Ever wondered what life is like as a professional cyclist? Australian ex-professional cyclist Mitch Docker takes you inside the world of Professional Cycling. Bringing you the stories behind the individuals in the sport - from the pros in the peloton to staff behind the teams - to commentators & legends, plus training insights & debriefs on major races throughout the year. It’s all here! Newly retired from the professional peloton, Mitch is exploring his new pelotons - all the pelotons that exist outside of the world tour - bringing you new stories from within the cycling community. His spin off series, Talking Luft - a bit like the DVD Extras - is where cycling style & culture takes centre stage. Talking cycling caps, bikes, kit, coffee stops, training loops and all the best things about riding a bike. Listen to all episodes here weekly! Find all our episodes, merch and more at lifeinthepeloton.com
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Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
Rapha presents Talking Luft!
If you loved last week’s episode with the king of gravel, Colin Strickland, you’re gonna love this week’s Talking Luft!
Colin is an American fixed-gear bike racer turned gravel racer, and as you would have heard last week, an all round awesome guy.
In his spare time he fixes up Diesel engines and has started his own garage renovating 1950s Spartan Travel trailers, even working with his coveralls thrown over his kit sometimes!
After hearing his story last week, I knew it would be a lot of fun to talk some luft with Colin.
And it didn’t disappoint.
We chat the lack of luft in the gravel scene, the early days racing in old pro kit & no shirts, an epic at Oregon gravel, the best of pros, bikes, coffee and spirits. And so much more!
It was just a great chat, with so many fun stories thrown in there. I know you’ll love the listen as much as I did recording.
Enjoy! And stay tuned next week for my episode with Columbian Pro cyclist at Team EF Education EasyPost Esteban Chaves.
Cheers,
Mitch
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Show Notes
Episode breakdown:
0:00min to 1:35 – Snippet from last week’s episode ‘Red Hook Master to Gravel legend’ Colin Strickland
1:35min to 3:45 – Talking Luft Intro
3:45min to 32:00 – Talking Luft with Colin Strickland
32:00min to end – Outro
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This episode is brought to you by Rapha, makers of the world’s finest cycling clothing & accessories and the worlds largest cycling club, RCC. Find out more about Rapha: their kit, their club, their events and awesome clubhouses at rapha.cc.
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