#91 | Women’s Edition #1: HYPEBYKE, I Bike CC, and Corpus Christi BMX

[00:00:00] Speaker A: What's going on, y'? All? Corpus Christi Originals back at it again. Today we have episode 91. Excuse me. The first ever women's edition we got. We're going to be having Lori from Corpus Christi bmx, Melanie from Hype Bike, and Ibikecc. They're going to be talking about the cyclist community in Corpus Christi. So. And real quick, this is the first women's edition ever. I wanted to pay homage real quick to Brittany Moute, who was the original OG Podcaster featuring leading ladies of Corpus Christi on a podcast. So she's got a whole archive. [00:00:32] Speaker B: 200. [00:00:33] Speaker A: 200 episodes on just. Ladies of Corpus Christi is called the Leading Ladies of Corpus Christi podcast. You can check out her I archive and Spotify Apple. Apple podcasts. She's no longer doing it, but I feel like she lit the flame, she lit the torch, and I'm just kind of taking. Taking it up and keeping it going for the ladies of Corpus Christi. What's going on, y'? [00:00:53] Speaker B: All? [00:00:54] Speaker C: Thanks for having us today. We're so excited. [00:00:56] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:00:57] Speaker B: This is so cool. It is cool. Real. [00:00:59] Speaker C: Yeah. We're kind of like different corners of the cycling world. [00:01:04] Speaker B: Right. [00:01:05] Speaker C: But we're in the same family. For sure. [00:01:08] Speaker B: Cycling is a family. [00:01:10] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah. For real. I mean, I wrote about. I can't remember the last time I rode a bike, but definitely bring back memories when I was younger and when I had Melanie on episode 37. I can't remember. [00:01:19] Speaker B: I think so. [00:01:20] Speaker A: But you were on. Talking about the cycling. Cycling community. And, like, it's amazing to me how much grown. [00:01:25] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:01:25] Speaker A: How many people are into it, you know, so just being able to talk about this and even, like, the safety of the roads and even the BMX track that we used to have a while back. And you're. And you guys are bringing it back. Working on bringing it back. And we were talking earlier about how the city has its own ideas and stuff like that. So we'll get into that for sure. So I guess, do you guys want to talk about that straight off, or we can talk about. [00:01:51] Speaker C: Well, I think that first and foremost, we should probably establish some definitions. [00:01:57] Speaker B: Right, Agreed. [00:01:59] Speaker C: So, bmx. Do you guys know what BMX stands for? Melanie? [00:02:05] Speaker B: I'd say bicycle something. [00:02:08] Speaker C: It stands for bicycle motocross, and we're talking about pedal bikes. For some reason, a lot of people get it confused with motocross, and maybe because it's bicycle motocross. Bicycle motocross. [00:02:21] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:02:21] Speaker C: So it's. We're not talking about motorcycle, motor, motocross bikes. We're Talking about pedal bikes. And then within the sport of bmx, there's different styles of riding. So you have street writing, which is like at skate parks or tricks on the street. And then you have trail riding, which is like dirt jumps. And then there's BMX racing. And that's what our family does. My family does and what we're trying to bring back, and that is at USA BMX sanctioned racetracks. [00:02:53] Speaker A: Okay. [00:02:54] Speaker C: So I think that's pretty important to just establish that right away. [00:02:58] Speaker B: There's no form of competitiveness then associated with that. [00:03:02] Speaker C: Yes. It's a sport, that it's competition. An organized sport. Yeah. And that holds competitions. [00:03:12] Speaker A: So you at the USA sanctioned is a must for that to have events, to hold races. Okay. So having events in races. [00:03:20] Speaker B: Okay. [00:03:20] Speaker C: The best way to kind of look at it is it's kind of like a league. If you're like in a league with football or soccer. Well, USA BMX is the. The league. It's the governing league for BMX racing. [00:03:34] Speaker A: Okay. [00:03:35] Speaker C: So the other one, it's that. [00:03:36] Speaker B: That's it. [00:03:36] Speaker A: Right. So the track has to be a certain way as far as it being engineered and. How do you say, like the. [00:03:43] Speaker C: Yeah, they. They do have to approve it. USA BMX has to approve the design and in order to ensure it. And another way to kind of like compare is if you think about like a public pool, it has a gate around it, and people aren't allowed to go in and swim in a public pool unless there's lifeguards there. So as at a track, a. A USA BMX sanction track, it has to have a gate around it. And people aren't allowed to really just go in and write it unless there's someone there operating it. And. And that's because it's insured under USA bmx. [00:04:21] Speaker B: So. [00:04:21] Speaker A: Yeah. To wow. Wow. So it has to be. It has to. All that regulation to be able to do what you want to do at the Selenus park where the old. What the BMX track used to be. [00:04:30] Speaker C: Yes. [00:04:31] Speaker A: Right. [00:04:31] Speaker C: So back it up a little bit. I'm Laurie Ling. [00:04:38] Speaker A: My introduction was a little rough. [00:04:40] Speaker B: Just. We come in hot, us bicycle people. We just come in hot. [00:04:44] Speaker A: I forgot to mention the sponsor, you guys. South Texas Lacrosse is a nonprofit organization, veteran owned and operated. Footwork, hand eye coordination, field vision is great for young football players when they're on the off season between seasons. Check out their Facebook page at South TX Lacrosse or their website, South TX Lacrosse.com. the season begins August 22nd, and you can sign up at their Facebook page or their website. So you're Lori. [00:05:11] Speaker C: I'm Laurie Ling. I'm here representing Corpus Christi BMX. We are the newly approved 501c3 non profit. As of last week, all of our paperwork and everything was approved thanks to our board members. We couldn't have done it without them. We have a dream team of board members for our non profit and I serve as the president on the board. [00:05:35] Speaker A: Cool. [00:05:35] Speaker C: And so our goal is to bring back BMX racing, specifically at the Salinas park, which is off Greenwood, where there was a USA BMX sanction track for from 2012 to 2017. And it's abandoned right now at this point. [00:05:55] Speaker A: Wow. Yeah. And it's kind of like in the corner of the part two I saw where. [00:05:59] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:06:00] Speaker A: That's amazing. And Melanie, you are part of Ibike cc. You're right. [00:06:05] Speaker B: Right. [00:06:06] Speaker A: So real quick, I saw your video on YouTube with. Who is it? Ride bikes more. [00:06:11] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:06:11] Speaker A: And you had a. You had a 22 mile mountain bike ride. [00:06:15] Speaker B: Oh my gosh. [00:06:15] Speaker A: How did that change your perspective on cycling? [00:06:18] Speaker B: It did. I wasn't in a good space in that time and I wasn't happy where I go, where I was going, like health wise, mental wise. And you, you wanted me to get emotional today. It really was because I wasn't in my right mind at that moment in time. I was. It just felt like stagnant and just not going anywhere. And that ride that I took just kind of randomly and sometimes that's just how it has to start. Yeah, the universe just talks to you and tells you, you know what, you belong at this place at this time. And I was at that place at that time and made amazing friends and still friends today. But yeah, on. I went on a quick little bike ride to the store, was gonna get a lottery ticket and I just went and I was on my mountain bike. I saw like a whole bunch of road roadies shout out to the rebels, by the way, a whole bunch of road crew just congregating there and they were like getting ready to go. And I said, I rolled up to him, just kind of, you know, be me being a, you know, friendly person. And I was like, when are we riding? And they were like, right now, go get your helmet. And I. So I hauled ass home, grabbed my helmet, came back and I didn't know they were going to do like 22 miles. I didn't know that. I was just going because it was a bike ride and I knew I liked bike riding and 22. Yeah, 22 miles. Later with the, with the Night Rebels on a mountain bike, man. Yeah. I'm glad you understand. [00:07:49] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:07:51] Speaker B: Tires. So different bikes are used for different things. Right. And I had no idea at the time. It was 2016. Almost. Almost 10 years ago. Wow. Almost. Yeah. 10 years ago. And then so on a mountain bike, It's a struggle. 22 miles. It's heavier. So by the next. So they ride on Tuesdays and Thursdays and so by. That was a Tuesday. On Thursday, don't you know, I had a Facebook Marketplace bike with a skinny tire and I was ready for 50 miles. No, but I was. It, it really was elevating. Like, it, it really changed my mindset because I'm not a runner. Like, no, I can't do that. So bike riding is the only exercise that if I'm not able to do it, I get upset about it. Like, it's like, man, I miss that ride. I never regret a ride that I go on, but I always regret a ride that I miss. So it just, it changed me for the better and it just propelled me into this whole realm of riding to, to feel better, to balance yourself. You talked about balance earlier. She has a really cool scale tattoo on her arm. And, and it's it that hit home with me because you do need balance, whether it's stre. There's some good stress and there's some bad stress. Right. So you have to balance your work and, and fun life and you have to balance your relationships. There's so much that goes into just living every day that that bike riding for me allows me to persevere through the bad stuff. Because it's just such a negative. Because it's such a positive impact to my well being. [00:09:23] Speaker C: So we did a community bridge bike ride this morning. That hype bike host and I overheard, I overheard you talking about balance when you were writing. She was, I was watching her. She was riding with no hands. And I feel like that is just. I mean, it's just a great example. [00:09:45] Speaker B: Because you have to keep moving in order to stay balanced on a bike. You have to keep moving. You can't stop, you can't stay still. Because on a bicycle. Yeah, exactly, exactly. So you have to maintain that balance. Interesting. But in order to do that, you have to keep moving. You can't just abort mission. [00:10:01] Speaker A: Yes. So speaking of your cycling from the early days to now, like, how has it, it evolved since then? [00:10:08] Speaker B: Gosh. So you don't. [00:10:10] Speaker C: Oh, I would love. [00:10:13] Speaker B: Go ahead, Melanie. Melanie. [00:10:16] Speaker C: Melanie is at the heart of our cycling community here in Corpus Jersey. She's such a big leader in the bike world here in our local community. So I would love for you to go ahead. [00:10:28] Speaker B: Thank you. [00:10:29] Speaker C: Ladies edition some tissues. [00:10:33] Speaker B: So the reason, like, Hype Bike came to be was because I really appreciated what cycling did for me, and I wanted to bring that to other people because I know other people are struggling. They're going through whatever they're going