January 4, 2021 Trail EAffect Show Page

ABOUT THE EPISODE

Topics Covered in this Episode:

Chris Currie backstory / early years in mountain biking
How Chris started one of the very first E Commerce Mountain Bike Sites in the mid 90's – Speedgoat Bikes

Content Marketing way before content marketing was a thing
Building custom mountain bikes for people in the early years of mountain biking
Early Sealant / Tubeless Experimentation

Where Speedgoat Bikes was located and why
How Chris got interested in Suspension Design
Early days of 29" full suspension that Chris designed and the other misadventures that came along with that journey.
3VO Suspension Design, and how it functions

3VO suspension on Jamis Bikes

Famous Failures / Willingness to Fail

You gotta do a lot of things wrong to do a couple things right

Trails and how they have evolved from the early days of mountain biking to today

The involvement of a community for trails

Stan's Connection program

Stan is a real guy, and how NoTubes came to be
How Stan's Connection works
How Stan's Connection is getting to the local, grassroots level of giving back
Creating a map to connect people
How organizations can get on the Stan's Connection Map Suggest-a-connection (Link Below)
Partnering with Brice Shirbach on the Connection Program

Chris' favorite Trails / Trail Communities
Words of Wisdom / Closing Comments

RELATED SHOW NOTES

Stan's NoTubes Connection – Suggest a Connection: https://www.notubes.com/suggest-a-connection Stan's NoTubes: https://www.notubes.com/Speedgoat Designs: https://speedgoat.bike/3VO Suspension Designs on Jamis: https://www.jamisbikes.com/bikes/mountain-bikes/3vo-suspension/

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Trail EAffect Show Support

Smith's Bike Shop: https://smithsbikes.com/Evolution Trail Services: www.evotrails.comContact 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.