Speed Metal Cycling

So, we recorded this episode on Tuesday, but the audio files mysteriously disappeared into the internet. We thought about re-recording it, but decided we were just gonna wait until next week. Then, randomly; magically, really, the files just appeared! Basically what we are saying is that magic is real, Hagrid is awesome and Klaus and Mike did not join us. Cycling, cycling, cha, cha, cha... 

 

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If you like power tools, you are in luck. We not only discuss the inner workings of a circular saw (sometimes known as a Skil saw), but we discuss the safety devices usually used in a table saw. Eclipse fever forever!

 

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This is one of the episodes we have a hard time writing anything about. We talked about the upcoming Vuelta a España, mostly. We talked about stages worth watching, making Mike write them down in his calendar. SkullKrusher shared the strategy he thinks Orica should use to win the race and then mansplains the term "hump day" to Mike. All that, plus we make our picks.

 

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We are all super proud that we got this one done well within the hour. We celebrated with non-alcoholic champagne after we were done recording. We talked about everything, from Elvis wall clocks to WalMart and Larry H. Miller. Also in there we mention the Tour of Poland, the Euro Championships, the Tour of Utah, the mess that is the Vuelta a Colombia, the Vuelta a Burgos and Game of Thrones. New friend of the podcast, Juan Antonio Flecha makes a small appearance as well.

 

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SkullKrusher is on vacation, but proves his dedication to the podcast (once again) by joining the rest of the peeps from an RV park near Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state. That's dedication, people! Topics include, but are not limited to: Beer, tiny houses, hotel ice machines, farts, burps, "Fabian" Aru, women's cycling, the Tour de Trump, Cascadia, Mike's dating life, Craig's List and Rigoberto Uran's future.

 

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We talk about movies forever; like for a long, long, long time. But not good movies, or artsy movies, or even block busters. No. We talk about Keanu Reeves movies and White Chicks. Oh well... we also talk about the Tour, but it's mostly the SkullKrusher screaming about how much he hates everything and how the Tour has been really boring and how he hates cancer research. Natalia laughs a lot, Klaus interrupts everyone and Mike says very little. You know, the usual. 

 

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We are giving you 13 extra minutes so you can start this week extra annoyed! This is the second episode in a row that we use umlauts in the title. Also of note, we are back to using Helvetica on the episode images. Anyway, in this episode we discuss Strava, feed zones, Sean Kelly and a marching band, the Tour, the Giro Rosa, Hans the eagle, Elbowgate, Armgate (a.k.a. Arugate), but most of all we discuss how awesome Rigoberto Urán is.

 

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It's not often that we use an exclamation mark at the end of an episode title. Actually, we have not idea if that's true at all. Well, as it turns out Kraftwerk did meet and start making music together in Düsseldorf NOT in London, as the 'Krusher states in the episode. Anyway, Mike is MIA, once again, but joins the Colombians in spirit as they discuss the first three days of the Tour de France. Four, if you count the Grand Départ in Düsseldorf. And some other stuff.

 

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Natalia is back! But now we lost Klaus. Oh, well. We talk about traveling and Swiss names. We try to convince Mike that watching the Tour can be fun and he should try it. We make our picks and basically jinx everyone in the race.

 

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If you thought last episode was bad, hold on to your suck-orama hats, 'cuz this one is a doozie. Thankfully, SkullKrusher has the sense to cut it short. Wow. Wow... that's all we can say. *Eagle sound effect*

 

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