The Paceline Cycling Podcast

What's it like to be a travel writer—not just a travel writer, but one who focuses on cycling? Alex Crevar is a New York Times contributor who specializes in stories about the Balkan region. His resume includes a variety of outlets, including Adventure Cycling, but when you can say you're an ongoing contributor to the New York Times, your resume need not be long, but part of wha...

Lori and Patrick examine how sometimes the bike is a great way to recover from an injury, but sometimes it can be the cause of the injury itself. And other times, our overeager natures result in the bike prolonging an illness or injury. What's a dedicated rider to do?

This week Lori and Patrick welcome Justin England, the CEO of The Pro's Closet, the largest used-bike marketplace on the Internet. Now in its 20th year, Justin joined TPC 17 years ago on his exit from the pro road peloton. He takes listeners through the site's growth from an eBay outlet to its first standalone website to its brief life in the private equity world ... and its ree...

Erik deBrun is one of the three partners behind the component maker Redshift Sports, known for their ShockStop suspension stem and their aero-position-conversion seatpost, the Switch. Lori and Patrick follow Erik down into the rabbit hole of product design and just what solutions Redshift products are meant to provide riders. Even by our own standards, it's a fascinating convers...

Patrick is sick, as in too sick to record a podcast and, apparently, given the number of times he has re-typed this sentence, too sick to spell. So we are re-running an old show. Sorry. Lori and Patrick will be back next week. Conformity. How important is it to fit in? John wonders what we gain through conformity and whether the effort results in sufficient reward. Patrick tak...