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The Roller Door
by Hannah Mirsepassi
The Roller Door is a podcast from Santa Cruz Bicycles, where we talk to the people behind the bikes, the riders who ride them, and hear from our extended family of trail builders, visionaries, and champions for the sport of mountain biking.
Episodes
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The New Santa Cruz Blur: For Race Days and Weekends
A vision, a blip, a Blur! The redesigned Santa Cruz Blur is faster and more capable than ever before. Updated to match any World Cup XC race course while also remaining fun enough for your backyard mission. In this episode, we dive into the development of the all-new Blur: the science, approach,...
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Suspension Platforms Explained
VPP, Four Bar, Flex Stay... what defines each of these suspension platforms and how does that translate to the ride feel of your bike? What does it all mean! In this episode of the Roller Door, Hannah gets into the suspension weeds with Kiran MacKinnon and Josh Kissner. These two product managers...
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Talk Vala To Me!
What even is a Vala? How does it differ from the Bullit? Vala Light? Torque? Bosch? What does it all mean! Ebikes are on the rise, and no matter your personal preference, they are evolving at a rapid pase and it's exciting to follow along. In this episode, Hannah sits down with Josh Kissner and...
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The Truly All-New Santa Cruz Tallboy Goes Harder Than You
The long-awaited Santa Cruz Tallboy is here! We know we've kept you waiting, so we thought we'd make a big splash. Truly all new, this Tallboy is the most capable and lightest it's ever been. More capable yet lighter weight?! But how? Dive in with Hannah as she digs into the details with Josh and...
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Deep Dive Into The All New Santa Cruz Nomad
The OG crowd favorite is back in its newest form. The Santa Cruz Nomad—the bike that defined the big mountain enduro category—is new and improved. The lightest it's ever been, while still utilizing the tried-and-true VPP platform, this version delivers its best ride yet. In this episode, Hannah...
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The Wide and Growing World of E-bikes
Get into the details of ebikes! Why ride one? Or not? Why did we make the product and design choices we've made in our ebike line? In this episode we sit down with Product Manager Mark Matson and Rider Support's own E-bike specialist, Chris Freeny (maybe he's helped you out!). Between these two...
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Mountain Bike Hall of Fame's Own Danny MacAskill Teaches Us How to Wheelie!
We're so excited to have our buddy Danny MacAskill on the pod to congratulate him on being inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame! He's one guy that your mom might know from Youtube- his reach goes far beyond our nerd circle of mountain bikers. Learn about his life back in Scotland, his...
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Nerd Out With Us: Meet The Fabricators of Santa Cruz Bicycles
We're getting deep under the Roller Door on this episode! In the depths of the Santa Cruz Bicycles Headquarters is the machine shop where Mike Woods and John Heyliger craft the first version of all of our bikes, and much more. Geoff Casey, head of Engineering and Marketing, sits down with Hannah…
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The All New Vala AL With Production Boss JT Barse
Vala AL?! That's right, the beloved Vala has now gone metal. The aluminum Vala launches today, and we're stoked on this one. Hannah and co host Sam Randazzo sit down with legendary operations manager, JT Barse (you may know him as the star of the Carbon Chameleon launch video... look it up) to…
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What Can Happen When You Follow Your Heart and Your Bike: A Cuppa With Aneela McKenna
No matter your life trajectory, you can always choose a different path and you can always choose to use your voice to enact change. On this episode of the Roller Door, North American Brand Manager Katie Zaffke, joins Hannah to talk with long time friend of the brand, Aneela Mckenna. Aneela is a...
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Keegan Swenson As Seen By Tobin Ortenblad: A HTSQD Interview
On this episode, Tobin Ortenblad puts on his co-host hat and joins Hannah in interviewing Keegan Swenson. Pre season, why Cape Epic is so hard, preparing for Unbound, and why Cyclocross should have a comeback. It's always a pleasure to sit down and talk with these two HTSQD athletes and get a…
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Introducing the all new Santa Cruz Bullit, with the designers Aaron Thielk and Jack Russell
All new? Hasn't the Bullit been around forever? Yes, this OG model has gotten a major revision and is better than ever. Think Vala on steroids. We'll let Aaron and Jack explain the rest. On this episode of the Roller Door, Hannah sits down with Design Engineer Aaron Thielk and Ebike Product…
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Meet the Hoff and the Boss; the two women of the Syndicate
On this episode of the Roller Door, Hannah sits down with the two Syndicate women, veteran Nina Hoffman and fresh junior Ellie Hulsebosch, to get an inside look at life on the road, balance, and all things racing. These two are new teammates and their mutual respect and connection is palpable and...
