Rob Reed Mountain Bike Journalist (#62)

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03/31/22 • 73 min

Trail EAffect

Trail EAffect Episode 62 Rob Reed Mountain Bike Journalist

Topics Covered:

The Rob Reed Backstory
Starting up Arizona Offroad Adventures
Getting an internship at Bike Magazine
Becoming the Editor at Bike Magazine
Transition from Bike Mag to Freelance Journalism and some of the assignments Rob took on
Writing Way of the Snowboarder Book
How Freelance Journalism paved the way to reviewing high end SUV’s in the mid / late 2000’s
A hard left into the Software industry from journalism – Founding MomentFeed
Transitioning out of MomentFeed back to journalism with Forbes Life
Going full circle to reviewing high-end vehicles again, now for Forbes
Park City and the move from So-Cal to Park City for Mountain Biking...
Going Deeper on the Diversity of Riding in the riding in Park City
- Community XC Trails VS Lift Access Trails
- All Day Epic Rides of Mixed Park City Trails and Lift Access Riding
Testing Sram AXS Flight Attendant before it was released on a Specialized S-Works Enduro
A discussion about Enduro Bikes and Downcountry Bikes
- How Modern Bike have gotten so good
- How anything between 120mm and 160mm of travel is no-man’s land for bikes
FM
- Huge Diversity in Guests
- Can easily binge listen to the 15 episodes that are live
- Ashley Korenblat
- Cycling is a State of Mind and exploring that on Cyclogy.FM
Rob Reed Words of Wisdom
- Find Something in Life that you can win at
Where you can find Rob Reed – AKA Max Gladwell

Links:

Cyclogy.FM Podcast: https://www.cycology.fm/

Clicks 2 Bricks Podcast: https://www.clicks2bricks.fm/

Rob Reed on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robreed/?sh=3da997a02078

Way of the Snowboarder on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Way-Snowboarder-Rob-Reed/dp/0810959399

Mountain Trails Foundation: https://mountaintrails.org/

Mountain Biking Park City: https://mountainbikingparkcity.com/

Deer Valley Mountain Bike Park: https://www.deervalley.com/things-to-do/activities/mountain-biking

Western Spirit Cycling Adventures: https://westernspirit.com/

Max Gladwell on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVsUQ-9sNUJmGkUqRjw1UZw

This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services

Trail EAffect Show Support:

Smith’s Bike Shop: https://smithsbikes.com/

Evolution Trail Services: www.evotrails.com

Contact Josh at [email protected]

Support Trail EAffect through Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/traileaffect

You can also reach out and donate via PayPal or other means if you feel so inclined to do so.

Trail EAffect Episode 62 Rob Reed Mountain Bike Journalist

Topics Covered:

The Rob Reed Backstory
Starting up Arizona Offroad Adventures
Getting an internship at Bike Magazine
Becoming the Editor at Bike Magazine
Transition from Bike Mag to Freelance Journalism and some of the assignments Rob took on
Writing Way of the Snowboarder Book
How Freelance Journalism paved the way to reviewing high end SUV’s in the mid / late 2000’s
A hard left into the Software industry from journalism – Founding MomentFeed
Transitioning out of MomentFeed back to journalism with Forbes Life
Going full circle to reviewing high-end vehicles again, now for Forbes
Park City and the move from So-Cal to Park City for Mountain Biking...
Going Deeper on the Diversity of Riding in the riding in Park City
- Community XC Trails VS Lift Access Trails
- All Day Epic Rides of Mixed Park City Trails and Lift Access Riding
Testing Sram AXS Flight Attendant before it was released on a Specialized S-Works Enduro
A discussion about Enduro Bikes and Downcountry Bikes
- How Modern Bike have gotten so good
- How anything between 120mm and 160mm of travel is no-man’s land for bikes
FM
- Huge Diversity in Guests
- Can easily binge listen to the 15 episodes that are live
- Ashley Korenblat
- Cycling is a State of Mind and exploring that on Cyclogy.FM
Rob Reed Words of Wisdom
- Find Something in Life that you can win at
Where you can find Rob Reed – AKA Max Gladwell

