pretty cheaply made, and/or lightly tweaked versions of basic casual designs. High Above does things differently, from focusing on MTB-specific designs to making all their packs in the US from top-quality materials. So we went down to High Above HQ to chat about all of it, get the rundown on some upcoming High A…

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66: Leigh Marklew - Terrorvision 37:33

30d ago37:33

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UK rockers Terrorvision did their first ever European tour as support to Motörhead in 1993. They have a new album out with an epitaph to the great man titled ' The Night Lemmy Died'. Tune in to hear bassist Leigh Marklew's stories from the road with the loudest band of all time! Presented by Howard H Smith. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/p…

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The Design, Development, & Testing of Enve’s new M-Series Wheels 1:08:40

1M ago1:08:40

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Enve’s new fifth-generation M-Series wheels are a big departure from earlier iterations, with dramatically different rim profiles — and some very wild claims about improved compliance — new, Enve-built hubs, and a whole lot more. So we sat down with Enve’s VP of Product, Jake Pantone, to pull back the curtain on their long development process, the …

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Reviewing the News w/ Mike Ferrentino, September 2024 1:04:42

2M ago1:04:42

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September was an interesting month in the bike industry with one the biggest retail bike stores in the country announcing its closing; Motion Instrument’s future looking grim; and news of Rad Power Bikes’ bizarre plan to sell eBikes in Best Buy stores. Simon and Mike have plenty to talk about on the industry side alone, not to mention all the excit…

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Reviewer Reports: Lightweight eMTBs, XC Race Bikes, and Slack Head Angles 1:00:05

2M ago1:00:05

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Dylan Wood and Simon Stewart have been busy testing bikes and filming head-to-head comparisons, which means they’ve also been spending a lot of time on the same bikes. So, they got together to go over everything from longer-travel eMTBs like the Cannondale Moterra SL and Mondraker Dune XR to XC race bikes like the Yeti ASR and Cannondale Scalpel, t…

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Alex Showerman on ‘Coming Home’ and Finding One in Women’s Freeride 38:56

2M ago38:56

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Alex Showerman’s new short film ‘Coming Home’ tells her story of doing just that — both in literally returning to her hometown in Vermont, and in finding community and acceptance in the women’s freeride scene after coming out as trans. You can, and should, stream the film for free now. We sat down with Alex to dive deeper into her story and hear mo…

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65: Fast Eddie Clarke - Mariko Fujiwara 34:57

2M ago34:57

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On this episode we have a very special guest, Mariko Fujiwara who was married to the one and only, Mr Fast Eddie Clarke. Tune into hear her memories of the life and times of the legendary Motörhead guitarist and also a special guest appearance from his much loved dog, Cookie. Presented by Howard H Smith See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priva…

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Maxxis on the New High Roller, Tire R&D, & More 35:13

2M ago35:13

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Maxxis’ new High Roller doesn’t look much like High Rollers of old, and Maxxis is talking a very big game about how widely their DH racers are using it. So we sat down with the Manager of their Bike division, Aaron Chamberlain, to talk about the impetus to update the High Roller; hear the story behind its development; peel back the curtain on how M…

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Reviewing the News w/ Mike Ferrentino, August 2024 1:03:55

2M ago1:03:55

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Mike Ferrentino is back behind the microphone in this episode of Reviewing the News, and Mike and Simon get right into what happened in the bike industry in August. They recap the exciting UCI MTB World Championships in Andorra; Mike gives his take on the interesting Specialized and Frameworks partnership; and they both agree that cross-country mou…

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Reviewer Reports: Battle of Unconventional Air Shocks, High-Pivot Trail Bikes, & More 1:05:56

3M ago1:05:56

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We’re hard at work testing a huge range of bikes and other gear, as always, and David Golay sat down with Zack Henderson to talk about a whole bunch of it, from the Trek Top Fuel to the Marin Alpine Trail, the Forbidden Druid V2 to the Trek Slash+, and a whole bunch more. Plus we get off in the weeds about bike geometry, and wrap things up by issui…

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Liv Cycling’s Ludi Scholz on Women-Specific Bikes, Suspension Tuning, & More 36:50

3M ago36:50

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More and more women are riding mountain bikes, so why are there so few women-specific bike brands out there? It’s not just about making bikes for everyone — though that’s important, too. Kara Williard and David Golay sat down with Ludi Scholz, the Off-Road Category Manager at Liv, to hear all about it. RELATED LINKS: BLISTER+ Membership This Week’s…

