Surfing Trails on a Bike without Pedals

A bike without pedals? Dog mushing? Surfing mountains? Today’s episode is a mindbender, and the backstory here all starts with episode #22 of Bikes & Big Ideas, so you should listen to it if you haven’t already.We’re talking today with Jordi Ponti from Barcelona-based Gravity Scooters, and we discuss how the idea of a gravity scooter came to be; the advantages of ditching your pedals — and seat posts; designing a DH scooter; dog mushing; and more.TOPICS & TIMES: Origins of Gravity Scooters (3:13)Coming up with the downhill scooter (5:48)Advantages of ditching the pedals (8:48)Designing a DH oriented scooter (11:59)Where are people riding these? (15:52)Mushing (17:17)Most common questions & reactions (21:04)Brakes & wheel size (26:56)Price (28:55)Where can people demo a scooter (31:26)Find Gravity Scooters on the web (32:46) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.