Road Adventures of Cycling Men of Leisure

Send us Fan Mail Freddie Johnson of Buffalo Trace, the Queen Mary, and Darth Vader walk into our Halloween special… and that’s not even the weirdest part. We’re back with our annual spooky-season tradition, where we swap road stories, laugh at our own fear responses, and chase the question we can’t stop asking: why do some places feel haunted even before anything “happens”? If you love Halloween podcasts, paranormal travel, and folklore with a side of real history, you’re in the right lane.&n...

Send us Fan Mail A $2,000 foldable iPhone sounds ridiculous until you realize people gladly finance tech for years without blinking and then do the same math on cars, watches, and everything else. We kick things off with that exact dilemma: do you buy the newest Apple foldable phone, or do you put your money toward something that actually changes how you live and ride? The debate gets personal fast, because the real topic is value and the stories we tell ourselves when we upgrade. Then we sw...

Send us Fan Mail Labor Day gets marketed as burgers, sales, and one last summer weekend, but the real story is sharper and a lot more human. We trace how Labor Day history in the United States runs through worker solidarity, the fight for an eight-hour workday, and flashpoints like the Pullman Strike and the Haymarket Affair. It’s not a “fun fact” tour, it’s the chain of events that explains why time off exists at all and why leisure keeps showing up as the point, not the prize. We als...

Send us Fan Mail A laid-back cycling podcast can still hit serious truths, and this ride does both. We start by catching up on real life: conferences, board service in public transportation, and the behind-the-scenes reality that managing people is often harder than managing routes. Even a “fun” golf outing turns into a surprisingly honest look at how business gets done, how vendors pitch, and why networking can feel like you just stepped into someone else’s office. From there we talk home l...

Send us Fan Mail Somebody texted us a question we never expected to hear during Tour de France season: “What’s up with this cheating women and their bras?” That launches a surprisingly real conversation about cycling aerodynamics, the Tour de France Femmes, and allegations that padded sports bras might reduce aerodynamic drag through what researchers call chest fairing. We break down the science in plain language, talk about what the UCI rules actually ban, and ask the uncomfortable follow-up...