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This is the testing grounds for new ideas, short runs, and all other manner of experimentation on the Wide Angle Podium Network. Tune in for regular shows like Slow Ride Reviews, Let It Ride, and the WAP Green Room, as well as new ideas our hosts will be piloting regularly. Shows you love here will likely "graduate" to their own feeds eventually and become full fledged WAP shows!
 
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Brayden Johnson (Bear National) is Amanda's first guest on The Midfield, our bonus content focusing on riders of note in the middle of the gravel pack. Amanda chat with Brayden about his top 20 finish at BWR Arizona, coming to gravel as a mountain biker, and his future plans. Follow Brayden on Instagram at @Brayden_MTB. If you're listening to this …
 
We watched a Super League Triathlon live event broadcast so we could speculate if it is the next big thing in virtual racing. We also went back and talked about MyWhoosh Club a bunch, even though that is technically against the rules of MyWhoosh Club. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle Podium network. To support this podcast and help pay fo…
 
Kerry Werner started his cycling career as a cross-country mountain bike racer. He then moved on to racing cyclocross at the highest level before adding gravel racing to his toolbox. We talk about Kerry's early days racing bikes before moving on to how the gravel life has been treating him. We also talk about his gravel racing strategy and how it p…
 
Sofia Gomez Villafañe joins Amanda and Bill to chat about her evolution as a bike racer, embracing gravel, her recent win at BWR Arizona and her portrayal in the Call of a Lifetime video series. Follow Sofia on Instagram at @sofithevilla. Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. For a limited time, our listeners can get a free heart-rate…
 
The 2023 UCI Zwift World Championships are in the books, and you know as a podcast covering real racing on fake bikes, we have to cover it. Get reactions, hot takes, and everything else you need to recap this year's eRacing World Championships. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle Podium network. To support this podcast and help pay for Mike'…
 
Coming off her victory at Rock Cobbler, Amanda and Bill chat with Anna Yamauchi about being new to the MTB and gravel scene, the Lifetime Grand Prix, and having fun racing your bike. Follow Anna at @yamaggucci. Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. For a limited time, our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor with the purchase o…
 
You know the drill. The first rule of MyWhoosh Club is ... don't talk about MyWhoosh Club. Big money is on the line in the upcoming race series from the upstart virtual racing platform. There is also that lesser competition, UCI Zwift Worlds, and RGT has a new steering feature that will leave you saying BRAvo. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide A…
 
Ian Jackson and Greg Abbott of the NeXT p/b Enshored e-racing team join the pod to talk about bringing a non-endemic sponsor into the virtual racing world. They talk about what's next for virtual racing, and we discuss ideas for future IRL events. Follow NeXT p/b Enshored on Instagram: @next_esport_pb_enshored. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide …
 
Yuri Hauswald joins Amanda and Bill to chat about gravel racing's evolution over the past decade. Follow Yuri at @yhauswald. Groadio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. For a limited time, our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at ch…
 
Is a watt a watt? Is a ski erg a bike trainer? Is Mike a little bit upset? We dive into these philosophical questions and try to find the meaning of the Zwift universe. Also, stick around for a poetry slam with KBH. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle Podium network. To support this podcast and help pay for Mike's clocks, head to wideanglepo…
 
Haley Smith and Andrew (Lespy) L'Esperance join Amanda and Bill to chat about their first year racing gravel, mixing endurance and XCO racing into the same season, and how to balance racing, life and expectations. Follow Haley at @haleyhuntersmith and Lespy at @andrewlespy. Follow Maxxis Factory Racing at @maxxisfactoryracing. Check out Haley's and…
 
The speed of the "blob" has long been annoying in Zwift racing, and with the new pack dynamics being unveiled, will the blob be reined in? The Echelon Racing League is back and RGT has its own physics issues. And is Zwift racing the new pickleball? Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle Podium network. To support this podcast and help pay for M…
 
Chris Mehlman, endurance racer and host of Everyday Cyclist Chats, joins Amanda and Bill to preview the upcoming Life Time Grand Prix series. Follow Chris at @cmehlman34 on Instagram. Also, subscribe to his newsletter, North American Gravel and MTB Racing Report. Check out our sponsor Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. For a limited time, our listeners ca…
 
Brendan Quirk, USA Cycling CEO and President, joins Amanda and Bill to chat about gravel racing and USA Cycling's involvement in the discipline. The conversation touches on the UCI Gravel World Championships, USAC Gravel Nationals, and what part USAC plays in the future of domestic gravel events. Check out our sponsor Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. Fo…
 
Amanda chats with adventure racer, Becca Fahringer, about everything, including her cyclocross and gravel racing career. Follow Becca on Instagram and Twitter at @GoFahr. Also subscribe to her YouTube channel and watch her vlog at https://www.youtube.com/@GoFahr. Check out our sponsor Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. For a limited time, our listeners ca…
 
You may find this hard to believe, but an unbelievable cycling performance turned out to be ... unbelievable. We go inside Ed Hoole's chuckle-worthy "performance" at the European Zwift Worlds Qualifier. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle Podium network. To support this podcast and help pay for Mike's clocks, head to wideanglepodium.com to b…
 
