The Paceline Cycling Podcast

Paceline Tandem 03: Jake Pantone, Director of Marketing and Product at ENVE Composites Jake Pantone is a cycling success story. He started at ENVE lacing wheels and taking customer support phone calls -- often at the same time. So the fact that he's now the marketing and product director is no small thing. In this episode of the Paceline Tandem, Jake and Fatty talk about how ENVE chooses — and rej...

Hottie is away this week so Fatty and Patrick or holding down the fort, so to speak. For our big interview this week, Patrick interviewed Aaron Gulley of Outside Magazine about his recent essay about being hit by a car while on a mountain bike ride and how the specter of smartphones has changed the danger factor of riding on the road. For this week's Very Important Question, we asked, how much wei...

With the holidays looming, we look at the spirit of the season. Fatty interviews Yann Bertaud who is an ambassador for World Bicycle Relief. He recently made a trip to Africa on behalf of the organization to help distribute bikes to children so they can go to school. For this week's Very Important Question, we ask the all-important question: What is the best bicycle-centric song of all time? A: Qu...

Even thought the racing season is over, pro cycling is back in the news. Peter Sagan is even more amazing than we knew and Chris Froome (finally?) tested positive.  As a result, for this week's Very Important Question we ask, "What would happen if you attempted to do the splits?"  A. I could do the splits no problem 5% B. I could get to 120 degrees 18% C. I could get to 33 degrees 18% D. I'd tear...

Cold and flu season. That's what we call it, right? As if it were restricted to a few months of the year like maple sugaring or Nordic skiing. No matter how long it's meant to last, it's here once again and while Hottie's rides are getting longer, Patrick is off the bike thanks to a virus. Life with four-year-old contagion dispensers, amiright? For this week's VIQ, we asked, has your behavior over...

Now that it's the off season the boys are dreaming of bike purchases. Fatty wants a full-suspension cross-country bike for when he does Breck Epic next year. Hottie finally purchased a gravel-oriented frameset and even Patrick admits that he's considering trimming one from his arsenal to add something else. This week's Very Important Question ask, "How off is your off-season?" A. 'Cross season bab...

Thanksgiving is here and with it the need to preemptively burn calories. Of course, before they get to that, Fatty has a wound to clean. Hottie is back on the bike and Patrick wonders if his number is up next. Do you have a bucket list? A buddy of Hottie's and Patrick's decided to ride 50 Miles in 50 States. Hottie interviews Major Bob Frank about his experience and how what his favorite (and leas...

Running. On a cycling podcast. What is the world coming to? Well, it is that time of year, thanks to cyclocross and, in some places, inclement weather. Hottie and Fatty admit they've turned to the dark side, at least some. Patrick? Off mic he said he'd rather get dental work.  For the Very Important Question® this week, Fatty asked, "How many times have you broken a helmet?"  A: Never 45% B: 1-2 4...

We discuss Halloween and costumes, and how cycling clothing is a costume of its own. Friends of Fatty's (FoF) used some bike tubes to make a killer Thor costume. Fatty dressed up as Superman (or something like him) and they want for a ride called Helloween. His friend who dressed up as a baby had an interesting experience wearing an adult diaper. For our Very Important Question we asked, When was...

In the Paceline Tandem episode #2, Fatty has two great conversations with people who are doing amazing things with bikes.   First, he talks with Decker -- a high school senior who loves mountain biking, and is one of the nicest, most positive kids you'll ever meet. Decker tells the story  of an accident that changed how he rides, and how he's taken on -- both physically and mentally -- this challe...

We open with discussion of the Santa Rosa fires and how they are affecting the local cycling community. Our man on the scene reports he is back home after a week in West County, and nearly everything he placed with other friends is back home as well. The family—both humans and kitties—seem no worse for wear, though there was a fridge-worth of food that needed tossing. With roughly 2900 homes lost...

Phil Gaimon sits in on this edition of the Paceline. He plays along with all our normal antics: The Very Important Question and Paceline Picks. But what he's really hear to do is to talk about his new book, "Draft Animals: Living the Pro Dream." You're going to love this conversation. Gaimon peels back the layers of being on a pro tour team. You'll find out that like an onion, things don't always...

