First Crack Podcast with Garrick Van Buren » Bicycle

First Crack 114. Kurt Schmidt on Old School BMX Freestyle

Garrick Van Buren — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:29:18 +0000

Twenty years ago, while BMX freestyle was a favorite hobby of mind, Kurt Schmidt rode for Haro Bikes. Then he co-founded the infamous Standard Bike Manufacturing.

He retells the story of:

breaking his ribs on his first big pro contest
stalking photographers to get in magazines
Rad – starring Bill Allen
starting a high-end BMX bike company, not in California, but a house in Iowa.
starting Props video magazine
Riding backwards.

Here’s a great timeline of Kurt’s BMX career.

Listen to Kurt Schmidt on Old School BMX Freestyle [49 min].

First Crack 95. Darrin Homme on Improving Local Competitive Bicycle Racing

Garrick Van Buren — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:47:19 +0000

Darrin’s raced bicycles for probably half the two decades+ I’ve known him. Inspired by Darrin’s USCF My Way post, I asked him to unpack the problems in local competitive bike racing that his points would solve.

Listen to Darrin Homme on Improving Competitive Bicycle Racing [24 min].

First Crack 73. The Banjo Brothers Bicycling Bags

Garrick Van Buren — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:10:09 +0000

I sat down with Mike, Eric, and Pete of Banjo Brothers for the low down on their grocery pannier and what got them started in cycling bags. There’s also some bits in there about how they’re partnering with bloggers like The Fat Cyclist to improve their bags.

Of course, you can buy their bags from Gene over at the One on One Bike Shop.

Hey, Mike & Eric gave me a Banjo Brother’s Mini Seat Bag, listen to the podcast on how it can be yours. Digital Dan Hook over at the Hook Show was the first one in.

Uplifter Minnesota, first event March 25th 2-6pm at the Acadia Cafe. Bring yourself, your gear, your passion.
DEMO LoFi musician showcases every Thursday night at the Acadia Cafe.
First Crack Podcast theme song by Jeremy Piller.

Listen to the Banjo Brothers Bicycling Bags [16 min]

First Crack 15. Minneapolis Bicycle Culture with Gene Oberpiller

Garrick Van Buren — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 02:19:36 +0000

Gene Oberpriller, who runs the 1-on-1 Bike Studio, gives us the skinny on his shop/gallery/cafe, the 15 year-old bicycle junkyard in the basement, and the history of Minneapolis’ bombastic bicycle culture.

Links Mentioned:

1-on-1 Bike Studio

Intro: Bill Boulger from IndieTickets.com

Listen to Minneapolis Bicycle Culture [28 min]

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