To Port or Not to Port and The Breck Epic

Thank you for joining this episode of Too Stupid to Know I Can’t where Dalton and I discuss whether to port or not to port the resonant kick drumhead as well as the upcoming Breck Epic Mountain Bike Race I am participating in along with the new Orbea OiZ Team Bike in conjunction with BaseCamp Cyclery in Denver, CO. We open this episode with a quick discussion on etiquette and having respect for others in public places. I am unsure what prompted opening the podcast this way – but it seemed to work. Moving into Porting or Not Porting the resonant kick drumhead arbitrarily we talk about some pending issues with doing so. The catch is drum technology is advancing at a fairly good pace where we are learning more and more daily. However, drummers today will arbitrarily cut a hole in their kick drum without even listening to it in a variety of settings…all because a soundman in the late 60’s or early 70’s convinced a drummer to do so making it more convenient for him to put a microphone inside of the kick drum versus removing the head entirely as they had in the past. Either way you slice it, boxers or briefs…the choice is yours, but do yourself a favor and listen to your kick drum in a variety of settings and situations PRIOR to arbitrarily putting a hole in the resonant drumhead. You might be surprised by what you hear. Moving away from drums, Dalton and I begin to discuss some “history” of off-road tire technology, the adoption of belt -buckles for prizes in mountain bike races, the Breck Epic and the new Orbea OiZ rolling on Crank Brothers NEW Synthesis Wheels and Continental Tires. In a few words – HOLY %&#T!! This bike is fast and the tires are completely backwards from my original thinking and have completely proven me wrong. Along the way, we discuss a little bit about rear-suspension technology (from my recollection and probably NOT current understanding) and the evolution of tire tech starting way back with the Tioga Tires Farmer John. This in my opinion was a tire that started the revolution in tire technology and birthed the Panaracer Smoke and subsequent myriad of tires from ALL of the tire companies. As progress and technology increases, front and rear specific tires become the norm and a better understanding of wheel technology comes to life. The Orbea OiZ is one of the best bikes I have ever ridden and thankfully didn’t take too long to get used to (although running the Continental Trail and Cross King opposite to what I’m used to was odd at first) because that bike rides like a cat on a hot tin roof. Fast, smooth and predictable as if it is on rails. With a special shout out to Harley of BaseCamp Cyclery and Justin Holie of E3 Fitness for their fantastic podcast called, No Ride Around being the inspiration for this podcast and founding members of The Breck Epic Race Team. If you haven’t checked out their podcast, you should and here’s the link: https://anchor.fm/s/857e380/podcast/rss I would like to give special thanks to the sponsors who are personally helping me with The Breck Epic along with those helping “the team” as a whole…the hashtags are below. If you’ve enjoyed this podcast, please do me a favor to like, follow, share, comment and review this podcast on whatever platform you are listening. It means a great deal to us that we get to have the luxury to talk about things we love and share it with others. Thank you so much and have a great day. #OrbeaBicycles, #SRAMRacing, #CrankBrothers, #ContinentalTires, #BaseCampCyclery, #BicycylesofTulsa, #E3Fitness, #drumshoptulsa, #noridearound, #ColorUpTherapeutics, #JakrooClothing, #TeRukiTraining, #RRFF, #NixonCoffee, #SimbolPR, #SimbolMarketing, #HammerNutrition, #DigitSole, #LazerHelmets, #LakeShoes, #TimePedals, #CaféBustelo, #OldSchoolBagel and #DynamicAudio