This is part one of a two part podcast. There is too much to cram into one podcast, so this one will be international talk where the main topic is il Giro, local- John misses the page twice in MTB race and John collects personal best data at Godzulla and last but not least an extensive interview with Astana rider Chris Horner. We will be following up with a second (almost) all email podcast in the next day or two to get to the mountain of listener feedback. Stay Tuned!!!
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This installment of the podcast is full of Tour of Georgia talk, local racing that wasn’t, Rasta chimes in, a non-plussed girlfriend, how to train when you have other things going on- including getting older and much, much more. Its a long one- you’ll need a long car ride, bike ride or lots of laundry to fold to get through it.
The search for quality can take you to strange places, like this jersey. This may be the best jersey ever- and it may be the worst jersey ever- simultaneously.
I will attempt to explain. A component of quality is authenticity, and within authenticity there is truth. This kit is so unconsciously and unapologetically ugly it has claimed its own right to use every primary color, fade them into each other in random regions of the jersey then top it off with a pac-man inspired font.
Forget Aqua & Sapone’s zebra stripes, Polti’s ‘frog in a blender’ & Rock Racing’s Oakland Raiders meet various colors of slime- this jersey is badder than them all. The authenticity and truth of this kit is that it has no air about it.
If the cyclist who responded to the master when asked why he rode by saying, “I ride my bicycle to ride my bicycle’, if that cyclist were a kit, this would be it. This jersey makes no apologies for itself, it just is.
By the way- the Twojohnspodcast can again be seen on a jersey.
Like dandelions in spring time and criteriums in summer time, the podcast is back. This exciting installment we talk about John’s hunch for Flanders, Friere and his sprint, The Bank makes deposit after banking hours and more listener feedback- where we hear from the Rasta Roadie spreading pos-i-tive vibrations- among others.
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, brown paper packages tied up with strings, and rain caps like the one below are a few of my favorite things. The rain cap on the right, an indispensible but often overlooked piece of kit, especially valuable during this time of year out shines its cotton counterpart on the left in the times it is needed most, 45-55 and rainy.
The podcast is back to keep you company on those cold rainy days. Feedback rich, we discuss top american riders of all time, conclusive data linking abstinence (stopping short) being the equivalent to training in the high alps with EPO, a wife wants in on the action, one year, brake pads, ball bearings… it goes on and on in this mostly feedback podcast.
