084 – Unlike MF Doom, mountain bike sales reps are not supervillains. (Carlos Quintero, Enso Sales Group)
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09/24/24 • 75 min
In this episode, Josh & Dane chat with Charles Kwintero (or as he says it, Carlos Quintero). Carlos has worked in the bike industry for 15+ years including roles at Giant, Specialized, and managing Bicycle Warehouse in SD. Today, Carlos is the Southwest Marketing Manager for Enso Sales Group (which covers Intense, POC, Mavic, & Derosa) and is a specialist at Guru Bikes.
The conversation includes some humorous stories from Carlos’ time at Giant and Specialized and sheds some light on the role sales reps play in the mountain bike supply base.
Enso Sales Group...
Intense: https://intensecycles.com/
Mavic: https://www.mavic.com/en-us
POC: https://poc.com/en-us
Derosa: https://derosa.it/
Carlos also digs... https://alchemybikes.com/
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In this episode, Josh & Dane chat with Charles Kwintero (or as he says it, Carlos Quintero). Carlos has worked in the bike industry for 15+ years including roles at Giant, Specialized, and managing Bicycle Warehouse in SD. Today, Carlos is the Southwest Marketing Manager for Enso Sales Group (which covers Intense, POC, Mavic, & Derosa) and is a specialist at Guru Bikes.
The conversation includes some humorous stories from Carlos’ time at Giant and Specialized and sheds some light on the role sales reps play in the mountain bike supply base.
Enso Sales Group...
Intense: https://intensecycles.com/
Mavic: https://www.mavic.com/en-us
POC: https://poc.com/en-us
Derosa: https://derosa.it/
Carlos also digs... https://alchemybikes.com/
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083 – Sunrise Park Resort is AZ’s only lift-assisted bike park and it’s getting rad. (Colby Landin, Trail & Track Builder)
In this episode you’ll learn about two things...
#1. Sunrise Park Resort (which is outside of Greer, AZ.)
#2. Colby Landin (seasoned trail & track builder)
We kept hearing that Sunrise Park Resort was making great progress in improving their bike park. Then we ran across Colby’s Instagram Page and saw what he was doing up there. We reached out to Colby and last weekend drove up and spent a couple days riding the park and recording this episode with Colby.
First and foremost, shoutout to the White Mountain Apache Tribe, who owns and operates the Sunrise Park Resort. We love to recreate on your mountains in the winter and summer and we appreciate you sharing them with us and working to make the trails even better.
Secondly, we couldn’t talk about Sunrise without shouting out the Tonto Gravity Riders. They’ve been advocating for and working on trails throughout the state (including Sunrise and with a focus on the Pinal Mountains) since 2010.
Sunrise Park Resort Summer Activities
Bike Park: 31 trails (8 x green, 4 x blue, 10 x black, 8 x double black). 2 lifts.
Alpine Coaster (3000’ of track, up to 25mph)
High Flier Zipline (tandem lines, 2100’ of elevation, up to 50 mph)
Tubing Hill (magic carpet ride up, 300’ hill)
Airbag Jump (18’ & 32’)
Rock Climbing Wall (42’)
3d Archery Course (15 target course)
Disc Golf (lift accessed).
eMTBs are allowed at Sunrise Park Resort.
Note: Other than letting us record this episode at the resort, we have received no compensation or perks from Sunrise. We bought our tickets full price.
Links to accompany this episode...
Colby Landin
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/colbys_bike_tracks/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@skillsandbuilds3987
Sunrise Bike Park
Web: https://www.sunrise.ski/summer/downhill-mountain-biking/
Trail Map: https://www.sunrise.ski/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Trail-Map-Sunrise-Park-Resort-Summer-2024-VistaMap-large.jpg
Tonto Gravity Riders
https://www.tontogravityriders.org/
Ollies Cacti (Colby’s Home Grown Nursery of desert plants)
https://www.instagram.com/ollies_cacti/
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085 – Building & maintaining big mountain trails on a desert sky island. (TORCA, Nick Giovannucci & Matt Hrabko)
In this episode Josh & Dane sit down with the President (Nick Giovannucci) and Vice President (Matt Hrabko) of the Tucson Off-Road Cyclists and Activists (TORCA). They are doing some amazing work relative to building & maintaining big mountain trails on Mt. Lemmon in Southern Arizona.
The mission of Tucson Off-Road Cyclists and Activists (TORCA) is "To preserve the tradition, condition, and etiquette of the trail; and to present novel trail opportunities in a sustainable and responsible manner."
They represent all facets of the mountain biking community and enjoy riding all of the trails that Tucson has to offer. TORCA invites you to get involved so that mountain biking's voice becomes louder and our trails get faster!
TORCA...
Web: https://www.torca.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/torcamtb/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TucsonTORCA/
Santa Catalina Trails Plan: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/coronado/home/?cid=FSEPRD974570
Home Grown MTB: https://homegrownmtb.com/
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Mountain Cog - 084 – Unlike MF Doom, mountain bike sales reps are not supervillains. (Carlos Quintero, Enso Sales Group)
Transcript
Yeah ,
JoshI just remembered that Carlos hasn't listened to any of our episodes . Yeah , it's probably the first time you've heard this music .
DaneI don't know , he probably won't even listen to this one . I don't think he will .
DaneMaybe oh , I just lost my phone .
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