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Marginal Gains Cycling Podcast, Presented by Silca

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  • Factor Bikes - Rob Gitelis

    September 28, 2026 · 58 min

    Josh has often spoke of the people in cycling he most admires. Rob Gitelis is a name he mentions frequently. Rob is the head of Factor Bikes. Rob's company is coming up on its tenth anniversary. The rise to prominence has been quick…

  • Gary Fisher

    September 15, 2026 · 44 min

    We believe in staying in touch with the history of bicycles. Knowing where we've been can often tell us where we are going. That idea has been frequently used when discussing the emergence of the 32 inch wheel. "It's like when we went from…

  • AJA #52: Protocol Tire Tech-Cargo Bibs-Long Sleeves for Aero

    August 31, 2026 · 54 min

    Hottie and Fatty pepper Josh with tire questions. Specifically what is and is not a radial casing and how his team was able to move towards a radial ply angle without disrupting tire stability. Josh also explains how they arrived at…

  • Leadville Trail 100 Bike Tech

    August 18, 2026 · 55 min

    The Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race has long been grounds for equipment tinkering and experimentation with the hopes of shaving minutes .. even seconds off finish times. Drop bars on mountain bikes at Leadville may seem recent but…

  • Darren Baum - How Bikes Behave

    August 11, 2026 · 57 min

    If Bike sales were purely based on a beauty contest, Baum Cycles would be at the top of the charts. Baums are stunning, Titanium machines. Most of them are custom built by an out-of-the-box thinker in Geelong, Victoria, Australia: Darren…

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  • Paige Onweller - Details Matter

    July 28, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

    While listening to Paige Onweller answer our questions, we found ourselves wishing we could be more like her. Wishing we had her organizational skills, her critical thinking, her ability to adapt quickly. Paige has the tools to be the kind…

  • AJA #51 Road Spray Aerodynamics and Argon Gas in Tires

    July 6, 2026 · 54 min

    Josh sinks his teeth into questions on turning road spray on a frame into aerodynamic information, Argon gas in tires and deep, carbon wheels for XC mountain bike racing.  We also talk about Fatty's successful Everest challenge – the…

  • Rolling Resistance Testing with John Karrasch

    June 8, 2026 · 51 min

    A favorite topic on the Marginal Gains Podcast is rolling resistance, also known as CRR. It is one of the cornerstones of this show. While we have interviewed aerodynamic experts who have devoted hundreds of hours to CdA, we have found…

  • Inflatable Inserts and Radial Tires

    May 26, 2026 · 32 min

    It's funny how tubeless freed is from tubes and years later some of us turned to putting something else in the space between rim and tire. Namely inserts. Most of them are foam and a real struggle to install. Then there's OPTIS: The…

  • AJA #50 Inserts-Optimal gears-Narrow Bars

    May 11, 2026 · 57 min

    Our 50th Ask Josh Anything! That's a lot of questions and answers and "It Depends." Thanks for hanging with us to the mid century mark. On the Q&A agenda this episode: The perfect padding for aero armrests.  Tire inserst for Unbound…

  • Sea Otter Pt. 2 - Big Wheels Keep on Rollin'

    April 30, 2026 · 41 min

    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…

  • Sea Otter Pt. 1 - Hooked on Road Wheels

    April 22, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    We're not afraid to share an opinion on this show. At no time was that more apparent then when Josh let his thoughts known about hookless road wheels. It caused a bit of a reaction in the industry to say the least. And while we have some…

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About the show

The Marginal Gains Podcast, presented by Silca is the show that makes a big deal about the little things, and how those little things...can be a big deal. Josh Poertner of Silca, along with Hottie and Fatty, talk about all aspects of cycling — design, manufacturing, marketing, riding, racing, management and more, all from a thoughtful perspective. It's a podcast for the thinking cyclist.