New Podcast 1/24/08
new podcast January 24th, 2008Brought to you by missingsaddle.com.
Our best podcast yet!! Well, maybe it’s not our best but it is pretty good. International Scene: Tour of Qatar - camel track, Tour Down Under - Team High Road scores first, CX Worlds - Todd is on his way, and Cipo to Rock Racing to pay his back taxes. Local News: John dreads the pain that is Godzulla. Interview: John talks with David Millar on the eve of Qatar about the new team, the new look, TT’ing, Landis, and how to pronounce his name. Listener Feedback: Joe doesn’t get it, NY Racer starts racing (she gets it), Reb wants to know if he should quit his day job for the high-salary world of pro bike racing, Steve needs some relief from the sloshing, Connie (secretly wanting to email john g.) observes a rival between Lance an Jaja and wants to know if there are any more. Technology: John’s mancave is coming along nicely courtesy of a 17,000 btu heater.
Listener Feedback award courtesy of DeFeet.com.
And finally… Brian sends us this photo and note:
> Hello Two Johns,
> Greetings from Los Angeles. Long time listener - great when I’m working on
> the bike at night in the garage. Anyway, picked up this bottle of
> small-dairy milk (Broguiere’s, sold at higher-end markets here in So.Cal.
> like Whole Foods) and noticed this on the back of the bottle. I know they
> re-use their bottles, but considering all their concerns about no additives
> and such, they maybe should’ve plucked this one from the batch. Still, a
> nice collector’s item. Just thought you’d appreciate. And yes, the jokes
> seem to be too easy, so I’ll resist.
> Brian
January 24th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Johns,
Good and thoughtful response to Joe’s email. I would like to add that running is not without similar pre-conceived notions or judgments. While the safety factor in cycling cannot be understated, at the very least, the running community is certainly not free of race-facing, clothing-based humor, or pace fluctuation on hills/running style jokes. Not sure where Joe is from, but my experience running within a community of serious runners is not very different than my participation in the cycling community with the exception of the safety judgments/commentary that you noted.
As for triathletes . . . well, they’re triathletes. They just ask for it . . .
January 25th, 2008 at 8:55 am
i thought you just might be friends with the mission dudes, so hopefully my email did not roil you or them too much. while i will not buy one myself, i still am, first and foremost, a firm believer in market economies. thus, the bikes are worth whatever people are willing to pay.
just got back from a week of training in palo alto and introduced the show to the stanford cycling team - very fast bunch those guys.
January 25th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Renshaw is with Credit Aricole, Greipel is the High Road rider winning the sprints at Tour Down Under.
-TuffGong
January 25th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Hey everyone, I just found this new podcast on iTunes:
Team CTM Cycling Podcast, search for Team CTM or Cycling.
Seems like something similar to the Two Johns but slightly different.
January 25th, 2008 at 11:35 am
The main reason cyclist have a go at triathletes is because they are a danger to others on the bike, there not smooth, they cant follow a wheel and yes ive have been taken off my bike by one.
January 25th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
What kid of bike is that?
http://www.bebe.com/gp/browse.html/ref=sc_iw_c_0_15378521?ie=UTF8&node=319120011&bbBrand=core
January 25th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Jason — ummm… a very lucky bike?
January 25th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
New podcast! Great now I have something to listen to while I travel to Las Vegas tonight!
January 27th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Again I can’t seem to get the new Podcast off of the Missing Saddle RSS feed using Juice (happened before). Can’t download the MP3 either (shows a web page with “Error 404″). They fixed it last time - think you can ask them again? Thanks.