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Rolling Coal, gravel fashion, and singlespeed cyclocross with Tobin Ortenblad
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…
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A RedBull Rampage Recap with Vero Sandler
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…
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Building the Santa Cruz Vala with (nearly) half the SCB Product Team
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…
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Vero Sandler takes on the first women's Red Bull Rampage
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...
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Introducing the Santa Cruz Vala, with Product Manager Jack Russell
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?...
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All about the new Santa Cruz Hightower
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 [email protected]. We thank you for...
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What a trip to the Netherlands taught us about bicycle infrastucture, with Matt Miller
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...
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Details Matter: all about the Santa Cruz Bronson with Josh Kissner
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...
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Mexico to BC the hard way-- with Annie Ford
Annie Ford is a climate activist, marine biologist, surfer and mountain biker with a passion for doing hard things. She's got the world record for descending the most vertical on a bike. She rode her mountain bike- with a surfboard- from the north tip to the southern tip of New Zealand. Most...
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The 2024 Downieville Classic with Keegan Swenson, Tobin Ortenblad, and Sam Dale
In this episode of the Roller Door, Garen chats with Keegan Swenson, Tobin Ortenblad, and Sam Dale about their races, their bikes, and their experiences at the 2024 Downieville Classic. Is Downieville technical enough for an ex-world cup downhiller on a bigger bike to beat the fastest endurance...
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For the Love of Bikes™ with Sam Dale
To chat with Sam Dale is to consort with a calm, wise man: steady in his words, rich in story, humble as they come, Sam is the kind of person you wish you had more time with. Luckily for us, he's now living in Santa Cruz. In this podcast, we click it down a couple notches and hear about Sam's...
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Making your mark with Eliot Jackson
Eliot is one of a kind and so important to the cycling world' is what photographer Adrian Marcoux recently said of Eliot Jackson, and we couldn't think of a better way to sum him up. In this episode of the Roller Door, Garen and Hannah hear how Eliot went from a humble and ambitious racer to...
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Gravel for Dummies: an Unbound Recap with Tobin Ortenblad
--- SPECIAL DROP --- In this special episode of the Roller Door, Garen and Hannah sit with everybody's Wingman, Tobin Ortenblad, to hear about how this year's Unbound Gravel race unfolded for the HtSqd team. We throroughly enjoyed this open, informative talk, and we hope you do to. If you have...
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Roundabouts, Dirt Commutes, and the joy of riding a bicycle with Matt Miller of Ecology Action
In this episode of the Roller Door, Garen and Hannah talk with Matt Miller of Santa Cruz-based non-profit Ecology Action. While the subject matter isn't our normal mountain bike specific techy nerdfest, it was one of the more satisfying talks we've had on the Roller Door to date. Matt's a cyclist...
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Seat tube angles, build kit naming, horses for courses, and Mailbag with Director of Product Josh Kissner
On this episode of the Roller Door, Santa Cruz Bicycles Director of Product Josh Kissner regales Garen and Hannah with stories of yesteryear, like why we have build kits named D, R, and S. We also talk through some of the nuances of bicycle geometry, like how we measure and display seat tube…
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Geek Squad: Airplanes, Motorcycles, Garmin tech, Burritos and more E-bike Tech with Santa Cruz Product Manager Jack Russell
In today's episode of the podcast, Garen and Hannah dig a little deeper into the world of Santa Cruz ebike Product Manager Jack Russell-- and Jack's world is interesting in that though he's in charge of integrating electronics into the Santa Cruz ebike range, he's also interested in flying...
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Wildfire, Grants, Events, and ebikes with Greg Williams of the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship
On this episode of the podcast, Hannah and Garen chat up Greg Williams, founder and executive director of the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship. The conversation wanders from the challenges around funding massive trail projects, getting buy-in from locals (and others), running legendary events,...
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Why that bike? with Loic Delteil and Scott Turner
In this episide of the Roller Door, Garen and Hannah chat with Santa Cruz lifer Scott Turner, EU Brand manager Loic Delteil, and a small frog who chimed in mid-recording. We're in Southern California trying to escape the Norcal rain, and as it's raining torentially, we've decided to talk about…
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How Geoff Casey became Santa Cruz Bicycles Head of Design, Product, and Engineering
In this first episode of The Roller Door's second season, Garen and Hannah talk with Santa Cruz Bicycles Head of Product and Design, Geoff Casey. Geoff's in charge of engineering, product development and the design/ graphical side of Santa Cruz. While he's got a background in designn and...
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Full Power vs Mid Power e-bikes, and is Shimano's EP801 really an upgrade?
Episode 1 of the Roller Door's second season is all about ebikes. Garen is joined by Santa Cruz e-bike Product Managers Mark Matson and Jack Russell for a chat about full power vs mid- power ebikes. We also chat about the real-world differences between Shimano's EP8 and EP801 drive units. Have...
