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The Pull: Damon Rinard

Padraig
On this week’s show, my guest is Damon Rinard, the engineering manager for road bikes for Cycling Sports Group. Rinard has more than 30 years’ experience in the bike industry. He came to prominence as…
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Getting Ready for Winter

Padraig
I'll admit that it feels a little funny to write those words as Santa Rosa experiences a final summer hurrah with highs in the 90s. This is an aberration, though, one that will pass days from now and…
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Ebullition/Doubt 44: Crafty!

Padraig
“Click-click-click-click-click-click” was not the sound I wanted to hear after loading up my car to make the drive up to Brevard. I was serenaded with this undesired staccato several more times with…
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Revolting 249

Robot and Stevil
This Podcast but Even Worse. Look, we know you’re already mad about AI, but we’re gonna pile on and explain why getting the cheat code for everything isn’t going to be as satisfying as you think. At…
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The Pull: Brad Bingham

Padraig
On this week’s show, my guest is framebuilder Brad Bingham. He's been called the finest TIG-welder in the world. Bingham rose to international prominence as a result of his work as a welder for Kent…
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Rodriguez Cycles: the Difference

Padraig
I've talked to a lot of frame builders in my time. The ones who stay in business have a sameness about that that is easy to underestimate: They are nice people, (generally, but thank Buddha, not…

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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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Ebullition/Doubt 44: Crafty!

Padraig
“Click-click-click-click-click-click” was not the sound I wanted to hear after loading up my car to make the drive up to Brevard. I was serenaded with this undesired staccato several more times with…

Page One

Page One

Getting Ready for Winter

Padraig
I'll admit that it feels a little funny to write those words as Santa Rosa experiences a final summer hurrah with highs in the 90s. This is an aberration, though, one that will pass days from now and…
Page One

Ebullition/Doubt 44: Crafty!

Padraig
“Click-click-click-click-click-click” was not the sound I wanted to hear after loading up my car to make the drive up to Brevard. I was serenaded with this undesired staccato several more times with…

Op-Ed

Op-Ed

Poison or Cure?

Padraig
Here's a little secret I never tell non-cyclists: At times, the bike can be both the poison and the cure. I want to explore this, in part, because I and several people I know are suffering with a…
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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Classified

A Useful Review: Dirt Baggies

Padraig
It seems unlikely that I sweat more than the average cyclist, but I have avoided baggy shorts for the simple reason that I've had issues with my skin becoming irritated because the baggies didn't…

Talk

Talk

The Pull: Damon Rinard

Padraig
On this week’s show, my guest is Damon Rinard, the engineering manager for road bikes for Cycling Sports Group. Rinard has more than 30 years’ experience in the bike industry. He came to prominence as…
Talk

Revolting 249

Robot and Stevil
This Podcast but Even Worse. Look, we know you’re already mad about AI, but we’re gonna pile on and explain why getting the cheat code for everything isn’t going to be as satisfying as you think. At…

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