Speed Metal Cycling

Natalia and the SkullKrusher find themselves home alone. With the two parents away the proceed to talk. A lot. Olympics and the upcoming Vuelta are the main topics, but they discuss football (soccer) in Colombia, a little comic book talk and string theory. Also, predictions and picks for the Vuelta, including Klaus' and Mike's.

 

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Mike and SkullKrusher man the ship alone on this one. They discuss 'Krusher's hatred of anything and everything Olympics, the men and women's Olympic race and late season transfers. Also, Natalia sends in a recording with her thoughts on the women's race and the Lizzie Armitstead affair.

 

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With Natalia on holiday, the guys revert back to talking about everything except cycling. Topics include Steely Dan, cosplay, fashion and an exceptionally well timed game of "Get to Know Mike." The Gage&Desoto man reveals his favorite band when he was 20 years old and his hair cuts when he still had hair to cut. Amazing. All that and some Tour de France chatter. All here, all free. Good luck with that. #ThanksObama

 

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Tour de France banter, of course. Froome punches a Colombian in the face, then attacks one on the descent. The Red Kite inflatable needs Viagra. MC Hammer and Weird Al team up... or do they? We also make fun of Andy Schleck and SkullKrusher admits his crush on Mark Cavendish.

 

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Giro Rosa, Tour de France and Brexit. What else is there? Well, there's ambulances, Brad Pitt, dishwashing, Andrew Dice Clay, NPR, SkyMall, cycling reenactment, and houses made out of shit. We talk about it all.

 

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We apologize for the audio issues. Yet another sign that we have no idea WTF we are talking about. We discuss the Dauphiné, Route du Sud and Tour de Suisse. Also the women's Philly race and the Aviva women's tour. The SkullKrusher has been on a diet lately, which has kept him away from beer. He may seem understandingly irked these days.

 

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No 'Krusher? No problem. The rest of the gang takes over and throws kegger. They pour Bacardi in the fish tank and take turns taking massive upper deckers in the upstairs bathroom. Someone called the cops. Plop!

 

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In Natalia's absence, the dudes try really, really hard to channel her spirit to talk about women's cycling, but they don't do a very good job. What they do accomplish beautifully is ramble on and on about Scandinavia, California and the Upper East Side in Manhattan. The fourth Grand Tour is discussed. Sorta. The Giro, a real Grand Tour, is also discussed. IAM Cycling is a Swiss registered UCI WorldTour cycling team, managed by former French road race champion Serge Beucherie. The title sponsor is IAM Independent Asset Management SA, a Swiss investment management company. And now they are gone. Poof.

 

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It's a full house this episode. All four musketeers show up to talk about Full House (the show) and Sean Kelly's career as a broadcaster. Klaus mentions Furbies randomly and Natalia talks about women's races. Then the Giro is discussed. Actually, stage 6 of the Giro is discussed. Finally, as an encore, Mike brings us an interview/chat he did with long-time friend of the show Maiko. Drink up.

 

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Mike, Klaus and Dan are in rare rambling form. Mostly Dan. That led to 54% of the episode having to be edited out. You missed a lengthy ramble by SkullKrusher about Cinco de Mayo, a little discussion about the Black Panther and some talk about internet porn stars. Other than that, it's all in there: Natalia sent a report to catch us up on the world of women's cycling, LBL, Romandie, bicycles... we also made our predictions for the Giro.

 

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