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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The SkullKrusher welcomes back Klaus who tells a few tales of his trip to Paris-Roubaix. Mike and Natalia also join in as they discuss Amstel Gold, the Fleche Wallonne (men's and women's), and all sorts of other stuff like Quincy Jones, Klaus' favorite topic: Alejandro Valverde's hairline.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We were all left speechless after the amazing race that Paris-Roubaix turned out to be, so the episode is mostly silence, except for when Mike, 'Krusher and the newest member of the team, Natalia talk and talk and talk. We love run-on sentences. We explore women's cycling and hope that it will become a recurring theme in the podcast going forward, now that Natalia has joined the gang.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After a thrilling Tour of Flanders, we look forward to Paris-Roubaix. We also talk about Boston. A young lady was waiting for her flight in the boarding room of a big airport. As she would need to wait many hours, she decided to buy a book to spend her time. She also bought a packet of cookies. She then sat down in an armchair, in the VIP room of the airport, to rest and read in peace. Cycling.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The brothers fly "solo" and discuss comic book movies, bad Metallica records, Silicon Valley, the show, and Colombian soccer. In an unexpected turn of events they also talk about cycling; specifically the recent races from Milan-Sanremo on. They also make fun of Mike. Of course.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The original title for the episode was going to be "Civil War: Underoos Make Cycling Great Again," but the squares in marketing made us change it. The one and only Nate King Cole joins us from California to share a few stories from his trip to the Strade Bianche. After that we talk about Paris-Adriatico, boiled meats, Dayer Quintana's great-great grand brother, the presidential election, Colombian Chinarellos, Captain America, waffles and close the episode discussing Milan-Sanremo. Oh, we also decided to always refer to Geraint Thomas as "G."  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Klaus took some time off, so we welcomed back CD as a co-host. He's Portland royalty, you know. With the season finally on it's way, we waste like 20 minutes talking about Instagram, Paraguay, internet top-level domains (TLDs) and unemployment. Eventually we get around to discussing the 2016 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. Finally we talk more nonsense and make our picks for the Strade Bianche.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Recreational doping, budgie trafficking, baseball and Bernie Sanders.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The nerdiest episode ever. Dr. Krusher swings by with all types of nerdom. We discuss research methods, Rainbow Curses, doctorates and research papers. We also talk ASO, UCI, RCS... UPS, GPS, CVS... We finish it off with talk about 2016 kits. Suck it.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Drake, Star Wars, Syrian refugees, water shortages, Venezuelan poker games, post-season baseball, cocaine use and the UAE. Yup, another episode of the Speed Metal Cycling podcast.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The UCI World Championships were this weekend in Richmond, VA. All three of us were there, but we did not hang out together. We each had a job to do and we did it. Klaus was covering the event as media, Mike was there as a Rapha representative, SkullKrusher had a lot of beers to drink. In this episode we talk all about it and share our silly stories.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.