The Roller Door
Episodes
The Wide and Growing World of E-bikes
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Get into the details of ebikes! Why ride one? Or not? Why did we make the product and design choices we've made in our ebike line? In this episode we ...
Mountain Bike Hall of Fame's Own Danny MacAskill Teaches Us How to Wheelie!
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're so excited to have our buddy Danny MacAskill on the pod to congratulate him on being inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame! He's one guy ...
Nerd Out With Us: Meet The Fabricators of Santa Cruz Bicycles
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're getting deep under the Roller Door on this episode! In the depths of the Santa Cruz Bicycles Headquarters is the machine shop where Mike Woods a...
The All New Vala AL With Production Boss JT Barse
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vala AL?! That's right, the beloved Vala has now gone metal. The aluminum Vala launches today, and we're stoked on this one. Hannah and co host Sam Ra...
What Can Happen When You Follow Your Heart and Your Bike: A Cuppa With Aneela McKenna
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No matter your life trajectory, you can always choose a different path and you can always choose to use your voice to enact change. On this episode...
Keegan Swenson As Seen By Tobin Ortenblad: A HTSQD Interview
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Tobin Ortenblad puts on his co-host hat and joins Hannah in interviewing Keegan Swenson. Pre season, why Cape Epic is so hard, prepar...
Introducing the all new Santa Cruz Bullit, with the designers Aaron Thielk and Jack Russell
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All new? Hasn't the Bullit been around forever? Yes, this OG model has gotten a major revision and is better than ever. Think Vala on steroids. We'll ...
Meet the Hoff and the Boss; the two women of the Syndicate
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Roller Door, Hannah sits down with the two Syndicate women, veteran Nina Hoffman and fresh junior Ellie Hulsebosch, to get an i...
Rolling Coal, gravel fashion, and singlespeed cyclocross with Tobin Ortenblad
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Roller Door, Garen and Hannah chat with HtSQD racer and People's Champ Tobin Ortenblad on training, cyclocross tactics, gravel ...
A RedBull Rampage Recap with Vero Sandler
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Roller Door, Garen and Hannah chat with legendary freerider Vero Sandler about her experience before, during, and after the Red...
Building the Santa Cruz Vala with (nearly) half the SCB Product Team
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Roller Door, Garen and Hannah chat with some of the group that brought the Vala, Santa Cruz's new full power e-bike, to market....
Vero Sandler takes on the first women's Red Bull Rampage
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At long last, 2024 marks the first ever women's field in the iconic (and somewhat controversial) freeride competition, the Red Bull Rampage. In this e...
Introducing the Santa Cruz Vala, with Product Manager Jack Russell
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What's a Vala? How's this new Bosch motor? Wait… a 4-bar bike from Santa Cruz? Is this the end of VPP? Who's Jack Russell, anyways? To hear the answ...
All about the new Santa Cruz Hightower
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Roller Door Podcast, Garen and Hannah talk through the updates to the Santa Cruz Hightower, along with several off-piste tang...
What a trip to the Netherlands taught us about bicycle infrastucture, with Matt Miller
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you're listening to this podcast you surely love riding bikes, but it's not all nose-bonks and power wheelies. In this episode of the Roller Door, ...
Details Matter: all about the Santa Cruz Bronson with Josh Kissner
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we launched the latest Bronson: our go-to aggressive trail bike. Listen as Garen and Hannah talk with Santa Cruz Director of Product Josh Ki...
Mexico to BC the hard way-- with Annie Ford
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Annie Ford is a climate activist, marine biologist, surfer and mountain biker with a passion for doing hard things. She's got the world record for des...
The 2024 Downieville Classic with Keegan Swenson, Tobin Ortenblad, and Sam Dale
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Roller Door, Garen chats with Keegan Swenson, Tobin Ortenblad, and Sam Dale about their races, their bikes, and their experienc...
For the Love of Bikes™ with Sam Dale
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To chat with Sam Dale is to consort with a calm, wise man: steady in his words, rich in story, humble as they come, Sam is the kind of person you wish...
Making your mark with Eliot Jackson
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eliot is one of a kind and so important to the cycling world' is what photographer Adrian Marcoux recently said of Eliot Jackson, and we couldn't thi...
Gravel for Dummies: an Unbound Recap with Tobin Ortenblad
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
--- SPECIAL DROP --- In this special episode of the Roller Door, Garen and Hannah sit with everybody's Wingman, Tobin Ortenblad, to hear about how thi...
Power Women of Mountain Biking: Anka Martin, Kelli Emmett, and Sarah Leishman
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Roundabouts, Dirt Commutes, and the joy of riding a bicycle with Matt Miller of Ecology Action
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Roller Door, Garen and Hannah talk with Matt Miller of Santa Cruz-based non-profit Ecology Action. While the subject matter isn...
Is it possible to ride too much? Or can Ben Hildred ride Further?
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Seat tube angles, build kit naming, horses for courses, and Mailbag with Director of Product Josh Kissner
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Roller Door, Santa Cruz Bicycles Director of Product Josh Kissner regales Garen and Hannah with stories of yesteryear, like wh...
Stories from Rider Support: Steffen Anderson and Chase Holleman on injuries, van life, and a tale of 2 Hightowers
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Geek Squad: Airplanes, Motorcycles, Garmin tech, Burritos and more E-bike Tech with Santa Cruz Product Manager Jack Russell
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of the podcast, Garen and Hannah dig a little deeper into the world of Santa Cruz ebike Product Manager Jack Russell-- and Jack's ...
Wildfire, Grants, Events, and ebikes with Greg Williams of the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, Hannah and Garen chat up Greg Williams, founder and executive director of the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship. The co...
