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The Paceline Cycling Podcast
The Paceline is a cycling podcast aimed at roadies, mountain bikers, commuters, cyclocross enthusiasts, those who grind gravel—indeed anyone who claims cycling for their own. The bicycle is more than a thing, it’s an issue. The Paceline also discusses the bike’s place in society. The hosts love bike gear so expect some banter about what works and what does not on the road and trail. The podcast on two wheels. No training wheels needed. The Paceline is hosted Patrick Brady and Lori Barrett, and…
Episodes
- The Paceline Cycling Podcast
The Long Way Home #1
This week's episode of The Paceline will be delayed due to some technical issues; it will be back next week. In it's place we have an introduction to make, our…
- The Paceline Cycling Podcast
Paceline Podcast 317
This week, John wonders what the UCI's cumulative effect has been on cycling. Have their rules helped cycling's advancement, or hindered it? Patrick discusses…
- The Paceline Cycling Podcast
The Paceline Podcast 316
This week John confesses that only now is he putting his money where his mouth has long been. He's spending money on advocacy. Patrick has a question about…
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Paceline Podcast 315
Today we discuss the discussions that come before rides. Very meta. Then we get into whether or not it's ok for bike riders to wear earbuds while riding. Are…
- The Paceline Cycling Podcast
Paceline Podcast 314
Mindful that they are cyclists first and experts maybe, John and Patrick trade stories of cycling pratfalls, times they got it wrong and wound up, well, not on…
- The Paceline Cycling Podcast
Paceline Podcast 313
It's the "off-season," which means many of us are riding less. One of the ways to stay connected and even increase motivation is to dig into the rich canon of…
- The Paceline Cycling Podcast
Paceline Podcast 312
Conditions are wet in many parts of the country, making mountain biking a terrific way to damage trails. John proposes a solution. Patrick received a great…
- The Paceline Cycling Podcast
Paceline Podcast 311
While have a mid-ride coffee, a friend asked John what he thought of internal cable/hose routing. There's no simple answer to this, so he discusses it with…
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Paceline Podcast 310
John wonders about our duty of care to other riders when we ride with them and how our perception of what etiquette calls for changes based on the tires we…
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Paceline Podcast 309
This week John and Patrick talk Christmas lists and gift giving and do their best to focus on experiences rather than stuff, but let's be honest, cycling is a…
- The Paceline Cycling Podcast
The Paceline Podcast 308
It's Thanksgiving, folks, and John and Patrick take time to detail the things for which they are grateful.
- The Paceline Cycling Podcast
Paceline Podcast 307
It's a slight departure this week, with John doing the show solo. Don't worry. This is not a permanent change. He'll be running down his winter prep checklist…
- The Paceline Cycling Podcast
Paceline Podcast 306
John explores how cycling with newer riders can restore the blush of cycling's early romance. Patrick fields a question from a listener about how to go about…
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Paceline Podcast 305
This week John wonders if we aren't doing a disservice to mountain biking by portraying the sport as being largely about expensive, full-suspension bikes. Why…
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Paceline Podcast 304
This week we talk about the future with a clear-eyed look at the present. We revisit the Tubbs and Nuns wildfires five years on, and we extol the virtues of a…
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Paceline Podcast 303
Do you have a riding routine? John laments his morning commute and what fitness he has lost as a result of working from home. Patrick considers our emotional…
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Paceline Podcast 302
John and Patrick tell two stories of riding with famous riders, though famous for different reasons.
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Paceline Podcast 301
This week we talk about the proliferation, convergence and overlap of bike categories and try to see where it's all headed. Padraig takes on a reader question…
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The Paceline Podcast 300
We celebrate our 300th episode by producing another episode. John nods to the previous co-hosts and then wonders what Patrick has learned, other than sitting…
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Paceline Podcast 299
This time out we talk about the crucial role local bike shops still play in the life of a town, not to mention the convenience of having a good mechanic…
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Paceline Podcast 297
This week John talks riding with flat pedals—rather than clipless—for mountain biking. Patrick discusses a ride from his recent vacation and what it re-taught…
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Paceline 296
This week we talk about traveling to ride bikes, specifically Zion National Park and its surrounding areas as well as Wales, for those of you with a penchant…
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Paceline 295
John is back from Wales and takes on a subject from a nearby part of Europe: the Tour de France. When news that a $900 tax credit was dropped from the climate…
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Paceline Podcast 294
This week John takes on cycling and inclusivity, and how to bring more people into the party. Patrick talks to Jacob Rheuban of Prevelo Bikes and his thinking…
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Paceline Podcast 293
A listener asks if he should buy the light, fast road bike to follow the fast kids on the group rides? John answers, with aplomb. Patrick discusses riding with…
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Paceline Podcast 292
John takes on the question of rim brakes vs. disc brakes. If you have the choice, and increasingly, we do not, why choose one over the other? The answer isn't…
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Paceline Podcast 291
This week John talks about faith, but not the religious variety. For those who battle episodic depression, faith is expressed in relating to others. Patrick is…
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Paceline Podcast 290
This week we check in on the current State of the Bike Industry, specifically how supply chain and pandemic challenges are manifesting in the 2022 season…
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Paceline Podcast 289
John and Patrick both have new mountain bikes. And both of them feature designs from suspension savant Dave Weigle. They discuss their experiences and…
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Paceline Podcast 288
