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Sea Otter Pt. 2 - Big Wheels Keep on Rollin'
Apr 30, 2026
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Sea Otter Pt. 1 - Hooked on Road Wheels
Apr 22, 2026
1h 04m 45s
From Bike Magazines to YouTube with Ben Delaney
Apr 14, 2026
1h 05m 00s
Building Zipp with Andy Ording and Josh
Mar 23, 2026
1h 02m 00s
AJA #49: Helping Fatty Everest (A Marginal Gains Intervention)
Mar 9, 2026
59m 39s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 4/30/26 | 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 Metalworks put us on a prototype rigid mountain bike and took us for a ride. It was eye opening. But it also raised questions. At Sea Otter we saw a shift by some builders and manufacturers as to where they thought the big wheels might perform best. Drop Bar bikes supported by 32 inch wheels were just as common as Flat Bars at this year's show. Straight line speed and all day comfort was the reason given for developing a 32er gravel bike over a mountain bike. Like a lot of bike media, we set out to get some answers on the future of this "Big Idea." Daniel Yang is back with his report card on the trend. We also hear from two companies that were showing Gravel bikes that attempt to answer the question: Is bigger, better? | — | ||||||
| 4/22/26 | Sea Otter Pt. 1 - Hooked on Road Wheels✨ | hookless road wheelswheel brands+5 | ENVECADEX+1 | ENVECADEX+1 | — | hookless wheelsroad cycling+7 | — | 1h 04m 45s | |
| 4/14/26 | From Bike Magazines to YouTube with Ben Delaney✨ | cycling mediatrust in journalism+4 | Ben Delaney | VeloThe Ride | — | cycling journalismmedia credibility+3 | Silca | 1h 05m 00s | |
| 3/23/26 | Building Zipp with Andy Ording and Josh✨ | cyclingengineering+4 | JoshAndy Ording | ZippSILCA | South AfricaUnited States | Zippcycling+5 | — | 1h 02m 00s | |
| 3/9/26 | AJA #49: Helping Fatty Everest (A Marginal Gains Intervention)✨ | Everestingcycling+3 | Fatty | — | — | Everestingcycling+6 | — | 59m 39s | |
| 2/23/26 | Rethinking Bidons with Bivo and Carina Hamel✨ | water bottlescycling innovation+3 | Carina Hamel | BivoNASA | — | Bivo Bottlescycling+5 | — | 49m 33s | |
| 2/9/26 | AJA #48: Travel Kits, Drop Bar Drama, and Rants About Beeps and Boops✨ | race-day geardrop bar ban+3 | — | Lifetime | — | race-day gearCape Epic+5 | — | 46m 36s | |
| 1/21/26 | Getting AiRO with Ingmar Jungnickel✨ | cycling aerodynamicsComputational Fluid Dynamics+3 | Ingmar Jungnickel | AiROSpecialized+1 | — | AiROIngmar Jungnickel+6 | — | 1h 03m 09s | |
| 12/22/25 | AJA #47: Aluminum Velodromes, Forever Chemicals, Big-Wheel Aesthetics, and valve stem nerdery✨ | aluminum velodromesaltitude hacks+4 | — | Aluminum Velodromechain waxing+3 | Tucson | cyclingvelodrome+4 | — | 57m 37s | |
| 12/8/25 | Melisa Rollins: From Hand-Me-Downs to Leadville Champ✨ | cyclingathletic performance+3 | Melisa Rollins | — | — | Leadvillecycling+4 | — | 57m 54s | |
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| 11/7/25 | AJA #46: Safety Pins, TPU Wins & Indoor Suffering✨ | race numbersTPU technology+3 | — | TPU tubesUCI+1 | — | safety pinstranslucent tubes+5 | — | 55m 46s | |
| 10/23/25 | 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 us while we make an exception to our normal behavior and take a stab at the 32 inch wheel. The wheel size is not the new thing here. It's the tire that's creating some buzz. A viable, tubeless mountain bike tire to be precise. When Maxxis started showing its 32 inch Aspen, bike builders took notice. Some fired up their CAD programs to see if they could make it work. Using heat and steel, drawings were then turned into something rideable. One of those designers is Daniel Yang. Yang MFG and Neuhaus Metalworks have produced the Nova; a mountain bike buit around the 32 inch wheel. Steel, fully rigid, geared or single speed. We met up with Daniel on the trail and took the Nova for a test ride. After, we sat down at a park picnic table for a discussion on what it took to fit these wheels into a frame, who this bike is for and who it is not for and what could be mountain biking's next big move. | — | ||||||
