Holy Spirit of Gravel

I only intended to ask Chase about BWR Arizona and let him ramble about getting dropped in the single track but then we start talking a lot about bikes (remember I have his 2024 Lauf), and wintering in Arizona and legos and mario kart and fast food oh and Drew Dillman crashes the pod does his "Dizzle" thing.
If you listen to his and you aren't a gravel dad or like me a gravel dad interpreter it will make you horrifically mentally ill so don't do it, healthcare isn't great in my home country. I don't know about yours.
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In this week's episode we talked to Euro-coded American gravel privateer Andy Lydic. He's raced all over the USA and Europe and is pursing his dreams in a way different to most young bucks who are born and raised in the USA.
He's raced with the big boys at UCI Gravel World Championships but also the gravel dads at your goated mass start Colorado races and lived to tell the tale.
We talk about the chaotic nature of semi pro euro road life, Girona vibes, freak mechanicals, training for early season gravel, dirty bottom brackets, being a fan of rosa kloser and much more.
And I also talk a bit more about my past with bikes and what my current set up is (Andy asked, I'm not trying be a main character about it).
Give homeboy a follow @andy.lydic

Has the gravel season started? Or does Santa Vall not count if everyone was felt kinda meh fitness-wise? More ruinations on euro-gravel vibes.
What is a team and what do tactics mean in 2026 Gravel culture?
Who is the Lindsey Vonn of Gravel? Who is the Ilia Malinin of Gravel?
Why did I finish one step off the podium at my gravel race?
Why do people act insane around me when I ride my new (to me) Lauf Siegla on our greenway?
Should I livestream myself brutally mogging gravel dads on Kick at gravel race expos?
Let's all make fun of Jutta Leerdamn's fiancee trying to ride a bike.
All this and more! Thank you for listening, rate and review or whatever!

We are still in pre-gravel season, lots of incoherent rambling about nothing. No mention of gravel cycling, any privateer or any brand in Epstein's emails.

We're back for season two of this thing. Unlike a viral Netflix series the VFX budget has not doubled and the cast did not negotiate for better contacts.

But much like Alexey Vermeulen's 10 year ENVE contract we have signed on to do this til we reach true AI singularity.

This week’s topics include:
- decade long contracts/indentured servitude
- new Specialized team
- how to care about this sport in the off season
- Trek Driftless “leak”
- sending your delinquent children to Gravel Therapy Wilderness Camps and it makes them worse
- the Bodega Ride
- cycling journalism
- someone sent me a bike…
- brown PAS puffer winter
- Rapha things
- Skimo?

Please remember this is a satirical podcast and if you take a bad faith reading of anything we say, we will assume you are very slow on a bike with the most expensive componentry.