011: Meet nomadic MTB-lovin' metal smith, Casey Sheppard

The Joyride Podcast!

Meet Casey!

You are in for a treat today friends, because you are about to meet artist and mountain biker Casey Sheppard from Case of the Nomads - a yearlong (14 month) road trip where Casey has been visiting art and mountain biking communities to connect with others. With the help of her brother, she converted a Ford transit connect into a live/work space then packed up her jewelry artist studio, dog and bike to live a life on the road. In this episode we are OBVIOUSLY going to dig into this experience, we’re also going to talk about going tubeless, living in a van down by the river, finding community on the road and the trail, and pickles. Here are the timestamps to some of the things we chat about: 2:30 Brockway, PA Brockway Center for Arts & Technology, http://www.brockwaycatart.org/home 4:30 Pins in the Map Rebecca Rusch, Wheel Girls Camp Gravity Girls 6:40 Casey’s first bike 9:20 Learning to MTB 11:00 Nomadic spark - aka living in a van down by the river 20:30 Casey's favorite rides on the road Duthie Park 25:00 Mechanical comfort on the bike 28:40 Booting a tire, Stans 31:45 Bike shops & communities Gravel World, PCL Absolute Bike Shops, Sedona Planet Bike, near DuBois IMBA Kat Sweet, Sweetlines Drunk Cyclist 35:20 Touring aspirations AIDs Lifecycle Pittsburgh-DC, GAP Trail Decorah Bicycle Shop 38:00 Casey’s favorite bike snacks 41:30 Dream ride 42:20 Advice for newbs Make sure you check out Case of the Nomads, connect socially on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. Next week on the show we’ll catch up with spinster Gretchen Howell, who's on her solo North American bike tour. You do not want to miss it! Be sure to follow me @girleatsbike on Facebook, the Twitter, Instagram - even Pinterest, where today I was curating my new board called “Bike Snacks”. You know how I do. I hope you enjoy the show! Let me know what you think at girleatsbike[at]gmail.com. Joyride, on! xo ~C

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