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Pack Chatter
As racers, event organizers, coaches, club leaders, team managers, and podcasters, Todd Scheske and Tony Sylor are proud members of the Upstate NY bike race scene. In 2018 they started Pack Chatter with a desire to highlight their amazing racing community by providing interviewers with Olympians, Wo...
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63 þættirEpisode 68: Race Recap - 2 Days of Buffalo
We’re coming off a killer weekend at Plan 2 Peak 2 Days of Buffalo - New York’s biggest stage race sponsored by Tom Pro Bike and Kanberra, and produc...
Episode 67: Hamburg Race Recap
It's the midway point of the local road season, and the BBC President's Cup Series, but there is still a lot of fun ahead. In this episode Tony re-cap...
Episode 66: The Crew Behind '2 Days of Buffalo'
Plan 2 Peak Two Days of Buffalo is biggest stage race in NY, and one of the premier events on the East Coast. In this episode, Tony sits down with the...
Episode 65: Race Recap - Tour of Buffalo
Race season is on, and we have a recap of the Tour of Buffalo presented by the Buffalo Bicycling Club. With two crits and a road race, the Tour of Buf...
Episode 64: Durty (Disco) Dancing
It's gravel season, and we are talking all things dirt with Blaine Mays & Chad Zimar of Steuben Brewing Company, Tim O'Shea of Pointway Coaching, and...
Episode 63: Mr. Post-Up
A master's racer from Central Pa., Eric Moon began racing in his teens before leaving the sport for 25 years to enjoy a glamourous life as a high-prof...
Episode 62: Craig Mattern & Andy August
Pack Chatter kicks off its 2022 season as Tony chats with Craig Mattern & Andy August of Minutemen Empire Automation p/b Full Moon Vista (formerly Par...
Episode 61: "This is Cross In The Park!"
Cross In the Park is one of the most iconic events in NY cycling. Race directors, bike shop owners, and life-long friends, Ethan Johnson and Alex Davi...
Episode 60: Sprintalo
Buffalo, NY has a rich history of bike racing and 2 Days of Buffalo is a staple of that cycling culture. In this episode Tony chats with a few of the...
Episode 59: Dylan Bibic from Belgium
Dylan Bibic is one of the top junior road and track racers in the world. He has won multiple Canadian National Championships on the track, has trained...
Episode 58: National Champion AJ August
The youngest of the August crew, Junior National TT Champion AJ August of Hot Tubes Racing joins the show to talk about his big win, upcoming goals, c...
Episode 57: Post Race Coverage Hamburg Road Race
Road racing is back in WNY! We have a few post-race interviews from the event and loads of video content on our website and Instagram.
Make sure...
Episode 56: Promoter Round Table
Gravel results, stage race preview, crit state championships... and horse track racing? NYS races are in full swing, and this week we have three of th...
Episode 55: Pretty Fly for a 'Ry Guy'
A new rider, a race director, and a master's team walk into a podcast... First-year rider Ryan Fletcher and Race Director Matt Rankin start the show....
Episode 54: Back on the Carbon Pony
We are back on the "carbon pony" with Buffalo Bicycling Club representatives Erin Haskell, James Thompson, and Tom Robinson about their upcoming USA C...
Episode 53: Jeff Poulin
Jeff Poulin is the President and founder of the of the New York State Bicycling Racing Association, NY's Local Association for USA Cycling and the lar...
Episode 52: Two Days of Buffalo Stage Race
With 2020 mostly canceled, some events are finding ways to move forward. In this episode, we talk with the Race Directors Tom Weichman and Rich Scadut...
Episode 51: Trevor August
Trevor August is an emerging young talent from Rochester with a rich family history in cycling. He grew up in bike shops racing mtb and cross. Now as...
Episode 50: Adam Myerson
As a racer, event promoter, and coach, Adam Myerson is one of the most interesting figures in American cycling. In this episode we get a chance to dis...