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64: Lemmy Forever, Bloodstock Festival special 30:36

3M ago30:36

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This special episode of the Motörcast was recorded at this years Bloodstock festival in the UK where a special Lemmy Forever ceremony was held to celebrate a new sculpture of Lemmy that will be a permanent artifact there for years to come. Howard H Smith speaks to sculptor Alan Williams as well as Craig Locicero from Forbidden and last but not leas…

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Zerode on Gearbox Bikes, World Cup DH Racing, & Building Stuff in a Shed (Ep.235) 49:13

4M ago49:13

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Gearboxes have some clear advantages for more gravity-oriented mountain bikes — less unsprung weight, the ability to shift while not pedaling, no derailleur to damage, and more — but have yet to reach widespread adoption. Zerode is perhaps the company best known for making gearbox mountain bikes, and we sat down with founder Rob Metz and Ali Quinn …

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Vermont Mountain Bike Association on Assessing, Funding, & Building Adaptive Bike Trails 55:18

4M ago55:18

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Vermont Mountain Bike Association is one of the leading organizations in the country in the assessment, funding, and building of adaptive trails — and in collaboration with Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, they are creating an inspiring network of adaptive accessible trails. We sat down with Kenzie Brunner from VMBA, and Jeff Alexander from Vermont…

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Reviewing the News w/ Wade Simmons, July 2024 1:05:17

4M ago1:05:17

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In this month's episode of Reviewing the News on our Bikes & Big Ideas Podcast, Simon welcomes freeride legend Wade Simmons as his guest co-host. Wade gives a recap of Crankworx Whistler and claims he can’t do tricks, then Wade and Simon try to sort out why they keep crashing, and the unfortunate reality of not being as fast as they once were. They…

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Kokopelli Trail FKT: Failure & Redemption w/ Hannah Otto 48:51

4M ago48:51

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Hannah Otto’s obliteration of the Whole Enchilada FKT a couple of years ago was already hugely impressive, but she went much bigger — double the elevation and well over double the mileage — in her follow-up pursuit of the Kokopelli Trail FKT. She came painfully close to pulling it off on her first attempt, despite horrific weather and trail conditi…

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Neko Mulally on the Upcoming Frameworks Enduro Bike, DH Bike Testing & More 1:03:12

4M ago1:03:12

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The first production batch of the Frameworks DH bike is sold out, but they’ll soon be opening preorders for the Enduro version. So we brought Neko Mulally back onto the show to tell us all about the new bike; the variants of the DH bike he’s been testing; the expanded Frameworks race team with Angel Suarez and Asa Vermette; and a bunch more. RELATE…

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63: The Hospitality Host & Hotelier - Mark Fuller 36:03

4M ago36:03

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Mark Fuller started his journey in the music industry managing bands & running clubs, rubbing shoulders with Lemmy from the outset in their formative years. In recent years he runs festival hospitality and the Rock N'Roll hotel Karma Sanctum in London's Soho. Tune in to hear some amazing stories from his enduring 35 years friendship with Motörhead.…

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Geometron Bikes on the Design & Development of the New G1 58:33

4M ago58:33

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Geometron arguably did more than any other bike brand to kick off the geometry revolution of the late 2010s, but they weren’t content to leave their longstanding G1 alone — even though its geometry still looks pretty up to date five years after it first launched. So we sat down with Sam Robson and Marcel Lauxtermann from Geometron to talk about the…

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Reviewing the News w/ Mike Ferrentino (June 2024) 51:01

5M ago51:01

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In this month's episode of Reviewing the News on our Bikes & Big Ideas Podcast, Mike Ferrentino and Simon Stewart debate the polarizing topic of bikes in Wilderness areas. There's plenty of bike racing to talk about — including the biggest one in the world, the Tour de France. And they’re excited to talk about Red Bull Rampage including a women’s c…

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Reviewer Reports: Specialized Epic Evo to the RAAW Madonna, Lots of Tires, & More 58:36

5M ago58:36

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We’ve been testing a big spectrum of bikes from the XC-race-derived Specialized Epic Evo to big Enduro sleds including the RAAW Madonna V3 and Marin Alpine Trail, so David Golay and Zack Henderson sat down to chat about a whole bunch of them, and along the way we take a deep dive into tire design & a variety of options we’ve been testing; discuss t…

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