through, and some of them need an outlet. A lot of our bike riders are going through their own. Going through their own struggles. Right. And so they need something. Right. Some people choose the negative, the kind of wrong paths. Right. Alcoholism, drug abuse, and that's. That's not healthy. And so bike riding is a healthy alternative. And that's why I brought High Bike with Nelson's help. What's up, honey? With Nelson's help. He's been there for me from the jump, and. And so I just wanted to bring that. That happiness and that balance. [00:11:31] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:11:32] Speaker B: To the community. And having Hype Bike has allowed me to do that. And. And it's also helped me get an insight into people who don't do it for exercise or balance. They do it because there's. [00:11:44] Speaker A: That's their only option, even awareness, like, for people that don't ride. Because real quick, Nelson's on YouTube. He says hello. Yeah, the Ibike CC you mentioned last time, it just had me more conscious of the bike lanes that we have in town. I mean, some of them aren't even bike friendly, you know, and stuff like that. So just having that awareness for people that don't ride, I think is important as well. Yeah. So, ccbmx, what drew you to BMX or what keeps you passionate about it? [00:12:14] Speaker C: All right, so our story in BMX starts way back, specifically from my husband. He grew up in the south suburbs of the Chicago area, and he started racing when he was young until he was about a teenager. And then he. He rode for a stunt team. So they did events, like shows, they did tricks, like on ramps and stuff like that. And. And then into his 20s and 30s, he really kind of focused on trail riding. He traveled around building trails, so he's kind of done all of it, but where our paths meet was in Austin. So I'm originally from Corpus Christi, but I went to college in Austin, and he was there visiting to build trails and ride trails, and that's where we met. So in a way, I feel like our family exists because of bikes. Like, if bikes hadn't have brought him to Austin, I don't know if our paths would have ever that's cool. Like crossed in this world, you know, him being from Chicago area and me from south Texas. So in a sense, I feel like our family was like forged through BMX bicycles do that. [00:13:23] Speaker B: They bring people together. [00:13:24] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:13:25] Speaker C: So fast forward, we move to Corpus, we get married, we have. Have some kids. Three kids. And in this time, he kind of steps away from riding bikes. There was no, there were no trails here for him to ride. And there, there was no track. The track was already closed at the time. And. And he really didn't pick up bikes again until our oldest daughter, she's 10 now, until she was 6, and she picked up her bike and we saw that love loved riding bikes and he wanted to ride with her. So, you know, the first thing they did, they was they. He asked her, do you, do you want to try racing? And she said yes. And they, they went actually to Greenwood because, I mean, there wasn't much online about it. We couldn't find out, like, figure out if it was closed or not. [00:14:15] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:14:16] Speaker C: So they went there and it was closed. So he said, let's find the next nearest track. And that happens to be two and a half hours away in San Antonio at Lone Star. But my husband, being the dedicated bike dad that he is, he took our daughter there and she just, she loved it. And that's really what started it for, like, that's where our racing, BMX racing story begins. And we've been going there for four years now. And all three of my kids race now. My husband races. I don't race. But I'll say it now, if we get a track up and running in Corpus, I will enter my first race. [00:14:58] Speaker B: Challenge you right now. Challenge you right now. [00:15:01] Speaker C: I'm challenging you to sign up and race with me. [00:15:06] Speaker B: I'll take it. [00:15:06] Speaker C: Yeah, I'll do it. [00:15:07] Speaker B: I'll do this. Wait, wait. What size tire? [00:15:10] Speaker C: Oh, I don't know. [00:15:12] Speaker B: I don't know. I'm 42, dude. [00:15:17] Speaker C: Yeah, we can do cruisers, women's class. We can, we can create. No, we'll be like a woman's. Well, you have to have three to run a race. [00:15:26] Speaker B: Okay, we'll recruit. We're gonna have to recruit some ladies. [00:15:31] Speaker A: I'll go on the bridge with you guys. I'll do that for sure. [00:15:34] Speaker B: It is a fun ride. It's so, like, empowering once you get up there. [00:15:38] Speaker A: You're talking about the harbor bridge, right? [00:15:39] Speaker B: The new one. The new one. It's got a ten foot path. [00:15:42] Speaker C: I don't race, but I do ride a dirt jumper, which Is kind of like a mountain bike, and I. Today was my second time to do it, and the first time I did it, it was such a challenge. And because, you know, I'm on one. One gear. [00:15:56] Speaker B: Yes. [00:15:57] Speaker C: My bike, it doesn't have. It's not really. [00:16:00] Speaker A: Oh, that's tough. [00:16:01] Speaker C: Yeah. I would. [00:16:02] Speaker B: Single gear. [00:16:07] Speaker C: But she's done a one gear, too. [00:16:08] Speaker B: I am. [00:16:09] Speaker C: So is it. [00:16:10] Speaker A: Wait, wait, hold on. Is that, like, the. Is it, like, a trend nowadays or. Because I've seen a couple of other dudes. Was it. [00:16:16] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. Shout out. [00:16:18] Speaker A: Yeah. He was like, no weak legs, skinny legs, or chicken legs? [00:16:23] Speaker B: No chicken legs. Yeah. He says no E bikes. [00:16:25] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:16:26] Speaker B: What do you got against E bikes? Yeah. So no chicken. Because they put in mileage. Yeah, they put in heavy mileage. [00:16:33] Speaker C: I. I mainly like to ride trails, and. But we'll go to San Antonio, ride trails around there, and pump tracks are fun, too. And I like paved trails for fun also. [00:16:44] Speaker A: So it's a different world between the type. Yeah, that's. That's very. [00:16:47] Speaker C: Yeah. But this time today, I made a couple tweaks on my bike. I didn't. I didn't wear a backpack this time. Last time, I had a backpack and a drone in it, and it was, like, very heavy. So I learned. And so the first time I did it, I stopped and I walked a lot. [00:17:03] Speaker B: We all do it at our own pace. [00:17:04] Speaker C: Today I didn't walk any, and I only stopped two times. And actually, I've been kind of, like, training for this. [00:17:10] Speaker A: Oh, good. [00:17:11] Speaker C: I've been really trying to, like, build myself up to do this a good four months or so, and I was really proud of myself today. [00:17:20] Speaker B: I was proud of you, too. [00:17:21] Speaker C: Thank you. [00:17:21] Speaker B: I was. [00:17:22] Speaker C: And obviously, she is such a big motivator. And I see her in front of me, like, she's just pedaling, and she's not pedaling. It's just like. Just keep pedaling. Just keep pedaling. [00:17:32] Speaker B: We have. We have some guys on our crew that. His name is Shout out to Scott, our bike mechanic. Shout out. He. He was going on. On the bridge incline already. [00:17:43] Speaker A: No. [00:17:44] Speaker B: And doing a wheelie. [00:17:45] Speaker C: Oh, no. [00:17:48] Speaker B: So, yeah, that was our last ride. Isn't that wild? Okay. Because, you know. And then he passes me up. I'm like, no way. Yeah. But I take it. I. I respect it. Yeah. [00:17:58] Speaker A: I've seen some of them dudes, like, they're nothing but the back wheel the whole time they're cruising. [00:18:02] Speaker B: It's wild. [00:18:03] Speaker A: That's wild. Yeah. [00:18:04] Speaker B: Talk about balance. Yeah. [00:18:06] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. [00:18:06] Speaker B: Yeah. We Go up on the bridge. Every Sunday morning. We meet up at Hype Bike give out. Don. Drink some coffee. [00:18:13] Speaker A: I'm have to rent a bike for bike for me so I can. [00:18:15] Speaker C: It's a great time and it's. I mean, it's a huge motivation for your personal, like, goals too. What I've seemed to find for myself. [00:18:23] Speaker B: Yeah, it's gotten easier. [00:18:25] Speaker A: Is it too late to start riding a bike for somebody who's never ridden ever? [00:18:28] Speaker B: No, I've never ridden ever. I know. Shout out to Shirin. Right. Ibikecc, our lead on this, she is getting a certification in teaching people how to ride bikes. So. Yeah, absolutely. So she, she's working on that. But no, I don't think it's too late. Or. And, and if you're, if you feel like your balance may be a little off, try a tricycle. Try a tricycle. [00:18:51] Speaker A: Yeah, you make those because, you know. [00:18:53] Speaker B: Triangle'S the strongest shape, I hear. Yeah, Try, try that and maybe start. [00:18:58] Speaker C: On e bike too. [00:18:59] Speaker B: Right. [00:18:59] Speaker C: Because you can switch back and forth. Like pedaling. [00:19:01] Speaker B: Yeah, absolutely. Some assistance. If you do feel like your body may not be able to handle it. Try an electric bike. Get some assistance. That's what, that's what they're. [00:19:09] Speaker A: Is the main thing, it seems like. [00:19:11] Speaker B: For a bicycle, for a tricycle, it's a little different, but we got you. [00:19:17] Speaker A: Yeah, for sure. Turning passion into mission isn't easy. Let's talk about how you turned your love of cycling into a business and a community movement. Your initial. You initially dreamed of an indoor pump track. What did scaling back teach you about flexibility as an entrepreneur? [00:19:38] Speaker B: Well, it taught me that sometimes the, the bigger picture starts off small. Right. You have to plant the, the seed first and with, and, and truthfully, like, without the infrastructure here in Corpus Christi, I'm kind of glad I started smaller because, let's be real, even your, your BMX track, how are, how are kids going to commute? How are people going to commute to the track? Probably by bike, maybe. I mean going, going out on the limb here. Take the bus. Alternative vehicles. Right. So I'm kind of glad we scaled it back a bit because our city just isn't prepared for that type of influx now. I know, I know. I'm talking about like a indoor pump track versus a bicycle retail store. But scaling back helped me see a broader picture as to what was needed or what. What Corpus Christi could become. So I'm grateful that I did it in this way. Also, an indoor pump track is very expensive, so it's. Oh yeah, yeah, but it's basically a track, but inside. And it would have been like. Well, I say it would have been. I mean, the hope is still there. The hope is still there, but modular. So, like, what it's configured one day may not be the same as it's configured another day. Yeah, so that was the original plan, but I'm glad I started where I did because I don't think our city is quite ready. [00:21:11] Speaker A: Yeah, we were talking earlier, before error, and just kind of, aside from this topic, we're talking about the track at Salinas. Right. And how it compares to, say, the skate park. [00:21:23] Speaker B: Right. [00:21:24] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:21:24] Speaker A: Because the skate park is. You can't. I mean, it's not really geared toward events like you were mentioning