Amanda and Bill chat with Michelle Duffy and Kimo Seymour about the Life Time Grand Prix. We discuss the successes and challenges from last year and what will change with the series in the upcoming year. You can follow the Life Time Grand Prix on Instagram at @lifetimegrandprix. Check out our sponsor Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. For a limited time, …
 
Amanda chats with gravel racer Whitney Allison. Follow Whitney on Instagram at @whit.allison. Check out our sponsor Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. For a limited time, our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at checkout to get yours today. Also, …
 
KBH survived the new three-stage Zwift Worlds Qualifier to earn a spot at Worlds for the second-straight year. This obviously makes for good content. We also cover the European Qualifier, and of course, cheating. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle Podium network. To support this podcast and help pay for Mike's clocks, head to wideanglepodiu…
 
Amanda chats with gravel racer Innokenty Zavyalov (Mazda Lauf Factory Team). Follow Inno on Instagram at @premium_russian. Check out our sponsor Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. For a limited time, our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at checko…
 
Micheal Boedigheimer (Cyclocross Radio/The Media Pit) joins Amanda to chat about his experience at Mammoth Tuff. Check out our sponsor Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. For a limited time, our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at checkout to get …
 
Zwift is trying a new racing format with the Zwift Grand Prix. Kevin reports on how it's going so far. We also cover the new Zwift trainer, before the whole lawsuit thing happened. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle Podium network. To support this podcast and help pay for Mike's clocks, head to wideanglepodium.com to become a member of the …
 
This podcast prides itself on being on the outside, but in this episode, we go inside Zwift with Zwift Insider's Eric Schlange. Learn about some of the inner workings of Zwift, what's coming next, and of course, how to pronounce Eric's last name. Check out Zwift Insider at zwiftinsider.com. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle Podium network.…
 
The days are getting shorter and the bike trainers are a little less lonely, which can only mean one thing: Zwift is Coming. Which is weird because Kevin swears Zwift is Dead. And Zach did a Peloton ride, for content. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle Podium network. To support this podcast and help pay for Mike's clocks, head to wideangle…
 
Zach, Amanda and Bill recap Crusher in the Tushar before revealing the updated Groadio Power Rankings. Check out our sponsor Hammerhead and the Karoo 2. For a limited time, our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code GROADIO at checkout to get yours toda…
 
June was a busy month on the gravel scene, with Lost and Found, BWR North Carolina, and the Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder keeping things going after Unbound. Amanda and Zach also talk about rider safety in the wake of some sketchy moves at BWR and some new perspectives on Women's gravel racing. Check out Groadio's sponsor Endura and receive 20 percen…
 
Kevin, Mike, and Zach were going to take the fake bikes to the real world at Unbound, but none of them made it there, because excuses. Also, Kevin tried a home triathlon in the name of finding fitness and lived to tell the story. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle Podium network. To support this podcast and help pay for the Zwift Hall of Fa…
 
Amanda Nauman and Dave Sheek are back to answer your questions about Unbound. As a special bonus, Amanda then talks with Unbound XL wide angle podium finisher Chris Mehlman about tactics and cycling computer strategy for the 350 mile Unbound XL. WAP BEANIE ALERT! Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network and our donor drive is going on now. …
 
Amanda, Zach and Bill get into everything that went down at Unbound Gravel 2022. Check out Groadio's sponsor Endura and receive 20 percent off your order when entering WIDEANGLE20 at endurasport.com. Also for a limited time, our listeners can get a free Custom Color Kit AND an exclusive premium water bottle with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2…
 
Who said only bad things happen on Twitter? After a Twitter thread inspired by a random Zwift B race, Frank Cundiff and Patrick Mahoney joined the podcast to discuss the future of Zwift racing as an eSport. You can follow Frank Cundiff on Twitter @FrankCundiff and follow Patrick Mahoney @PMM_Rock. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle Podium n…
 
Amanda chats with Gravel Worlds race director Jason Strohbehn about the history of the event, what to expect for the 2022 races that happen August 19-20, and the 1000 Women of Gravel Worlds initiative. You can follow Gravel Worlds on Instagram at @gravel_worlds. This episode is made possible by our sponsor Hammerhead. For a limited time, our listen…
 
Amanda, Zach and Bill chat about Rasputitsa, BWR San Diego and the Whiskey Off Road. Check out Groadio's sponsor Endura and receive 20 percent off your order when entering WIDEANGLE20 at endurasport.com. Also for a limited time, our listeners can get a free Custom Color Kit AND an exclusive premium water bottle with the purchase of a Hammerhead Kar…
 
Amanda chats with up-and-coming gravel racer, Brennan Wertz, on his rowing background, how he got into bike racing and his experience at the latest San Diego Belgian Waffle Race. Follow Brennan on Instagram at @brennan.wertz. Check out this episode's sponsor Endura and receive 20 percent off your order when entering WIDEANGLE20 at endurasport.com. …
 
