Mountain Biker and Trail Builder the Infamous Randy Spangler 164
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Mountain Biker and Trail Builder the Infamous Randy Spangler 164
Randy has done and seen more than most in the world of mountain biking and trail building. Randy shares some pretty epic stories from the road and from his hometown during this conversation.
Topics Include:
- How Randy got into mountain biking
- Working with Missy Giove at Walden’s Ridge during design
- The Drop In Mountain Bike TV Series
- Riding in New Zealand
- Randy having a front row seat for the evolution of purpose-built mountain bike trails
- Riding Story from the Philippians (thanks to Tony Boone for the tip on this story)
- Getting Struck by Lightning while building at Red Bull Rampage
- The transition from Rider to Builder for Randy
- Building at Coldwater Mountain, AL
- Another Tony Boone story tip…
- The evolution of trail design according to Randy
- Randy’s favorite tool / machine for building
- Machine Built vs Hand Built
- Randy on Jump Design
- Auburn Bike Park
- Working with a local contractor
- Getting the location set
- Where Randy usually rides
- If Randy had a blank slate for designing and building a mountain bike community
- Randy on Tony Boone
- Closing Comments
Trail EAffect Show Links:
Auburn Bike Park: https://auburnrec.com/parks/auburn-bike-park/
Redbull Cartoon Randy Getting Struck by Lightning: https://youtu.be/wg9BTKsNxpo?si=G6dfdnxMGa5wZedH
Drop In TV Show (all shows on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@DropInTVseries
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This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services
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