Episode 233 - Tara Llanes on Reinventing Herself As a Wheelchair Basketball Paralympian

Episode 233 - Tara Llanes on Reinventing Herself As a Wheelchair Basketball Paralympian

Tara Llanes has been wildly accomplished at the high levels of multiple sports - BMX, MTB, and wheelchair basketball, not to mention wheelchair tennis - and she also has a whole lot more life experience to share. In 2007, in what she thought was her second-to-last race before retiring from her career as a mountain biker, a devastating crash changed things for her. She spent the next several years going through intense processing, a move to Canada, some serious mental low points, a growing interest in tennis, and much more before she found herself on the basketball court to improve her speed as a wheelchair tennis player. Wheelchair basketball stuck. Tara clearly knows how to train hard, and that continues to take her far. She's now preparing for her second Paralympics, this one in Paris, and plans to then step away from high-level competition - retiring the right way this time. Brian and I sat down with Tara in Vancouver, where she lives, to talk about that whole process. While we imagined this episode would end up the same length as most of our podcast episodes, we just kept finding more conversation. Tara is clearly smart, capable, an incredible athlete, and seriously strong as a person, and we were glad for every minute she spent with us.

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Episode 259 - Rampage Rants, Henry's Heavy Tire Obsession and Slowing Down With Age

Episode 259 - Rampage Rants, Henry's Heavy Tire Obsession and Slowing Down With Age

This week, Dario reports his findings from a Redbull Rampage that managed to deliver more score controversy than ever, Matt talks about his heavy WTB test tires (and Henry begs to try them), plus Kaz ...

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Episode 258 - What happened to Plus Wheel Sizes and the Fat Bike Fad?

Episode 258 - What happened to Plus Wheel Sizes and the Fat Bike Fad?

Thank you to so many of you for getting in your questions. We never imagined we'd have so many, and please keep them coming because we are looking forward to working them in to future episodes. This ...

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Episode 257 - When to Cut the DH Bike, Reality TV & Buyer's Remorse

Episode 257 - When to Cut the DH Bike, Reality TV & Buyer's Remorse

Kaz plans his holiday to Bishops Itchington, Kaz and Henry disagree about fork offset and Sarah tries to discern who is more likely to try and buy upgrades, XC or DH riders. Please leave your own ques...

26 Sep 202454min

Episode 256 - What Your Greatest Moment on a Mountain Bike, and Can You Be Too Heavy for XC?

Episode 256 - What Your Greatest Moment on a Mountain Bike, and Can You Be Too Heavy for XC?

In this Q&A, we answer a lot of your questions about breaking your bike and how to make your bike look as bad as Dario's. To get your question answered, tag an editor in your comment or leave us a voi...

19 Sep 202456min

Episode 255 - How Much Difference the Bike Really Makes, and Splitting Etiquette and Gatekeeping

Episode 255 - How Much Difference the Bike Really Makes, and Splitting Etiquette and Gatekeeping

In this Q&A we answer a lot of your questions about everything from fueling your rides, what makes the difference at the highest level, and why Matt Beer will always be faster than us (and probably yo...

12 Sep 20241h

Episode 254 - Is Everything Really Just Going Around in Circles?

Episode 254 - Is Everything Really Just Going Around in Circles?

We answer your questions and talk about winning pedals, useless graphs and suspension gearboxes (again). To get your question answered, tag an editor in your comment or leave us a voice message at spe...

4 Sep 202446min

Episode 253 - Why Your Next Bike Might Have Two Mechanical Droppers & Chainstay Length Isn't That Simple

Episode 253 - Why Your Next Bike Might Have Two Mechanical Droppers & Chainstay Length Isn't That Simple

We answer your questions and comments about wheel size, geometry and seatposts. To feature, tag an editor in your comment or leave us a voice message here.

28 Aug 202458min

Episode 252 - Why Downcountry is Dead & Who Makes the Best MTB Suspension

Episode 252 - Why Downcountry is Dead & Who Makes the Best MTB Suspension

In another Q&A Podcast, Dario, Kaz and Henry have gleaned the comments from the last week's tech articles to answer your questions.

21 Aug 202439min

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