#243 - Robbie Deckard: Garage Hacks, 3D Printers, and Half the Cash

<p>Robbie Deckard is a pro triathlete and longtime coach who has spent years chasing aero gains, first to keep up with Rudy von Berg on training rides and now through his company, Freaky Fast. But this conversation isn’t really about watts. It’s about what happens when a garage obsession turns into a real business, and the person behind it has to grow up with it.</p><p><br></p><p>We talk about molding his first monobar from heat-moldable plastic and watching Canyon release almost the same design a week later, teaching himself CAD from a $16 online course at 3 a.m., the 50-plus prototypes behind his first product, reinvesting every dollar while racing toward break-even, why a single broken part makes him want to “punch a wall and cry,” giving away aero advice he probably should charge for, and still chasing Kona and a sub-8 Ironman after a four-month Achilles injury.</p><p><br></p><p>This is a conversation about building something you’d want to buy yourself, and learning to care deeply without letting every setback become a verdict on who you are.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Robbie’s IG:</strong> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/robbie_deckard/">https://www.instagram.com/robbie_deckard/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>SQ Newsletter: ⁠</strong><a href="https://stupidquestions.show/pages/newsletter-signup">https://stupidquestions.show/pages/newsletter-signup</a></p>