Episode 183: On this episode, we got some stories to tell and welcome a new sponsor to the show, Surf and Summit Motorcycle, by getting on Steve from S&S to come on and tell us about his new business and what he's offering to riders that come to New Hampshire and Maine. We also mention how Nuviz is back from radio silence and looks to be accomplishing what the more publicly-visible Skully crashed and burned at: releasing a product. Todd can't park. Chuck can't fit into jackets. Ya know, the ...
Jun 26, 2017•1 hr 26 min
Episode 182: We decided to juggle the show order around because we wanted to give our listeners plenty of time to hear about this guest and what's she's got going on. We're talking with Pat Jacques , life long rider and coach, and her rally, the Advwoman Rally . It's the adventure motorcycle rally by women, for women & their families. It's being held July 20-23 in Granby, CO and promises to have a lot to offer to both male and female riders looking for some adventure riding! Pat tells us a b...
Jun 05, 2017•1 hr 33 min
Joe Popp gives us an awesome rendition of Chuck's Dicks song.
May 17, 2017•1 min
Episode 180: We got a really great show for ya this time. Our guest is Joe Popp, rider and musician, who is making the web-series, Popp Over America . He plans on a non-stop tour of the 48 contiguous states (because fuck Hawaii and Alaska, ((my words, not his))), playing gigs and having fun. He comes on to chat and we have a pretty good time. Go check out his YouTube Channel ! Sponsors: HeliteMoto : Airbag safety vest that encloses and protects your core, neck, and rump in the event of coming of...
May 16, 2017•1 hr 19 min
Episode 179: Here we go with a show! Ramblecast! Chuck and Todd! No guests! No pants! No holds barred! Congrats to Chad for winning the "Why Did Chuck Get Pulled Over" contest. Sponsors: HeliteMoto : Airbag safety vest that encloses and protects your core, neck, and rump in the event of coming off the bike. Mechanically-triggered and lightning-fast. WHY AREN'T YOU WEARING ONE? Seriously. They're awesome. Check them out at helitemoto.com . Sena : Makers of all things bluetooth helmet communicatio...
Apr 18, 2017•1 hr 5 min
Episode 178: This week, our guest is Brittany Morrow . She is well-known as the Road Rash Queen, who, in her own words: "On September 25, 2005, Brittany was involved in a life changing accident as a passenger on a GSXR 750. She wrote a first-hand account of her experience on the first anniversary of the crash. The article went viral and has since been re-published on over 200 occasions. Due to the overwhelming response to her story, Brittany has dedicated her life to the promotion of motorcycle ...
Apr 07, 2017•1 hr 42 min
Episode 177: This week, our guests are father and son, Kelly and Gauge Rees, of Trackstar Racing . They come on to talk about the local racing scene here as well as their involvement with Rickdickulous Racing and Gauge's life as teenaged motoracer on the Rick Development Camp Race Team. Sponsors: HeliteMoto : Airbag safety vest that encloses and protects your core, neck, and rump in the event of coming off the bike. Mechanically-triggered and lightning-fast. WHY AREN'T YOU WEARING ONE? Seriously...
Mar 17, 2017•1 hr 10 min
Episode 176: This week, we're watching "classic" motorcycle movie Biker Boyz starring Lawrence "That boat ain't buying itself" Fishburne. This is a commentary track for the movie so load up your DVD player and stick your earbuds in and listen to us riff our way through the movie. Sponsors: HeliteMoto : Airbag safety vest that encloses and protects your core, neck, and rump in the event of coming off the bike. Mechanically-triggered and lightning-fast. WHY AREN'T YOU WEARING ONE? Seriously. They'...
Mar 06, 2017•1 hr 55 min
Episode 175: This week, the Wheelnerds crash a Triumph party for free food and hipsters! Sponsors: HeliteMoto : Airbag safety vest that encloses and protects your core, neck, and rump in the event of coming off the bike. Mechanically-triggered and lightning-fast. WHY AREN'T YOU WEARING ONE? Seriously. They're awesome. Check them out at helitemoto.com . Good Adventure Company : Good ADV offers epic adventure motorcycle tours for the intermediate to expert rider. Come check out good-adv.com to rec...
Feb 27, 2017•54 min
Episode 174: Sorry for the delay in editing. Our guests this week are Chris and Rebecca Canterbury of Boxer Metal , a custom builder of bikes, sidecars, and parts for BMW motorcycles. They've got their fingers square on the hipster pulse and speak to us this week about all things cool and coffee (spoilers). Sponsors: HeliteMoto : Airbag safety vest that encloses and protects your core, neck, and rump in the event of coming off the bike. Mechanically-triggered and lightning-fast. WHY AREN'T YOU W...
Feb 10, 2017•1 hr 22 min
Episode 173: We're back, bitches! A new year, a new President, and, more importantly for us, a new recording space! Now coming to you from the New and Improved Blanket Fort 2.0. We have an asston of classifieds to catch up on plus just catching up on what we were up to during our break. Sponsors: HeliteMoto : Airbag safety vest that encloses and protects your core, neck, and rump in the event of coming off the bike. Mechanically-triggered and lightning-fast. WHY AREN'T YOU WEARING ONE? Seriously...
