Bike Shop Life
Bike Shop Life is a podcast about the life and times of an independent bike shop located in Buffalo, New York called Campus WheelWorks. Campus is a community-centric, urban, full service shop that puts on over 50 events a year! We cater to all kinds of cyclists and therefore have an interesting mix of clientele and staff. No two days at Campus are the same... The host, Ethan Johnson is a 25 year veteran of the bike industry. He is an active participant in cycling as well as the shop Co-owner. These stories and interviews are from his perspective and those he brings into the Bike Shop Life stratosphere. Join Ethan as he searches for the secret to what brings people like himself to choose this line of work as a career. Bike shops are a great example of the classic American small business model, one that is more and more scarce by the day as technology and convenience slowly take over. Independent bike shops continue to fight for survival and relevancy as they evolve or dissolve with the times. Why won't we give up? Tune in as we find out why... Support Bike Shop Life by: 1. Subscribing on your favorite player!2. Giving us a [positive] review on your favorite platform!3. Give me a follow on Instagram at @bikeshoplifepod 4. Donate to @CampusEthan on Venmo (mention Bike Shop Life!) or Donate to the Campus Cycling Collective, Inc. at www.campuscyclingcollective.com
Bike Shop Life
Episode 10: Joe & Emmalee Olgin Interview Part 1
Joe & Emmalee are my first official Local Legend interview. They have a legendary amount of bike touring experience having ridden their bikes to and from 49 states of our great nation. One of these trips was over a year, yes over a year living on their bikes. With that kind of adventure comes many adventures and stories. Join me as I do my best to harvest a few for you. Tune in to learn how these adventures came about and what kind of life choices they have made to accomplish their goals and why.
My next interview will be with Ryan Sarka another Local Legend who has done some major bikepacking. With these two quite different approaches to ways to accomplish self supported bike transportation and adventure we will get a good scope of what is possible by bike. The take away I hope to expose is that if any of this sounds interesting, you can likely do it. Any able-bodied person with a bike can go bike touring or bikepacking with a little gear and a little time off.
Intro/Outro: Original music by The Louisiana Purchase a band I was in for several years. The song is "Dirty Dog" (a reference to Gray Hound busses) from our demo recorded at The Last Stand 99 Custer St. in 2003.
Commercial Audio by Jack Toft off an original Campus Commercial from 2012.