Road Adventures of Cycling Men of Leisure

Send us Fan Mail A weeklong supported ride across Georgia already sounds amazing, but predicting the route before anyone else hears it is a whole different kind of fun. We’re joined by the BRAG team Ron, Stephanie, and Franklin to talk Big BRAG 2027, why riders keep coming back year after year, and what makes BRAG stand out in the world of cycling events. If you’ve ever wondered how a Bicycle Ride Across Georgia works for solo riders, families, teams, and first-timers, we break it down in pla...

Send us Fan Mail A listener calls us out for repeating ourselves, and we do the only reasonable thing: we laugh, we apologize, and we keep rolling. From there, the conversation takes the scenic route through what makes our show work after nearly 140 episodes: a community that pays attention, a format that mixes cycling with real life, and a shared belief that leisure is not something you “earn” after suffering. It’s the point. We jump from a teaser about upcoming plans with BRAG to travel ta...

Send us Fan Mail Seventeen days away from home changes your brain a little, especially when the trip is built like a do-it-yourself puzzle across Italy and the Mediterranean. We walk through how Adam planned it, why Rome became the hub, and what it’s actually like to move fast with European high-speed rail when your platform number appears at the last possible second. From Venice to Ravenna, then onto a cruise with stops like Dubrovnik, Split, Albania, Sicily, and the Amalfi Coast, we s...

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...