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The Top Five Ricks. This episode is about Rick Froberg. He was the best Rick. We’ll talk about who some of the other really good Ricks are or were, but really today we’re…

This week John returns to the subject of pro cycling and specifically, the recently underway Tour de France. Patrick talks traffic as a result of his recent visit to…

It Rubs Us the Wrong Way. We have some nice, expensive bike stuff and we have some cheap, functional bike stuff. It seems like no matter how carefully we curate our…

This week John looks at racing and how it has been used to drive innovation. Patrick takes on a listener question about the story arc of a group ride. Show…

You Light Up My Life. We’ve talked about the things that inspire us before, but we were possibly less inspired when we did that than we are now. So, we’re going to talk about…

This week John takes a look at the bike industry and rather than some of his more curmudgeonly observations about the nature of eternal forward progress, he (perhaps…

The Lightning Strikes Twice Round. Here we go again, another ride on the Tilt-a-Whirl, another slam fandango on the ADD magic carpet. Ten questions each. Ten rambling,…

Back in the mid-2000s I suffered the deepest bout of depression I’d ever experienced. To say I was despondent is like saying King Kong is a big ape. I was too broke to afford…

The Times We Might Have Died. You know, a lot of times when we’re close to death, we have no idea. We only realize after. Today we’re talking about times we almost ate the…

Following his segment on how bikes are on sale due to a glut in the market, John takes a look at another segment that has seen its share of over-supply and resulting sales:…