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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#20: Rebecca Rusch
Rebecca Rusch has what may be the ultimate nickname not just for a cyclist, but for any endurance athlete. She’s known as the Queen of Pain. And she has more…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#131: EF Education First-Drapac, Marathon World Record and Zone 2 training
For pro teams, finding sponsors and keeping said sponsors happy is more difficult than ever before. This week Selene takes a look at the new strategy from EF…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#130: Sarah Lee's cross country ride, dealing with off-the-bike depression
Have you ever ridden across the country? It is one of those things that many of us have considered, and most of us haven't found either the time or the…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#129: Everesting Everest, Interbike
Everesting. It's a thing now, as we say. And Selene is a bit obsessed with the idea of doing one. Then she ran across a group that went to Everest Everest. How…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#19: Mike Ferrentino
On this week’s show, my guest is Mike Ferrentino. In the early 1990s Ferrentino rose to national prominence with the launch of Bike Magazine and his column the…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#128: Motivation to ride, Interbike
Selene has a dilemma. She lives in a town with amazing riding culture and plenty of people to ride with. However. (There's always a however, isn't there?) Her…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#18: Erik Noren of Peacock Groove, Part II
On this week’s show, we continue our conversation with Erik Noren of Peacock Groove. Last week we talked about some of Noren’s signature creations like his…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#127: 'Cross is here, and periodization without a goal
Forget 'cross is coming. 'Cross is here. Last weekend, Labor Day Weekend for crying out loud, the first big race of the season was held in Delaware—Granogue…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#17: Erik Noren of Peacock Groove, Part I
Among the many builders I’ve interviewed in my career, I can say that Erik Noren is truly unique. In a room full of unusual cats, he still manages to stand…
The Paceline Cycling PodcastTandem #08: Chef Hannah Grant
Selene is away at Rebecca's Private Idaho, competing in the event's new stage race that runs from August 30 to September 2. So rather than our usual show…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#16: Dario Pegoretti Remembered
On this week’s show we remember frame builder Dario Pegoretti who died last week at the age of 62. Pegoretti rose to prominence in the 1990s as a contract…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#126: the perfect home, heartrate as a useful tool
How neat a home do you keep? Do you do it all—cook, clean, ride 12 hours a week and write poetry before bed? As it turns out, we don't either. This week Selene…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#15: Sam Pickman, Allied Cycle Works
The emergence of Allied Cycle Works, is notable as much for the quality of the carbon fiber bicycles they make as where they make them. At a time when all of…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#125: Author Hannah Grant, the Mendo Hopper
How do you eat? This isn't a question about whether or not you chew, but what do you fuel with? Selene talked to Hannah Grant, the author of Eat. Race. Win. a…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#14: Gary Fisher
Few people can claim to be as inextricably linked with the birth of mountain biking as Gary Fisher. His company MountainBikes produced what were arguably the…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#124: Passing pedestrians, the Copper Triangle and choosing the right event
Selene has a dilemma: Some people don't much like cyclists. What to do? You're riding on a bike path where pedestrians and cyclists need to coexist, hopefully…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#13: Mark DiNucci, Part II
In Part II of my conversation with Mark DiNucci, we discuss some of the work he has done as an engineer working on contract for other manufacturers, like SAPA…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#12: Mark DiNucci, Part I
If you wanted to find the American who made the most profound impact on the ride of steel road bikes in the last 30 years, it would be hard to find a person…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#123: Crashing, CrossFit Games
Our man Patrick fell down this past weekend while on a mountain bike ride. Slid out and has the road rash souvenir. As crashes go, it's a minor one, but it has…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#122: Optimal hours of training, going for a ride with someone
This week Selene poses an interesting question: How much riding do you need each week to be healthy both mentally and physically? Researchers at the University…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#11: Nick Legan
On this week’s show, my guest is Nick Legan, the author of Gravel Cycling, from VeloPress. Legan has one of the more varied backgrounds I’ve encountered in…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#121: Tour de France, podium girls, doping, Red Kite Ronde et Vous
This week we take a look at the women and racing. There are some high points worth celebrating—Trek has created a new women's pro team—and a whole lot of low…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#10: James Winchester
On this week’s show, my guest is James Winchester, the product manager for Masi Bicycles. The role of a product manager at a bike company is, perhaps, one of…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#120: Tour de France watching, trade war and tariffs on the bike
Selene has a dilemma. She's watching the Tour de France. And enjoying it. She's concerned that maybe she shouldn't be enjoying it or that she should be more…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#8: Lennard Zinn
On this week’s show, my guest is Lennard Zinn, whose book, Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance, has just been released in its sixth edition by…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#119: dealing with the heat and author Daniel de Vise
It's summer, irrevocably so. Unless you live in Honduras, you may be struggling to deal with the heat. For all the talk that cycling is the perfect thing to do…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#8: Daniel de Visé
For as much as American cyclists idolized Greg LeMond in the 1980s and early 1990s, for a great many years there was really only one book on the three-time…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#7: Todd Ingermanson, Black Cat Bicycles
On this week’s show, my guest is framebuilder Todd Ingermanson who is part of a relatively rare set of artisans known for crafting nearly any sort of bike…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#118: CrankTank, Hunter Allen, Cycligent Physical eSports, The Comeback, Topical Edge
Patrick is just back from several days in Ketchum, Idaho, where he attended a new media event called CrankTank. There were presentations by a number of…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#117: a visit with Enduro Bearings, post-event depression
