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 66 - In The Workshop with RC

Episode 66 - In The Workshop with RC

Today's podcast is all about working on and repairing bikes, from the fun jobs to the dirty ones, to having to install twenty tire inserts for the Field Test, to spending ten hours installing Di2 only...

11 Juni 20211h 21min

Episode 65 - The Hardtail Episode

Episode 65 - The Hardtail Episode

episode 65 sees us talk about the pros and cons of riding without rear-suspension, why there aren't many hardtails reviewed on Pinkbike, and how to get the most out of your hardtail.

3 Juni 20211h 11min

Episode 64 - Who's On Your MTB Mount Rushmore?

Episode 64 - Who's On Your MTB Mount Rushmore?

The massive faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln on the real Mount Rushmore are meant to represent the first 150-years of America's history. Specifical...

27 Maj 20211h 5min

Episode 63 - Worst Bike Buying Mistakes

Episode 63 - Worst Bike Buying Mistakes

When you really boil it down, it seems like there are two types of purchasing people: those who buy with their head and those who buy with their heart. And while Mike Kazimer might usually make more i...

20 Maj 20211h 14min

Episode 62 - Editor Preferences and Why They Matter

Episode 62 - Editor Preferences and Why They Matter

We all have our preferences, and no matter how objective and impartial we are, they can still color our reviews. That's why we try to be transparent about those preferences when writing a product revi...

14 Maj 20211h 2min

Episode 61 - Athlete Pay, Lycra, Equality and More from the State of the Sport Survey

Episode 61 - Athlete Pay, Lycra, Equality and More from the State of the Sport Survey

With our State of the Sport Survey, James Smurthwaite and Henry Quinney reached out to nearly 200 top professional riders. The goal was to piece together the largest public snapshot ever taken of prof...

11 Maj 20211h 8min

Episode 60 - What Kind of Mountain Biker do You Want to Be?

Episode 60 - What Kind of Mountain Biker do You Want to Be?

Today's podcast sees Mike Kazimer, Alicia Legget, Brian Park, and Mike Levy talk about being a certain type of rider, why we used to think focusing on a single discipline was key, and the factors that...

6 Maj 20211h 1min

Episode 59 - Value Bike Field Trip Surprises and Spoilers

Episode 59 - Value Bike Field Trip Surprises and Spoilers

Podcast 59 sees Sarah Moore and Mike Levy talk about how the Field Trip bikes performed, our winners and losers, some surprises, and where we think some value bikes are still coming up short.

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