The Radavist Podcast

Wende Cragg played an indelible role in the formation of the sport we now call mountain biking, but as a photographer, her presence in the sport's archives has been less visible. Over the past few years, The Radavist has collaborated with Wende on multiple storytelling projects, most notably on a film that features archival footage and a book released last year dedicated to showcasing Wende's vast catalog of film photos documenting early klunkers and off-road adventures in Marin County.

In episode 03 of The Radavist Podcast, Hailey had a chance to chat with Wende about her rocky start riding klunker bikes, the crew of Marin riders testing the limits of proto-mountain bikes (i.e., old newsboys), the Repack racing days, and how Wende and the Marin contingency found their counterparts all the way out in Crested Butte, Colorado.

Buy: Camera Corner Book

Watch: Camera Corner Documentary

Read: "I Learned to Fly...On a Mountain Bike"

Read: "Wende Cragg's 1978 Breezer Series I: Like Riding Jewelry"

Read: "Rolling Back the Years: The 2023 Annual Pearl Pass Tour"

Is riding bikes inherently political? Matt Mason thinks so. And even though he never intended to become an activist, through his creation of the 250-mile Monumental Loop around Las Cruces, New Mexico, Matt has used cycling as a tool for public lands advocacy for the past decade. Listen to Hailey's conversation with Matt to learn more about the fortuitous federal land designation that led to the Monumental Loop's existence, and how the Loop has become a case study for the positive impact of cycling infrastructure.

Read The Dust-Up: Bikes Are Political - https://theradavist.com/bikes-are-political

When John Watson started his blog in 2006 that would eventually become The Radavist, it was a personal site that he used to document and share photos from New York City's urban cycling scene. Over the last 20 years, that side project has grown in ways he could have never imagined—The Radavist is now an independent cycling media website with a heavy focus on covering the alternative side of the sport and serves as the full-time occupation for John and his wife (and Radavist co-owner) Cari. In episode one, Hailey talks with John about he took The Radavist from personal blog to full-time brand, and how he almost lost the company along the way.