After a difficult week in which schedules just didn't meld (Vulcan or otherwise), the boys are back at it. This week's Very Important Question concerns clipless pedals.  On average, how many tries does it take you to clip your second foot in on uphill starts? A: First time, every time  B: 1-2 tries C: 2-5 tries D: Sometimes I just give up Fatty excerpts his interview with a remarkable young man wh...

We've got our results from last week's Very Important Question: would you still ride if you forgot your helmet at home and drove to the ride start. Patrick checks in from Las Vegas and the Interbike trade show. It sounds like he's happy he won't be going back there anymore. He recorded interviews with Chris Holmes, marketing director of Marin, and fellow North American Handmade Bicycle Show judge...

In our first VIQ (Very Important Question) we asked you, our audience, which foot you place forward when descending. We assumed most riders would indicate they put their left foot forward. We got an amazing 516 responses, so a pretty solid sample. As it happens Fatty, Hottie and Patrick all ride with their left foot forward. Responses: Left: 38% Right: 36% Alternate: 10% Don't Know: 16% This week'...

Patrick is away in Tennessee working on a feature for Bicycling Magazine on Memphis. Memphis' fortunes have changed in the last few years and the city has made a huge investment in infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians. Patrick says this has made the city wholly more livable and infinitely more worth visiting. Watch for his feature in Bicycling next year. Fatty has invented a new segment we...

Fatty had a meeting with a doctor that gave him an unusual frame of mind for this show. The colonoscopy made him hungry and maybe a little freer with his opinions. Some of those opinions regard his feelings about his performance at a new event called The Punisher. Apparently the final climb of the event was so tough that a majority of the fondo riders didn't even finish. According to Fatty, he fin...

So what do you do at the end of the season when you have massive fitness and all your goals achieved or finished? Fatty is busy compiling a new late-season race schedule now that he's flying, post Leadville.  As cyclists, we've all experienced stuff breaking, right? That just happens, part of life, and such. The question before us today is how you deal with it. We've got a couple of stories of bik...

Hottie and Fatty are back from Leadville. Are they ready to stop talking about it? Heck no. The talk about how their races went, how that's different from the result they expected, and their best guesses why. The boys actually Patrick a chance to talk about the race he did last weekend (yes, he actually raced, too!), Annadel, and how his performance sits somewhere between Fatty's and Hottie's, rel...

Fatty and Hottie (it's like Laurel and Hardy, only not) are in Leadville for the annual Leadville 100. They've unpacked, done some course recon and have taken their final rides ahead of the race. And now they are eating. We talk about those final preparations, Jonathan Vaughters' (name drop!) final training instructions. Seemingly the entire Fatty clan is either racing or providing support. The Br...

The idea behind the bonus Paceline “Tandem” podcast episodes is pretty simple: longform one-on-one conversations with people who love bikes. In this first episode, Fatty talks with Adam Lisonbee – a guy who’s been dreaming about and planning for the Tour Divide — a self-supported mountain bike race for the 2700 miles of the Great Divide. Fatty chats with Adam one week before Adam leaves for the ra...

Fatty and Hottie are busy packing for the looming rendezvous of each of their seasons: Leadville. Yep, it's that time once again. Fatty has a whopping six people in his contingent. The boys break down what they are taking with them, from clothing to tools and equipment and what food they will depend on. Fatty plays an excerpt of his interview with Adam Lisonbee about his preparation for and the re...

Fatty crashed and got a big raspberry on his hip. Went down on a wet descent right by a spot cyclists call Hamilton Falls because Tyler Hamilton fell there during the Tour of Utah. The staff here thinks they want to avoid that road at all cost. In the fall, because bad thing always have to happen when you fall on a road ride, Fatty ruined his best bibs. The upside? Because they were Rapha, they ar...

The Tour de France is into its final days and Chris Froome looks likely to win. With Fatty away on a job interview, Patrick and Hottie hold down the fort and discuss Froome, Team Sky, (Sir) David Brailsford, journalist hostility and parallels to another episode in history. Patrick even suggests that we stop asking riders if they are doping. Ha ha ha ha! Also, is it time to put Phil Liggett out to...

Fatty and Hottie went to Beaver, Utah, to partake in the wonderfulness known as the Crusher in the Tushar. Good suffering was had by all. Imagine an event that goes uphill more than downhill. Or don't. It doesn't sound easy, or fun. Fatty and Hottie interview organizer Burke Swindlehurst about the challenge, the attraction and the fun of the event. Last year, former bike shop owners Scott and Jani...