Jan 20, 2017•1 hr 4 min
Episode 172: To close out the year and celebrate the holidays, we have Jen back in the studio! In addition to being a season end for us, we also bid a fond farewell to the Wheelnerds Recordong Blanket Fort. When we begin Season 8 next year, we'll be in a new recording space in an undisclosed location somewhere in Utah. To help us celebrate, we invite on our favorite sponsors for the year and give them a chance to talk about what's going on and what they have coming for the new year. We also get ...
Dec 13, 2016•1 hr 24 min
Episode 170: Happy Thanksgiving. We drop in for some turkey, beer, and talking about the International Motorcycle Show in Long Beach 2016! Sponsors: HeliteMoto : Airbag safety vest that encloses and protects your core, neck, and rump in the event of coming off the bike. Mechanically-triggered and lightning-fast. WHY AREN'T YOU WEARING ONE? Seriously. They're awesome. Check them out at helitemoto.com . Good Adventure Company : Good ADV offers epic adventure motorcycle tours for the intermediate t...
Nov 25, 2016•1 hr 1 min
Roundtable Special: We rounded up some fellow podcasters to do a roundtable and chew the fat for awhile. Stay awhile and listen. Participants: Joanne from Moterrific ( http://www.moterrific.com ) Kevin from Throttled Podcast ( https://throttledpodcast.com ) Steve from Cafe Race ( http://www.caferacerpodcast.com ) Ted from Motorcycle Men ( http://www.motorcyclemen.us ) You can also watch the roundtable: Wheelnerds keytags for sale! Check them out here! Sponsors: HeliteMoto : Airbag safety vest th...
Nov 04, 2016•1 hr 48 min
Episode 169: A couple weeks back, Chuck ordered off for a LidPicker , brought to us by the fine folks at Motorcyclegear.com . After being pretty pleased with the results of the recommended helmet, we convinced Paul and Aaron to come on to talk about the company and the LidPicker as well as do a live measuring of Todd to see what the system had to say about HIS head. After trying it out, we think the LidPicker is a pretty damned neat idea. Be sure to go check it out the next time you're shopping ...
Oct 31, 2016•1 hr 12 min
Episode 168: This time, we're joined by Ted of the Motorcycle Men Podcast ! He comes on to right the wrongs we've done about the Harley lifestyle and to talk all about his days of waking up spitting bullets and wading through the discarded underwear of his various sexual conquests. I think that's how the Harley lifestyle goes. I'm pretty sure I read in a brochure at a Harley dealer. Something about skulls, too. There were a lot of skulls. Also, we've finally got Wheelnerds keytags for sale! Chec...
Oct 20, 2016•1 hr 40 min
Episode 167: So this episode is a bit hacked together. As I explain in the beginning, we originally had a guest on to talk about some stuff but afterwards, they decided they didn't want that to run. I've made an effort to try and piece together as complete a show as possible without the interview and our post-talk. Fortunately, we got Jen back on the show to cohost with us so we have a lot of other stuff to chat about! Sponsors: HeliteMoto : Airbag safety vest that encloses and protects your cor...
Sep 26, 2016•1 hr 8 min
Episode 166: Ramble cast. Chuck is bad at bikes. Todd is mad about bikes. Sponsors: HeliteMoto : Airbag safety vest that encloses and protects your core, neck, and rump in the event of coming off the bike. Mechanically-triggered and lightning-fast. WHY AREN'T YOU WEARING ONE? Seriously. They're awesome. Good Adventure Company : The Good Adventure Company is the only adventure motorcycle company dedicated to making the world a better place to live and ride. They are proud to sell products from Gi...
Sep 17, 2016•1 hr
Episode 165: So our guest today is J.J. Lewis, of the Good Adventure Company , who you'll notice is one of our beloved sponsors. J.J.'s got a long history with motorcycling and comes on to talk about his company as well as his involvement with the non-profit Lost For A Reason , the adventure riders group that is focused on giving back to the Native American peoples. Sponsors: HeliteMoto : Airbag safety vest that encloses and protects your core, neck, and rump in the event of coming off the bike....
Sep 02, 2016•1 hr 27 min
Episode 164: After a long hiatus from the internet-waves, James from the Pace Podcast joins us for a good old fashioned ramble cast where we take some time to catch up with the veteran podcaster, get a quick update about the Pace, and then go on to shoot all kinds of crap all over this fun hobby world of motorcycling. I am not going to post the link to the video of the unfortunate accident we talk about in the show. Just... no. Don't be a Billy. Don't ride stupid. Don't ride on the back of stupi...
Aug 20, 2016•1 hr 20 min
Episode 163: Todd brings over his new Bandit sidecar rig and we take it for a spin and then a whole bunch about it. Check out the pics and videos below. Sponsors: HeliteMoto : Airbag safety vest. WHY AREN'T YOU WEARING ONE? Seriously. They're awesome. Classifieds: VW Trike KLR and... a ring? CBR Car 2WD Scooter Go-Katt $40 Crotch Rocket Links: The Warkshop - Sidecar expert who helped Todd with constructing his rig. Pics and Vids: Want to hear yourself on our show? Ridden a bike (like your own) a...