earlier. [00:21:30] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:21:30] Speaker A: So I wanted. I don't know if the city council doesn't know about it or if they think it's like that. That's maybe the reason why, you know, I mean, people have speculation. [00:21:40] Speaker C: That's. [00:21:40] Speaker A: You know what I'm saying? [00:21:41] Speaker C: Yeah, absolutely. We. I feel like that is a big challenge that we keep running into is that it's. It's been hard to just explain to them what BMX racing is and what it looks like and how it's structured and it isn't a pump track. It isn't, you know, something that is just free for the public to go to at any point in time. There are some tracks, race tracks that are set up where there's a partnership between the. Who's operating the track and in staking, like, while it's sanctioned and having sanctioned events, and then the city has freedom to do whatever they would like to do also. But the challenges that you see there is if you open it up to everyone, people aren't going to be respectful to the track. And in the end, we're going to be paying lots of money trying to repair it all the time. [00:22:38] Speaker A: Right. [00:22:38] Speaker C: If people are going out there on motorbikes or just. Just damaging the track and, you know, whatever kind of way. [00:22:47] Speaker A: Yeah, for sure. It makes me think about, like, the. The pools, like. [00:22:50] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:22:50] Speaker A: Because I take my kids to the pool and they lock. They gate it, you know what I mean? And lock it whenever it's not in operation, stuff like that. So they could do the same with the. The bike, the. [00:23:00] Speaker C: And that's what it was for many years previously, really. You know, when it was operating under STX BMX from 2012 to 2017, that's how it was set up. It was a USA BMX sanction track. It was locked. Yeah. And it was only open on the. The designated days, which typically, like take for example, Lone Star BMX in San Antonio. They have one day where they do practice, like on a Tuesday, they race on a Thursday and race on a Saturday. And then in between, they might have some, like, some other, like, clinics. [00:23:39] Speaker A: Yes. [00:23:39] Speaker C: And. But they are only open during those times, those scheduled times. And then the rest of the time it's locked and people aren't allowed to go on it. [00:23:48] Speaker A: Oh, man. [00:23:49] Speaker B: Wow. Yeah, I was. So you were saying, like, does the. Is the city aware? Right. I don't know if the city is aware of what a sanctioned racetrack could bring. [00:24:01] Speaker C: And that's what we've been trying. [00:24:02] Speaker A: Okay. [00:24:03] Speaker C: To educate them and everyone on. Because to be fair, the sport of BMX racing has been gone from our city for years now. And unless you grew up doing it or maybe you're from a different place and moved here, a different place that had a track and moved here, you probably don't even know what it is. And so we've been trying to just show them what it is and what it's all about, and that's just been like, a big hurdle for us. [00:24:29] Speaker A: Right, right, right. So what. What are some of the things that it could bring? [00:24:32] Speaker B: I mean, consider X Games. [00:24:35] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:24:35] Speaker B: It could bring some sort of. [00:24:38] Speaker A: Well, okay, so. So having these events would bring revenue, stuff like that to help. [00:24:43] Speaker B: Okay, absolutely. [00:24:44] Speaker C: So every USA Beam, every BMX sanction track, like, in Texas, has the ability to host a state qualifier race. So this is one of the series that we do that we do the state races. And then at the end of the year, which is in, I think, two weeks, they have a state final which is going to be in Houston. And it's. It's so much fun. I mean, this is something that got me hooked in the sport, too, is just our family traveling to all these different tracks to go to these state qualifier races. And we would make a. A whole weekend out of it. [00:25:21] Speaker B: If I may, how many people do you think attend? [00:25:24] Speaker C: Well, hundreds and hundreds. Yeah, in the hundreds. And I, I, because I do drone videography and drone photography, I always take. Capture that footage while we're there. And I have shown the city before and I played it at city council, you know, just for them to get a perspective. Like. Like, look at all these cars. And people are camping out all around the track. And this brings all these people to come to your city. And not only are they spending money in hotels, but at the restaurants and they're staying extra nights, especially for Corpus. Everyone that we speak to in this community, you know, all the different tracks that we go to around Texas, they all say, please bring the track back to Corpus. We want a beach vacation. We want to. We want to go down there and we want to spend the whole weekend and hang out there. And so everyone really wants this. Everyone is, is really, really rooting for this in, in the BMX community funds itself. [00:26:26] Speaker B: It brings, it brings them into our city. [00:26:29] Speaker A: It's like, duh. [00:26:30] Speaker B: Right. [00:26:30] Speaker C: And if they don't. And if they don't, then no, I mean, it will nothing. You know, if. If it's not right, if we can't hold races and we can't have events, then it's just a dirt track and no one's going to really travel for that, do they? [00:26:48] Speaker A: Makes me think of like the. The schools. You know, I mean, maybe there's. It could be part of like a uil. [00:26:52] Speaker C: Yeah. Yeah. Some of our board members are really trying to work. [00:26:56] Speaker A: Oh. [00:26:57] Speaker C: A program with that too. So. [00:26:58] Speaker A: Wow. It seems like there's a lot of money in the school system. You know what I mean? That could be an. That's interesting. That could be an interesting avenue. [00:27:05] Speaker C: Yeah. So, I mean, not only would it be great for the local community and, you know, just our local races, bringing kids out, it's such a positive sport. It's a family sport. It's a generational sport. It's super cool to be out there and you see little kids from 2 years old, their parents racing to their grandparents racing. [00:27:25] Speaker A: Nice. [00:27:26] Speaker C: And it's. There's just so many positive things about it. So not only. And just at that level, you. And. And it's also a sport for everyone. Take my son, for example. He's six years old and he's on the autism spectrum. But where some team sports might not be for him. He can ride his bike. [00:27:50] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:27:51] Speaker C: This sport, he loves the sport. I mean, he can do this. I mean, it's like a minute race or I mean, depending on how fast you are, it could be up to him in a race. And this is something he can hyper focus on. And so this is someone from, you know, like his skill set all the way to someone who's training for the Olympics because it's an Olympic sport also. [00:28:10] Speaker A: Wow. [00:28:11] Speaker C: So that's amazing. I just feel like it's a sport everyone belongs in in this sport. There's some. Something for everyone. [00:28:17] Speaker A: So where. So where are y' all at now as far as getting the track back up again? [00:28:22] Speaker C: Great question, because you, you have been to city council. [00:28:25] Speaker A: You talk to them and all that stuff. [00:28:27] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:28:27] Speaker A: What's happening at the moment right now? [00:28:29] Speaker C: So at the moment we are in design phase with the park at Salinas Park. The track is in the design phase. And that sounds great. Which it is because, you know, at this point, yes, they're, you know, they're working on it, but Plot Twist Remix. There was a $50,000 bond for design and a couple months ago the city went and hired their own ae architect, engineer. [00:29:02] Speaker A: Okay. [00:29:04] Speaker C: To do a design at the track. And this is not a USA BMX approved architect or designer. [00:29:11] Speaker A: Okay. [00:29:11] Speaker C: And essentially what they. I mean, it's still in. In the process, so. But essentially what they were just going to just fix up what's there and just resurface what's there and it wouldn't be a USABMX sanction track. And so they. That money's gone. [00:29:32] Speaker A: Oh. [00:29:33] Speaker C: And they've told us too, that there's no funds for construction at all. So we're just kind of confused like for one, like why they. They skipped us in a big step with the design and what, you know, their plans would be moving forward with this design. I mean, they paid him. Like I shared it with her. [00:29:54] Speaker B: A lot of money. [00:29:55] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:29:57] Speaker A: Gone. [00:29:57] Speaker C: And nothing happened to the track essentially. [00:30:00] Speaker A: Right. [00:30:00] Speaker C: And. And then there's no money to construct it. And if they would have worked with us from the beginning, we could have provided a design with USA BMX for. Under that budget. [00:30:13] Speaker A: Wow. [00:30:14] Speaker C: And potentially been able to shift some of that remaining design fun to construction fund. I don't know if you really can do that or not, but that's what we were hoping. And we, we talked to Parks and Rec about maybe doing that. And so they just skipped a big step with us. And I know Adam Rios, he's on our board. He's an amazing advocate for the alternative sports community here in Corpus. And he goes to city council and speaks a lot at public comments. And he did mention it this past week on Tuesday. [00:30:46] Speaker A: Okay. [00:30:46] Speaker C: He did. He did, like let the. The council, City council know what's going on. And I think that they were a little bit shocked too, because they didn't know. [00:30:59] Speaker A: Really. [00:31:00] Speaker C: They didn't know. [00:31:00] Speaker A: That's what I was going to ask. So did they know before they got their own architect that they needed it to be USA BMX certified? [00:31:08] Speaker C: I don't think so because they didn't consult us. And that's kind of, I think where the frustrations are lying with everyone is that we should have been brought to the table. Just like with the skate park at West Goose that Adam helped get that built. You know, they went straight to the skate. Skate park designer. They just went straight to one, you know, and they said, you know, like, they had, you know, the specialists build it. [00:31:36] Speaker A: Right. [00:31:37] Speaker C: And you can't really skip that step. [00:31:40] Speaker A: You can for what you're trying to do. [00:31:42] Speaker B: Basically, research needs to be done and. But collaboration. [00:31:47] Speaker C: But we're being very positive about it. [00:31:49] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:31:49] Speaker C: And I think it's salvageable. I think that it's not a hundred percent. Sign and sealed USA bmx. We've been in talks with them, with the AE in the city and parks and rec, and we're going to try to work together moving forward before it gets to that 100% design. [00:32:08] Speaker A: That's cool. So that's good. Yeah, that's good. [00:32:11] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:32:11] Speaker A: That's good to hear it. [00:32:12] Speaker C: It was kind of like. It is a bummer that