Episode 49: Rob Kelly
Tony sits down with podcasting bike racer Rob Kelly of the "No Training Wheels Podcast." Rob produces an insightful, polished show that interviews int...
Episode 48: Chris Norvold
In this episode, we chat with Chris Norvold about content creation and bringing young people to the sport. Chris came to cycling as a member of the fa...
Growlers with Willow Ep #5
Note: this episode was recorded on 3/15. Our thoughts and opinions on the COVID-19 are based on the information available at that time. Some of those...
Episode 47: Jeremy Powers
As COVID-19 takes-over our lives, we get some time with cyclocross legend and GCN journalist, Jeremy Powers. We talk about Powers's personal situation...
Episode 46: TJ Eisenhart
In this episode, Tony and TJ Eisenhart talk fatherhood, gravel, art, and culture. TJ has raced road since he was a junior, but at 25, and as a new dad...
Episode 45: Butcher Box Cycling
In this episode, Butcher Box Cycling Team Director, Steve Cullen, calls-in from the first few hours of team camp. In 2020, Butcher Box continues to ch...
Growlers with Willo: Episode #4
In this episode we talk e-bikes. Willo provides his perspective as a manufacturer on ways he expects this new tech will impact the industry. Then we t...
Episode 44: Ryan DeWald
Bike shop owner and Team Skyline founder, Ryan DeWald is set to launch a deep pro roster for 2020, and he's doing it with a mission. Ryan is a Type 1...
Growlers with Willo: Episode #3
In this episode, Tony and Willo breakdown Growler's American-Made Session IPA gravel bike. Then they talk cyclists and traffic laws. Check out the new...
Episode 43: Selene Yeager
Selene Yeager is a highly accomplished author, coach, pro-athlete, and podcaster. In this episode, we breakdown the world of gravel racing through the...
Episode 42: Camie Kornely and Christine D'Ercole
Camie Kornely @camiekorn and Christine D'Ercole @iamicaniwillido are a World Championship track duo whose relationship runs deep on and off the bike....
Episode 41: Megan Jastab
Megan Jastrab is a pro-racer, a 3X World Champion, a full-time college student, all at just 17 years old. Having raced professionally since she was 15...
EPISODE 40: HEATHER MASON
Heather Mason of Bianchi has done it all in the bike industry. From a pro 24 hour racer to a bike shop owner to a club founder to a bike rep and cultu...
Episode 39: Steve M. Cullen
Steve M. Cullen is the Director of the Butcher Box Cycling Team. In two short seasons he created a program that won the USA Crits Team Title while bec...
Episode 38: Nate Koch
As part of our Target Tokyo series, Todd chats with the iconic Nate Koch. Nate is a prominent figure in US track racing on the bike and on camera. He...
Episode 37: The Gravel Experience Part 3 with Rory and Pete
In the third of our three-part series on the biggest gravel races in the country, we talk with Rory Heinlein and Pete Hoag of Once Again Racing about...
Episode 36: Quinn Simmons and Magnus Sheffield
In this episode, Simmons and Sheffield of Team USA breakdown their dominant performance at the Junior World Championships. These two young riders fini...
Episode 35: Anya Bogdante
Anya Bogdante of Buffalo Hardwood/Just Ride is a relative newcomer to the gravel scene but that hasn't stopped her from logging some big results. In t...
Episode 34: Brendan Housler
The 1st of a 3-part series on the country's biggest gravel events, Brendan Housler (@brendanhousler) of EVOQ.bike and DNA Racing shares his struggles...
Episode 33: Zachary Schuster
Zachary Schuster is a writer, editor, photographer, and PhD for Cyclocross Magazine, the leading cyclocross publication in the US. Although he holds d...
Episode 32: Curtis White
Curtis White is one of the hottest talents in cycling. After a breakout 2018/19 where he won Pan Ams, finished 2nd at Nationals, and was the highest f...