Links:

Cyclogy.FM Podcast: https://www.cycology.fm/

Clicks 2 Bricks Podcast: https://www.clicks2bricks.fm/

Rob Reed on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robreed/?sh=3da997a02078

Way of the Snowboarder on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Way-Snowboarder-Rob-Reed/dp/0810959399

Mountain Trails Foundation: https://mountaintrails.org/

Mountain Biking Park City: https://mountainbikingparkcity.com/

Deer Valley Mountain Bike Park: https://www.deervalley.com/things-to-do/activities/mountain-biking

Western Spirit Cycling Adventures: https://westernspirit.com/

Max Gladwell on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVsUQ-9sNUJmGkUqRjw1UZw

This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services

Trail EAffect Show Support:

Smith’s Bike Shop: https://smithsbikes.com/

Evolution Trail Services: www.evotrails.com

Contact Josh at [email protected]

Support Trail EAffect through Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/traileaffect

You can also reach out and donate via PayPal or other means if you feel so inclined to do so.

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CJ Scott Trail Director for Kingdom Trails (#61)

Trail EAffect Episode 61 CJ Scott the Trail Director for Kingdom Trails

Topics Covered:

CJ’s Back Story
- From Intern to Trails Director
- Early Days at Kingdom Trails on the Trail Crew
Relationships / Expansion of trails with Private Land Owners
Partnerships within the state of Vermont
The Kingdom Trails Trail Experience with magical soils for building and riding
The balance of building new trails and maintaining the old trails
- Over sanitizing trails performing maintenance for sustainability
Bringing on Staff to benefit Kingdom Trails and the community
Having Staff, and working with Volunteers
Updating Kingdom Trails to be used in all weather conditions (outside of the spring thaw)
- Building Bridges
- Trail Hardening
Engaging local youth for volunteer trail work
What makes a great trails community according to CJ
Hiking the AT Trail
Closing Question – The Power of Trails
- They Give People an outlet
Closing comments by CJ

Links:

Kingdom Trails: https://www.kingdomtrails.org/

This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services

Trail EAffect Show Support:

Smith’s Bike Shop: https://smithsbikes.com/

Evolution Trail Services: www.evotrails.com

Contact Josh at [email protected]

Support Trail EAffect through Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/traileaffect

You can also reach out and donate via PayPal or other means if you feel so inclined to do so.

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Charlie Dundas Tri State Company Inc. PTBA Sustainable Trail Conference 2022 (#63)

Trail EAffect Episode 63 Charlie Dundas of Tri State Company Inc

Part 1 of the PTBA Sustainable Trails Conference 2022

Topics Covered:

The Charlie Dundas Backstory and how he got started in Trail Building
How a map from 1914 was pivotal
Charlie’s first trail build, the 32-mile Kanawha Trace is 60 years old in September of 2022
Early Tools of Trail Building for Charlie
How Charlie got into mechanized trail building with a Gravely Tractor and rotary cultivator
The Start of Tri State Companies for employing a trail crew as economic development
Starting trail building for the US Forest Service
The transition to using Mini Excavators
Building to US Forest Service Standards
Flying a rented Mini Ex to the build site via Helicopter
Mini Excavators and Ring Gears that don’t wear out with CAT Mini Ex’s
The transition to 48” wide trails
Going into the Sutter Mini Dozer to increase daily production
Transition from Plate Compactors to Double Drum Rollers
Adding a mechanical mule and a chipper to the trail building train
Building from 250’ a day to 2,000’ a day of completed trail with a staff of 2-3 people
What Trails do for communities according to Charlie
The various projects in urban areas and for private developers for their developments
What Mountain Biking has done for the trail building industry
Charlie’s NICA Trail that Tri State Companies Built
Charlie’s view on “Shared / Multi Use Trails” and the standards that said trails need to get built to
Charlie’s Words of Wisdom
- Sands through the Hour Glass of Life and respecting Volunteers Time