featuring the reprise of Peloton is tonight and tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Aronoff Theater in downtown Cincinnati. You always knew that bike racing was an art form. Come see an artist’s interpretation on the peloton, pacelines, crashes, race facing, sprints, and fanatical roadside fans.

 

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I made a mistake on this one and it will not have listener feedback in it, we will record that in its own separate podisode.  What this podcast does have is our round up of a Giro gone by and taken back to Spain, JK goes to school in a hot MTB race and a conversation with John Drake of Drakescoffee.com and Bikeworks, a fine shop in Sylvania, OH to talk about bikes, coffee & a shared obsessive behavior for both.

…could not stop Todd from winning the local Beijing Wednesday Night World Championships. Word has it that all the Chinese guys clamor for Todd’s rear wheel and substantial draft, but he drops them faster than China’s growing population. Good job Todd.

John K. and I did a new podcast last night. It should be by this evening. I am anticipating a good weekend with the other John and his S.O. here in Cincinnati. He is coming to town to get some culture. Yours truly, and a few other cyclists, are taking the stage at the Contemporary Dance Theater’s Choreographers Festival 2008 in a piece called “Peloton.” What!!??? Cyclists on stage with modern dancers? I know, it sounds strange, but it feeds our need to show the uneducated the intricacies and quality of bicycle racing. It makes a good date night too. You can fool your lady into thinking you are really a sensitive new-age kind of guy by taking her downtown to the concert. Friday and Saturday night at the Aronoff Theater, 7:30 p.m.

 

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In this latest podcast we talk about possibly the best bike race of the year, John’s cabin fever, we read emails in no particular order and the winner is a grown man intimidated by other cyclists further up the food chain. As usual, the winner will receive a pair of socks & slipstreams compliments of our good friends at Defeet!

After a killer 100+ m endurance session yesterday and no racing today, it was time to take an nice cruise and test out some new equipment. What is that crawling up my calves? The tallest DeFeet socks ever! These push the envelope of tall cuffness. Maybe it’s my Napoleon complex. They do look nice with the sweet Missing Saddle kit.