AJA #52: Protocol Tire Tech-Cargo Bibs-Long Sleeves for Aero
Hottie and Fatty pepper Josh with tire questions. Specifically what is and is not a radial casing and how his team was able to move towards...
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Marginal Gains Cycling Podcast, Presented by Silca
The Marginal Gains Podcast, presented by Silca is the show that makes a big deal about the little things, and how those little things...can be a big deal. Josh Poertner of Silca, along with...
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20 of 108 episodesLeadville Trail 100 Bike Tech
The Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race has long been grounds for equipment tinkering and experimentation with the hopes of shaving minutes .....
Darren Baum - How Bikes Behave
If Bike sales were purely based on a beauty contest, Baum Cycles would be at the top of the charts. Baums are stunning, Titanium machines. M...
Paige Onweller - Details Matter
While listening to Paige Onweller answer our questions, we found ourselves wishing we could be more like her. Wishing we had her organizatio...
AJA #51 Road Spray Aerodynamics and Argon Gas in Tires
Josh sinks his teeth into questions on turning road spray on a frame into aerodynamic information, Argon gas in tires and deep, carbon wheel...
Rolling Resistance Testing with John Karrasch
A favorite topic on the Marginal Gains Podcast is rolling resistance, also known as CRR. It is one of the cornerstones of this show. While w...
Inflatable Inserts and Radial Tires
It's funny how tubeless freed is from tubes and years later some of us turned to putting something else in the space between rim and tire. N...
AJA #50 Inserts-Optimal gears-Narrow Bars
Our 50th Ask Josh Anything! That's a lot of questions and answers and "It Depends." Thanks for hanging with us to the mid century mark. On t...
Sea Otter Pt. 2 - Big Wheels Keep on Rollin'
Our first episode that covered the topic of 32 inch wheels focused on the bigger wheels being used on mountain bikes. Daniel Yang of Neuhaus...
Sea Otter Pt. 1 - Hooked on Road Wheels
We're not afraid to share an opinion on this show. At no time was that more apparent then when Josh let his thoughts known about hookless ro...
From Bike Magazines to YouTube with Ben Delaney
It feels like now more than ever it is important to find sources of information and reporting that are trustworthy. It used to be fairly eas...
Building Zipp with Andy Ording and Josh
Josh has spoken on many occasions about his time with Zipp. The engineering. The R&D. The wins. The fails. Josh was part of a team that chan...
AJA #49: Helping Fatty Everest (A Marginal Gains Intervention)
Fatty drops a bombshell: he's turning 60 and attempting an Everesting challenge this June — and he needs Josh and Hottie to marginal-gain ev...
Rethinking Bidons with Bivo and Carina Hamel
Most of us hardly give those water bottles in our cages a second thought. It's plastic. It's there. It's got what we need. But in the late 2...
AJA #48: Travel Kits, Drop Bar Drama, and Rants About Beeps and Boops
Josh answers listener questions about essential race-day gear, from what to pack for Cape Epic to whether digital torque wrenches are worth...
Getting AiRO with Ingmar Jungnickel
For most of us getting into a wind tunnel is but a dream. Tunnels are hard to find and harder to afford. As an alternative Josh has recommen...
AJA #47: Aluminum Velodromes, Forever Chemicals, Big-Wheel Aesthetics, and valve stem nerdery
This Ask Josh Anything grab-bag starts with Tucson's new aluminum velodrome, evolves (devolves?) into altitude hacks for hour records, "no-r...
Melisa Rollins: From Hand-Me-Downs to Leadville Champ
Fatty sits down with 2024 Leadville champion (and his daughter) Melisa Rollins to discuss her meteoric rise from riding borrowed bikes to th...
AJA #46: Safety Pins, TPU Wins & Indoor Suffering
Josh tackles why we're still pinning race numbers instead of printing them on jerseys, then dives into the tech story behind Silca's translu...
32er Test Ride with Daniel Yang
We rarely chase trends or product announcements on the Marginal Gains Podcast. The news of the day we mostly leave to other shows. So allow...