• Rolling Coal, gravel fashion, and singlespeed cyclocross with Tobin Ortenblad
    Nov 15 2024

    On this episode of the Roller Door, Garen and Hannah chat with HtSQD racer and People's Champ Tobin Ortenblad on training, cyclocross tactics, gravel fashion, and more. Tobin's always full of informational insight, strong opinions and good laughs. We always enjoy talking with Tobin, and we hope you do too.

    Remember to write in with questions, suggestions on topics, guests, or whatever-- it's podcast@santacruzbicycles.com

    Thanks for listening!

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    49 mins
  • A RedBull Rampage Recap with Vero Sandler
    Nov 1 2024

    In this episode of the Roller Door, Garen and Hannah chat with legendary freerider Vero Sandler about her experience before, during, and after the Redbull Rampage. There’s an awful lot to unpack here. We hope you enjoy, and remember– if you have questions for Vero or anyone at Santa Cruz Bicycles, please email them to podcast@santacruzbicycles.com/

    Thanks for listening!

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    59 mins
  • Building the Santa Cruz Vala with (nearly) half the SCB Product Team
    Oct 17 2024

    In this episode of the Roller Door, Garen and Hannah chat with some of the group that brought the Vala, Santa Cruz's new full power e-bike, to market. You'll hear from Kiran MacKinnon, Jesse Carlin, Peter Mueller-Wille, and Mark Matson on choosing a new suspension platform, picking a drive system, and bringing the bike to life. If you're curious about the particulars of the Vala, like power statistics, geometry, and details, be sure to listen to our other episode, titled 'Introducing the Santa Cruz Vala, with Product Manager Jack Russell.'

    If you have questions for the team here at Santa Cruz Bicycles, please email them to podcast@santacruzbicycles.com.

    We thank you for listening!

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    48 mins
  • Vero Sandler takes on the first women's Red Bull Rampage
    Oct 8 2024

    At long last, 2024 marks the first ever women's field in the iconic (and somewhat controversial) freeride competition, the Red Bull Rampage. In this episode of the podcast, Garen and Hannah chat with UK freerider Vero Sandler about her path to becoming one of the sport’s foremost freeriders, what the Rampage means to her, bike setup, and more. The women are digging in the red, hard Utah desert now: be sure to watch live on RedBull TV: Thursday 10/10 at 6PM PST.

    Let’s Go Vero!

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    51 mins
  • Introducing the Santa Cruz Vala, with Product Manager Jack Russell
    Oct 3 2024

    What’s a Vala? How’s this new Bosch motor? Wait… a 4-bar bike from Santa Cruz? Is this the end of VPP? Who’s Jack Russell, anyways?

    To hear the answers to these questions, along with many more, press play– there’s a lot to know about Santa Cruz Bicycles’ new model, the Vala.

    Questions? Gripes? Please email us at podcast@santacruzbicycles.com.

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    Thanks for listening!

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    59 mins
  • All about the new Santa Cruz Hightower
    Sep 20 2024

    In this episode of the Roller Door Podcast, Garen and Hannah talk through the updates to the Santa Cruz Hightower, along with several off-piste tangents. If you have questions about the new Hightower (or anything Santa Cruz) please email us at podcast@santacruzbicycles.com.

    We thank you for listening!

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    28 mins
  • What a trip to the Netherlands taught us about bicycle infrastucture, with Matt Miller
    Sep 6 2024

    If you're listening to this podcast you surely love riding bikes, but it's not all nose-bonks and power wheelies. In this episode of the Roller Door, Garen and Hannah circle back with Matt Miller on findings from Matt's Paydirt-funded trip to the Netherlands. Matt loves riding bikes so much that he's built his life around building better cycling infrastructure, which is something all of us can be thankful for.

    If you have questions for Matt or anyone here at Santa Cruz Bicycles, please email them to podcast@santacruzbicycles.com. We thank you for listening!

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Details Matter: all about the Santa Cruz Bronson with Josh Kissner
    Aug 22 2024

    This week we launched the latest Bronson: our go-to aggressive trail bike. Listen as Garen and Hannah talk with Santa Cruz Director of Product Josh Kissner about how several small refinements and a few big ones have drastically improved the suspension and ride feel of one of our most popular models. If you have questions for Josh, please let us know by emailing podcast@santacruzbicycles.com.

    Thanks for listening; we hope you enjoy.

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    37 mins