it happened the way it happened, but we're going to stay positive moving forward. [00:32:21] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:32:22] Speaker B: We'll just say lessons were learned. [00:32:23] Speaker A: Yeah. No lessons learned. Could have. Could have saved a lot of money, too. [00:32:27] Speaker C: Yep. [00:32:28] Speaker B: Well, collaboration is key. It really is. [00:32:30] Speaker A: Yeah. I guess I really shouldn't say. I mean, I. I'm skeptical sometimes, and sometimes I pick a side and I'm trying not to. So. Yeah, it's kind of like you don't. [00:32:39] Speaker C: Want Corpus to do the Corpus thing. [00:32:40] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:32:41] Speaker C: Like, I'm like, don't do the Corpus thing. We're trying to stop them from doing the Corpus thing. [00:32:45] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. [00:32:46] Speaker C: And this is an easy win. [00:32:48] Speaker B: I mean, what percentage would you say it's kind of built already. [00:32:52] Speaker C: Oh, I mean, the fence is there already. You know, Jeff clicked the old. It wouldn't take a whole lot to get it revamped up and running again. Of course, there's some things that we would like to improve. We would like to at least have it sealed and not just a dirt track. [00:33:11] Speaker B: We. [00:33:12] Speaker C: Because a smooth track is a track that people are going to want to ride. If it's bumpy and it's rough, you know, no one's really going to want to ride it. [00:33:19] Speaker B: So. [00:33:21] Speaker A: So it's part of. It's already there. [00:33:24] Speaker C: Blueprint is there. The footprint is there. It wouldn't take a whole lot. And with USA BMX help, if they would have consulted with us in the beginning. Yeah. We could have done this under budget with that $50,000 bond money, but it's, you know, it's. We can't. What I could have. [00:33:40] Speaker B: Should. [00:33:41] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:33:41] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:33:42] Speaker A: So. So how is Ibike cc? Because their. Their Part is more like road safety for cyclists and stuff like that. [00:33:48] Speaker B: Right there was that new. That new path that's coming up behind Carroll Carroll High School. [00:33:53] Speaker A: Okay. [00:33:54] Speaker B: So ours is more along the lines of creating a network of safe bike lanes because sometimes paint just won't do it. I don't know about you, but a car weighs a lot. My last, the last time I checked, it weighs a couple tons. And paint is not going to stop a vehicle from crossing over. Paint. [00:34:15] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:34:16] Speaker B: So that's, that's more. The initiative of IBIKECC is making sure that people can. Are cyclists or it goes beyond cycling. Really. Jesus. Because you're talking about accessibility. You're talking about mobility. People who are, who are limited to a wheelchair or some kind of hoveround device or maybe who are on foot. So it goes a little bit beyond just bike riding. People who are. Who don't have the option to own a vehicle. We're talking about all of those people as well. So opening up mobility paths if you will. Accessibility paths, if you will. Safe mobility and safe accessibility. So just take the notion out of cyclists. Right. Take the, take the, Take the bicycle out of your mind for just a split second. We're talking about people getting from A to B to C to D, all of. All over Corpus, north to south, east to west, like a whole network of alternative methods of commuting, so to speak. Wow. So that's, that's what I bike cc. And even though we say I bike cc, it's, it's beyond that. It's more than that. [00:35:23] Speaker A: Cool. [00:35:24] Speaker B: So there's, there's a new path opening up behind Carol Lane. There's some other paths in the works. We are now a 501 non profit organization as well. [00:35:35] Speaker A: Cool. [00:35:36] Speaker B: We. We tried to earn money to be able to implement. Right now we were looking at supplying libraries with bicycle tools so that people can go in, tweak their bike if they need to. Cool. Children. Right. Children can pop into a library, check out some tools. [00:35:56] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:35:56] Speaker B: Work on their bike. Putting trail heads. I know Sherwin is. She did the adopt a park. So she. Once a month she goes and cleans up the park. And it's a group effort. So I invite everyone to follow IBIKECC to help get this movement going. Cool. But yeah, it's, it's. It's important to be able to navigate safely through our city without the worry of. Of incident danger. Yeah. Thank you. It's really dangerous to walk on our streets, man. [00:36:33] Speaker C: I think it was last year I did a community ride with Ibike and on the island with my daughter and I. I probably didn't even realize how dangerous it. It was on some of those. I mean, like, it's a bike lane, but it's not protected. Like, some. You see in San Antonio and Austin, how that. [00:36:54] Speaker B: What are they called? [00:36:55] Speaker A: The. [00:36:56] Speaker B: There's like a barrier, like a divider. [00:36:59] Speaker C: There's like poles. [00:37:00] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:37:00] Speaker C: And just. Even if they could have some of those in, like, the more congested areas where traffic is a little bit scary. And. And I mean, even, like, I live on island, I've lived there for 15 years, and I didn't realize how scary it was with my daughter and all the streets riding through the. Through the neighborhood. [00:37:18] Speaker B: That's why we ride in groups. Yeah. Safety in numbers. [00:37:20] Speaker A: Yeah. You know? Yeah. I think the get led guys, I had seen them downtown and they were taking up both lanes. And I was. As a driver, I was like, you're in my lane. You know what I mean? It's cool. You do it. You're in my lane. [00:37:31] Speaker B: News flashes. We're allowed to be in the street. [00:37:34] Speaker A: Yeah, for sure. Yeah. [00:37:35] Speaker B: No, definitely by law. So by law, bicycles are allowed to be in the street. However, we need to maintain our full right. The right side. [00:37:43] Speaker A: Okay. Okay. [00:37:44] Speaker B: So slower traffic to the slow. [00:37:46] Speaker A: Yeah, for sure. So you guys are in the lane. Do your bikes have to have a certain. I guess do. I think in do like. Like reflectors, lights. [00:37:54] Speaker B: Absolutely. You can get a citation if you don't have a front light or a rear light or reflectors reflect. [00:38:01] Speaker A: So do you have to have a light or just reflectors? [00:38:04] Speaker B: The lights, yeah. [00:38:05] Speaker A: Okay. Cool, cool, cool. [00:38:07] Speaker B: And so, like, municipal code says also that cyclists are not allowed to be on the sidewalk. Impeding foot traffic. We cannot impede foot traffic. [00:38:15] Speaker A: Wow. So that. [00:38:16] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:38:16] Speaker A: So really. [00:38:17] Speaker B: So where do we go? [00:38:18] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly. [00:38:20] Speaker B: Now, legally, we're allowed to be on the road with the cars. [00:38:22] Speaker A: Of course. [00:38:23] Speaker B: We all know that's dangerous, though, right? [00:38:24] Speaker A: Yes. [00:38:25] Speaker B: So that's why we're riding. [00:38:26] Speaker A: You get out that. [00:38:27] Speaker B: Oh, absolutely. We. I had. I've had some friends that get harassed and stuff thrown at them. Yeah, Someone did. A man. I swear there were. At least. I don't know. What's this three feet? A truck almost hit me on Wooldridge. Scared the living crap out of me. [00:38:46] Speaker C: I mean, people are probably just on their phone. [00:38:48] Speaker B: Oh, absolutely. And that's even more so. Why we need something safer. [00:38:52] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:38:53] Speaker B: Because I'll admit, I mean, we're distracted. Right. Myself included. We're not prepared here. We see people on bikes, but we're just not prepared as a. As a community for the. For. For that method. Right. Not like sometimes we're not aware. [00:39:09] Speaker C: Not like San Antonio in Austin. And unfortunately, a lot of us have to travel away from Corpus to do the recreational thing that we love to do it in a city that has it or provides. Provides it to us. And like, even with. With Ibike cc, I know that she. She goes all the time, like, to just do the trails there. And we don't have trails like that here. [00:39:35] Speaker B: And we were invited to Austin. Sorry to interrupt. Oh, no, we were. Sharon and I were invited to Austin and we checked out their mile, miles and miles long trail. And it got you all the way around the city. Any resource you could think of. [00:39:51] Speaker A: That's amazing. Wow. [00:39:53] Speaker B: We've proposed, like, coinciding with the canal system, the drainage system of Corpus. Right. So that all. That's all a network and it's kind of like in between neighborhoods. It's safe. So just pave that. I don't know. Put a sidewalk there. [00:40:07] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:40:08] Speaker B: That way it. It gets you where you need to go. Like Target. I really need to go to Target. [00:40:18] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:40:18] Speaker A: I mean, yeah. Real quick. I'm gonna. I'm gonna shout out some podcasts real quick. Some local podcasts. I wanted to mention some of you guys. There's a lot. Let me see. Start with Recycled Corn podcast. They're on episode 114, the Walking Leader podcast. 322 episodes. Beer in the movie, there are 371 episodes. These are all locally based. There's people either related to the city or from the city on these podcasts. That dude talks. It's a new podcast by Chris Longoria. The Slow Rose podcast by Blake, Joe and Andy Sports. Roland Sports with Roland with Roland, Marie and Andy again, Logan lit podcast. Riding High Podcast. They got like a network of podcasts. Paranormal Distortion, Corpus Christi Spook central act, actors creating together. And then 361ccradio.com with Kirk D. Logan. Yeah, he's. He's got like a gospel radio. Gospel feels pretty cool. You guys should check those out. I wanted to shout those podcasts out to let you guys know, obviously to shine some light on them. Some pretty cool people here, so check them out when you get a chance. But yeah, that's awesome. You guys. How do y' all think as far as cycling goes and mental health and all this other stuff, how much of an effect do y' all think that has? It's cycling has on that. [00:41:33] Speaker B: Whether good it allows me to deal with People on a daily. [00:41:38] Speaker A: It's like a stress reliever. [00:41:39] Speaker B: Absolutely. Yeah, exactly. It is. I found myself, like, back in 2016. Rewind with me, if you will. I wasn't. I wasn't happy, dude. Like, let's be real. Like, I wasn't happy. And I sometimes the grind of our daily jobs, careers. I mean, if you're doing something that is in corporate, I mean. [00:42:02] Speaker A: I'm just trying to understand, like. Like put myself in your shoes. [00:42:05] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:42:05] Speaker A: Like, what were you going through? Like, family issues? Was it healthy stuff like that? [00:42:12] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. I was like 40 pounds heavier. I was like 40, 40 pounds heavier. It was just a routine kind of work, go