Lauren Pointer, the first woman to ride the full Katy Trail in one day (as far as we know) joins Kyle and Klint to talk about how much better MTB is than riding road and gravel... Also, a new segment: Dumb Lies we tell ourselves as mountain bikers!
Get 20% off and Free shipping at vittoria.com with code okaymtb20. The podcast will receive 10% of the sales and is donating it ALL to Missouri NICA. Ken Avery discusses the design of the new Vittoria Mazza and Klint gives his ride impressions. PRs on Strava abound.
Klint and Kyle discuss what to look for when building or buying a 26" dirt jump/pump track bike.
Klint gives an update on Shepherd Mtn. Bike Park. The boys discuss their strengths and weaknesses in riding and how their riding is shaped by going from MX to MTB or vice versa. Ryan talks about NICA progress at the end.
Do you ever wonder if you're buying the right tire for your mountain bike? Well, listen to this and you'll never wonder again! Ken Avery of Vittoria tires joins Klint in what might be the nerdiest podcast about tires ever! We DON'T talk about manufacturing details... Because it's all about the RIDE! But we definitely go in-depth on what makes tires work they way they do and how to decide what to run! We even talk about XC tires!
Are you a Mountain bike BRO (or lady-BRO)? Do you want to find out? Well, we made a definitive list and assigned points, so have a listen and then you'll know! Spoiler, Kyle is most bro. Klint is lame. Ryan is cool or something. We're not sure.
After a brief discussion about how the tire poll was a total fail, Klint's sister Jaclyn joins Kyle and Klint to discuss what it's like to be a new, casual, female mountain bike riders and gives tips to the boyfriends and husbands out there who are pushing their significant others to ride. Klint reviews the Michelin wild enduro tires.
Relive the wonderful nightmare that was the 2025 BT Epic. What went right? What went wrong? Turns out, there is a limit to how much rain the Ozark Trail can handle!
Ryan isn't racing but Klint will be your hero. If you have never raced the BT Epic, this will tell you everything you need to know and a lot that you don't need to know about the course!
You're probably missing the point when it comes to these tires.
After a very wet spring with little riding worth talking about, we talk a little life, a little moto and then our MTB stories we are ashamed of.
In April of 2020, we put together the definitive list by which one can determine one's "broness." We have made adjustments and recalculated. We apologize for Klint's audio going wonky later in the podcast. We are trying to sort out why that happens.
Turns out, suspension designers want you to use the compression damping. Klint is mad about it. Also, when did bikes become good and what do you want for Christmas?
Chloe Harisberger (top youth girl finisher), Breanna Goff (Women's Pro Winner) and Cade Pummill (2nd in Men's Pro) come on to talk about their BT Experience, Collegiate Cycling, going fast etc. This was a really fun one to record. We even left in some nonsense at the beginning! If you want to donate to Chloe's cause, find her dad on Instagram and shoot him a message. @harisbergerexplore !
In this episode, Ryan and Klint recap what went right/wrong at the 2024 BT Epic, although somehow we talk about Kyle for the first 10 minutes. Anyway, shoutout to Jeremy Runge for giving Klint some extra water when he really needed it. We call this cover photo "Disappointment"
You're going to hate some of Klint's takes in this one as he defies the current trends. Less electrolytes have resulted in less cramping, he wants to run a narrower front tire for XC and he swears that SRAM Transmission helped him place higher than he otherwise would have.
Ryan's bike has had suspension this whole time, you guys! This short episode is kind of unbelievable.
Ryan and Klint interview 10 (or 12 depending on how you count)-time Leadville 100 finisher and local Missouri legend Brad Wadlow. We talk Leadville, the BT Epic, race nutrition and lots of other things. If you want to get straight to the Leadville talk, skip to 17 minutes in. Also, thanks to AI-generated art, we are now "Nounty's BKE Podcat"