Joe is the Calirado Kid, a Sacramento-based mountain bike content creator known for posting hilarious bike-related videos on Instagram, TikTok and Youtube. This summer he's teaming up with a nonprofit organization called Adventure Scientists to encourage riders to help document biodiversity in California.

• How did you first get into mountain biking?
• Do you think mountain bikers take riding too seriously?
• Why do you think mountain bikers like to make so many excuses about riding? What are some of the most effective ones you use yourself?
• What do you do when you catch yourself making an excuse during a group ride?
• Tell us about Adventure Scientists and the California Biodiversity project.
• How exactly do mountain bikers collect biodiversity samples? What does that process look like on the trail?
• What types of samples are being collected, and how will they actually be used to support conservation?
• What’s the weirdest or most interesting thing you've encountered on a mountain bike trail?
• How do you balance entertainment with making a positive impact?
• What’s your favorite trail system to ride in California?
• What else are you working on right now — anything exciting coming down the pipeline for your social media channels?

Get involved at adventurescientists.org and follow @caliradokid on Instagram.

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Joey Klein has been involved in mountain bike trail design for more than 30 years, and has worked for the International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) longer than anyone else. This year he's being inducted into the mountain bike hall of fame in recognition of his contributions to the sport.

• How did you first get involved in trail design?
• What it like to be a part of the Subaru-IMBA Trail Care Crew program for three years in the late 90s/early 2000s? Do you think a program like that would be effective today?
• What was the idea behind launching IMBA Trail Solutions?
• How has trail design and planning evolved over the past two decades?
• Is this the golden age of trail building?
• How will the trails of the future be different from the trails we ride today?
• Do modern bike designs drive trail designs, or is it the other way around?
• Why do you think a lot of long-time riders don't like flow trails?
• Among the many projects you've been involved with over the years, which ones are your favorites?
• What is the biggest misconception riders have about trail design?
• What's next for you, and for IMBA Trail Solutions?

Get more information about IMBA and IMBA Trail Solutions at imba.com.

An automatically generated transcript will be available at Singletracks.com later today.

This episode is sponsored by Trailbot. Trailbot is the smarter way for trail managers to communicate updates without relying on social media. Don’t let The Algorithm bury your posts—easily share conditions and closures to your web site, social media and the app all at once. Best of all, it’s free.

Trailbot is used by over 260 trail systems in 17 states and growing fast. Over 50,000 riders have installed the free iOS and Android apps to get official updates with optional push notifications, without having to see what their weird relative posted on social media.

Learn more at ⁠trailbot.com⁠.

Jack Pittens is the co-founder 9point8, an Ontario-based bicycle component brand known for its dropper posts and other innovative products.

• How did 9point8 get its start? What is your background?
• For dropper posts, is there an advantage to using a sealed cartridge vs. one that's tunable, or another design?
• How do you make a dropper post lightweight? Do today's buyers even care about the weight of a dropper post?
• Why do you assemble 9point8 dropper posts in house vs. outsourcing production to Asia?
• How often should riders service their dropper posts? What does service involve?
• Do you think adding electronics to dropper posts is a good idea? What are the pros and cons?
• Why do two similar dropper post diameters — 30.9mm and 31.6mm exist? And why are 27.2mm diameter dropper posts so hard to find?
• Why are seatpost head designs so complicated?
• How did the 9point8 INVRS pedal design come about?
• What else is 9point8 working on?

Get more info at 9point8.ca. An automated transcript is provided at Singletracks.com.

This episode is sponsored by Trailbot. Trailbot is the smarter way for trail managers to communicate updates without relying on social media. Don’t let The Algorithm bury your posts—easily share conditions and closures to your web site, social media and the app all at once. Best of all, it’s free.

Trailbot is used by over 260 trail systems in 17 states and growing fast. Over 50,000 riders have installed the free iOS and Android apps to get official updates with optional push notifications, without having to see what their weird relative posted on social media.

Learn more at trailbot.com.