home, sleep, eat, sleep, work, go home, eat, sleep. [00:42:24] Speaker C: Like in a funk. [00:42:24] Speaker B: Yeah, in a funk. Exactly. That's the word. And you insert some. And doesn't even have to be bike riding art, an outlet. Right. Some sort of outlet. Cycling, artwork, getting involved in something. I know they have chess over here at community grocery. Chess. Something that stimulates your mind and that gets you because you have balance. Going back to balance. Right. You can have good stress and you can have bad stress. [00:42:50] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:42:50] Speaker B: And you, the way you let it affect you. You know how people say, oh, you let that live rent free in your house, sometimes it. It's hard to get that out of there. So, and. And when I'm. Me personally, when I'm on my bike, I don't think about anything. I just think about myself on the bike, on the road, going, that's it. I don't think about, oh, man, I need to prepare for battle of the bikes coming up October 3rd. I'm not thinking about that at that moment. I'm not thinking about all the stuff that I need to do to prepare for anything. I'm not about anything. I'm thinking about, wow, this is great. The day is gorgeous. Wow, that cloud looks like a duck. You know, I'm thinking about just random stuff that. That makes me feel good. I'm not thinking about all the stuff that stresses me out. Now when I get off my bike, different story. I have to have to come back in. Right. [00:43:42] Speaker A: Is there like a stretch where you go through like, say a couple of days, like you haven't ridden and you know that you have to go ride to relieve that stress? Do you know what I'm saying? [00:43:49] Speaker B: Yes. [00:43:50] Speaker A: Kind of like working out, like, for me, like, because I got add, My mind is like constantly going. And I just. I get to a point where, like, I need to go and relieve some of this stress. And that's how I Do it. [00:44:00] Speaker B: I've gotten to that point before where, like, maybe I didn't have time. I'll say it this way. I didn't make time. That's really what it's about. [00:44:07] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:44:07] Speaker B: It's not that I didn't have time, is that I didn't make. [00:44:09] Speaker A: Right. [00:44:10] Speaker B: So there. There's been a couple weeks where I didn't make time for myself. That's really what it is. It's making time for yourself. And it just so happens that we get cool people to ride with us every Sunday morning at 8am. [00:44:25] Speaker A: How does community play a role in empowerment and, I guess, healing? [00:44:29] Speaker B: Say it one more time. I'm sorry. [00:44:30] Speaker A: How does community play a role in. And empowerment and healing? [00:44:35] Speaker B: You get to see and learn what other people are going through. And sometimes you. You really just don't know what other people are going through. And it helps you get a perspective of man. I really hope that person gets where they need to be. But then at the same time, it helps you realize. I'm grateful that my issue isn't their issue. Like, I'm glad that I'm where I'm at. It makes you grateful that. That you're. That you're able to relieve that stress on a bike and it allows you to just have a different perspective. [00:45:12] Speaker A: Yeah. I wanted to mention your. Your swag you got going on. [00:45:15] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:45:22] Speaker C: I don't know if you notice our hat. [00:45:24] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:45:24] Speaker B: See them? [00:45:24] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:45:24] Speaker C: I'm a big fan. [00:45:26] Speaker B: Thank you, Lori. [00:45:27] Speaker C: And, oh, she just got these really cool checkerboard hats. [00:45:30] Speaker B: Available now at hype. [00:45:33] Speaker A: For 11 people street. [00:45:35] Speaker B: Yeah, 3. 3. 11 people. [00:45:40] Speaker A: What advice would you give someone to someone who feels intimidated about getting started? [00:45:47] Speaker B: They don't pay your bills, so their opinion doesn't really matter. No, keep going. Cultivate the passion for real. Just keep going. Just do it. Yes, just do it. You either waste your time doing something that you're not going to love, or you're going to waste your time doing something you love. I'd rather the ladder. [00:46:06] Speaker A: You're gonna get hated either way. [00:46:07] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. Just keep going. Do it. [00:46:10] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:46:10] Speaker B: Don't let anything stop you. [00:46:11] Speaker A: Let me give you all some stickers real quick. [00:46:13] Speaker B: So. [00:46:13] Speaker A: So one of the coolest parts of cycling in the culture and the events that bring people together. Let me see. One of the coolest parts of cycling is the culture and the events that bring people together. So how did Battle of the Bike start and how has it grown over the years? [00:46:30] Speaker B: Battle of the Bikes is a celebration of how long Hype Bike has Been in business. So it's a culmination of bicycles that are custom, that are unique, that are fabricated in such a way that. Yeah, I saw. Vintage. Yeah, vintage. I saw that. And I'm excited to see your ride. Or. Last time we talked about the whip. Yeah, excited to see your whip. So it's. It's a. It's a showdown. Bring your best bike. Bring that. That BMX you got. Shine it up. If you have a custom ride or like a rat rod, bring that bad boy, too. [00:47:13] Speaker A: So what's the most wildest one you've seen out there? [00:47:15] Speaker B: I mean, there's all kinds. Well, that was our celebration last year. We had Liz Del Bosque shout out Liz. They were in the. Her and her husband are in the low rider scene. So they do these lowrider car shows. They're seasoned show show goers. I don't know what the word. And they brought La Troca loca. So imagine a Trike morphed into a Chevy truck. Yeah, it's exactly what you just imagined. So she. She has, like, trying to imagine. [00:47:48] Speaker A: On it. [00:47:49] Speaker B: It does. So there's a. There's a bed. [00:47:51] Speaker A: An actual bed. [00:47:53] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's a Chevrolet. But she brought the heat last year. She had, like, her Sarape. She had the, like, a sk. Riding it like it was wild. And that was kind of like the most. Like, the most interesting. Like. Yeah, very unique. And then we have, like, these stretch cruisers where, like, people fabricate them to be longer than what they. Yeah, we're talking the limousine of bicycles here. [00:48:24] Speaker A: Wow. It's. [00:48:25] Speaker B: It's. You're gonna have a great time. [00:48:26] Speaker A: So how does. How do these events help build bridges across different cycling communities? [00:48:31] Speaker B: Awareness. Awareness. If it had one word, I'd say awareness. Because people sometimes don't realize that there's the bicycle community in Corpus Christi, right? We all have trucks, we have cars, we all have, like, you know, we're all in vehicles. And so just seeing a bike. And I'm gonna say this because once I said it, I saw it everywhere. In every movie you watch, there's a bicycle. You're gonna see it. Now, I truly believe this. Unless it's like some movie from, like, wow, I don't know, like a Knight's Tale or some old. But if you. As soon as you start watching, like, I'm sure you watch movies daily or. [00:49:09] Speaker A: What do you think that is? That's interesting. [00:49:10] Speaker C: Well, if you think about it, too, like, a lot of people's core memories are always like, oh, you Know, like, I remember the day that I, like, rode my bike without training wheels, and it's a part of a lot of so many people's lives in their childhood, and. And you don't really see that with a lot. You know, not to hate on any other sport, but I like, skateboarded or surfed or, you know, like, not everyone. Everyone thinks that, but I feel like a bike is such a big part of everyone's childhood memories and freedom. [00:49:47] Speaker B: Think of freedom. Where would you go on your bike when you were younger? Anywhere you wanted. Right. Like, there was no limitation. [00:49:54] Speaker A: It makes me think, like, you start crawling, you start walking, and then after you're walking, you're like, I want to go faster. So the. [00:49:59] Speaker B: It's like a rite of passage. [00:50:00] Speaker A: The bike is like the next. [00:50:03] Speaker C: Yeah, it's a milestone for sure, right? [00:50:04] Speaker B: It is, absolutely. So, yeah. I mean, when I think about when I was younger riding bikes, I would go everywhere ditches, go collect tadpoles. Like, ride with your friends until the. Until the street lights came on. Like, you think of the. The nostalgia of just being young and being free, not having to worry about bills and all that other adult stuff, man, that's another thing I think of when I'm on my bike. It's just like. Like the freedom of it all. [00:50:31] Speaker A: That's cool, man. Yeah. I want to. I want to join you guys one of these days for bmx. What's the energy like at track events? How does it impact young writers? Beyond sports, beyond sport. [00:50:42] Speaker C: I love all of the VMX events. I think that's what really got me hooked, is when I first started going to the state series, specifically because you show up and there's all these families there. And like I said, there's. You know, it's generational. You see people from 2 years old on the strider bikes. Those are the bikes without the pedals, and you push them and all the way you know, up to. To grandparents, and everyone's got, you know, their canopies out. And this year, we actually joined a team, Shout out, Team Aftershock. And they're just. There's a sense of camaraderie, and I love that about this sport. And everyone's so supportive, too. When the other tracks found out that we were trying to open this track here in Corpus, like, all of the track operators from Lone Star in San Antonio, all the way to Midland, West Texas, they said, what can we do to help you? [00:51:45] Speaker A: Wow. [00:51:45] Speaker C: So this. The comm. The bike community, even though we're, like, in different corners, it's it's the same. It's the same vibe. It's just. [00:51:54] Speaker B: It's beautiful. So the right people find you. They really do. It's. It's interesting how things just line up that way. Same thing happened with the bike shop. Like, you just meet and. And the right people just gravitate towards you, and it lets. It kind of reminds you that you're in. You're where you should be. [00:52:13] Speaker A: How does that make you feel? Like, knowing that there's people in the community. Did you think that there wasn't going to be, like, at the onset, you know what I mean? And then you've just. It just. They just popped up and you're like, oh, shoot, this chair. You know what I mean? [00:52:24] Speaker B: You know, so. So many things lined up in such a positive way that I didn't have time to think about the negative. Be truthful. Like, it was. It was almost too easy for. Because people just. They're like, oh, bikes. I love bikes. Let me. [00:52:37] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:52:38] Speaker B: Let me talk to this person. And it. It is. You use the word exactly. Comradery. It really is. No matter if you're BMX racing, no matter if you're a roadie, no matter if you're mountain biking, we all. We're all