Also in this podcast we sort of preview Paris-Tours, but not really & promise to talk about the Tour of Lombardy in the next podcast & mention two teams making room for BMC. Locally, UCI cyclocross comes to Cincinnati this weekend, John G race cx in Louisville, John K doesn’t try to be a hero in the last road race of the season. In Listener Feedback FRR doesn’t miss this podcast, cummerbunds, are they really like bar tape?, updated Specialized ride, what to do about on the bike relief?, barbarians bombing bike path- should I be ashamed? overpackaging? & we defend out integrity of unbiased podcasting excellence even if we still have to discharge the static every so often.

Ok, about to go for training ride, have I got everything?  Water bottles filled with the right electrolyte/carbohydrate mix to keep me topped up? check.  High tech synthetic clothing to keep me comfortable on my ride? check.  Heart rate monitor to keep my efforts within the stipulated expenditure range?  check.  Rope, manipulated wire hanger, harness & green MTB tire to drag behind me to troll for interesting pebbles on the bike path?  Check?  This photo of a unique training device was submitted by DERF.

This next listener submitted photo was sent to talk about another issue.  When I look at it there’s something very typical about it, almost too typical.

This photo may be along the same lines as NASA landing a man on the moon, or did they?

In any event, you can hear the Two Johns talk about this photo among our other timely topics.  International news of the day is John G did beat the bookie with his prognostication of Menchov, locally the Cinci tradition of Ault Park kicks off & John K slogs up Mt. Mitchell, Ted King shares his Giro experiences & the feedback rolls in:  Correction:  Luv-a-vet climbed 3,000′ vertical, not 300′, thanks to everyone that filled us in on HTFU & the Aussie’s jersey color combo, a book report, or at least someone copying book reviews, knee pain from Sweden, Cervelo creak mystery cracked, arm/leg warmers in heat? Bianchi Donkey wants to send chosen ones to ride infront of the bulls as part of a special Two Johns ‘vacation’, To Wong Fu & Queen of the Desert get us talking Hugo Weaving & more!

Ya-Bone- Eh! & welcome to the latest Two Johns Podcast.  When is a good tailoring job not necessarily a good tailoring job?  You will find out in the latest podcast.  Other contents of this normal length podcast are:  We talk Giro, our Blockhaus predictions- see how close we were & final podium, John G. verifies his pick of Menchov in the ITT, on the road John K. has good sensations out of competition, & John G. will be working a two man booth.  Then, of course, is the feedback where we get multiple female perspectives on the long discussed abstinence topic- more unscientific data is mounting, conclusive?, race length and nature’s call expectation, going to the bar to catch the race, a touch of wheels = instant crash?, wearing your bb, crikey- why don’t the aussie’s jerseys look like their flag?  The John’s try to remember their first race, race stalker with a camera, Alva asks if you will know him by his socks, the race face goes to court, do we obey?, Cav in yellow- wanna bet?, Hairy Newbie changes of Hairless Newbie, Scots continue to invade- I may have missed one or two- but the Johns also get a chuckle also from the story of sewing & humility that resulted in the photo above.  As a chaser John K. tries to connect Quality, The Source & The East.  Enjoy!

The Two Johns make quick work of another podcast! A snow day lets John G test out the weight room once again…and sounds like a few more to come. We talk about the end of the cross season, Landis’ chance at California, Local news of snow time & short track MTB. Listener feedback: John G tries to atone for the race face, strange scenes from Germany, weight or not to weight? & drag efficiencies. Sound interesting? Download, stream or pedal your way through the latest podcast!