Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & events

Bike Talk with Dave: All things bike! Bikepacking, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road & events

by Dave Mable

Season 1

Felipe Nystrom: Costa Rican National Champion Part 2. The road to the Cyclocross World Championships; a message of hope.

As you heard in Part 1 (listen to Part 1!) Felipe battled drugs and deep depression, but, after homelessness and several attempts at suicide, he made a conscience decision to live and rebuild his life. Part 2 of his incredible story is his road to recovery and to the starting line of the UCI Cyclocross World Championships. It was not an easy road, as it was filled with bumps, hills and deep valleys, but, as you'll hear, his persistence and determination eventually led him to the red jersey of the Costa Rican national team, representing his country in the CX World Champs for the first time. In this and the previous episode, we talk openly about depression and suicide - if you or someone you. know are having suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 24-7, 365 days a year - to talk to a trained counselor in your area. 1-800-273 TALK (8275). Help is available - and as Felipe shows, there is always a glimmer of hope. Follow Felipe on instagram at @puravida_watts or on facebook at Felipe Nystrom. If you'd like to support this podcast, head to Buy Me A Coffee - we appreciate your support! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dmable122Q

Felipe Nystrom, Costa Rican National Champion: Part 1; The Road to the Cyclocross World Championships, into the depths of drugs and depression

Felipe Nystrom has become a bit of a celebrity on the UCI Cyclocross World Cup circuit - but his road there has been rough and rocky. In this episode Felipe talks openly about his childhood, his introduction to drugs and alcohol and the deep depression and several attempts at suicide that led to - Felipe describes his final attempt to take his own life in detail (spoiler alert - it didn't work) and then talks about how that led him to seek the help he needed. Suicide and depression are not easy topics to talk about, but Felipe openly shares his story in the hopes of giving others hope of recovery. If you or someone you know are having suicidal thoughts, or thoughts of trying to hurt yourself, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273- TALK (8255) where you can talk to a trained counselor in your area, 24-7, 365 days a year. Please call if you need to discover the glimmer of hope that Felipe shows is in all of us. This episode goes deep into Felipes difficult early years, so please jump into episode 2 for his road to recovery! Thanks so much for listening to Bike Talk with Dave. If you'd like to support this podcast, it would be most appreciated! Head on over to Buymeacoffee.com and drop some change in the jar! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dmable122Q

Tyson Flaharty: Iditarod Trail Invitational ITI350 Winner

Tyson Flaharty lives in Fairbanks Alaska and loves to race his Fatbike! In February of 2022, he started his fourth ITI350 - 300+ miles along the Iditarod Trail from Anchorage (Knik) to McGrath, and was the first to reach the remote gold mining outpost. Tyson talks about life on the trail, race strategy and equipment choices needed to compete in one of the most challenging ultra marathon bike packing races on earth.

Professional Photographer Twila Muzzi - it's all in the details!

Twila Muzzi - you may not know her name, but you likely know her work. Cannondale, EF Education, TIBCO, Canyon SRAM, Red Bull, Peloton Magazine, FSA, Prologo and on and on and on. Her incredible images of Tom Pidcock were featured by Red Bull, Her images of Elisa Balsamo in the hallowed showers of the Roubaix Velodrome nearly broke the internet after the inaugural Paris Roubaix Femme. She has in incredible eye for the images that tell the story - transporting the viewer into the race. It was an honor to work with her in Fayetteville at the Cyclocross World Champs, it was a bigger honor that she joined me on Bike Talk! Follow her on instagram @twilcha and online at www.twilchaphotography.com. I appreciate your support by listening, sharing and rating today's podcast! If'd you'd like to support the show financially, I'd love a cup of coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dmable122Q

Liz Van Houweling: Fifth Place - Top U.S. Finisher in the 2022 Esport UCI World Championship Race

Liz Van Houweling was the top U.S. finisher and raced to a top-five finish in the 2022 UCI Esport World Championship race in February. Dave talks with Liz about her racing history, raising a family and discovering the very competitive virtual world of ZWIFT racing. Join her on ZWIFT - just look for her avatar: LIZ VAN HOUWELING. And check the race out on the ZWIFT channel on Youtube - it's pretty fun to watch! Thanks for tuning in to Bike Talk with Dave. I appreciate your support! If you dig the show, please subscribe, rate and review - that helps others find our little corner of the internet. If you want to help support the show and see it grow - you're most welcome to buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dmable122Q.

Cyclocross stars Lance Haidet, Becca Fahringer and Gage Hecht talk to Dave and episode co-host Courtenay McFadden at the US World Cups

Host Dave was joined by Courtenay McFadden to cover the U.S. Cyclocross World Cup adventure tour in October 2021. We caught up with Gage Hecht, Becca Fahringer and Lance Haidet during a break in the racing at Jingle Cross in Iowa City. For all of Dave and Courtenay's coverage of the World Cup races in Waterloo, Wisconsin, Fayetteville, Arkansas and Iowa City, Iowa check out www.cxmagazine.com

Cyclocross World Championships: Trey Jarno, Guy Leshem and Felipe Nystrom

Fans love an underdog! Three guys, racing in the recent Cyclocross World Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, representing smaller countries, attracted the attention of the thousands of fans at the 2022 Cyclocross Worlds. I caught up with the three of them via zoom a week after the event to get there reaction of the racing and ask about each of their roads to the starting grid. after 20 or 30 minutes with Trey and Guy, Felipe gave me much more... like more than two hours worth! Today he talks about his experience at Fayetteville, but you'll want to tune in later to hear about the long hard road he's had to get to the world champs. Thanks for tuning in - if you dig this, and want to see more, I'd welcome your support at buymeacoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dmable122Q

Stephen Hyde: retired cyclocross champ discusses new role coaching during the UCI Cyclocross World Championships.

Dave talks with Stephen Hyde about his role as coach of the U.S. Cyclocross squad at the January 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, as well as what it will take for the U.S. to remain competitive on the worlds stage.

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