brought together from different walks of life because we love bikes. [00:52:52] Speaker A: Yeah. It makes sense that y' all want this. This the city's help and get. Making the. Keeping that camaraderie, I guess you can say, right? [00:53:00] Speaker C: Yeah, absolutely. I think that for me, when we started this journey trying to bring the truck back, we weren't the first ones to try to do this. Since it closed in 2017, there's been multiple people that had made efforts to try to get this back. And what I was able to do was try to gather all those people and join forces, because that I think was where it was kind of like falling apart, too, that there was all these different people trying. [00:53:32] Speaker B: Trying convolutes things highly. [00:53:36] Speaker C: And now most of us are on. On this board that we have created Corpus Christi bmx. And I think that that's really what's going to make a difference in the long run, is that we are all doing this together, we're moving forward together. And. And the city, they got to jump on with us. [00:53:54] Speaker B: Right? [00:53:54] Speaker A: Right. Real quick, Martha lynn Morales on YouTube says awesome interviews. [00:54:00] Speaker B: Shout out to my mom, thank you. Thanks. Thank you for giving birth to me. [00:54:07] Speaker A: Have you talked to these. Any one of the member. Have you talked to the council members individually? Like, send them an email, try to Talk to them personally? Yes. [00:54:16] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:54:16] Speaker B: Yes. [00:54:16] Speaker C: And so since it was brought up at the last city council meeting, in public comments, several of the city council members have reached out to our board and said that they want to be involved moving forward. They want to be in our board meetings, they want to be in our parks meetings. That now that they are aware of what's going on, they want to see this move. They want to be. They're supporting it. [00:54:43] Speaker A: Okay. [00:54:44] Speaker C: They want to be a part of it and they want to help us. [00:54:46] Speaker A: Are all of them on board or just some of them? [00:54:48] Speaker C: Yeah, I. I haven't heard from all of them, but especially I think Eric can too. Is. [00:54:54] Speaker A: I was going to say, do you want to mention a few of. [00:54:55] Speaker C: Yeah, he. He is the council member for that district. [00:54:59] Speaker A: Oh, okay. [00:55:00] Speaker C: Where Salinas park is. So I know he has always been supportive of this, but, you know, they are very busy and this isn't a priority at the moment. And it's a priority to us, though. And that's, you know, we want to help them. This isn't like, we don't profit from this even in the future. Like, we. We are volunteering our time. There's no monetary gain out of this. We. We want to help them. And this, this should be an easy win for them because who's going to protest this? You know, like, who's gonna. Like, there's. This doesn't hurt the environment. Like, all the things that the city's dealing with that's negative right now. This is a positive. [00:55:41] Speaker A: It's a community issue. [00:55:42] Speaker C: Yeah. And I mean, let's go Corpus. Like, sure. [00:55:46] Speaker A: For sure. Like, like, let's get a win. Like, since I started the podcast, I was never really into my city. I've just, like I said before, I've just kept to myself. My family providing for my family. When I started it, I realized how much how many people like you guys actually care about the city. Supporting local and stuff like that. And I'm just like team corporate, just like you, you know, and yeah, we. [00:56:08] Speaker C: Think that that's something that we share, is that we love our city and we don't want to have to travel. [00:56:13] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:56:13] Speaker C: A way to do the recreational thing that we. Or the sport that we move out. Some people, I mean, for us, like to practice our sport, we have to drive two and a half hours away. And that's crazy. Imagine like if you did soccer or football and just on a weeknight for practice, you had to drive for two and like five hour round trip. And when, you know, we're looking at this track over here and saying like, this is 30 minutes down the street. Like, like what, what can we do? Yeah, this is just, it's not sustainable. Like traveling so much and when we love our city and we want, we want to have our sport here. [00:56:51] Speaker A: Yeah, for sure. [00:56:52] Speaker B: Jesus. You brought up kind of like a good point. You said what? Which council people are aware which ones are engaged. So just for how you can make a difference, people watching email, reach out to your council people, let them know it's something you want. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Right. So if it's something that you want to advocate for watchers, viewers, email, contact your city rep. Go, go do a. What's it called? The speaking at the meeting. Yeah, public comment. There you go. Go to public comment. Really voice your opinion and, and your stance on, on these issues. Because if, if the city doesn't know we need it, how, how's it going to come if, if nobody knows, if nobody knows about it or, you know, so like, they can assume that things are wanted, but when you use your voice to propel forward, that's when things really get done. [00:57:51] Speaker A: Yeah, for sure. So with that public comment, does do the issues of that day have to be on your issue or can you just comment? [00:57:59] Speaker C: No. Like, so for me, I'm a very visual learner. Like, I grasp things a lot better if I see it. Like someone can tell me something, but I gotta see it. So when I went, I played a video because you get three minutes and. [00:58:12] Speaker A: Right. [00:58:12] Speaker C: You know, I put together a two minute video of footage that I had captured just from different tracks throughout the year, different events, and I played them a video and that's something you can do also. And I know Shereen, she does like webex. [00:58:26] Speaker B: She does, she does. [00:58:26] Speaker C: You can webex in. [00:58:28] Speaker A: Okay, so when you showed the video on that day, was the topics that they were. [00:58:32] Speaker C: No, I started off by saying this, this is a city related topic. It's not on the agenda, but we would love for it to be in the future. [00:58:41] Speaker A: Oh, okay. That's cool. That's cool. Yeah, definitely. Man, this is awesome. [00:58:45] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:58:46] Speaker A: Is there anything y' all want to talk about or discuss that you haven't talked about yet? [00:58:50] Speaker B: Please. Yes. [00:58:52] Speaker C: Okay, so something exciting that is coming in. Let me tell you the date in November. On November 7, the Texas BMX hall of Fame is hosting an induction ceremony here in Corpus Christi. This is the first time that their organization is having their annual induction ceremony in, in Corpus. [00:59:15] Speaker B: And. [00:59:15] Speaker C: And also in a town that has no track wow. So that kind of shows how much, you know, they are rooting for Corpus. They. They want, want. They want to come to Corpus. People want to visit Corpus. And that is also helping kind of give us more momentum too. And. But that whole weekend, I think the Friday night, they're gonna have like a little reunion. And Saturday morning Hype Bike is going. That Saturday morning High Bike is going to host a community ride. [00:59:46] Speaker A: Nice. [00:59:46] Speaker C: And then that afternoon, they're having the induction ceremony at the Doubletree on North beach. [00:59:51] Speaker B: Each. [00:59:51] Speaker C: So. [00:59:52] Speaker B: So if we could get the track ready by November 7th, we greatly appreciate it. Okay, thank you. [00:59:58] Speaker C: Don't embarrass us. [01:00:00] Speaker A: Don't make me look bad. [01:00:02] Speaker B: That's fine. I got some shovels. Go ahead and get it done by November 7th. [01:00:06] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:00:07] Speaker B: So an upcoming event for us. We already kind of dropped it, right? Battle of the Bikes. [01:00:12] Speaker A: Battle the Bikes. [01:00:13] Speaker B: This Friday. Oh, my God. You see, I'm shaking. [01:00:15] Speaker A: What's the date? Exact date date? [01:00:17] Speaker B: October 3rd. Celebrating three years. October 3rd. Well, so it's Art Walk, so 6pm okay. So it coincides with Art Walk with down downtown management district. Thank you so much. [01:00:29] Speaker A: Weird course. Weird. [01:00:30] Speaker B: Corpus still shout out to them anyway. I don't know if they're still engaged, but I know Dusty and produce and they. They throw massive block parties. So that's always appreciated. But. But yeah, October 3rd. Celebrating three years. Battle of the Bikes, Texas Gunslinger edition. So deck out your bikes, shine them up, get them rolling to 311 People street on October 3rd. [01:00:54] Speaker A: Dope. That's nice. Real quick, I want to shout out some Facebook community. Thanks you guys for liking posts and stuff on Facebook community page that we have. Corpus Christian Originals Community. You can post whenever you want, just, you know, whatever. So people can have some type of awareness. People that follow this podcast. So here's some commenters that we've been commenting. Marisol Lopez, Rick Santana, Daniel Perales, John Deano, Mickey Meadow, Robbie Casas, Isaiah Brosig. Who's. Who else? Chris Longoria, James M. Clem, Neil Smith, Jay Everett, and Bob Bobby Vella. Thanks for commenting. On the Facebook community page, I put. Try to put engagement. Engagement posts and stuff like that where people can comment. And yeah, thanks for the. For that. That part of the community. We're talking about community here. And yeah, follow the Corpus Christi Originals community page if you want to be a part of that. But thanks a lot, you guys. So women in cycling and entrepreneurship, you want to go there? [01:01:53] Speaker B: Yeah, sure. [01:01:54] Speaker A: So, yes, since our first. Since it's our first women's edition, let's Talk about being women leaders in cycling and entrepreneurship. What challenges have you faced as women in this space, and how did you overcome them? No pressure. Yeah, right. [01:02:11] Speaker B: Zero pressure, man. I. I take examples from other businesses that are. That have a heavy female influence on them. Like, even here in the building we're in, she owns Chica's Rock. [01:02:28] Speaker A: Chica's Rock. [01:02:29] Speaker B: Like, that's a great community event. And I. I admire her very much. Yeah. [01:02:34] Speaker A: That's so cool. [01:02:35] Speaker B: And her. And. And Tina Lane over at House of Rock, she owns her own. What is it? I think she owns Gold Dust. [01:02:42] Speaker A: Yeah. Wow. [01:02:43] Speaker B: She's an influential person. Melanie Munoz, she owns the Blue Shore Pedal Lounge. Tracy Guajardo, she, like all these women who are entrepreneurs today. Right now, we are kind of paving the way. Right. And whether it's brick by brick or laying out the red carpet, I think females in just. Even this downtown region alone are making such great impacts to. To each other. Right. Learning from each other. [01:03:12] Speaker A: Amazing. [01:03:13] Speaker B: And I. I think so negative. No time. No time for negative stuff. [01:03:18] Speaker A: No, that's a good. I like that. [01:03:20] Speaker B: And then, I mean, the. The. Our male counterparts. Super