John Boggs joins us from a ride and we discuss disc brake use on the road. They're not going anywhere but it doesn't mean we have to bow down to our new disc overlords.
Cast:
Robert Curtis
John Boggs
Leah Sanda
Cast:
Barron Gira
Anthony Mikos
Leah Sanda
Robert Curtis
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Rich Smott
John Boggs
Leah Sanda
Robert Curtis
Many changes have been happening in the industry. From Bankruptcies to changes in trade policies. Brendan George - lifetime Industry guy who owned Alberto's, a mainstay in the Chicago Cycling scene for a generation or two, until he had to close it in 2016 came in to talk.
Cast:
Brendan George
Anthony Mikos
Leah Sanda
Robert Curtis
In a first for this podcast we assembled audio from 4 sessions and combined them into 1 podcast. We discussed questions we have always wondered about with 4 amazing lawyers who are dedicated to practicing law impacting cyclists.
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Jessica Cutler-Washington Bike Law
Arley Kemmerer - Piscitello Law
Joe Piscitello - Piscitello Law
Michael Keating - Keating Law Offices
Anthony Mikos
Robert Curtis
When you have future pro racers toeing the line in the same field as the slowest racers around it's a formula for for those slower racers to get burned out. That's the enthusiast market that the sport needs for growth.
At the same time what's the point of a P, 1, and 2 designation when all of those racers have the same level of skill.
Listen and give us your thoughts and ideas at info@psimet.com
Cast: Robert Curtis, Leah Sanda, and Barron Gira
Spurred on by a few things in the current news we talk about and attack the futility of our sport. Sponsors, lack of participation, and general apathy in the face of our fanatic support.
Lots of swearing - Impassioned arguing - fighting for what's left with the few words we still have. Honestly one of the best I think we've done.
Cast:
Anthony Mikos
Alex Edwards
Eric Olson
Robert Curtis
Discussion of cyclocross season to date. We talk a little about Jinglecross issues as well as local issues but mostly about just racing and the series.
Cast Anthony Mikos and Robert Curtis
We are joined by Doug Bauer - mechanic extraordinaire to talk about the upcoming cyclocross season. We cover tips and tricks and things to make sure every rider needs to have in their bag when the go to races. Not so they can be like a pro as there aren't many actual pros and they usually don't know what's going on and are never prepared - rather so you can be like prepared racer.
We cover course talk, Upcoming announcements regarding Woodstock, etc.
Doug Bauer
Robert Curtis
Anthony Mikos
Leah Sanda
American Pro is a new book written by Jamie Smith and Published by Velopress. It chronicles the journey of the Astellas team from day one until the final race and podium.
Astellas being a Chicago based team makes the book amazingly close to home in so many ways for the Chicago Cycling community and yet the stories throughout tell the true story of what it means to be in this sport in the United States.
As mentioned in the podcast here is the link to buy the books:
https://www.velopress.com/?s=jamie+smith
Also the link to the Bike Forums thread where it all started: https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycling/200479-we-re-going-yell-you.html
Its not the cost, attitudes, speed, etc. - Americans don't want to play if they're not the best. Correlations between road license numbers and performance at the top level of the sport.
Cast:
Alex Edwards
Anthony Mikos
Robert Curtis
It is more often than not becoming the norm for bicycle races to cease paying out any race other than the top men's and women's races. For some (cough - masters racers - cough) this elimination of a payout has become too big of a pill to swallow.
For this episode we were sent a copy of an actual email that an actual "masters racer" sent to the promoters of a local race.
Edwin Bull was in Chicago after the CABDA show so we invited him over to the shop for a podcast and to show off some bikes. We discuss all sorts of things from his background and experience into how the company started, etc.
Give it a listen and check out their bikes at: https://www.vandesselcycles.com/
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Edwin Bull - https://www.instagram.com/edwin__bull/
https://www.instagram.com/van_dessel/
Leah Sanda - https://www.instagram.com/lrsanda/
Anthony Mikos - https://www.instagram.com/unstagrum/
Rob Curtis - https://www.instagram.com/psimet/
We discuss the end of the cyclocross season with some nationals and worlds coverage and impressions. We talk a bit about Aspire Racing and sponsorship. We also cover some winter tech and our own projects.
