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Paceline Podcast 431

Padraig
We could probably call this the full-disclosure show with all the revelations by our hosts this week. Patrick discusses his recent trip to Idaho for lift-served mountain biking at ski resorts. …
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Berries

Padraig
The honey-feast of the berries has stunned them; they believe in heaven.   —Sylvia Plath Black. Huckle. Rasp. My favorite time of the season is coming to a close. Fruit, free for the taking,…
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Revolting 195

Robot and Stevil
The Looking Glass Self. In 1902 Charles Horton Cooley came up with this idea that our sense of self is formed in this sort of ricocheting set of judgments. Basically, you aren’t who YOU think you…
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TCI Friday – Mysteries

John Rezell
As usual the temperature climbs toward triple digits as I find myself in the foothills of Oregon’s Blue Mountains climbing a paved road with high prairie views that stretch forever. Aside…
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Paceline Podcast 430

Padraig
This week we run the rest of Lori's interviews from the MADE Show. In this episode we feature interviews with Aaron Barchek of Mosaic Cycles, Bud Reeder at Moots, Dave Lieberman of Liebo Cycles, Dave…
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Steel

Padraig
I recently had the good fortune to discuss the difference in sound between the two guitars that made rock and roll possible: the Gibson Les Paul and the Fender Stratocaster. The Les Paul gave the…

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Llamas, Donkeys and Sage

Maureen Gaffney
The Wuanita loop in Saguache (“Saw–watch”) County, Colorado was my third bikepack, but my first without the handholding provided by a 2021 “Bikepacking 101 Course” offered by Rim Tours in Moab, or a…
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For Los Angeles

Padraig
The wildfires in Southern California will go down as the most expensive natural disaster in the state's history. Combined, the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst and Auto fires, have burned more than 40,000…
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Part of Me

Pat Navin
In my dream, I am riding up a steep climb on a narrow road winding through redwoods, barely able to turn the pedals. But I am happy. Ecstatic, really. I am one with my bike, an extension of my body,…

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Berries

Padraig
The honey-feast of the berries has stunned them; they believe in heaven.   —Sylvia Plath Black. Huckle. Rasp. My favorite time of the season is coming to a close. Fruit, free for the taking,…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday – Mysteries

John Rezell
As usual the temperature climbs toward triple digits as I find myself in the foothills of Oregon’s Blue Mountains climbing a paved road with high prairie views that stretch forever. Aside…
Op-Ed

Steel

Padraig
I recently had the good fortune to discuss the difference in sound between the two guitars that made rock and roll possible: the Gibson Les Paul and the Fender Stratocaster. The Les Paul gave the…

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Paceline Podcast 431

Padraig
We could probably call this the full-disclosure show with all the revelations by our hosts this week. Patrick discusses his recent trip to Idaho for lift-served mountain biking at ski resorts. …
Talk

Revolting 195

Robot and Stevil
The Looking Glass Self. In 1902 Charles Horton Cooley came up with this idea that our sense of self is formed in this sort of ricocheting set of judgments. Basically, you aren’t who YOU think you…
Talk

Paceline Podcast 430

Padraig
This week we run the rest of Lori's interviews from the MADE Show. In this episode we feature interviews with Aaron Barchek of Mosaic Cycles, Bud Reeder at Moots, Dave Lieberman of Liebo Cycles, Dave…

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