We Are Opening a Bike Shop! (+ Van Rysel Partnership & Vuelta 2026 Preview)

The Local Bike Shop is Dead. Welcome to Packfiller Cycles.Welcome to Episode 539 of The Packfiller Podcast—where we treat the sport like a post-ride beer with several friends and one asshole.Tonight is the biggest broadcast in the history of the Packfiller Empire. We are officially expanding from media into hardware. Joining us in The Bunker are special guests Karsten Hagen (Van Rysel) and Jack Brodhead to help us launch Packfiller Cycles—a closed-door, appointment-only concierge dealership. No fluorescent lights. No entry-level hybrids. Just high-performance speed, a pint of Brick West beer, and a direct pipeline to the Van Rysel RCR Pro.