Hill Climbers
There are plenty of cycling podcasts covering races, fitness and nutrition, but there aren’t many that dive deep into what cyclists are doing off the bike that reflect their lives on the bike. Hill Climbers shares stories from cycling-centric founders, authors and artists to give cyclists something to talk about besides just cycling.
- Update frequency
- every 27 days
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 27
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Alex Le Roux Built Giant Robots that 3D Print Houses as Icon Cofounder - Now Stay on His Wheel
One year ago, Franco Martins, a friend and collaborator, told me that the CTO at his place of work, Icon, is a cyclist and was going to ride bikes with us. Here’s why this is a big deal…
Chasing Watts Organizes Houston's Group Rides and Jason Codianne Says Your Town is Next
Jason Codianne from Chasing Watts was put on my radar by Scott Barger, a Zwift cofounder I used to ride with in LA. Scott has been super supportive of Hill Climbers by keeping me posted…
Growth Expert Amos Schwartzfarb On TechstarsATX, Writing "Levers" & Don't Forget Adventure Racing!
A couple of years ago I witnessed Amos Schwartzfarb in action with his Techstars ATX cohort at my coworking space in east Austin. He led the program with an electric energy that was bot…
SXSW Creator Panel with Chris Tolley (Driveway), Elliott Teller (People's Endurance) and Chas Lacaillade (Night)
Let's cut to the chase - this panel features a story in which Tolley harasses and attacks World Champion, Peter Sagan at Unbound...and hilarity ensues.
Anyway, this show was a culminatio…
Find Out How Elliott Teller of Kit Brand People's Endurance Plans to Grow the Sport of Cycling
Elliott Teller introduced himself at our first live event, and told me he was about to launch his Austin-based cycling and running apparel brand, People’s Endurance. I liked Elliott’s u…
Mark Farmery's Team at Anocca Built a Tech Stack to Fight Pancreatic Cancer. What does yours do?
This episode is part two of our show with Mark Farmery, founder of Biotech Bikers and Chief Development Officer at Swedish biotech firm, Anocca. In part II Mark tells us about how his u…
Mark Farmery Created BiotechBikers to Encourage Biotech Biz Dev ON the Bike, and We Are Taking Notes!
The key metric for measuring Hill Climbers success is engagement - but I’m not talking about likes, comments and shares. The show with Eric Min from Zwift was a big milestone for us bec…
Rob Taylor Has Fabulous Hair & Epic Bike Trips BUT This Serial Entrepreneur & VC Keeps Ego Low
To help spread the word about the show, my friend Rey Madolora put me on an email with a bunch of Austin cyclists that are also notable in the business community. One by one I was able …
Ralli Founder Allison Morrison Slays Triathalon Worlds With a Day Job While Getting Her MBA, Ugh
We could have interviewed Allison Morrison fresh off her World’s debut in Olympic distance triathlon as a UT MBA student and full time Meta employee. However this podcast has a strong e…
Zwift Cofounder And Cycling Innovator Eric Min Helped Reestablish The Tour de France Femmes
What Do A Masters World Championship, College Football and Cannabis Transportation Have in Common? Joe Wentzell.
The legend of Masters World Champion Joe Wentzell loomed large because Joe was a Temple University lineman and my brother in law has been coached by him on the bike for some time. Vario…
From Beer Mile Strategy to Local Ride Curation, Scott Baldwin is Making Front Pack Sports the Hub for EVERYTHING Endurance
Earlier in the spring my buddy, Chas, told me that he trained with a guy named Scott Baldwin who was building a social media platform dedicated to endurance athletes. On top of that, Sc…
Hill Climbers Turns Into Real Life and Increases Headcount 100%, with Sam Huntington and Franco Martins
A few months ago I introduced a Hill Climbers ride in Austin for folks to connect with each other over some soft pedaling, in addition to some hard pedaling. All of a sudden, our little…
The Warp & Weft of American Kit Making with Eliel Cycling's Ryan Cady
Starting an American kit company in a sea of established competitors may seem like a daunting undertaking to some. Ryan Cady, however, became a bike shop owner at nineteen years old dur…
Will Bryant Channels Hill Country Rides to Inspire Canvases, Murals and Brand Collabs
One of my lasting impressions of Will Bryant, the Austin-based artist and brand collaborator, is from a photo shoot in which he’s modeling his own endo customs collab with a few other m…
Why Andrew Vontz, cofounder of The Better Lab, is the Keyser Söze of Sleep
The Better Lab addresses a fascinating topic that is on the minds of most everyone on a weekly basis in this stressful world: sleep. In a sea of gadgets that track various bio metrics t…
BREAKFAST CLUB REDUX. Grant & Jordie dish on the Babes Ride, Paid Membership Tier, App & Surprises!
The Austin meetup that started 4 years ago with 4 friends who mostly wanted to eat breakfast, has uncovered a need in this sport to encourage newcomers with a warm welcome and a bit of …
Bikes and Banjo Hangouts: The Zwift Insider Struck a Chord Creating Niche Online Communities
Eric Schlange is one of the most well known Zwift riders on the platform, and he comes to the notoriety honestly. When Eric started Zwifting in 2015, the engineer and web master immedia…
Cancer, Addiction and a Missing Fibula Couldn't Keep Author Mike Thompson from #FindingGood (or Triathalon)
Mikey Thompson is hard to miss in Austin’s endurance community because he’s everywhere at once as a core member of the Breakfast Club cycling group and longtime High Five events associa…
Our Logo's Origin: Sub Zero Skateshop founder Schane Von Hartleben Built a Business AND a Family
Our branding was borrowed from Sub Zero, THE preeminent Philadelphia skate shop of the 90s, where I spent a lot of time and a little money when I was a kid. The shop’s owner, and one of…