This week John talks about going slow, and mountain biking, and introducing new people to mountain biking. Patrick takes on a listener question about whether…
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Paceline Podcast 287
John considers regrets. In this instance, mostly cycling regrets, things not done as much as done. And for much of the country, it’s allergy season. Patrick…
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Paceline Podcast 286
John is watching pro racing and has had a few epiphanies about what makes bike racing—and sport in general—interesting. With gas more than $6/gal. Patrick…
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Paceline Podcast 285
This week John is trying to learn new (and possibly better) ways to ride a mountain bike, and Patrick is sick and ruminating on all the days he spent trying to…
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Paceline Podcast 284
John tackles the question: Is lighter always better? Patrick looks at the turns his life has taken as a result of cycling. He says he didn't see a few of the…
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Paceline Podcast 283
John is just back from a trip to Seattle, where he was impressed by both the cycling culture and the cycling infrastructure. Patrick cites two news stories and…
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The Paceline Podcast 282
This week John looks at how mountain biking has changed in the last few decades and how if you maybe bought a mountain bike in the 1990s or early 2000s, it's…
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The Paceline Podcast 281
This week John takes on a listener question about just who we are. Cyclists? Bikers? Bike riders? Patrick is back from getting sunburned at Sea Otter and…
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Paceline Podcast 280
John answers a listener question about getting comfortable and avoiding injury on the bike, and Patrick talks about how learning to deal with the hardest…
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Paceline Podcast 279
John talks daydreaming and what a helpful tool it can be in dialing up motivation. Patrick says goodbye to former teammate Jay LaPlante and talks about last…
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Paceline Podcast 278
Bicycle retailing is not an easy business and thanks to the pandemic, life for retailers is even more challenging than it was. John asks what happens if we…
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Paceline Podcast 277
This week we lead the show with a remembrance of a bike industry veteran, James Winchester. He was a friend of Patrick's as well as nearly everyone in the…
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Paceline Podcast 276
This week John takes on a listener question about fetishes and waxing. No, we're not talking about kinky sex, we're talking about chain waxing. Patrick…
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Paceline Podcast 275
John bumps into former co-host Patria and takes a look at stoke and how you fuel excitement for moving through the winter. Patrick takes on a question about…
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Paceline Podcast 274
John's been reading physics, or is it philosophy? It might be both. But he shows how it relates to what we think about on the bike, not to mention how we think…
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Paceline Podcast 273
The boys are back after Patrick's ice-storm-extended Memphis trip. This week John looks at the studded-tire dilemma, because, well, February. Patrick looks at…
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The Paceline Rerun
Patrick is semi-stranded in Memphis. He’ll be back soon, but he wasn’t back soon enough to record this week’s show. We are putting up an old show to give you…
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Paceline Podcast 272
Beyond being a vehicle for fun and games, the bicycle can be a force for change, right? John looks at how cycling infrastructure could solve at least a few…
- The Paceline Cycling Podcast
Paceline Tandem: Miguel Crawford
This week is a tandem episode and my guest is Miguel Crawford, the organizer of the Grasshopper Adventure Series. The Grasshopper Series began back in the…
- The Paceline Cycling Podcast
Paceline Podcast 270
This week John talks winter riding. Actual winter, not the imitation stuff some folks have had this year. He looks at some of the considerations necessary to…
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Paceline Podcast 269
John has come down with Covid and he did so just in time for his 50th birthday. Birthday celebration plans take a back seat to a communicable disease, as it…
- The Paceline Cycling Podcast
Enter the Deuce 1
Back in 2013 when my youngest son was born he almost died less than three minutes after his birth. He had a condition that would have been terminal when I was…
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Paceline Podcast 268
With the days getting shorter and Christmas right around the corner, the combination of less light and more family obligations has John thinking about…
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The Paceline Podcast 267
This week John looks at getting high, well, his version of it, which doesn't involve any illegal or recently legal drugs. Cycling is an indispensable part of…
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Paceline Podcast 266
The Paceline is back following its Thanksgiving break. John takes a look at bike categories and just how blurry the margins are. What's it all mean? Patrick…
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Paceline Podcast 265
John takes on a listener question this week regarding the notion of Safety 3rd. Is it foolhardy or a sound philosophy? John and Patrick ponder its…
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Paceline Podcast 264
John wonders if Peloton riders just ride a Peloton or do they actually, you know, ride outside at all? Patrick takes on a listener question about riding in the…
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Paceline Podcast 263
With Halloween behind us, the retail world turns its attention to the holiday season. Patrick and John put together their Christmas wish lists which they hope…
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Paceline Podcast 262
John has been doing what we'd refer to as gravel rides since before he had a gravel bike and while he enjoys increased specialization, he thinks we don't…
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Paceline Podcast 261
This week John elects to take the road less traveled and concludes he's better for it. Patrick, on the other hand, has chosen to take a break from his riding…
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Paceline Podcast 260
With the arrival of fall John says the change of seasons increasingly truncates his day. To prevent the his abbreviated days from cutting into his winter…