helpful, actually. The. The late Mr. Hoover, who owned the Noises Lofts, he saw something in Hype Bike. [01:03:32] Speaker A: Wow. [01:03:32] Speaker B: That I hadn't even seen when I was. When we were creating it. And he had wanted a bike shop there and, you know, rest in peace, Mr. Hoover. But he saw something that I hadn't, and just his support was. Was influential all by itself. His piece of advice to me was keep going. Wow. So here I am. [01:04:00] Speaker C: Thank you for sharing that. Yeah. I don't think I've had any. Any negativity from male counterparts either. Like, in what I'm doing, specifically trying to advocate for a BMX tricare. Everyone's been pretty supportive. No one's really tried to mansplain anything. But I. I definitely. [01:04:26] Speaker A: Okay. Yeah. [01:04:27] Speaker C: I definitely had to ask my husband a couple of questions because I. I'm still learning about the sports and. But if you want to look at the sport of BMX racing and just BMX in general, I would say that there is a gender gap. There's definitely more males, boys that ride and race. I mean, what do you see, Mel, like, coming in to buy BMX bikes? Is it mostly. Do you get many ladies? [01:04:55] Speaker B: Primarily our male counterparts. [01:04:59] Speaker C: But one thing that I see at the track is those girls are fearless. Oh, my gosh. My two daughters race, and they make me so proud. Some of the challenges that they run into at the track, specifically, like a local race, is there's not enough girls to make, like, a moto class. [01:05:21] Speaker B: Where do I sign up for? [01:05:23] Speaker C: Just. [01:05:24] Speaker B: But. [01:05:24] Speaker C: And then they. They end up racing against the boys. Silver lining there, though, is the boys push them, and sometimes they beat the boys, and that is a huge ego boost. [01:05:38] Speaker B: My favorite thing is when. When a. A young man comes into the shop with, like, a flat tire or some. Something wrong with his bike, they see me suited up with my gloves and my apron, and I'm like, all right, let's get in here. Right? And they're like, well, you're gonna fix it. Yeah, I love that. Yes, I'm gonna. [01:05:58] Speaker C: I wish I was there to see that. [01:05:59] Speaker B: I'm gonna fix it. [01:06:01] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:06:01] Speaker B: It's interesting to see the. The look in their eye, like. [01:06:05] Speaker A: Yeah, okay. [01:06:06] Speaker B: Oh, also, shout out to Taco, our other technician. [01:06:09] Speaker A: That's a cool name. I like that. [01:06:11] Speaker B: He only comes in on Tuesdays. He's cool. He's a cool patty. He just joined us a couple weeks ago, and he's been doing amazing, so. [01:06:21] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:06:22] Speaker B: But, yeah, I always love the little. The little look in the. The young men's eyes when. When a woman is working on it. [01:06:28] Speaker A: Like, for them, is it mostly like the. The same type of, I guess, problem when they come in, or is it. [01:06:34] Speaker B: No, no, they're all different. [01:06:34] Speaker A: All different. [01:06:35] Speaker B: They're all different. Yeah. We're learning something new every day. [01:06:38] Speaker A: Hey, that's what's up. What advice would you give young women who want to start their own business or community projects? [01:06:44] Speaker B: Go for it. [01:06:45] Speaker C: Just take the first step. Just do it. You know, go find your people and start. Everyone's better together. You know, you really have to, like. Even I see this, I have another community group, CC Creators. And we're like a local creator group of photographers, videographers, drone pilots, just anyone who considers themselves to be creative. I think that in that space, a lot of us felt like, you know, we were on our own, doing our own thing, but just coming together. It. It's so. It's so beautiful, like, and you can really. You can make differences whenever you join forces and have a community. Community is everything. [01:07:31] Speaker A: Community, absolutely. [01:07:33] Speaker C: Yeah. Don't be scared. [01:07:34] Speaker B: Don't be scared. Yeah, don't be scared. Just do it. Yeah, it's better if you like Nike. Just do it. [01:07:43] Speaker A: So you mentioned, like, I guess, like, more men than women in this, in whatever. In sports particularly. So how do you build confidence when you're the only woman in the room? [01:07:56] Speaker B: Lead the way. [01:07:57] Speaker C: Yeah, I like that. [01:07:58] Speaker B: That's how you build confidence. You Lead the way, and it allows them to kind of follow suit in a way. Some people say lead from behind. So when you. When you give people the. The option to go forth and you're knowing that you got. They know that you got their back, that builds confidence. So. Well, to me, personally, I. I do feel that leading from behind is just as important as leading up front. [01:08:28] Speaker A: Wow. What legacy do you. [01:08:31] Speaker B: Deep, right? So deep. [01:08:35] Speaker C: Set it. [01:08:37] Speaker A: Just confidence in general for, like, and especially if you. If you're doing something you've never done before. You know what I mean? How do you get, I guess, have the courage to be able to do it. Most people, even though you told yourself, I'm gonna do this, you know what I mean? [01:08:51] Speaker B: Most people are more inclined to do something confidently when there's someone next to them. [01:08:58] Speaker A: For sure. Amazing. [01:08:59] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:09:00] Speaker B: That's how I see. That's how I've observed or do it. Scared, too. Oh, yeah. Let's not talk about ziplining in Alaska. I was terrified about that. [01:09:11] Speaker A: I did it. Yeah. What's something that you've done scared before that? [01:09:14] Speaker B: Ziplining in Alaska. [01:09:18] Speaker C: Coming on this podcast. Actually, I've never been on a podcast before. This is my first one, and I was waiting for this one. [01:09:26] Speaker A: Oh, hey. [01:09:28] Speaker B: This is awesome. [01:09:29] Speaker A: It's awesome. What legacy do you want to leave for. For future women writers? [01:09:34] Speaker C: Well, I. I hope that we can open up this track at Salinas park, and it stays open for generations to come. We want to set it up properly, and that's why, you know, we're kind of frustrated with the way the city's going right now, because we want it from the beginning to be a strong foundation. So it lasts for 40, 50 years. And this sport, it's really just brought back to this whole region of South Texas because there's no track south of San Antonio. Like, on our Facebook page, sometimes we'll get people messaging in from Kingsville or the Valley, and they say, you know, we would love to come to a track in Corpus. We can't go all the way to San Antonio, but we can come to Corpus. So in the beginning, like, when we started this effort, it might have been kind of selfish for me, like, for my kids. You know, like, I wanted a track for my kids, but after a while, it evolved into something more, and we saw that. We. [01:10:33] Speaker B: You. [01:10:34] Speaker C: This is more than just us. This is bringing a whole sport back to a whole region, all of South Texas. And. And, yeah, we hope that we can do that. [01:10:45] Speaker A: Yeah. Someone. Oh, sorry, you guys. What's going on, you guys? On YouTube, she locked girl Rocks is carry on the legacy of BMX for Corpus Christi. We have some great women writers that started here in the 80s. These ladies make me proud. [01:10:58] Speaker C: I have a feeling that one of our board members. Sharon. Shout Out. Sharon. [01:11:03] Speaker A: Sharon. [01:11:04] Speaker C: Yes. Oh, man. If you could ever get that group on just to talk about the history. [01:11:10] Speaker A: Oh, yes. [01:11:12] Speaker C: Of BMX in Corpus Christi. Because there's a rich history, it seems like BMX racing. [01:11:17] Speaker A: Yeah. As far as history and Corpus goes, it seems like there's a lot of history, like historical buildings. Maybe they're gone. You know what I mean? Where. People don't know about that this morning, you know what I'm saying? [01:11:27] Speaker C: We were kind of going by some of them and. [01:11:30] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, because we had. We just got back from San Antonio from Friday. Shout out to the Sorios. That's our bike crew. But yeah, we went to San Antonio and there was like missions everywhere and just hilly and just culture. And I was thinking, like, where in Corpus Christi can we ride? That really hits home. That really hits the culture of. And the history of Corpus Christi and. And I even admitted this, I may be blind to it because I live here and I'm from here and I maybe I just don't know. So if you know of any historic parts of Corpus Christi, please share them with me. I'd love to ride through them, take a group through and just share in the history of that. No, Lori, your. Your creator group went to the colored Times building. [01:12:13] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:12:14] Speaker B: That was amazing. [01:12:15] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:12:15] Speaker B: That might be a different podcast, but yeah, this stuff. But amazing venture of talking about the historic part of Corpus Christi. [01:12:23] Speaker A: I saw that. That's awesome. [01:12:23] Speaker C: Yeah. I learned a lot from that, too. [01:12:26] Speaker A: Yeah. And it's like, I don't want that part of history to go because people will know about it. [01:12:30] Speaker B: It. [01:12:31] Speaker A: It's almost like the. The only history that we have that's been here forever is the ocean. You know what I mean? [01:12:35] Speaker B: The bay. [01:12:36] Speaker A: The bay, you know? [01:12:37] Speaker B: Well, now we have the courthouse. [01:12:41] Speaker A: That was in the news recently. Did you that. [01:12:43] Speaker B: Yeah, I caught a little bit. I don't know what's going on with it, though, there. [01:12:46] Speaker A: Nobody wants to buy it. [01:12:47] Speaker B: Basically. [01:12:48] Speaker A: If they wanted to buy it, they would buy it. That's what the guy was saying. [01:12:51] Speaker B: So if you ask us, we're just going to say make an indoor pump track bridge is. Is being sold to another country. I'm not sure where it's going, but maybe we'll see it. [01:13:07] Speaker A: Like, that's historical, you know, like, because I. I wrote. I Actually rode bike up there, took the ferry back, you know, it was a small one. It wasn't like the ferry way over there, but we took it back. Like I remember that as a child, you know, taking that up there. So that's pretty cool. [01:13:20] Speaker B: Oh, that's so cool. [01:13:22] Speaker A: Yeah. Before we wrap it up, let's end with something light and fun. Quick round so listeners can get to know you a little more personally. First bike ever owned. [01:13:32] Speaker C: Mine was probably like a Barbie bite with a bathroom. [01:13:38] Speaker B: For sure. Oh, man, I wish I could remember. I'm sure it was pink. [01:13:44] Speaker C: Yeah. What about first coolest? Like, cool bike? [01:13:47] Speaker B: First cool bike. I'd say my Fuji supreme, my road bike. [01:13:51] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:13:51] Speaker B: That was so like after, remember I said like I went on Marketplace and I found a, like a little 250 road bike, which was a Scatante, which was a fun bike. That was great. It was great. And