September 16, 2021

Trail EAffect Show Page

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ABOUT THE EPISODE

Topics Covered in this Episode:

• The Brice Minniqh Backstory
• The extensive travels the Brice was involved with as a foreign news correspondent for multiple media outlets
• Travels back to the U.S. and becoming the Managing Editor at Bike Mag – and 12 years of writing for Bike Mag
• The transition to Freehub Magazine as the Chief Editor
• The backstory on the Shaums March Story / how stories have come together in general over Brice’s Career as a Mountain Bike Journalist
• Bringing positive stories to the masses – even though personal struggles
• The renaissance in Mountain Biking and Trail Building, and how we got to where we are now
• Where we are now from a trail building and maintenance perspective with all the new users
• Keeping the message out that it’s everyone’s responsibility to be a custodian of the trails. 
• How do we educate and embrace new people coming into the sport of mountain biking
• The growing scene in Chattanooga, TN
• The shared goal at Freehub to create awareness around trail communities
• Palisades Plunge Trail / Single Track Trails Story
• The effort it takes to get stories written and told in a certain timeline
• The Community Theme Issue
• Fact Checking by Brice
• Brice’s idea of the ideal perfect mountain bike community
• Riding In Bellingham, WA
• San Diego Co, CA
• Tourism & Quality of Life
• Nevada Feature in Freehub 
• Traveling to ride, meeting people and exploring places
• The Traditional Culture of Mountain Bikers
• The inclusivity of Mountain Biking
• Words – and the Evolution of words and our language
• Finding new contributors in different locations
• The shift into being more gender inclusive
• Closing

RELATED SHOW NOTES

FreeHub Magazine: https://freehubmag.com/
The Journalist – Living Large with Brice Minniqh: https://freehubmag.com/articles/journalist
The Journalist – Living Large with Brice Minniqh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy1oqb0HiEE&t=2s
Brice on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/bricemag

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Trail EAffect Show Support

Rad Apparel Company: https://radapparelcompany.com/r?id=53tsmc
Smith’s Bike Shop: https://smithsbikes.com/
Evolution Trail Services: www.evotrails.com
Contact Josh at evolutiontrails@gmail.com

If you have any questions about Mountain Bike Radio in general, please contact Ben at Ben@Mountainbikeradio.com

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ABOUT TRAIL EAFFECT

Trails build community and Communities build trails. What came first you may ask… Host Josh Blum digs into the stories of how trails effect and affect the people and places we call home and those we might like to call home.

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ABOUT THE HOST

Josh Blum is a father and doer of stuff - paired with Advocate, Builder of Trails and Community. Originally from La Crosse WI, Josh has been enjoying the outdoors, trails, and mountain bikes since a young age. Always curious and learning about better ways to improve trail users’ experiences. Josh is employed by WisDOT, and is the owner / operator of Evolution Trail Services.

September 15, 2021
The Path Podcast Show Page

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Nathan, Tani, and Auk get together for a lengthy discussion about a lot of topics. While you’ll usually find some good in-depth bike chatter, this one will take you from industry testing, to geometry, to carrying a shock pump, to the new Orbea Rallon, and much more. This is a 2 beer episode, so get a couple ready! Have a listen, stop in the shop if you’re in the area, and love the bike you ride! 

Thanks for all of your support and time listening to the show. We appreciate it very much.

The Path guys welcome all of your questions and encourage you to send them an email with the subject “Podcast Question” to podcast@thepathbikeshop.com. 

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LINKS

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Orbea Rallon – https://www.orbea.com/us-en/bicycles/mountain/rallon
Mountain Bike Radio Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/mtnbikeradio
Follow Nathan on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/nathanheronen/
Follow Auk on Instagram – http://instagram.com/e_auk
Follow Tani on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/taniwalling/
The Path Podcast on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/thepathbikeshoptustin
Get on The Path Newsletter – https://thepathbikeshop.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=df59964daebd2d58a75cd52b3&id=4aa76a894b

September 8, 2021

Trail EAffect Show Page

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ABOUT THE EPISODE

Topics Covered in this Episode:

• The Mike Riter Back Story
• The 1996 Olympic Mountain Bike Course in Georgia
• The start of the IMBA Trail Care Crew in 1997
• Traveling to Europe at the IMBA Trail Care Crew
• Difference between European Trails vs. Trails in North America
• Identifying the original Unicoi Turnpike
• Publishing IMBA’s Guild to Building Sweet Single Track
• Integrating a quality shared use trail experience from a design and user perspective
• Directional Trails
• The Start of Trail Design Specialists (TDS / Two Dimensional Squirrels)
• The Creation of Trail Education / Trail Master Certification Class
• How Mike ended up teaching trail building in WI / The Midwest
• Side Story on how Mike Convinced the management at Kickapoo Valley Reserve in WI to allow Mountain Biking at this site
• Deep Dive into the Trail Master Certification Class
• The one Trail Feature that Mike teaches and continues to refine (Rolling Grade Dip)
• The evolution of Trail Building
• Closing Comments

RELATED SHOW NOTES

Trail Design Specialists: https://www.traildesign.com/
Original IMBA Trail Building Basics Booklet Written by Mike & Jan Riter: https://www.americantrails.org/images/documents/IMBA_Trailbuilding_Basics.pdf
ORA Trails: www.oratrails.org

Rad Apparel Company Discount Coupon Code for 15% off: traileaffect

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Trail EAffect Show Support

Rad Apparel Company: https://radapparelcompany.com/r?id=53tsmc
Smith’s Bike Shop: https://smithsbikes.com/
Evolution Trail Services: www.evotrails.com
Contact Josh at evolutiontrails@gmail.com

If you have any questions about Mountain Bike Radio in general, please contact Ben at Ben@Mountainbikeradio.com

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ABOUT TRAIL EAFFECT

Trails build community and Communities build trails. What came first you may ask… Host Josh Blum digs into the stories of how trails effect and affect the people and places we call home and those we might like to call home.

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ABOUT THE HOST

Josh Blum is a father and doer of stuff - paired with Advocate, Builder of Trails and Community. Originally from La Crosse WI, Josh has been enjoying the outdoors, trails, and mountain bikes since a young age. Always curious and learning about better ways to improve trail users’ experiences. Josh is employed by WisDOT, and is the owner / operator of Evolution Trail Services.