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Mailbag with Josh Kissner: Mixed wheels, Bicycle Geometry, and aluminum bikes
In this episode of the Roller Door we open the mailbag with Santa Cruz Bicycles Director of Product Josh Kissner. We answer some reader questions and get into bike geometry, mixed wheels, how riding differs between in Santa Cruz and Squamish, and a lot more. Thank you for listening to this…
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Celebrating Greg Minnaar's 16 years on the Santa Cruz Syndicate
The Goat moves on... Greg Minnaar holds more wins than any other athlete in the history of Men's elite downhill racing. He's been on the Santa Cruz Syndicate for 16 years, he's raced 7 genertations of the santa cruz V10, and he's put our bikes on the top step too many times to list here, and as…
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Jackson Goldstone says his mechanic Woody has it easy
/;[Today's episode of the podcast features Syndicate downhill racer Jackson Goldstone and his mechanic, Woody. We talk through Jackson's explosive '23 race season, how bike setup changes throughout the year, what it's like to be on the Santa Cruz Syndicate, and lots more. One thing I love about...
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All about the Santa Cruz V10 with Aaron Foley, Joseph Ge, and Kiran Mackinnon
⚡️ NERD ALERT ⚡️ This episode of the Roller Door is all about the Santa Cruz V10, from the perspective of the people who designed it -- that's Aaron Foley, Joseph Ge, and Kiran Mackinnon. This is an in depth look at the development of the new bike-- from riding many different configurations on...
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Santa Cruz CEO Joe Graney explains why everything is on sale
On this episode of the podcast Garen and Santa Cruz CEO Joe Graney talk about perfect trails and the state of the bike business after the covid boom before answering some listener mail. Big thanks to those who've written in, and if you haven't, there's still time: [email protected]...
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Mailbag with Kiran MacKinnon: VPP Suspension, tuning, DH racing, and Mazda Miata's
On this episode of the podcast, Garen pitches questions from podcast listeners to chief knob-twiddler Kiran MacKinnon: particularly about Cascade Links, Progression and Leverage and how they change for different intended uses, ups and downs of designing with VPP, and more. Many thanks to those...
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Juliana Bicycle's Hannah Mirsepassi is ready to Rampage
On this episode of the Roller Door, Garen chats with Juliana Bicycles marketeer, shutttle queen and all around badass Hannah Mirsepassi about Juliana Bicycles, her new V10 8, women's inclusion in the Red Bull Rampage and our sport in general. Remember to write in with questions:...
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Skitchin' with Seb Kemp and Gene Selkov: all about the Santa Cruz Skitch
On this today's episode of the podcast, Santa Cruz Director of Marketing and lover of all things mountain bike Seb Kemp along with uber-grav-grav cyclist, recent e-bike covert and Santa Cruz graphic designer Gene Selkov chat with Garen about the Santa Cruz Skitch: what it is, why it exists, how…
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Out to Lunch™: all about the Santa Cruz Stigmata with Josh Kissner and Tobin Ortenblad
In this episode of the podcast we chat with Santa Cruz htSQD athlete Tobin Ortenblad, and Santa Cruz director of product Josh Kissner about the recently revised Santa Cruz Stigmata: where it fits in the gravel world, suspension forks on gravel bikes, Tobin's experience at Unbound, and more. For…
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Downieville Classic Race Recap with Alexis Skarda, Tobin Ortenblad, and 2023 All-Mountain Winner Keegan Swenson
In this episode of the Roller Door, we chat with the Santa Cruz htSQD-- that's Alexis Skarda, Tobin Ortenblad, and Keegan Swenson-- about their experience at this year's Downievlle Classic. After a 2 year hiatus, the Downieville Classic returned for its 25th running, and as in past years, it…
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Out to Lunch™: Kiran MacKinnon on mixed wheels, MX specific geometry, and headset spacer etiquette
Today we're Out to Lunch with Kiran Mackinnon, on the subject of MX wheels. The nerd alert is blinking bright on this one-- we chat about the benefits, drawbacks, and nuances of mixed wheel bikes. We talk bike geometry, from how geo changes from MX to full 29er's, BB drop, to Butt Reach…
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Why manufacture overseas and other queries with Santa Cruz Engineering Manager and composites whiz Nic McCrae
This week on the Podcast we've got composites guru and Santa Cruz Engineering Manager Nic McCrae, and Nic's full of stories. This dude knows carbon better than most, and today we talk about compliance, strength, design, the differences between C and CC carbon, what overseas factories are really...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Roller Door is a podcast from Santa Cruz Bicycles, where we talk to the people behind the bikes, the riders who ride them, and hear from our extended family of trail builders, visionaries, and champions for the sport of mountain biking.
HOSTED BY
Hannah Mirsepassi
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