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Hill Climbers
There are plenty of cycling podcasts covering races, fitness and nutrition, but there aren’t many that dive deep into what cyclists are doing off the bike that reflect their lives on the bike. Hill Climbers shares stories from cycling-centric founders, authors and artists to give cyclists something to talk about besides just cycling.
Episodes
22 episodes
Mark Farmery's Team at Anocca Built a Tech Stack to Fight Pancreatic Cancer. What does yours do?
This episode is part two of our show with Mark Farmery, founder of Biotech Bikers and Chief Development Officer at Swedish biotech firm, Anocca. In part II Mark tells us about how his urge to apply scientif...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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54:07
Mark Farmery Created BiotechBikers to Encourage Biotech Biz Dev ON the Bike, and We Are Taking Notes!
The key metric for measuring Hill Climbers success is engagement - but I’m not talking about likes, comments and shares. The show with Eric Min from Zwift was a big milestone for us because Eric’s a known quantity in our world, and deep down I ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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43:45
Rob Taylor Has Fabulous Hair & Epic Bike Trips BUT This Serial Entrepreneur & VC Keeps Ego Low
To help spread the word about the show, my friend Rey Madolora put me on an email with a bunch of Austin cyclists that are also notable in the business community. One by one I was able to m...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:10:44
Ralli Founder Allison Morrison Slays Triathalon Worlds With a Day Job While Getting Her MBA, Ugh
We could have interviewed Allison Morrison fresh off her World’s debut in Olympic distance triathlon as a UT MBA student and full time Meta employee. However this podcast has a strong entrepreneurial theme (y...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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43:58
Zwift Cofounder And Cycling Innovator Eric Min Helped Reestablish The Tour de France Femmes
Zwift cofounder Eric Min was a tantalizing and wildly obvious guest candidate for a number of reasons that we'll enumerate, however, we did not thi...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:03:02
What Do A Masters World Championship, College Football and Cannabis Transportation Have in Common? Joe Wentzell.
The legend of Masters World Champion Joe Wentzell loomed large because Joe was a Temple University lineman and my brother in law has been coached b...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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56:59
From Beer Mile Strategy to Local Ride Curation, Scott Baldwin is Making Front Pack Sports the Hub for EVERYTHING Endurance
Earlier in the spring my buddy, Chas, told me that he trained with a guy named Scott Baldwin who was building a social media platform dedicated to endurance athletes. On top of that, Scott hails from the Philadelphia area, so I had to meet him....
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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47:25
Hill Climbers Turns Into Real Life and Increases Headcount 100%, with Sam Huntington and Franco Martins
A few months ago I introduced a Hill Climbers ride in Austin for folks to connect with each other over some soft pedaling, in addition to some hard pedaling. All of a sudden, our little Hill Climbers brand that had a digital presence, had a REA...
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Season 2
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33:24
The Warp & Weft of American Kit Making with Eliel Cycling's Ryan Cady
Starting an American kit company in a sea of established competitors may seem like a daunting undertaking to some. Ryan Cady, however, became a bike shop owner at nineteen years old during college, raced bikes full time and then ran a sock c...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:02:47
Will Bryant Channels Hill Country Rides to Inspire Canvases, Murals and Brand Collabs
One of my lasting impressions of Will Bryant, the Austin-based artist and brand collaborator, is from a photo shoot in which he’s modeling his own endo customs collab with a few other models. The colors and patterns are true to Will’s artwor...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:08:31
Why Andrew Vontz, cofounder of The Better Lab, is the Keyser Söze of Sleep
The Better Lab addresses a fascinating topic that is on the minds of most everyone on a weekly basis in this stressful world: sleep. In a sea of gadgets that track various bio metrics there are few products that have gained notoriety guiding us...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:01:35
BREAKFAST CLUB REDUX. Grant & Jordie dish on the Babes Ride, Paid Membership Tier, App & Surprises!
The Austin meetup that started 4 years ago with 4 friends who mostly wanted to eat breakfast, has uncovered a need in this sport to encourage newcomers with a warm welcome and a bit of structure. The proof is in the monthly attendance, which...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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52:26
Bikes and Banjo Hangouts: The Zwift Insider Struck a Chord Creating Niche Online Communities
Eric Schlange is one of the most well known Zwift riders on the platform, and he comes to the notoriety honestly. When Eric started Zwifting in 2015, the engineer and web master immediately id...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:33:47
Cancer, Addiction and a Missing Fibula Couldn't Keep Author Mike Thompson from #FindingGood (or Triathalon)
Mikey Thompson is hard to miss in Austin’s endurance community because he’s everywhere at once as a core member of the Breakfast Club cycling group and longtime High Five events associate, which organizes Austin’s major endurance events. You’ll...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:25:06
Our Logo's Origin: Sub Zero Skateshop founder Schane Von Hartleben Built a Business AND a Family
Our branding was borrowed from Sub Zero, THE preeminent Philadelphia skate shop of the 90s, where I spent a lot of time and a little money when I was a kid. The shop’s owner, and one of my childhood heroes, was kind enough to give me his blessi...
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Season 1
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40:04
Driveway Series Race Director Chris Tolley Presents, TOLLEYWOOD
If you’re racing bikes in Austin, TX, welcome to Tolleywood. The timing of this episode could not be more opportune given the slate of projects Chris Tolley has planned for 2024, and what I love most about this race promoter, is that he underst...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:22:53
The Meteor co-founder Doug Zell Is Expanding his Bike Cafe Concept to Your Town_Part 2/2
Interview Part 2/2 takes all the context that we collected in Part 1 - Doug's upbringing in a creative household, brief flirtation with a serious cycling career, and epic journey pioneering the craft coffee industry - and gets to the good part....
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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59:16
The Meteor co-founder Doug Zell Built Pioneering Cafe Brand Intelligentsia in the Mid 90s_Part 1/2
Doug Zell is the cofounder of various businesses including Intelligentsia Coffee, Allied Cyle Works, and of course,
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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37:55
Kinship Milk Tea founder Caitlin Cash Traveled the World on Her Bike and Brought Thai Inspired Milk Tea Back to Texas
Instead of taking a well beaten path after attending UT Austin, Caitlin Cash taught English in France and Thailand, but her travels did not stop there. For the next 5 years she guided cycling tours all over the world and upon her return to A...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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55:18
KRT co-founder Curran J. Swint Turned his Barbershop Rides into An International Club
What started in 2017 with casual Sunday rides from a Philadelphia neighborhood barbershop has become an internationally recognized cycling club and brand called, KRT, short for Kings Rule Together. As c...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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50:46
Ucardia founder Nick Weber Suffered a Life Threatening Cardiac Event At a Fake Race, Then Built A Cardiac Rehab
Nick Weber fell in love with Texas crit racing as a young man and his extraordinary commitment to training made him a contender in the competitive and dangerous arena. This dedication pushed Nick's heart over the limit while making a dig during...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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40:05
Breakfast Club co-founders Grant Rogers and Jake Ritter Created a Monster!
Four friends at different stages of life bond over triathalon and bikes, and share a real passion for bringing people together. They’re NOT hardcore roadies and so identify a gap in the Austin cycling community—accessible rides that welcome...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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