The Short Travel Magazine Podcast

John V
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Discussions, interviews, news, and anything related to Cross Country mountain biking. XCO, XCC, local races, UCI World Cups, fat biking, even cyclocross, it’s all fair game.

  1. 10/18/2024

    Episode 33 - No more Manitou? XC bike releases, 2025 racing weirdness, and socks!

    Trek does a Top Fuel switcharoo, Rocky Element hits the dirt, World Cup racing changes are kinda goofy, and buy some socks to help out...

    33 min

  2. 10/01/2024

    Ep. 32 - XC Fork stuff, shocking shift speed tests, and serious drivetrain discussions...and racing!

    Starting out with all the new secret changes that are starting to leak, new Fox XC forks, SID changes, and a truly surprising shift-speed test between 7 different drivetrains, new modular rear derrailleur system, and some racing wrapups including one of my own local races that didn't go the way I was expecting...

    44 min

  3. 08/23/2024

    Ep. 31 - World Champs, Pid to Scott? Puck to Road? PfP to Oblivion?

    Oh no...drop bars on MTB has reared it's ugly head once again, World Champs coming up and you can guess who's going to win, Durango still rules, Canyon releases 3 cool bikes, patent stupidity, let's go!

    30 min

  4. 08/09/2024

    Ep. 30 - Olympic let downs, US Nat. Champs race stupidity, having 6 or more helmets?

    Of course the Olympics must be discussed, the let down of a US National Championships without the real best racers in attendance, why do I have so darn many new helmets? Old BMX/mtb legent Toby Henderson made how much cash back in the day?

    37 min

  5. 06/28/2024

    Ep. 29 - Olympics Usually Suck...Nat. Champs in Alabama? Steel XC bikes?

    A nice tidy episode, including several interesting things about the upcoming Olympic mtb races, expensive brake pads, old bmx bikes, GCN paid subscriptions, mobile data centers for bike racing?

    45 min

  6. 06/20/2024

    Ep. 28 - A long one! Lots of cool product news, several NOTS, and PFP is a goner officially.

    Man, lots and lots have happened since the last episode. Sram updates, a "future of xc" type bike from Viral, Stan's wheels have fallen, mud tires, and 3D printed stuff for your body...and some tidbits and a short racing update. Worth a listen!

    47 min

  7. 05/15/2024

    Ep. 27 - King hubs no longer Kings? Shimano Electronic Brakes? Dean, Valves, ti cranks? PanAm Champs...

    Tons of little gear news I find interesting, including EEWings finishes, chain guides, Stans with new tweaks, some old school news from Dean and Brodie, Shimano patents go crazy, and tons more...

    29 min

  8. 04/19/2024

    Ep. 26 - MASSIVE xc product blast, new tires galore, crazy chainrings, and the US is back!!!

    What can be said, the U.S. riders absolutely killed it in Brazil. 4 women in the top 10? Winning the mens elite? dominating U23? Really? Amazing work, and it happens again tomorrow in Brazil. And there are so many new tires announced for XC racing, and Time pedals, and Fox's crazy arch, and insanely high tech chainrings, what can I say. This is a bundle of great info all in one place...oh, and an official Short Travel release date is announced.

    44 min
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Discussions, interviews, news, and anything related to Cross Country mountain biking. XCO, XCC, local races, UCI World Cups, fat biking, even cyclocross, it’s all fair game.

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