| 10/3/25 | AJA #45: Pump Accuracy & Cheap Carbon Parts | Hear why that "psst" when you pull the chuck is just hose air (not lost PSI), how to set smarter pressures for tandems and "big-butt" weight splits using a bathroom scale, and what tread actually grips on loose-over-hard. Josh also demystifies analog vs. digital gauge accuracy (and drift) and tackles the carbon-on-the-cheap question—when a bargain is fine, and when it's a dentist bill waiting to happen. | — | ||||||
| 9/22/25 | Best Bike Split Founder Ryan Cooper | Marginal Gainers are familiar with Best Bike Split -- the website where using rider data you can forecast a finish time on a specific course. It has been a great tool for years for amateurs and pros alike. Josh has frequently referenced BBS on the show. Fatty and Hottie have discussed it on their Leadville Podcast. But we wanted to know what is under the hood. For that we turn to its founder Ryan Cooper. Before Best Bike Split, Ryan was a lot like us: a competitor with the hopes of going faster. Unlike most of us, he's really good at math. His ability to come up with equations and sus out variables gave him the tools to invent Best Bike Split. But the inspiration was more of an experiment -- a story will leave for him. In the interview, Ryan shares what he can about how BBS comes up with its forecasted times. He also talks about some new features he has in the works like factoring in tarmac conditions to better hone in on times. Ryan also wants listeners to get a taste of BBS and he is extending a discount to listeners of the pod. Use the code MARGAINS25 for a discount and as Ryan says: Race smarter. Ride faster. Win more. | — | ||||||
| 9/2/25 | AJA #44: Hookless Controversy, Tire Myths, and Aero Hacks | Josh tackles the fallout from his viral "hookless is a scam" comment, clarifies the real risks and physics behind hookless rims, and dives deep into tire pressures, gauges at altitude, and disc wheel aerodynamics. | — | ||||||
| 8/18/25 | Brendan Johnston: Racing, Resilience, and Results | Australian cycling champ and Grand Prix contender Brendan Johnston shares the races that shaped him, the setbacks that tested him, and an upcoming project that may become his ultimate proving ground. | — | ||||||
| 8/1/25 | 3X Natl Champ Lauren Stephens | Lauren Stephens has been easy to spot in both Road and Gravel events; just look for the stars and stripes. She has won three US titles: two gravel and one road. Oh, but there's so much more to her career. How about more than 30 UCI road race victories? She has twice won the Joe Martin Stage Race, the Tour of the Gila and Unbound 100. Lauren has also raced Track, Time Trials, Mountain Bike and Cyclocross. Not bad for a former high school math teacher who wasn't a serious cyclist until 2008. In addition to reviewing her career, Josh and Hottie also talk to Lauren about her nicknames, her extensive bike collection, that interesting denim vest, social media and her new team -- Aegis Cycling -- and its approach to racing and social justice. | — | ||||||
| 7/11/25 | AJA #43: CRR/CDA and Hookless plus The Magnus Effect | We take a look at what has become a dilemma for some Marginal Gains seekers and that is optimizing aero, rolling resistance on a tubeless, hookless rim. Josh has an admittedly unpopular take on the subject. We also get into the aerodymanic idea known as the Magnus Effect. The principle says that a spinning object will develop unequal pressure on either side as it moves throught air. Josh expains how -- if at all -- the Magnus Effect, affects that rotating thing we love; the bicycle wheel. We also have questions on hot waxing in a vacum oven, the aero cost of external cables, and what is kind of a Silca product shocker: it's Ultimate Shock Pump. | — | ||||||
