73 episodes
Mountain Cog Mountain Cog - Joshua Anderson & Dane "Guru" Higgins
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5.0 • 18 Ratings
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Hosted by an enthusiast and a mountain bike industry expert featuring laughter and passionate guests.
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073 – SRAM vs Shimano, shoutouts, and stupid bike stuff.
This episode features the MCP hosts Josh and Dane and is pretty MTB-techy. It starts out with a couple shoutouts from Josh to bike industry brands 1up and PNW for excellent customer service. It transitions to cover some of our listeners perspectives on “stupid stuff in the bike industry”. And finally, it concludes with an epic and aggressive argument (in good fun) between “Team Josh” (who rides Shimano drivetrains) and “Team Dane” (who rides SRAM drivetrains).
Links and stuff…
1up: https://1up-usa.com
PNW: https://www.pnwcomponents.com/
Team Josh: https://mtb.shimano.com/us/products/mtb/
Team Dane: https://www.sram.com/en/sram/mountain
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072 - Bonus Episode: The new and significantly redesigned Rocky Mountain Altitude (Sam Elmes, Rocky Mountain)
In this episode, Dane sits down again with Sam Elmes from Rocky Mountain to discuss Rocky's significantly redesigned enduro bike... the Altitude. Feedback from Rocky's professional enduro race team were essential in shaping the Altitude's redesign. This episode features less rabbit holes and more bike specs. Enjoy.
Learn more about the new Altitude at Rocky Mountain's Website: www.bikes.com
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071 - If you can see better, you can ride better. (Rob Tavakoli, CEO, SportRX)
In this episode Josh & Dane chat with "Sunglass Rob" the CEO of San Diego's based SportRX. SportRX is an online company focused on prescription eyewear for multiple sports with biking being one of their biggest markets). Sunglass Rob is an avid mountain biker and an absolute savant as it relates to eyewear. In addition to learning a ton about active eyewear and optics, the episode covers a bit about Rob, his riding, and his company.
Special Note
Josh has been testing out SportRX's Huckson prescription sunglasses on mtb & gravel rides and can honestly say they are the best sunglasses he's ever worn on the trail. SportRX did provide the shades to Josh free of charge but the MCP is not getting any compensation for this podcast or recommendation from SportRX. In fact, Josh likes them so much that he just ordered a pair of non-prescription Huckson's (paid full-price) to wear when riding in contacts.
The Huckson: www.sportrx.com/sportrx-huckson.html
More About SportRx
SportRx is a San Diego-based company that was built by active opticians who ride their bikes, run their races, push their jogging strollers, and bomb down slopes. Since 1996, we've been on a mission to help people see better while doing the things they love. For over two decades, we have specialized in custom prescription sunglasses (and prescription snow goggles!) for athletes in virtually every sport and have mastered the art of prescription wrap around lenses. We strive to create the best prescription sports sunglasses, prescription glasses, and Rx goggles that are tailored uniquely to your sport and vision needs – no matter how extreme your prescription (or your sport!).
SportRX Links:
Web: www.sportrx.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@sportrxeyewear
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070 – Bonus Episode: Rocky Mountain’s new Instinct (140mm trail bike) & other cool stuff… (Sam Elmes, Rocky Mountain Bikes)
Dane had a chance to sit down with Sam Elmes from Rocky Mountain Bikes during the Sedona Mountain Bike Festival to chat about the new Instinct, Rocky’s line-up and a bit about the mountain bike festival.
Rocky Mountain Instinct
https://bikes.com/collections/instinct
Sedona Mountain Bike Festival
https://sedonamtbfestival.com
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069 – Nipple management… and other annoying mountain bike stuff. (Part 1)
In this episode Josh and Dane discuss and debate (argue even) about annoying mountain bike stuff. Some of the topics we debate on include…
Presta valves + chunky sealant. Dunlop valves. British brake lever setup (rear brake on left / front brake right).MOAB closing its lift (yes, they had one).Spoke holes inside rims (requires rim tape = tubeless system failure point).Nipple management.Rim tape that won’t stick.Overwhelming # of mountain bike tire variants. (width, tread patterns, compounds, casings).YouTube “expert advice” on mountain bike tires.Microscopic sized rotation indicators on mountain bike tires.Accidentally putting tires on the rim, backwards.Flat mount disc brake caliper mounts = frequent alignment issues.Monster gravel bikes.Mountain bike standards constantly changing.Press fit bottom brackets.Here’s some links & corrections from the episode…
WTH is a Dunlop Valve? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunlop_valveBTW… brass is not magnetic. (but brass plated could be).Maxxis Forekaster… https://www.maxxis.com/us/tire/forekaster/Monster Gravel Bikes… https://chelaclo.com/en/what-is-a-monster-cross/Motorex Bicycle Lubricant… https://motorex.com/en-ch/product-range/grease--5470?selectedFilterValues={%22line--704135%22:%22BIKE+LINE%22}&page=1Listen to Mountain Cog
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068 – Old Pueblo MTB doesn’t just talk about riding… they ride, and they ride a lot. (The Travis Williams, Old Pueblo MTB)
Old Pueblo MTB is a mountain bike group based in Tucson, AZ. that hosts multiple group rides every week. The group communicates primarily through their Facebook page which has 4,000+ members.
The episode features ‘The Travis Williams’ (aka Captain Enthusiasm) who is one of the key administrators of Old Pueblo MTB. In addition to learning all about Old Pueblo MTB… the boys and Travis discuss lots of interesting topics including the inspiring story of Travis’ recovery from a heart attack and his journey back to the trail.
There’s also a section in this podcast where we delve a bit into the topic of e-mtb’s. Travis shares how he thinks many e-bike naysayers suffer from the “broccoli-effect”. Meaning, they hate e-bikes, but they’ve never tried one (like kids often are with broccoli). If that’s you, we urge you to try out an e-mtb… we suspect you might come away with a different perspective.
About Old Pueblo MTB:
A diverse, family friendly group of people in the Tucson area joined together by our mutual love of Mountain Biking. We welcome all ages, from any walk of life. If you're new to the sport, or just want to try it out, come join us! We have skill levels from beginner to expert and we ride as often as we can. We welcome your photos, videos, questions and input. See you on the trail!
Old Pueblo MTB
https://www.facebook.com/groups/203787656312279/
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Best podcast ever
This podcast helps me with my inspiration and my wife tell’s me I need to laugh 1 time a day to be like Josh my ital. subscribe to the YouTube.
I don’t know these guys but I want to be their friend.
Great content and they keep it light and hilarious. Plus dad jokes!
Jack Tripper
Ok, Mountain Cog might be the single most import piece of entertainment we’ve experienced this century. As many of you will recall, Waterworld was released in 1995. So they don’t come really compete, you know, because of strict century definitions. Anyway, I’m only one episode in but will be tattooing the name of each episode to my inner thigh.
Regarding the title track, “John Ritter,” Tex is the safe bet. Cowboy hat and all. Not a bad guess. But the real reason is John’s close proximity to Suzanne Somers. An avid user of the Thigh Master, Josh said the rigorous squeezing has helped him mile after mile. Ok Josh, send me gift.
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