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In Event of Emergency. This episode is about cycling events, what makes a good one, what makes them less good, why sign up at all, etc. As usual we struggle to stay on topic and contradict ourselves a lot. Music pick of the week Robot –  Dinosaur Jr. – You’re Living All Over Me Stevil […]

Trail to the Treasure. This episode is about trails, what makes a good one, what makes a bad one, how to ruin a good one, how to use what’s there better without ruining it. This one comes to us from Ken Barker, who is a trail builder. He actually sent this to us as a […]

Doomsday Prep. This episode is about bike gear. Cyclists LOVE their stuff. From n+1 bikes to the latest Gore-Tex eyebrow warmers, we inhabit an industry that thrives on making small, technologically questionable iterations to last season’s stuff and then selling it to us like magic beans sprinkled with fairy dust. Today we discuss what you […]

It's the "off-season," which means many of us are riding less. One of the ways to stay connected and even increase motivation is to dig into the rich canon of cycling literature. Patrick finally puts some numbers to his belief that on-the-bike is one of the happiest places on Earth.

The Hard Journey of the Lone Wolf. This episode is about being alone. When we feel lonely, it can be really hard to break out of whatever melancholy shell we’ve constructed for ourselves. How do you reengage with people when you’re in that awkward place, and is the bike or skateboard a useful tool for […]

Going Cold. For once, this episode is about bikes mostly. It’s December in North America, and it’s getting cold, or it already got cold. It snowed where we live, in both Washington and Massachusetts. So today we’re going to talk about riding in the cold, some tips, some tricks, and what we like/hate about it. […]

The Never-Ending Treasure Hunt. This episode is about the never-ending search for treasure, whether it’s constantly searching through record store bins or used bookstores or casing your local trails for some hidden, new stretch of dirt, or exploring an abandoned building somewhere for something, we’re not sure what, but it might be there if we […]

The Irresistible Charms of Self Destruction. This episode is about the abiding attraction of risky behaviors, either on a bike, on a skateboard, or on drugs, or maybe even just walking around breaking laws because. It’s about doing things we know won’t help us, because they’re just so goddamned sexy to do. Music pick of […]

The Meaning of Life. This episode is about the meaning of life. First and foremost, how do you keep from falling into the abyss of hopelessness and despair?  And once you’ve done that, how do you do things that make being here worthwhile? Music pick of the week. Robot – Western Addiction – Cognicide Stevil […]

Gravelly Serious. This episode is about gravel racing. Now that there is a World Championships of gravel, it seems pretty obvious that the racer heads are taking over the sport, which will lead, inevitably, to bike, component and clothing choices skewing toward the very serious gravel rider. We’re gonna express opinions about that. Music pick […]

Relationship Advice for Cyclists. This episode is about learning to navigate your dirtbag lifestyle while also maintaining the love and trust of another human being. In other words, this is about how to take a hostage. Then we debate whether to become airline pilots or surgeons. Music pick of the week. Robot – Gnod – […]

Ride to Live, Skate or Die. This episode is about how bikes continue to evolve and change mostly for the better, sometimes for the worse, but skateboards remain the same. What gives? Why does it matter? We mostly don’t figure it out, but you’re used to that by now. Music pick of the week. Robot […]

The Battle Vest. This episode is about how a sleeveless garment, lovingly adorned with patches that indicate your primary predilections can make you a bigger, stronger, more resilient person. Is this just handy-crafts for punk rockers, a sort of dirtbag Bedazzler project? This goes all the places you don’t expect it to, and then we […]

A Race to the Bottom. This episode is about racing bicycles, what’s good about it, what’s bad about it, when we’ve enjoyed it, when we’ve hated it. Oh, and today’s would-you-rather is maybe worth the price of admission all on its own. Music pick of the week. Robot – Stiff Richards Stevil – Bothers

You Can’t Go Home Again. This episode is about hometowns, the good, the bad, and the ugly and what happens when we go back to visit, because you can never go home again. Someone said that. Are you a nomad or a local? Are you nostalgic or sad. Let’s turn over every rock and see […]

Corporate Rock Sucks. This episode is about how big companies get it wrong, and why it’s critical to support the independents. We take SST Records’ iconic slogan and apply it to the bike industry. Then we call out some small companies worth supporting. Music picks of the week: Robot – Husker Du Stevil – Deftones

Trail Etiquette. This episode is about how you should act while you’re out in the woods on a bike. We discuss the basics and have a few little rants. Then we talk about having kids or dogs and stuff gets deep. Also RC trucks. Music pick of the week. Robot – Unwound Stevil – The […]

The Medium is the Message. This episode is about cycling media, what we like, what we don’t like and how it relates to other endemic media, like skateboarding or music. We really get into it this week. Bombs get dropped. Feathers get ruffled. Music pick of the week. Robot – Russian Circles Stevil – Sonny […]

The Perfect Bike Day. This episode is about our idea of the perfect bike day, from sunup to sundown. How does it start? How does it end? How many burritos do we eat? What kinds of bikes do we ride? How much riding do we even do? Find out. Music pick of the week. Robot […]

Stuff We Find on Rides. This episode is about all the stuff we’ve found while out riding bikes. Not gonna lie, we get pretty deep in this one. We also get pretty stupid. It’s real roller-coaster ride. Music pick of the week. Robot – The Sword Stevil –  Iron Maiden

Kook Games. This episode is about competitive bike events that aren’t races, or aren’t just races, the sorts of things we’d like to see added to the UCI calendar. With any luck, a few of you will pick up the batons we are passing here and start getting dumb with a few of your friends. […]

Episode 42 – Live, Laugh, Love. This episode is about what inspires and motivates us, and about what sort of inspiration and motivation we’re trying to put out into the world. We also examine the relative merits of fingernails and eyebrows, because those are things that needed to be clarified. Music pick of the week. […]

This Is Your Life. This episode is slightly different than our normal meandering nonsense. Today we’re going to get to know each other via a single song and a single bike for every decade of our lives. Believe you me, we still really struggled to stay on track, because our memories are poor and every […]

Manual Labor. This episode is about how punk rock a hard day’s work is, or actually it’s more about how manual labor shaped us and how it is fundamentally different than the work you do on the bike, even when bike work is often harder. Also, we decide, basically, whether it’s better to be a […]

Episode 39 – Scenes and Subcultures. This episode is about how sometimes your punk rock friends become Hare Krishnas or get really weird and start a rap/metal band, or how someone you like gets really into bike polo or freestyle unicycle. Lots of Stevil stories in this one, and a would-you-rather that gets a little […]