| 6/27/25 | AJA #42: Pipe Cleaners and Crack Baggies | We know, the title sounds like we're doing an episode about drug paraphernalia, but trust us, it's the (very good) answer to one of many great questions posed to Josh in this latest listener-driven Q&A episode. We get into using the right lube under the right conditions (including super dry moondust mountain biking), aero combos with the Conti Aero 111, TPU tube challenges, and much more. It's a fun and info-packed episode from the show that dares to say, "It depends." | — | ||||||
| 6/9/25 | The Marginal — and maximal — gains of a great bike fit | Behind every great cyclist is a great bike fit, which means a great bike fitter. Honestly, we're not sure it's possible to overstate the gains — or losses— a bike fit can bring. And a startling number of top pros we've had on this show trust Barry Anderson of Cyclologic, in Scottsdale Arizona. Barry has popped up on our radar numerous times and for numerous reasons recently. We're excited to share Barry's practical guidance on the why, how, and who of a great bike fit. | — | ||||||
| 5/20/25 | From Running to Riding to RED-S and Beyond with Cécile Lejeune | Cécile Lejeune is a rising star in women's pro cycling, but this Frenchwoman (and now Arizonian) is no stranger to speed. With roots in Tri and a number of impressive running records in her native country, Cécile has been challenging herself since the age of 12. A RED-S survivor, Cécile brings an inspiring and candid story to this year's Life Time Grand Prix, where she currently sits in a top-10 ranking. This is even more impressive when you consider that last year she wasn't even accepted into the race. With a love of gravel, tips on where to get married in a hurry, and an outsized helping of wisdom, this conversation with Cécile is not one to miss. | — | ||||||
| 4/30/25 | AJA #41: Hard water, hard jobs, and hard to get | Fatty is obsessed with mini compressors and so jumps the line in this episode of Ask Josh Anything with several questions he has about Silca's new Elettrico series, Silca's innovative, just-released electric mini pump that is available everywhere (except the US) now. We also got some great feedback/pushback on part of Josh's recent FAQ episode, and a novel new product idea involving tap water from Indianapolis. And, as always, so much more. | — | ||||||
| 4/18/25 | Sea Otter Special | We are on the ground at Sea Otter chasing Marginal Gains. A top theme at this year's show is something we have been discussing in our episodes: the wider tire revolution. Older XC tires have found new life on gravel race bikes and tire makers are responding. We hear from two major players on the tire side of things. Plus Dylan Johnson weighs in on how widespread the wider tire movement has become at the pointy end of races. We also wadedinto some new terrirotry: bike rack and bag maker Tailfin talks about its go-fast approach to bike packing. And finally, we met up with a one-of-a-kind company that has brought Marginal Gains...to leg shaving. | — | ||||||
| 4/14/25 | Levi Leipheimer & Melisa Rollins: The Growler from Pro and RD perspectives | We've done plenty of interview episodes before, but this one's a little different. The twist here is we have pro cyclist Melisa Rollins joining as co-host in hopes of improving her chances at Levi Leipheimer's The Growler, a race that boasts the world's largest payout in a one-day race: a $156,000 purse, split evenly among men and women. | — | ||||||
| 4/7/25 | AJA 40: How will new tariffs affect Silca, bike retailers, and customers? | We had a whole suite of super nerdy and fun questions ready to ask Josh...and we will still ask them, next time. But we also wanted to know Josh's thoughts about how the newly-announced tariffs might affect Silca, the businesses it buys from and sells to, and its customers. The resulting unscripted conversation is a must-listen. | — | ||||||
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