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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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Paceline Podcast 465

Padraig
Mother's Day approaches and with that Lori and Patrick talk mothers. Patrick just lost his mother and he takes a look at how his relationship with his mom shaped his cycling.
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Revolting 228

Robot and Stevil
The Unhelpful Remembance of Selves Past. We always say, “Comparison is the theft of joy.” Actually, apparently, Teddy Roosevelt said it first. He also famously once said, “Who farted? Was it you?”…
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Paceline Podcast 464

Padraig
Lori and Patrick welcome special guest Catherine Fegan-Kim the former director of the DNA women's pro cycling team. She digs into both the nitty and the gritty of women's pro racing including both…
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Fit for the Masses

Padraig
Would you have a look at my saddle height? We were rolling out for a group ride when an acquaintance made the request. She told me the shop had set her saddle height when she bought her bike, but…

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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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Paceline Podcast 465

Padraig
Mother's Day approaches and with that Lori and Patrick talk mothers. Patrick just lost his mother and he takes a look at how his relationship with his mom shaped his cycling.

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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…
Page One

Paceline Podcast 465

Padraig
Mother's Day approaches and with that Lori and Patrick talk mothers. Patrick just lost his mother and he takes a look at how his relationship with his mom shaped his cycling.

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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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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…
Talk

Revolting 228

Robot and Stevil
The Unhelpful Remembance of Selves Past. We always say, “Comparison is the theft of joy.” Actually, apparently, Teddy Roosevelt said it first. He also famously once said, “Who farted? Was it you?”…
Talk

Revolting 227

Robot and Stevil
The Quadrennial Performance Review. The corporate culture here at the Revolting podcast is sorely lacking. Because we fired everyone in HR (for obvious reasons), neither one of us has had a…

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