How Calirado Kid makes riders laugh while also making a difference

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.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.