Links to our youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMJ7ywz2t-2xuApwWlm_OrQ?view_as=subscriber
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Robert Curtis - PSIMET - https://www.instagram.com/psimet/?hl=en
Anthony Mikos - Tormund Giantsbane - https://www.instagram.com/unstagrum/?hl=en
Leah Sanda - Tawny Kitaen - https://www.instagram.com/lrsanda/?hl=en
Barron Gira - A Young Chevy Chase - https://www.instagram.com/barrongira/?hl=en
Debbie Dust hops on the phone to discuss the landscape of Domestic Pro Cycling and how it's changed. We discuss a bit of what it means to be a pro and/or at what level is sponsorship seeking and crowdfunding really just having friends pay for your hobby?
Note after the podcast from Debbie: "One other thing about being a "pro" that I didn't mention but is certainly something to include: a pro doesn't take to social media to complain and whine about "sketchy" riding that causes wrecks. A pro knows where to be in the group so they don't get sucked into the "sketchiness." If you don't know "how" to race, yeah, you're going to wreck. Go learn how to race. I was wrecked relatively infrequently in all my years of racing and have very few scars and injuries tied to those years. Even when I wasn't the strongest rider, I still know how to race and ride intelligently. I also never called anyone out unless they were being lazy cuz that's not racing. It's just being an a-hole."
Cast:
Debbie Dust
Anthony Mikos
Robert Curtis
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Val Brostrom
Leah Sanda
Anthony Mikos
Robert Curtis
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Kelli Richter
Barron Gira
Leah Sanda
Anthony Mikos
Robert Curtis
Alex Edwards walks into a bike shop with a 6 pack of beer. What ensues is a bit of a sleep deprived fueled spouting of thoughts regarding many things.
Cast:
Robert Curtis
Alex Edwards
Anthony Mikos
Buy some Coffee: http://www.psimet.com/category/coffee/
Good stuff and a bit of a filler until we can talk Bro Deal in the upcoming episodes. We cover the changes to the cross schedule here locally - talk about Ryan Trebon's work and then cover the purchase of Rapha by a private equity firm that has some stretched ties to descendants of the Walmart founding Walton family. Delicious jokes ensue.
Cast:
Anthony Mikos - The muddy Redbeard of Bicycles
Barron Gira - Everyone's Prince Charming - will he ever reveal his dark side?
Leah Sanda - 5 seconds of Leah at the end. She was busy practicing her Tawny Kitaen routine for her 35th high school reunion
Rob Curtis - Acting like he didn't have any coffee that morning.
We are back after adding coffee to the operation here at PSIMET. Check out our new coffee club or simply order some 11 Jackson Heckler blend:http://www.psimet.com/category/coffee/
We take a look at the current state of tubeless technology as it pertains to Cyclocross racing specifically. In preparation for the episode we discussed the issue with a lot of pros who have had documented success running tubeless in racing scenarios.
Cast:
Leah Sanda
Anthony Mikos
Gary Dicicco
Robert Curtis
Part 2 of 3. Great stuff. Stories of the old days.
Cast:
Wayne Simon
Kevin Moncrieff
Anthony Mikos
Robert Curtis
There's name dropping galore in here - Lance, Julich, Hincapie, among many many others. Multi-time bad ass and Enzo's creator and owner Wayne Simon stopped by to kill some time. A little into the discussion Kevin Moncrieff dropped in. Turns out the two have a lot in common. The discussion went for 3 hours - we cut a lot but it's still a 2 part. Enjoy
Cast:
Anthony Mikos
Robert Curtis
Leah Sanda (briefly)
Wayne Simon
Kevin Moncrieff
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Barron Gira
Anthony Mikos
Rob Curtis
Jen finishes her discussion of what it is like to be a souigneur and what she sees herself doing in the future.
Cast:
Jen Agan
Anthony Mikos
Robert Curtis
Cast:
Anthony Mikos
Robert Curtis
Jen Agan