Dave Ortloff and The Dirt-EZZ

We sit down with Dave Ortloff to trace a life on bikes from rigid forks and jorts to Cat 1 wins, White Rim epics, and choosing joy over endless intervals. We also launch The Dirties, a new, irreverent awards night to celebrate trail crews and the people who make our scene hum.• sponsors, local events, and dates for Damn Zombies and OKXC• Dave’s origin story from Lake Thunderbird to Bluff Creek• stepping through Cat 3 to Cat 1 and what it cost• training structure, coaching insights, and erg mode heresy• White Rim logistics, beauty, and safety lessons• Little Sugar strategy, sodium mistakes, and pacing• gear talk on tires, pressures, tubeless, and side knobs• why flow is meditation and community is the win• announcing The Dirties awards night details and sponsorsThe Dirt -EZZ will have free pizza, cash bar, and raffle at Angry Scotsman, Thursday, February 26, 6–9 pm. Pizza at 6. Awards at 7. “Please come join us. It’s really just a good time for a bunch of fools to hang out and laugh at each other.”Dirt-EZZ Details https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1872VTJwwR/