then my level up was the Fuji. So that's why. I guess that's kind of why I say my. My best bike. Yeah. And then now I have like, I don't know, 50 of them. I think I have a problem. I have too many. [01:14:19] Speaker C: What were you writing today? [01:14:21] Speaker B: I was riding a Kurahara, a 26 inch Kurahara BMX. So Kurahara. If you think back to the movie E.T. the Little. The bike that E.T. is in, that's a Kurahara. They're made in Japan and it's. It's a staple. It's an icon. Yeah. [01:14:38] Speaker C: That's nice. I was checking it out. [01:14:40] Speaker B: And yours. What would have to be. [01:14:41] Speaker C: I don't know, maybe like my DJ that I have now, my dirt bike. And I think that it's. It's opened up a whole new chapter for me. So maybe it's a little bit more sentimental also as. As yours. You know, the one that you brought up is. Probably has some sentimental value. [01:14:56] Speaker B: Go. Yeah. [01:14:58] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:15:00] Speaker B: First sale at 311 People Street. Everything's negotiable. Folks trying to run a business here. Women entrepreneurs. [01:15:11] Speaker A: Come on. [01:15:12] Speaker C: Respect. [01:15:12] Speaker A: Dream bike setup. If money wasn't an issue, I don't. [01:15:16] Speaker B: It'd be a setup. More so than I want all of them. I just want one of each from every angle. Yeah. [01:15:24] Speaker C: I mean, yeah. I. I mean, my husband is really the bike guru in our family. So I'm like, yeah. [01:15:34] Speaker B: Christopher. Yeah. Nelson. [01:15:40] Speaker A: The favorite route or ride spot in Corpus. [01:15:43] Speaker C: Oh, well, my favorite ride, community ride, is the bridge ride with High fight on Sunday every Sunday morning. And hopefully sometime in the future it'll at Salinas Park. [01:15:59] Speaker B: You agreed. I really like the south side ride, so there are times where we host a Monday south side ride. And the reason I like it is because there's a greenway over there. I forget the neighborhood. I think it's off a slope. [01:16:13] Speaker A: Greenway. [01:16:14] Speaker B: So a greenway means like a dedicated path for either walkers or runners or bicycles. So there's. There's actually a path back there. It goes all the way to like, Yorktown. So we start over at Adkins Middle School and then we just ride. We. I don't know if you've ever seen that big old stork. It's like made out of metal. Yeah. Oso Parkway. There we go. Yeah. Yes. [01:16:36] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:16:37] Speaker B: Oso Parkway. And so it's a super wide street. [01:16:40] Speaker A: So cool. [01:16:40] Speaker B: And so that. That one is probably one of my favorites. And then of course, our beautiful seawall and then our harbor bridge. All of those are gorgeous paths, but I'm a little biased to Susan. Any. Any path on a bike, I'm cool with. It's going that way. [01:16:58] Speaker C: People that visit here, like, they. They would love to do all that too, you know, and we actually had. [01:17:04] Speaker B: Some people from New York visit us recently, and they rented some bikes from us, and they were here for about two weeks. And before they left, they said your group was like the highlight of our visit. We're talking about people from New York. Like, they see probably all kinds of cool stuff and. And we. It just so happened that it was my birthday on the 12th and they were here during that time. We had curbside karaoke. We had bike rides. We had all kinds of just fun stuff going on. And I was so glad that they were here to just be part of it all. And. But yeah, you bring up the tourists. We have so much to offer them, and I just wish that we would really hone in on making it better. [01:17:52] Speaker A: How do they find out about like bike rides and stuff like that if they do come in for my of. [01:17:56] Speaker B: Town, mostly Facebook, Instagram, maybe. Yeah, Social. The social pages. [01:18:04] Speaker A: Right on. [01:18:04] Speaker B: I post them there and Nelson posts them there. So we. We try to get it out there as much as we can. And then people who find us and mosey into the store, they'll. They'll ask us, are there any group rides? And we share that information with them. [01:18:18] Speaker A: Amazing. [01:18:19] Speaker B: They show up. [01:18:19] Speaker A: Amazing. So social media is a huge part. [01:18:22] Speaker B: Yeah. It's a good time. Yeah. [01:18:24] Speaker A: Must have songs on your writing playlist. [01:18:30] Speaker B: Gon be out all day. Yeah. No, for real. That. That's my go to. [01:18:36] Speaker A: Do you listen when you ride? Most times? [01:18:38] Speaker B: Yes. I have a. Like a JBL speaker on the front of my bike. So not just I listen, but everyone in front of me and behind me listens. So we're all Kumbia all. Almost all the way through. Yeah. [01:18:49] Speaker C: Lately for me, it's been K pop Demon Hunters. Ok. Not kind of joking, but kind of serious. That's just been on a repeat. [01:18:59] Speaker B: And your daughter. [01:19:00] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:19:00] Speaker C: Yes. And that's just been on repeat in our house. So lots of K pop. [01:19:04] Speaker B: Yeah, I know all the words. [01:19:07] Speaker A: If you weren't. [01:19:08] Speaker B: Right. Yeah, my daughter's into this. [01:19:10] Speaker A: If you weren't into riding bikes, what would you be doing for fun? [01:19:15] Speaker B: Sleeping. I don't know. I. I really don't. Not running? [01:19:19] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:19:20] Speaker B: Not walking? [01:19:21] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:19:21] Speaker B: Yeah. Art. I'm actually. I'm actually a decent painter. [01:19:25] Speaker A: Right On. Some type of create. Creative outlet. [01:19:27] Speaker C: Yeah. I'd probably be flying my drone. I mean, that's what I do usually when I'm not doing the bike. Bike community life. [01:19:36] Speaker A: So you started CC Creators? [01:19:39] Speaker C: Me and two other. Yeah, two other people who have since moved away. So I'm kind of like the loneliness founder here now. But I really. I. I feel like it's. It's a collaboration of everyone and we all make it happen, so it's not just me, it's everyone. [01:19:59] Speaker B: Your get togethers are super fun. [01:20:00] Speaker C: Yeah. My favorite one has to be our January meetup at Hype by. That was a lot of fun. [01:20:09] Speaker B: Oh, thank you. [01:20:10] Speaker C: We just really try to show a different perspective of Corpus, like a cool way to view it through either a lens or a video camera or a drone. And there's so many cool angles that people miss. And we're trying to just show that. And you made me. [01:20:28] Speaker B: Blast. [01:20:30] Speaker A: That's cool. [01:20:30] Speaker B: But. [01:20:30] Speaker C: Yeah, that's a different podcast. [01:20:34] Speaker B: Episode 100. [01:20:39] Speaker A: Is there a go to food spot that y' all go after a riot? [01:20:41] Speaker B: Yeah. Oh, God. [01:20:44] Speaker A: Kind of hard. There's a bunch of locals. [01:20:47] Speaker B: Well, on Thursdays, I don't know if anyone. If everyone knows this, but on Thursdays at Vernon's, it's steak night. So. Yeah, we ride over there, grub on some steak, and then we ride back. Sounds fun, but it's not like you're all, oh, gosh. Side. No, no, it's right here, the block from Emerald Beach Hotel. Okay, I forget the name of that street. Can someone. I don't know, what's the name of the street? Yeah, Cumbia. [01:21:21] Speaker A: Emerald Beach Hotel. [01:21:22] Speaker B: Yeah, whatever street that is. [01:21:23] Speaker A: By the Jesus statue. [01:21:24] Speaker B: Uhhuh. [01:21:25] Speaker A: Okay. Okay. One of the numbers. [01:21:29] Speaker B: Well, now. Now I'm concerned. [01:21:30] Speaker A: Steak night is the best. [01:21:31] Speaker B: Yeah, steak night. Steak night at Vernon's on Thursdays. But yeah, that's. That's mid. Mid ride. It's not necessarily after a ride, but. Oh, also, I'm going to have to shamelessly plug in Mr. Lumpia. Filipino food. That's my. My sweet Nelson. He makes Filipino food, so Filipino food is always on the menu. [01:21:51] Speaker A: Does he have a local spot anywhere or. [01:21:53] Speaker B: We're working on it. Working on it. Yep. Special order. Special order. [01:21:57] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah, for real. [01:21:59] Speaker B: Plug in the Mr. Lumpia. [01:22:01] Speaker A: That's awesome. Yeah, there's a bunch of, like, creators that just create, like, on Facebook and, hey, I'm selling this week. [01:22:06] Speaker B: Whatever, whatever. [01:22:07] Speaker A: Like Isaiah Shout Out. Z Chef Z Day. For real. Is there anything else you want to mention before we go? This is the outro right here. [01:22:13] Speaker B: Go for it. [01:22:14] Speaker C: I would love to come back. [01:22:16] Speaker A: Cool, cool. Yeah, for sure. [01:22:19] Speaker C: To give some updates in the future. [01:22:21] Speaker A: Yes, that would be cool. [01:22:23] Speaker C: Our goal, really, from here on out is to try to educate on what BMX racing is. To just keep spreading the good word. [01:22:33] Speaker A: And I would like to see, like, like, if schools had a BMX team, it be so cool. [01:22:41] Speaker C: It. It is an Olympic sport. [01:22:43] Speaker A: Yes. [01:22:43] Speaker C: And makes sense, doesn't it? It makes sense to me too. And we're working on it. [01:22:48] Speaker A: It's awesome. [01:22:49] Speaker B: So I'm. I'm sorry, I'm looking for, like, our sponsors for the Battle of the Bikes and I'm. [01:22:56] Speaker A: It's all good. Appreciate you guys. If you want to support the podcast, we got some merch corpus christyoriginals.com we got t shirts, hoodies, stickers, hats, and stuff like that. Also, we have. We're in the market for sponsorships if you want to sponsor the podcast. We have some packages that you can check out. Corporate CC Originalspodcast.com forward/supportor to help sponsor the podcast and keep it going for our community. So that would be helpful if you're interested. [01:23:25] Speaker B: Yep, I found him, uh, Coast Life Credit union. Thank you, Mr. Lumpia. Light me Up. Safety Lights. Retrospect Bikes. Velotric Bikes, Downtown Corpus Christi District. Kink bmx, LBC Cycle, Snap Cycle, Jalapenos Salsa. Bring it. Coming in. Hot Buena Honda Tattoo. And those are. That's all the crew bringing you Battle of the Bikes this Friday. Thank you. Yo, shout out to Corpus Christi Originals for having us here. Thank you. [01:23:55] Speaker C: We appreciate you very much. [01:23:56] Speaker A: You're welcome. Thanks for coming on and thank you for being a part of this first ever women's edition for Christy Originals Podcast. Not just that, about community and stuff like that. It's awesome what you're doing for cycling and the city, man. Hope just we want the best. We want, like, I want for that to happen for the community, especially the bmx. More safer roads, more routes, you know, so hopefully that's. I want to see more of that in the future. So keep us updated. For sure. [01:24:23] Speaker B: For sure. [01:24:23] Speaker A: Support local event shows, rides. Just hop on. Hop on a bike and see where it takes you. Oh, yeah, yeah. I'm your host, Jesus. Shout out to Maya back there, the producer producing it for a shout out to Sound Produce Sound Studios. This is Corporate Chris Originals Podcast. See you guys later. [01:24:39] Speaker B: Peace out. [01:24:39] Speaker C: Bye. [01:24:40] Speaker B: Thanks for having us.