The Paceline Cycling Podcast

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 takes a look at the value proposition of ebikes. Show links: POC Savant MTB Bicycling Glove | POC Sports Bosch ebike motors

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 get faster when he should have just been in bed. All that and Paceline picks for your listening pleasure. Show links: Sherpa 2.0 Hitch […]

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 twists coming. Show links: Wooleator 5″ D-Logo Charcoal – DeFeet Floyd’s of Leadville Full Spectrum CBD Gems

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 considers what they mean for bringing new people into the sport. Show links: Yuba Spicy Curry Bounty Sunglasses – SPY Optic

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 not a mountain bike in the same sense as the bikes being sold today are. Patrick looks at pets and how no one is […]

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 reports on some of the coolest things he saw. Show links: Men’s Crew Neck Knit | City Cycling Casual Riding On and Off Bike | Rapha Prevelo Zulu […]

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, darkest moments on the bike translates to resilience IRL. That and fresh pair of Paceline Picks, and you’ve got a show.     Show links: Vans Old Skool Crank Brothers […]

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 weekend’s winner of Milan-San Remo, Matej Mohoric and his secret weapon. Show links: Video of Matej Mohoric’s descent of the Poggio Dolomite 2.0 | Matte Black – Tifosi […]

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 don’t support those retailers? Patrick takes a look at speed and what we are seeking any time we go looking for faster. Show links: Portable Massager, Theragun […]

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 industry. John considers how our tag line, “If you ride bikes, you’re one of us,” speaks to a kinship we feel with other cyclists. A GoFundMe […]