Criterium Nation

Hosted ByRob Kelly

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Smiles for Miles with Dani Morshead

We are going on a West Coast swing for this week’s episode with the Bay area’s very own Dani Morshead of LA Sweat. Non-spoiler alert…she loves In-N-Out Burger’s fries. She also loves bikes and especially crits. We talk about her fixie-crit…

The Project Echelon Files: Chapter 2

The story gets deeper and the questions get harder. Your protagnists confront new challenges from coast-to-coast and then across the ocean as well. Join us in chapter 2 as we get back in the saddle with Project Echelon’s Ricky, Monk and Ethan as bones…

Sunnyland of Gilaburg

A lot of bike racing just happened- Sunny King, Redlands, Gila, Spartanburg, Athens, all of Speed Week. It’s a lot. We unpack a the themes and storylines from this huge block of racing. We are brought to you by Manscaped, the creators of the Lawn…

The Class of 2019

The U23 Class of 2019 was insanely talented, and it included our guest this week Michael Hernandez of Best Buddies Racing. This week we talk inclusivity, we talk elite bike racing, and we talk about a love story.  We are brought to you by…

The Project Echelon Files: Chapter 1

The most ambitious effort we have yet undertaken, a show literally 30 hours and 500 miles of bike riding in the making. We proudly present the first chapter of our ongoing series following the men of Project Echelon through the 2022 season.  We…

2022 Season Preview Show

Inspired equally by The Slow Ride Podcast and the epic movie 1917, here is a one take episode of our show. It’s a bit more raw than normal, filled with all our hot takes, a game with ill-defined rules, and a few inside jokes that long-term fans of the…

I Am Shark Brained

What is your mantra? What are your centering words? Paige Kostanecki of ButcherBox Cycling joins us to talk about how she has battled negative self talk and invasive thoughts to turn defeat into victory. We are brought to you by Manscaped, the…

Collegiate Cycling featuring Tim Hall of Lees-McRae College

Collegiate cycling has expanded greatly in the United States in the last 30 years. It has slowly become a pipeline for riders from high school to college and then on to greater successes. What has helped spur that growth, along with the successes of…

The Long Road

Athletes want to compete and will compete even when hurt. It is their very nature that injury is ignored, often times until it becomes detrimental to a career. Harriet Owen suffered a serious concussion in March of 2021 at a training camp; but kept…