How much do you know about bearings? This week Patrick went to Oakland to visit the folks at Enduro Bearings and talk about how precision bearings have…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#6: Kristen Ulmer
On this week’s show, my guest is teacher, author and creator Kristen Ulmer. In the early 1990s Ulmer rose to international prominence as the world’s foremost…
The Paceline Cycling PodcastTandem #07: Alison Tetrick
Our guest for this episode is Alison Tetrick who finished third this year at the Dirty Kanza 200, inarguably one of the world’s toughest gravel events. This is…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#5: Brad Bingham
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…
The Paceline Cycling PodcastPaceline Tandem #06: Yuri Hauswald
We knew even before the race was over that we would be talking to Yuri Hauswald the new extra-long version of Dirty Kanza, known as the DKXL. How could we not?…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#116: Dirty Kanza
Last weekend's Dirty Kanza introduced a new length, the DKXL, a 350-mile version of the unofficial world championship of gravel racing. In this episode we talk…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#4: Damon Rinard
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 Paceline Cycling Podcast#115: goal setting, ebikes
Cycling is a great way to both enjoy the journey and the destination. Put another way it makes getting there fun. But how important should goals be? Are goals…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#3: Allen Lim
Allen Lim has spent his career guiding athletes to their best possible performance. From the UC Davis Cycling Team to grand tour riders, Lim's career as an…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#114: Michigan Coast to Coast, King Ridge Grasshopper
After a brief hiatus, the Paceline is back in a slightly different format. Fatty has a new Leadville podcast he's producing, and as one of only eight people to…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#2: Gabriel Lang of Altruiste Bikes
This week I interview NAHBS Best in Show winner Gabriel Lang of Altruiste Bikes from New Brunswick, Canada. Lang won with a long-travel 29er that was truly…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#1: Richard Sachs
The Pull is a new podcast from Red Kite Prayer. My many interviews with framebuilders over the years have all lost something in translation from the…
The Paceline Cycling PodcastTandem #05: Selene Yeager
I first read Bicycling Magazine editor Selene Yeager's work in the 1990s. Having edited the work of health and fitness writers, I knew what good work looked…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#113: weight loss, Breck Epic, when your legs are no good
Down is up and up is underground. Our man Hottie, formerly the leanest man in masters bike racing has portlied himself up to a whopping 165 lbs! What to do! He…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#112: packing, cramping and evolving
Hottie took off with Mrs. Hottie for a bike-packing trip. Only they didn't camp out and sleep in sleeping bags. They stayed in a hotel. He thinks Mrs. Hottie…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#111: craziest race stories, getting back into riding after time off, rain riding
What's the craziest experience you've had in a bike race or event? Hottie puts this question to Fatty and Patrick and while they share some stuff you might not…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#110: dog attack, quiver-killer bikes, the source of amazing
Fatty had an unfortunate encounter with another cyclist recently. Actually, the unfortunate part of the encounter was between his big dog Duke and one of the…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#109: Travel with bike, bike beacons, affiliate programs
Vacation. It's such a loaded term. Is it time away from work? Time away from home? Is it recreation? Can it be a vacation without a bicycle? Hottie recently…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#108: Argonaut, Eliel and new bike love
It's a podcast about bikes, so it's no surprise that our hosts like to ride new bikes. And great bikes. And sometimes crazily expensive bikes, like the $15,300…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#107: Cycling origins, if not cycling then what, hardest events, Selene Yeager
Where do you come from? Not, where were you born, or where did you grow up, but how were you birthed as a cyclist? This week Fatty tells how he got into…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#106: wrenching, early road bikes, Nick Legan
How much work do you do on your bike? Are you the type who doesn't let anyone else touch your bike and it gets a tune-up monthly, or do you turn it over to a…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#105: Yuri Hauswald, the boycott, remembering great ideas
This week Fatty, Hottie and Patrick are joined by a special guest. Yuri Hauswald is a former winner of Dirty Kanza, a Camelbak-sponsored athlete and a…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#104: NAHBS, terminology, an international guide to gravel
Our man Patrick is back from the North American Handmade Bicycle Show and has stories to tell. As chief judge he, with the help of fellow judges Tom Kellogg…
The Paceline Cycling PodcastThe Paceline Podcast #103
Maybe it’s the gloominess of February, but the Paceline hosts — Patrick, Hottie, and Fatty — have some pretty serious topics this week…though they don’t…
The Paceline Cycling PodcastThe Paceline Podcast #102
Let’s talk dogs. No, not those furry lumps of love that drool on (or sometimes eat) your shoes. We’re talking feet. Do you have problems with your feet? Do…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#101: Bike regrets, riding ugly, taking on the Boston PD
The boys are back with another three-pull episode. Up first is Hottie and he asks, have you ever regretted a bicycle purchase? Not the money you spent, but the…
The Paceline Cycling PodcastPaceline Tandem 04: Peter Flax
Peter Flax is the editor in chief of The Red Bulletin, the 11-times-per-year magazine from energy drink maker Red Bull. He is also the former editor-in-chief…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#100: Burnout, Close Calls, Peter Flax, the Cycling Vacation
Someone smart told the boys that most podcasts don't ever produce 100 episodes, so this one is a bit of a milestone. We're not sure if they're too determined…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#99: USAC, the constantly attacking rider, Ben Serotta
This week we switch our format up a bit with each of the guys taking one hard pull. Up first is Hottie with a confession. For the first time in roughly 20…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#98: Awful riding conditions,
It's winter time and conditions aren't exactly fun for riding in many parts of the country. For this week's Very Important Question we asked, "Which of these…
The Paceline Cycling Podcast#97: A Weekend of Misadventure
Fatty has been vacationing and says his kits don't fit. In the spirit of truth in advertising, we're actually pretty relieved. A skinny Fatty is not a fatty…