Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & events Dave Mable

I thought I'd send out Bike Month by joining some friends on a 100-mile singlespeed cruiser ride (full disclosure: I couldn't spend the whole day riding, so I joined in for a pile of miles in the morning!). In the spirit of Bike Month, I brought along Mr. Microphone and asked people what cycling has give them, but the episode begins with the swearing in of the Nut Checking Crew - vital to the success of this ride. We close out the show with an impromptu recording of a good cycling friend's daughter, Lauren Igou, who was playing at Captain Roy's, the final trailside bar of the 100-mile ride. I hope you enjoy my conversations with cyclists from around the Midwest on what cycling as brought to their lives (and we ask about their bikes too!).
Bikeiowa.com sponsors the event as well as publishes all the events of Bike Month. Bikeiowa.com is your spot for all local and regional rides and events throughout the entire year, as well as important news and information! If you're looking for something to do next weekend - check out the BIKEIOWA calendar of events! If you help manage an event - be sure to upload it to said calendar for all the world to see!

If you'd like to register for Gravel Worlds, you can get 10% off your registration fee by using the code: biketalkwithdave at checkout. .Just sign up at www.gravel-worlds.com today and use that biketalkwithdave code to save some $$.
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Register for the core4 today! New distances in 24 include a 20, 40, 60 or 100-mile option. Register at www.core4.bike
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Several months ago I got an email from a guy in Lacross Wisconsin - James Longhurst. He asked if I’d like to read his book on the history of bicycles sharing the American road. It's called Bike Battles. Recently, he was kind enough to carve out some time during finals week at UW-LaCross, to discuss his book Bike Battles: A History of Sharing The American Road.
Thanks to James for sharing his book with us today - I really enjoyed it - and I also really enjoyed diving deeper into it with James - and I would encourage you to as well! It’s available at the University of Washington Press at www.washington.edu/uspress If you have any interest in the history of the bike in America - this is a great book! And also remember if you want to discover some incredible gravel riding in the driftless region, which includes southwest Wisconsin around LaCrosse, as well as parts of Minnesota and Iowa, just go to driftlesscycling.com.

If you'd like to register for Gravel Worlds, you can get 10% off your registration fee by using the code: biketalkwithdave at checkout. .Just sign up at www.gravel-worlds.com today and use that biketalkwithdave code to save some $$.
We would love it if you would consider supporting Bike Talk with Dave by rating, reviewing and sharing on your favorite podcast platform. We'd invite you to support the show financially at www.buymeacoffee.com or on Venmo @David-Mable. You'll receive a Bike Talk with Dave sticker!
Register for the core4 today! New distances in 24 include a 20, 40, 60 or 100-mile option. Register at www.core4.bike
Follow Bike Talk with Dave on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/biketalkwithdave/ and Facebook so you don't miss any of the fun, and you can now find every episode on your computer at www.biketalk.bike. And now available on YouTube on the Bike Talk with Dave YouTube channel!
And if you need any digital media work: photography, videography and editing, podcast production and editing, look no further than Mable Media. Connect at www.mablemedia.net to help grow your brand and connect with your audience!

Kate Strom, a passionate mountain biker and talented graphic designer found a way to combine the two as a custom cycling apparel designer. After working for a small custom kit company for a few years, ventured off to start her own company with a conscience: Radical Custom Cycling Apparel. Her goal: Good looking, great fitting and performing cycling clothing that is easy for the customer, affordable and environmentally friendly. What she's come up with is a no-minimum (correct... no minimum), ordered and shipped by and too each team member (no more boxes of kits on the living room floor... IYKYK), made of recycled materials all with the creative designs of a seasoned pro! Aside from following on Facebook and Instagram @radicalcustomcycling also browse the website for all the options and to connect with Kate; www.radicalcustomcycling.com
If you'd like to register for Gravel Worlds, you can get 10% off your registration fee by using the code: biketalkwithdave at checkout. .Just sign up at www.gravel-worlds.com today and use that biketalkwithdave code to save some $$.
We would love it if you would consider supporting Bike Talk with Dave by rating, reviewing and sharing on your favorite podcast platform. We'd invite you to support the show financially at www.buymeacoffee.com or on Venmo @David-Mable. You'll receive a Bike Talk with Dave sticker!
Register for the core4 today! New distances in 24 include a 20, 40, 60 or 100-mile option. Register at www.core4.bike
Follow Bike Talk with Dave on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/biketalkwithdave/ and Facebook so you don't miss any of the fun, and you can now find every episode on your computer at www.biketalk.bike. And now available on YouTube on the Bike Talk with Dave YouTube channel!
And if you need any digital media work: photography, videography and editing, podcast production and editing, look no further than Mable Media. Connect at www.mablemedia.net to help grow your brand and connect with your audience!

