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This week John takes a look at the cost of being a cyclist and compares it to the investment into a new vehicle or a jaunt to Paris. Patrick considers riding in winter and…

The Customer Isn’t Always Bright. Expectations are the enemy of happiness, which is why the Amazonification of customer service has ruined a lot of people. They want…

This week is a tandem episode and my guest is Scott Holz, a senior program manager for Specialized. I met Scott back in the mid-aughts when he first joined Specialized as a…

White Whales and Sinking Ships. All of life is a struggle between our best intentions and the predations of time. Will we land our great white whale before the veil falls and…

Bikes lost—well, not so much lost, as ones we sold off or let slip from our grasp and which we, if given a magic time machine, we might not have parted our way with. …

Bill and Ted’s Hot Tub Time Machine. In 1968, when Dr. Spock invented the internet, it was just a cool way for people to share information with each other. Then the same…

It's a new year and that means it's time to think about what we're going to do differently. That's right resolutions! Or should we call them revolutions? Patrick and John…

New Year’s Icebreakers for the Dull or Demented. From a party perspective New Year’s is really amateur hour, hordes of emotionally chaotic humans getting sloppy and rubbing…

The Warm Breeze Off Jugalo Island. We live 3000 miles apart, but we’re neighbors on Jugalo Island, a special place where two fifty-something jabronis can have a podcast where…

How are things on planet bike as 2024 comes to a close? John looks into his crystal ball at what 2025 may hold. Patrick tackles the subject of road tubeless and, believe it…