Banjo Blog
FIVE THINGS is a weekly feature on the Banjo Brothers Blog. It’s a short interview about life and bicycles with a notable person. This week's notable person is cyclist Jon Dicus. Dicus says, "Minneapolis is a great biking city. I’ve done several traditional, long-distance tours, but a few years back I checked out bikepacking and got hooked (Baja, Arizona, Colorado). As long as my body lets me, I’ll be chasing that combination of single track, mountains, and self-supported camping."
FIVE THINGS is a weekly feature on the Banjo Brothers Blog. It’s a short interview about life and bicycles with a notable person. This week's notable person is cyclist Grace Pooley.
Grace is a chemist and a materials engineering grad student who lives and rides bikes in the Washington, D.C. area. Her passions include riding bikes, running, camping and drinking beer. Grace is the former Warranty Manager and Senior Sales Associate at BicycleSPACE.
FIVE THINGS is a weekly feature on the Banjo Brothers Blog. It’s a short interview about life and bicycles with a notable person. This week's notable person is Mark ‘Markus’ Cramton. Markus is an avid cyclist and has been the local 30 Days of Biking Captain in Fargo, North Dakota for the past five years.
This week’s FIVE THINGS is with Rich Tauer, the president of Quality Bicycle Products (QBP.) The fifty-something avid bicycle commuter has spent nearly thirty years working at the industry's largest wholesale distributor of bicycle products and accessories. Learn about his favorite bikes, his ideal ending to a favorite fat bike ride and the influential voices he listens to as he navigates changing times in the retail and bike industry worlds.
FIVE THINGS is a weekly feature on the Banjo Brothers Blog. It’s a short interview about life and bicycles with a notable person and sometimes persons. This week’s FIVE THINGS is with the crew of The Slowride Podcast, Matt "Little Guy" Allen, Spencer Haugh and Tim "Super Rookie" Hayes.
The trio is 201 episodes deep, in what could be described as the golden age of podcasting.The Slowride Podcast made its debut in March of 2014 and now lives as a part of the Wide Angle Podium Network which is an artist-owned network of like-minded, cycling podcasters.
Nelson is a gifted writer and storyteller. He's funny, self-deprecating and captured in a fun way the obsessive nature of the typical bike nerd. It didn't matter if he was writing about his "grazing instinct", publishing fake news, bike porn, funny ride stories, open letters, or recaps of the Leadville 100, his blog became a must-read for cyclists of all stripes.
