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Revolting 214

Robot and Stevil
Tilting at Windmills. In 1605, the first edition of Don Quixote hit the shelves, or whatever humans were using to keep their books off the floor then. In it, the aforementioned knight saddles up and…
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Paceline Podcast 450

Padraig
This week Patrick and Lori welcome Ingmar Jungnickel, an aerodynamicist and the founder of AiRO, a fitting system based on rider aerodynamics. AiRO uses CFD (computational fluid dynamics) to simulate…
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Rites of Passage: the Cut

Padraig
Entering adulthood isn't something conferred upon us on our 18th or even 21st birthday. Legally, maybe, though even the law can find this threshold fuzzy. But real adulthood arrives only after a…
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Of Butts, Widths and Pains?

Padraig
Yes, the topic today includes butt width … and also speaks of some pains that might go with it. Is that the best way to start out the new year? Hmm. In cycling you should know the width of…
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Revolting 213

Robot and Stevil
Is This Good? This week we’re doing something different and hopefully upsetting. We’re going to talk about whether things that everybody seems to like are actually good or just products of a mass…
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Paceline Podcast 449

Padraig
This week Lori and Patrick take a look at their origin stories and how pivotal it can be in someone's life to have another person share cycling with them.
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Full Circle, Part I

Padraig
My origin story as an adult cyclist, the ride that brought me back into the fold, occurred on a small residential street in Midtown Memphis in 1985, behind the pro music store in Memphis, Strings and…
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Because Bikes: Discipline

Padraig
Some people are wired in a way that allows them to turn their attention to any task and dig in until the task is complete. In the world of psychology, these folks (of which you may be one) are…

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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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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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Rites of Passage: the Cut

Padraig
Entering adulthood isn't something conferred upon us on our 18th or even 21st birthday. Legally, maybe, though even the law can find this threshold fuzzy. But real adulthood arrives only after a…
Op-Ed

Of Butts, Widths and Pains?

Padraig
Yes, the topic today includes butt width … and also speaks of some pains that might go with it. Is that the best way to start out the new year? Hmm. In cycling you should know the width of…
Op-Ed

Full Circle, Part I

Padraig
My origin story as an adult cyclist, the ride that brought me back into the fold, occurred on a small residential street in Midtown Memphis in 1985, behind the pro music store in Memphis, Strings and…

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Revolting 214

Robot and Stevil
Tilting at Windmills. In 1605, the first edition of Don Quixote hit the shelves, or whatever humans were using to keep their books off the floor then. In it, the aforementioned knight saddles up and…
Talk

Paceline Podcast 450

Padraig
This week Patrick and Lori welcome Ingmar Jungnickel, an aerodynamicist and the founder of AiRO, a fitting system based on rider aerodynamics. AiRO uses CFD (computational fluid dynamics) to simulate…
Talk

Revolting 213

Robot and Stevil
Is This Good? This week we’re doing something different and hopefully upsetting. We’re going to talk about whether things that everybody seems to like are actually good or just products of a mass…

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