Why that bike? with Loic Delteil and Scott Turner
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episide of the Roller Door, Garen and Hannah chat with Santa Cruz lifer Scott Turner, EU Brand manager Loic Delteil, and a small frog who chi...
How Geoff Casey became Santa Cruz Bicycles Head of Design, Product, and Engineering
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of The Roller Door's second season, Garen and Hannah talk with Santa Cruz Bicycles Head of Product and Design, Geoff Casey. Geof...
Full Power vs Mid Power e-bikes, and is Shimano's EP801 really an upgrade?
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 1 of the Roller Door's second season is all about ebikes. Garen is joined by Santa Cruz e-bike Product Managers Mark Matson and Jack Russell f...
Mailbag with Josh Kissner: Mixed wheels, Bicycle Geometry, and aluminum bikes
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Roller Door we open the mailbag with Santa Cruz Bicycles Director of Product Josh Kissner. We answer some reader questions and...
Celebrating Greg Minnaar's 16 years on the Santa Cruz Syndicate
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Goat moves on... Greg Minnaar holds more wins than any other athlete in the history of Men's elite downhill racing. He's been on the Santa Cruz S...
Jackson Goldstone says his mechanic Woody has it easy
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
/;[Today's episode of the podcast features Syndicate downhill racer Jackson Goldstone and his mechanic, Woody. We talk through Jackson's explosive '2...
All about the Santa Cruz V10 with Aaron Foley, Joseph Ge, and Kiran Mackinnon
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
⚡️ NERD ALERT ⚡️ This episode of the Roller Door is all about the Santa Cruz V10, from the perspective of the people who designed it -- that's...
Santa Cruz CEO Joe Graney explains why everything is on sale
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast Garen and Santa Cruz CEO Joe Graney talk about perfect trails and the state of the bike business after the covid boom b...
Mailbag with Kiran MacKinnon: VPP Suspension, tuning, DH racing, and Mazda Miata's
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, Garen pitches questions from podcast listeners to chief knob-twiddler Kiran MacKinnon: particularly about Cascade Lin...
Juliana Bicycle's Hannah Mirsepassi is ready to Rampage
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Roller Door, Garen chats with Juliana Bicycles marketeer, shutttle queen and all around badass Hannah Mirsepassi about Juliana ...
All about the Heckler SL with Santa Cruz Product Managers Mark Matson and Jack Russell
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Santa Cruz CEO Joe Graney wonders whether print is dead
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Skitchin' with Seb Kemp and Gene Selkov: all about the Santa Cruz Skitch
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this today's episode of the podcast, Santa Cruz Director of Marketing and lover of all things mountain bike Seb Kemp along with uber-grav-grav cycl...
Out to Lunch™: all about the Santa Cruz Stigmata with Josh Kissner and Tobin Ortenblad
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the podcast we chat with Santa Cruz htSQD athlete Tobin Ortenblad, and Santa Cruz director of product Josh Kissner about the recent...
Downieville Classic Race Recap with Alexis Skarda, Tobin Ortenblad, and 2023 All-Mountain Winner Keegan Swenson
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Roller Door, we chat with the Santa Cruz htSQD-- that's Alexis Skarda, Tobin Ortenblad, and Keegan Swenson-- about their exper...
Out to Lunch™: Kiran MacKinnon on mixed wheels, MX specific geometry, and headset spacer etiquette
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're Out to Lunch with Kiran Mackinnon, on the subject of MX wheels. The nerd alert is blinking bright on this one-- we chat about the benefits...
Why manufacture overseas and other queries with Santa Cruz Engineering Manager and composites whiz Nic McCrae
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Podcast we've got composites guru and Santa Cruz Engineering Manager Nic McCrae, and Nic's full of stories. This dude knows carbon b...
Data Dweeb and Rider Support Lead Chris Naegele on what's warranty and what's not
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Naegele is a father, a rider, and a self proclaimed data dweeb. As head of Rider Support, and by wrangling the data points taken from thousands...
Santa Cruz Bikes Director of Product Josh Kissner on riding mullet bikes... exclusively
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Podcast we've got Josh Kissner. As director of product, Josh has been involved with every bike Santa Cruz has made in the la...
Ebike tech (and technique) hacks with Danny Macaskill
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome to the Roller Door, a Santa Cruz Bicycles Podcast where we give you a behind the scenes look and what's going on here at the compan...
Ben Cathro on changes to World Cup Downhill regs, riding technique, bike setup, and the Pinkbike DH team
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome to the Roller Door, a Santa Cruz Bicycles Podcast, where we give you a behind the scenes look and what's going on here at the compan...
Out to Lunch™: nothing is ever good enough for Kiran MacKinnon
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Roller Door, a Santa Cruz Bicycles Podcast where we give you a behind the scenes look and what's going on here at the company, while gi...
Why Santa Cruz Product Manager Jack Russell rides e-bikes exclusively
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Roller Door, a Santa Cruz Bicycles Podcast, where we give you a behind the scenes look and what's going on here at the company, while ...
Keegan Swenson recaps winning the Belgian Waffle Ride and sets his sights on the Cape Epic
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
JT Barse, Production Manager at Santa Cruz Bicycles follows heart, moves west, finds home
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome to the Roller Door, a Santa Cruz Bicycles Podcast, where we give you a behind the scenes look and what's going on here at the compa...
Greg Williams explains the ambitious goals of the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome to the Roller Door, a Santa Cruz Bicycles Podcast, where we give you a behind the scenes look and what's going on here at the compa...
Peter Mueller Wille of Santa Cruz Bicycles: mad, then glad about ebikes
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome to the Roller Door, a Santa Cruz Bicycles Podcast, where we give you a behind the scenes look and what's going on here at the compa...