Aug 05, 2016•58 min
Episode 162! Chuck recaps the horror that was him trying to have a nice time when he caught up with the First Ride Up the Divide guys and attempted to tag along. Wanted to give a shoutout here to Randy and Tammy of Unique Rides in Fort Collins for getting the Ural patched up in time for me to at least ride it home without taking extra PTO. I'm re-including the links for the Ride itself. I think I might have made it into one of them... Sponsors: HeliteMoto : Airbag safety vest. WHY AREN'T YOU WEA...
Jul 27, 2016•1 hr
In Episode 161, we bring back on Spencer Hill, the Gear Dude. He took a break from the Touratech Rally in Plain, WA to talk about the First Ride up the Divide, his adventure ride where he's taking a couple of complete newbies on a adventure moto... adventure. Late-breaking update to our interview with Spencer, Chuck will be hooking up with the First Ride guys somewhere in Colorado and tagging along for about a week. Stay tuned for more updates! Sponsors: HeliteMoto : Airbag safety vest. WHY AREN...
Jul 08, 2016•1 hr 6 min
Episode 160 of the Wheelnerds! After coming down off our Buell high, we took a week and then recorded a ramblecast. Which I saw on for a couple more weeks, because I am lazy. Also, life gets busy. Also, for this episode, I was streaming live on Facebook so you'll hear us mention that a couple times while we're riffing and drinking. Kick back, relax, and listen to our crappy jokes, won't you? Sponsors: HeliteMoto : Airbag safety vest. WHY AREN'T YOU WEARING ONE? Seriously. They're awesome. Good A...
Jun 24, 2016•1 hr 1 min
So, for this week, we thought we'd bring on a guest that some of our listeners might be familiar with. He's Erik Buell, the Chief Technical Officer of Erik Buell Racing . MARVEL at the high-pitched fanboy noises Chuck makes! Erik comes on (FINALLY) to answer all of Chuck's questions about the Ulysses. Todd also manages to ask some questions that people who aren't Chuck might be interested in. We're also welcoming a new sponsor to our show. Please check out the Good Adventure Company . They're so...
May 31, 2016•1 hr 39 min
In a Very Special Wheelnerds, we invite on Sue Knight and Andrew Pain. You'll recall Andrew, previous guest and guest cohost on the show, as author of Going Small - A Guide to Lightweight Motorcycle Travel and frequent teddy bear hugger. Sue is his wife and Cancer survivor. They come on the show to talk about their new books chronicling her journey through treatment and his journey as a supporter. Their books are called, One Knight's Journey and Sidelines. You can visit their websites at: http:/...
May 23, 2016•1 hr 17 min
We're moving hosts so things are fluid in the pipes of the Internet. Assuming Chuck submitted all the requests correctly, it should be a short outage. In the meantime, our guest this week is Christian Dutcher of Americade . He's coming on to give us the lowdown, a little history, and a lot of what's in store for this year's Americade, including their new Adv-biking centered event! Classifieds: Ninja Scooter Debra GPR50 Gently Used MOTORCYCLE Links: Own some EBR history Guzzi sidecar Multi-seated...
May 15, 2016•1 hr 19 min
This week, we invite on Rick Grassadonia, Sales Director for SENA Bluetooth, to unravel for us the mystery of SENA’s product numbering and to talk about the cool new stuff we got to see at the AIMExpo, like the smart-helmet. Classfieds: Chicks Dig Bikes eEuFC 2002 HONdA GoLDWinG wItH The GrAND aLexuS TraILER 2008 hARLEy-daVIDsoN ToUriNg Screw you, Polaris 1968 BMW R60 US Guest: Chuck is bad at guest pictures Rick Grassadonia is coming on to explain SENA‘s product line to us and tell us, finally,...
May 13, 2016•1 hr 25 min
This week, we’re talking with Sharon Faith, moto-vlogger. If you follow her on Facebook, you’ll see she’s always on the go. She was recently at Daytona Bike Week and she comes on to give us the lowdown from that and her other adventures. She also clues us in on Motostays, a home-sharing network for motorcycle travelers by motorcycle travelers that, I think, has something to do with motorcycles and traveling. Chuck and Todd also have a laugh about the last show. And our usual shenanigans. Classfi...
May 13, 2016•1 hr 18 min
Happy April First, everyone! Our guest is totally Charley Boorman of the Long Way Round, the Long Way Down, and Race to Dakar! Also, Chuck gets Engaged! Todd buys yet another motorcycle! And many other things that are surely not vicious lies and/or traps! Classfieds: Not-A-Running-Busa Butterface sv 650 Another Hayabusa Totally Worth It Links: Oasis of My Soul – Ara Gureghian’s website. As we mentioned in the show, he’s recuperating from recently spine surgery. Give his site a visit and pick up ...
May 13, 2016•1 hr 30 min
