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Paceline Podcast 477

Padraig
The Poison or the Cure? Lori and Patrick examine how sometimes the bike is a great way to recover from an injury, but sometimes it can be the cause of the injury itself. And other times, our…
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Revolting 241

Robot and Stevil
A Typewriter, a Telephone, a Silver-Plated Whistle. If the phrase ‘sentimental value’ means anything to you, then you are one of the very many humans who have invested an everyday object with value…
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Paceline Podcast 476

Padraig
This week Lori and Patrick welcome Justin England, the CRO of The Pro's Closet, the largest used-bike marketplace on the Internet. Now in its 20th year, Justin joined TPC 17 years ago on his exit…
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Democratizing Fit

Padraig
When I discuss bike fit with someone, I stress that proper fit does several things, not one. Bike fit is generally pitched as improving a rider's comfort, period, end of statement. Honestly? That's a…
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The Return of Flat Pedals

Padraig
Outside of Taichung Taiwan the land rises up in mountainous jungle threaded with roads that wind like a milk-drunk toddler's path through a living room. My visit to Taiwan was being sponsored by a…
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Revolting 240

Robot and Stevil
3 records, 2 movies and a book. Most humans think they’re complicated, but in reality, pop culture captures most of our personalities and feeds them back to us in shiny packages with long credits…
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Paceline Podcast 475

Padraig
Erik deBrun is one of the three partners behind the component maker Redshift Sports, known for their ShockStop suspension stem and their aero-position-conversion seatpost, the Switch. Lori and…

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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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Revolting 241

Robot and Stevil
A Typewriter, a Telephone, a Silver-Plated Whistle. If the phrase ‘sentimental value’ means anything to you, then you are one of the very many humans who have invested an everyday object with value…

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Democratizing Fit

Padraig
When I discuss bike fit with someone, I stress that proper fit does several things, not one. Bike fit is generally pitched as improving a rider's comfort, period, end of statement. Honestly? That's a…

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Op-Ed

Hot Take: Bikes Are Too Good Now

Emlyn Lewis
I just wanted to crack the passenger side window, like one-and-a-half cranks of the old lever that did the job when you could actually "roll down the window." But we don't roll the window down…
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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 477

Padraig
The Poison or the Cure? Lori and Patrick examine how sometimes the bike is a great way to recover from an injury, but sometimes it can be the cause of the injury itself. And other times, our…
Talk

Revolting 241

Robot and Stevil
A Typewriter, a Telephone, a Silver-Plated Whistle. If the phrase ‘sentimental value’ means anything to you, then you are one of the very many humans who have invested an everyday object with value…
Talk

Paceline Podcast 476

Padraig
This week Lori and Patrick welcome Justin England, the CRO of The Pro's Closet, the largest used-bike marketplace on the Internet. Now in its 20th year, Justin joined TPC 17 years ago on his exit…

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