WHBP #20 - A Big Bottle of Malt Liquor

Whit Yost joins us for our two-part Spring Classics preview! Whit is a contributor to Bicycling Magazine, Editor-in-Chief of Pavé Blog (where mattio has contributed a number of pieces himself) and America's foremost Spring Classics pundit. This week, Whit tells us a little bit about how he got into cycling and his time as an Assistant Directeur Sportif for the Mercury-Viatel professional cycling team, before we review the first three big dates of the Classics Season, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Kurne-Brussels-Kurne and Strade Bianche, and discuss the races still to come.

Episode Links

Bicycling Magazine

Pavé Blog

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Greg Twitter: @grolby

Whit Twitter: @whityost

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Music: "Life Before Wartime" by Maxwell's Demon

WHBP #19 - A Surplus of Dentists

This week, Senior Technical Consultant/Correspondent Ian Schmidt tags in for mattio as we discuss the encroachment of MTB technology into road and cyclocross bikes. First up is a fairly detailed discussion about the pros and cons of road tubeless tires. Then we get all WHBP and wonder about the implications of all this new tech for cost and accessibility of the sport.

Episode Links

À bloc: Suspension in Cyclocross

VeloNews - Michelin waiting for ProTeams to come asking for tires

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Greg Twitter: @grolby

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Music: "Life Before Wartime," by Maxwell's Demon

WHBP #18 - Ask an Official, Part Two

This week, we have special guest and USA Cycling official Emily Good for the second of our two part Ask an Official series! Learn what the blue shirts do, what they are and are not responsible for, and how they help make our sanctioned races work. This week, Greg goes on an epic rant about the availability of safety pins, and Emily tells us which rule she would most like to change.

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Greg Twitter: @grolby

Emily Twitter: @ejgood

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Music: "Life Before Wartime," by Maxwell's Demon

WHBP #17 - Ask an Official, Part One

This week, we have special guest and USA Cycling official Emily Good for the first of our two part Ask an Official series! Learn what the blue shirts do, what they are and are not responsible for, and how they help make our sanctioned races work. This week, Emily tells us about how she came to be a USA Cycling official, what the job is like, and what racers think about what officials are there to do versus their actual responsibilities.

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Greg Twitter: @grolby

Emily Twitter: @ejgood

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Music: "Life Before Wartime," by Maxwell's Demon

WHBP #16 - Be Excellent To Each Other

This week on WHBP is all about de-biking, n-u, n+0, however you want to put it. We debunk the endless repetition of "n+1," talk about bikes for purposes, how many bikes we want and whether buying something can change your life in a meaningful way. Spoiler: it can't.

Episode Links

Cycling in the South Bay - De-biking

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Greg Twitter: @grolby

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Music: "Life Before Wartime," by Maxwell's Demon