The Joy of Riding Again w/ Lennard Zinn

In this episode, we have a wide-ranging discussion with Lennard Zinn, a Boulder, Colorado-based former elite-level bike racer, journalist, author, and custom bike builder. Lennard is probably best known for his frequent technical journalistic contributions on VeloNews and his incredibly popular books published by VeloPress on bike maintenance and repair, Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance and Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance.

He's also a co-author, along with Chris Case and Dr. John Mandrola, of The Haywire Heart: How too much exercise can kill you, and what you can do to protect your heart and he has become the go-to builder of custom titanium bikes for big & tall riders with his company Zinn Cycles and has stock steel bikes through a partnership with KHS.

Our conversation kicks off with a description of how he made the transition from an elite-level racer to a bike builder, then journalist and author, and finally we dive into the emerging details of "athlete's heart syndrome" or "haywire heart".

Additional Helpful Links:

APS Physics Interview from 2017

Tom Ritchey - Ritchey Bikes

Cycling to Extremes Article - VeloNews

Davis Phinney - Davis Phinney Foundation helping people with Parkinson's

Connie Carpenter-Phinney - USA Cycling Hall of Fame

Dave Scott, Six-Time Ironman Triathlon World Champion - Dave's Page

Peter Sagan

Egan Bernal

Dr. Shannon Sovndal ~ Garmin Sharp Pro Cycling Team

Heart Arrhythmia, Tachycardia, Fibrillation

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Boulder B-Cycle ~ B-Cycle e-Assist Bike

Austin B-Cycle ~ CapMetro & City Partnership

A Recent Article on e-bikes

Bosch e-Bike Systems

Zinn Fondo article

Strava KOM or QOM defined, tips

Bike Power Meter

Titanium - tensile strength

Cross Country Skiing Techniques - Skate & Classic and Backcountry

Cyclo-cross

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Hi Everyone, my name is John Simmerman.

I’m a health promotion professional with over 30 years of experience and my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization of how the built environment influences human behavior related to active living and especially active mobility.

In 2012 I launched the non-profit Advocates for Healthy Communities as an effort to help promote and create healthy, active places.

Since that time, I've been exploring, documenting, and profiling established, emerging, and aspiring Active Towns wherever they might be, in order to produce high-quality multimedia content to help inspire the creation of more safe and inviting, environments that promote a "Culture of Activity" for "All Ages & Abilities."

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