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Paceline Podcast 467

Padraig
The Driveway was the hottest thing in weeknight racing for hundreds of miles in any direction around Austin in the teens thanks to the tireless efforts of race promoter Andrew Willis. Lori and…
Talk

Revolting 230

Robot and Stevil
Stars Going Supernova. Even the stars in the sky flame out. They say the 50s are the new 30s, but in our 30s we could sleep and injuries still healed. In our experience the 50s might be the new 80s,…
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The Bales

Padraig
We'd pedaled in the shadow of Mont Ventoux, riding east across Provence just as summer's heat began to cook the asphalt. Outside of the town of Sisteron, we passed fields of lavender, not yet fully…
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Boogers

Emlyn Lewis
I pick my nose. I think you probably do, too, not in the way of young children, who root around in the wet mess in the center of their face for the simple fact that they haven't yet learned to be…
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Paceline Podcast 466

Padraig
This week Lori and Patrick welcome guest Brad Devaney, the head of engineering for American Bicycle Group, the parent company for Litespeed, Quintana Roo and Obed. Brad designed some of the most…
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Deliver Us From Evil

Emlyn Lewis
It is unbecoming of an adult person to pull on a leotard and a pair of tap shoes and venture out in public with a plastic toy between their legs, and yet, legions of us are captive to this fetish.…
Talk

Revolting 229

Robot and Stevil
Serving Size Equals None. The ‘80s represented a magical confluence of microwave cookery and our own voracious adolescences. Have you ever eaten a Subway 6” meatball sub in two bites? Have you ever…
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For My Mother

Padraig
My mom bought my first bike. There was a story in the local paper about a couple of hippies who had opened a bike shop and the cool English brand they were carrying—Raleigh. I think my mother was a…

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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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Boogers

Emlyn Lewis
I pick my nose. I think you probably do, too, not in the way of young children, who root around in the wet mess in the center of their face for the simple fact that they haven't yet learned to be…

Page One

Page One

Boogers

Emlyn Lewis
I pick my nose. I think you probably do, too, not in the way of young children, who root around in the wet mess in the center of their face for the simple fact that they haven't yet learned to be…
Page One

The Bales

Padraig
We'd pedaled in the shadow of Mont Ventoux, riding east across Provence just as summer's heat began to cook the asphalt. Outside of the town of Sisteron, we passed fields of lavender, not yet fully…
Page One

Deliver Us From Evil

Emlyn Lewis
It is unbecoming of an adult person to pull on a leotard and a pair of tap shoes and venture out in public with a plastic toy between their legs, and yet, legions of us are captive to this fetish.…

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Because Bikes: Duty

Padraig
We rounded a bend that the map said was a sure-fire exit from Monte Carlo to a coastal road that would run to Nice. My group numbered six, maybe seven riders—I no longer recall exactly because…

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Paceline Podcast 467

Padraig
The Driveway was the hottest thing in weeknight racing for hundreds of miles in any direction around Austin in the teens thanks to the tireless efforts of race promoter Andrew Willis. Lori and…
Talk

Revolting 230

Robot and Stevil
Stars Going Supernova. Even the stars in the sky flame out. They say the 50s are the new 30s, but in our 30s we could sleep and injuries still healed. In our experience the 50s might be the new 80s,…
Talk

Paceline Podcast 466

Padraig
This week Lori and Patrick welcome guest Brad Devaney, the head of engineering for American Bicycle Group, the parent company for Litespeed, Quintana Roo and Obed. Brad designed some of the most…

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