While we should be celebrating moms 365.25 days per year, we do have one day we set aside to really recognize how awesome moms are. And cycling moms - they're like regular moms, only better! So what better than to, not only invite some awesome cyclists who are also awesome moms, but also invite another awesome mom cyclist and journalist to lead the discussion? What we've got here is gravel pro Marisa Boaz, ultra cyclist Deanne Herr and my own partner in this game of life, Dee Mable all together with the interview being led by a talented cyclist, mom and local news anchor (She's a pretty big deal) Lisa Carponelli. It was an honor to be in the room with the four of them! I really just tried to shut up and listen (but they did pull me into the conversation now and again!). I'd also like to thank Velorosa Women's Cycling Clothing for offering a quiet place for us to meet. Check out the full line of beautiful women's cycling clothing at www.velorosacycling.com
If you'd like to register for Gravel Worlds, you can get 10% off your registration fee by using the code: biketalkwithdave at checkout. And when you do Bike Talk with Dave will ALSO donate 10% of your fee to the 80-35 BMX/Iowa Bicycle Coalition effort to build an indoor Olympic-quality BMX track in Central Iowa. Just sign up at www.gravel-worlds.com today and use that biketalkwithdave code to save some $$ and help a local group support cycling!
If you'd like to donate to the feasability study, managed by the Iowa Bicycle Coalition, click this link and help support the growth of our sport! https://iowabicyclecoalition.org/bmx-skills-hub/
We would love it if you would consider supporting Bike Talk with Dave by rating, reviewing and sharing on your favorite podcast platform. We'd invite you to support the show financially at www.buymeacoffee.com or on Venmo @David-Mable. You'll receive a Bike Talk with Dave sticker!
Register for the core4 today! New distances in 24 include a 20, 40, 60 or 100-mile option. Register at www.core4.bike
Follow Bike Talk with Dave on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/biketalkwithdave/ and Facebook so you don't miss any of the fun, and you can now find every episode on your computer at www.biketalk.bike. And now available on YouTube on the Bike Talk with Dave YouTube channel!
And if you need any digital media work: photography, videography and editing, podcast production and editing, look no further than Mable Media. Connect at www.mablemedia.net to help grow your brand and connect with your audience!

Matt Zimmer, Project Echelon rider for a good many years and I wanted to get his opinion on the state of road racing in the U.S. We met for a beer on the patio of a lovely local brewery: (Either Or - It's actually a restaurant and nice bar - but it's owned by the people who own a local brewery: Lua - so I call it a brewery... I guess it's Either a restaurant Or a brewery.... the name says it all). Anyway - Matt and I had a great conversation about bikes - we hope you enjoy!
Sticky Bottle Podcast on Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/show/0oFA4OX3xrzTzFENmBVxRO?si=54c1ef39aa9f4e62
If you'd like to register for Gravel Worlds, you can get 10% off your registration fee by using the code: biketalkwithdave at checkout. And when you do Bike Talk with Dave will ALSO donate 10% of your fee to the 80-35 BMX/Iowa Bicycle Coalition effort to build an indoor Olympic-quality BMX track in Central Iowa. Just sign up at www.gravel-worlds.com today and use that biketalkwithdave code to save some $$ and help a local group support cycling!
If you'd like to donate to the feasability study, managed by the Iowa Bicycle Coalition, click this link and help support the growth of our sport! https://iowabicyclecoalition.org/bmx-skills-hub/
We would love it if you would consider supporting Bike Talk with Dave by rating, reviewing and sharing on your favorite podcast platform. We'd invite you to support the show financially at www.buymeacoffee.com or on Venmo @David-Mable. You'll receive a Bike Talk with Dave sticker!
Register for the core4 today! New distances in 24 include a 20, 40, 60 or 100-mile option. Register at www.core4.bike
Follow Bike Talk with Dave on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/biketalkwithdave/ and Facebook so you don't miss any of the fun, and you can now find every episode on your computer at www.biketalk.bike. And now available on YouTube on the Bike Talk with Dave YouTube channel!
And if you need any digital media work: photography, videography and editing, podcast production and editing, look no further than Mable Media. Connect at www.mablemedia.net to help grow your brand and connect with your audience!

In it's 15 years, the Garmin Gravel Worlds has become one of the biggest gravel events on the U.S. calendar. Boasting a heritage of champions that range from Trans-Iowa alumni to World Tour cyclists - and all without huge prize purses - until now. Recently, a $30,000 prize purse was announced for the elite mens and women's races - but along with that, they will also be donating another $30,000 to charities AND have welcomed Hannah Shell into the Gravel Family in an initiative to celebrate the back of the pack, as much as the front in their new F2L (First to Last) program. I invited Jason on, not only to talk about their exciting news, but also the continuing evolution of the sport of gravel cycling.

We'd encourage you to register early for Gravel Worlds - and when you do, you can get 10% off your registration fee by using the code: biketalkwithdave at checkout. And when you do Bike Talk with Dave will ALSO donate 10% of your fee to the 80-35 BMX/Iowa Bicycle Coalition effort to build an indoor Olympic-quality BMX track in Central Iowa. Just sign up at www.gravel-worlds.com today and use that biketalkwithdave code to save some $$ and help a local group support cycling!

If you need a BANDito Sling to help carry your bike through the mud, you can order at BIKEIOWA.com and be ready for all those muddy B-roads! https://bikeiowa.store/products/bandito-sling

If you'd like to donate to the feasability study, managed by the Iowa Bicycle Coalition, click this link and help support the growth of our sport! https://iowabicyclecoalition.org/bmx-skills-hub/

We would love it if you would consider supporting Bike Talk with Dave by rating, reviewing and sharing on your favorite podcast platform. We'd invite you to support the show financially at www.buymeacoffee.com or on Venmo @David-Mable. You'll receive a Bike Talk with Dave sticker! Bikeiowa.com is the online host of Bike Talk with Dave. Get your event listed on the extensive ride and race calendar for free! Create an account and add and edit your event to reach thousands of cyclists. Register for the core4 today! New distances in 24 include a 20, 40, 60 or 100-mile option. Register at www.core4.bike
Follow Bike Talk with Dave on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/biketalkwithdave/ and Facebook so you don't miss any of the fun, and you can now find every episode on your computer at www.biketalk.bike. And now available on YouTube on the Bike Talk with Dave YouTube channel!
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