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Tolley Tolley Tolley!

The beauty of long-form journalism is that the person and the story evolve. You get to see and learn so much more because the time is dedicated, and we all end up better for it. The story of Chris Tolley is evolving and changing. The version that we…

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Changing the Game with Michael Garrison

Look up the road or at the front, that’s where you’ll find this week’s guest Michael Garrison of NICH +SpeedClub. Singlehandly he animated, disrupted, and changed the outcome of races like Tulsa Tough this year. In a sport built around the best teams…

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What We’ve Learned: Taylor Swift Fixes All

5 years or 5 episodes, it’s all about celebration and a learning curve. Jordan Cheyne and Rob Kelly sit down and talk about what they’ve respectively learned about podcasting and North American bike racing over their respective tenures hosting a…

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Mike Creed Tells It Like it Is

As a rider, Mike Creed raced on some of the most storied teams in North American cycling history, from US Postal to Slipstream to Optum Kelly Benefits. As a director, he guided the Smartstop team to one of the great underdog seasons in recent memory,…

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Potential Featuring Joe Laverick

When have we lived up to our potential? A lot of us never really get to answer that question; but rather must deal with the pitfalls life throws in our way. Some of us are lucky, or stubborn enough, to push on beyond those pitfalls and create…

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Coming to America with Cecile Lejeune

At a time when many American racers are taking to Europe to race, Cecile has done the opposite. Trading in Mt Ventoux and baguettes for Mt Lemmon and burritos, Cecile is making the bike racing dream work in North America from crits, to UCI podiums to…

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Into the Wild with Kimberly Lucie

New host, who dis?  Can our Criterium Nation survive a new host? And a Canadian one at that? We are about to find out as retired pro Jordan Cheyne takes the front. But what better guest than the lead out woman herself, Kimberly Lucie of DNA Pro…

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Four Take Aways from Stage Race Season

We are now at the end of the beginning and poised for a new phase of the domestic racing scene. That means it is a perfect time for us to check in on what has happened, identify some solid trends and talk about all the takeaways that we can from the…

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What Happened with the NCL

On April 15 the National Cycling League shuttered its doors for 2024, and announced that it will focus on 2025. That has left riders and teams in limbo, and a lot of confusion as to what is happening. We are joined by journalist Logan Jones-Wilkins to…

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The Project Echelon Files: The Working Man Pro with Matt Zimmer

Job, wife, child, pro bike racer. That’s a full day and for Matt Zimmer that’s his reality. He’s come a long way since being the high schooler in Iowa who just raced bikes, and he is here to share that journey with us along with tidbits about racing…

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