Michael Marckx (MMX), CEO and founder of Monuments of Cycling and the creator of the Belgian Waffle Ride, chats with Amanda and Zach about the upcoming San Diego BWR. Follow the event on Instagram at @belgianwaffleride. This episode is made possible by our sponsor Hammerhead. For a limited time, our listeners can get a free Custom Color Kit AND an …
 
The whole Groadio crew convened to countdown the first installment of the eagerly anticipated 2022 Groadio Power Rankings. Did we get it right? Of course, we did. But that doesn't mean the list is void of controversy. Let us know how we did on twitter at @groadio. And while you're there, let us know your Endura #stickyfoot slide and stick picks for…
 
We did a virtual bike racing podception with Rick Wenger of the No Breakaways Podcast joining to talk about virtual bike racing pod space, the state of Zwift racing, and his life as a pretty good Zwift racer. You can find No Breakaways on YouTube and Rick on Instagram @nobreakaways. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle Podium network. To supp…
 
Amanda and Bill break down all the action from the first round of the Lifetime Grand Prix series that took place at the Sea Otter Classic. It was the mountain-bikers time to shine and we overanalyze what that means going forward in the series. Check out our sponsor Endura and receive 20 percent off your order when entering WIDEANGLE20 at enduraspor…
 
For episode 36 of Groadio we have another installment of Amanda's "lesser-known gravel events that you should know about" series. This time around, she chats with Gavin Coombs, the race director of the Ned Gravel event that takes place July 9 in and around Nederland, Colorado. Check out nedgravel.com to register and for more information about the e…
 
Former collegiate and professional basketball player Mason Rocca has started a second career as a virtual bike racer. Rocca had a successful Echelon Racing League campaign this year and won the 2022 U.S. Virtual Racing National Championships. He joins the pod for the first edition of Fake Bikes, Real Basketball. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide…
 
Matt Gardiner is the founder of the Saris | NoPinz eRacing team and one of the most accomplished Zwift riders of all time, at least in terms of number of Ziles ridden. He joins the pod to talk about the state of virtual racing and of course, donuts. You can follow Saris | NoPinz on Instagram @saris.nopinz. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle…
 
The 2022 Zwift UCI World Championships had breakaways, gutsy attacks, and exciting finishes. Katheryn Curi joins KBH from inside the Zwift Worlds Zeloton as we discuss and analyze the races held in fake future New York. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle Podium network. To support this podcast and help pay for the Zwift Hall of Fame space, …
 
It's a Frenetic February in the eRacing world with the end of the Echelon Racing League, U.S. eNationals, and this weekend's eWorlds. Mike and Zach (No Kevin this week ... Sad!) talk about Kevin's epic battle with Mason Rocca at eNationals and look ahead to Kevin perhaps winning eWorlds. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle Podium network. To…
 
In the afterglow of the latest edition of The Rock Cobbler, Amanda chatted with former World Tour pro and current gravel racing privateer, Pete Stetina. You can follow Pete on Instagram at @pstetina. For a limited time, our listeners can get a free Custom Color Kit AND an exclusive premium water bottle with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo 2. Vis…
 
KBH has quickly become the People's Champ with his valiant attacks in the Zwift Premier League, including one done in by too many burritos. We also develop a Premier League media strategy that may or may not include MOAR HEELS. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle Podium network. To support this podcast and help pay for the Zwift Hall of Fame…
 
Amanda chats with G3 Gravel Series race director Ray Trammel about his three events in and around Guthrie, Oklahoma. Follow the series on Instagram at @G3GravelSeries. Also, check out our sponsor Endura and receive 20 percent off your order when entering WIDEANGLE20 at endurasport.com. You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Inst…
 
Rob went to the Source Endurance BWR training camp, and he's here to tell Amanda how he's throwing away his crit bike and going all in on gravel ... or maybe not. Check out Criterium Nation at https://criteriumnation.com/. Check out Rob on Instagram at @criteriumnation. For a limited time, our listeners can get a free Custom Color Kit AND an exclus…
 
Dave Towle, the voice of Zwift racing, joined to pod to chat about how he got into Zwift race announcing, covering the Zwift Premier League, and adapting to the modern racing landscape in the U.S. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle Podium network. To support this podcast and help pay for the Zwift Hall of Fame space, head to wideanglepodium…
 
Amanda chats with LeLan Dains and Kristen Legan about the new Gravel Cycling Hall of Fame, to be launched in June at Unbound Gravel. You can learn more about the hall at www.gravelcyclinghof.com. Also, check out our new sponsor Endura and receive 20 percent off your order when entering WIDEANGLE20 at endurasport.com. You can follow Amanda on Twitte…
 
The holidays were a time for Gimmicks with Zach's Zestive 500 and Kevin's 40 in 14. We also talk about the possibility of a new Tron bike, but for your living room. Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle Podium network. To support this podcast and help Mike afford the new Zwift tron smart bike, head to wideanglepodium.com to become a member of …
 
Our own Kevin Bouchard-Hall qualified for the Zwift World Championships, and his team made the Zwift Premier League. Apparently he's pretty good at RGT racing too. What can't this guy do? Nowhere Fast is a member of the Wide Angle Podium network. To support this podcast and help Mike afford one of those power meters that produce too many watts, hea…
 
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