Join Ellis and Kanten on this months episode of Bridging The Gap.
From racing to training, and navigating the journey of recovery, our hosts delve into the essential aspects of the sport.
Ellis and Kanten chat about how the Austin, Texas cycling scene compares to other cities known for their cycling culture. Whether you’re a seasoned pro, a cycling enthusiast, or someone interested in the social and competitive aspects of the sport, this episode provides a look into the world of cycling, covering topics that matter most to the community.
The Bridging The Gap Podcast is filmed at The Peddler Bike Shop in Austin, Texas. The Peddler is a center for the North Austin cycling community and is home to the Phenom Cycling Club. Come by for any of your bike shop needs.
why you only call when you want some bring [ __ ] let’s go you should be should be [Laughter] here I think this might be like a like a 14 or something like that inch maybe like a 12 no it’s longer than 12 for sure you think it’s longer than 12 the one I’m getting is like 19 and a half oh [ __ ] it it should about to be oh for real it’s like yeah yeah I I’d say that’s maybe like 16 16 yeah yeah I like I like my [ __ ] not like a choker but like yeah yeah you know what I mean like very very very close because the longer this [ __ ] is the more I feel like I’m going end up oh and I’mma pop it bro dude it’s crazy seeing people that driveway raceing CH oh my God oh my God y’all it’s it’s cool yeah I glad you guys are doing the thing what was it uh night owls dude with the long hair like I don’t know if he’s so racist I haven’t seen him a long time but he used to be like half unzipped with a chain hanging like down here like every week we need to play like chibs Chang hang I swear like yeah I’m not I’m not about that [ __ ] I’m not yeah I feel like my personality is too loud for that [ __ ] anyway so I got I had to have something like yeah I want to be like I wanted to be there but I wanted to be subtle yeah yeah yeah like you just looking at and you look down okay just peing out peeking out you got to talk to him you just see it right here yeah yeah yeah yeah this that a little this that little bit like okay you got some [ __ ] on yeah I’ve never worn like jewelry though yeah like never I’ve never worn Rings or bracelets or necklace or anything big on that [ __ ] too and yeah like I don’t know we’ll see how it looks I’m I’m like I’m like what if it what if gold doesn’t suit me I don’t know man your results might be talking for shut up it it might be it might be okay bro yeah I don’t I don’t think fifth place is gold but first place is that’s in the same week so I mean it’s been a good week it’s been a great ass week yeah yeah I got to I got to come to God with something bro I got to change my ways we’re going to set up after this and look over both race footage and see what we could do better always can always room for improvement always room for improvement Nick s a good up the the line at the end I mean we just watched that footage he like and he and he told me to come on did he yeah oh that dude that so it was so many so many moments where I’m just like but that’s I mean you’re not you’re not used to racing with the team that’s looking out for me no no no no and actually people who say like say one thing and actually do it I’ve had people be like yeah yeah sure and then get into a race and just whatever they want to do is what they do um so yeah I think is definitely like I should trust a little bit more yeah I got trust issues sorry sorry shorty I got trust issues I can’t trust [ __ ] yeah uh yeah know it’s been it’s been a cool week uh between Tuesday and tonight uh we just got done racing driveway uh yeah and so I mean my third and then fourth race of the week because I did the 34 race and the p123 race on Tuesday the three four race today and then about 15 minutes 13 minutes of the p123 race tonight I don’t know what the [ __ ] they was on they shout out to T man sh T’s been crushing it so he’s been I don’t know I don’t know what volume they R him but I might have to start hanging with y’all and and just keep getting my ass kicked because I mean Isaac Isaac’s winning the three four race and we know how much volume he’s doing so you go to you got to get there he he said he’s about to cat up though so yeah yeah he so youthful he’s so youthful shout out to Isaac man how old is he like 17 18 18 18 he’s about to move too he’s actually about to move to uh Greenville South Carolina oh hell yeah going to college there uh I think he might be going to school yes he is but he might be doing it to like cool way I think he might go like jco bit Yeah that’s the Smart Way smart way he’s going to save some money and then he’ll be right by Asheville as well he’s going to be a [ __ ] beast it’s going to be kind of crazy to deal with that um but yeah he’s been crushing he’s been crushing yeah he was saying something about he’s talking about Dylan Johnson and then he’s moving right out there yeah he’s going to have to link up oh for sure for sure yeah I yeah tapping with Dylan bro yeah 100% you know were you you weren’t here for uh take the bridge no I didn’t get to make it for this one all right so I I found out after after talking to Isaac Isaac was the uh the kid on the mountain bike who got Ean and then e on like fought for like the the race to be like a reer because he was like that wasn’t fair like something something something something crazy why was it on a mountain bike cuz he’s he’s like a he’s like a I think he’s a mountain biker yeah but like why would you show up to a bridge Sprint on a mountain bike how did he smoke Ean oh he smoked e he got Ean on a mountain bike saying Iman was saying it was unfair no his way yeah no no yeah Iman was conf complaining cuz he was like I don’t know something happened but no got his ass Mike Spike’s top Sprinter beaten by an 18-year-old I’m not M that’s hilarious yeah shout out to Ean though yeah shout out to Ean but yeah I think they did it re they did retry and he got him but like it wasn’t it was crazy yeah it definitely I remember that moment I was like yo who the [ __ ] is that so to see Isaac on the road bike doing what he’s doing now doesn’t doesn’t really surprise me but it’s um it’s cool to see see that you know it’s been wild oh man shut up man shout out to everybody that we see at the driveway man they love Camp man show up showing love you know what I mean what do you mean they love me they love us they love us well I mean you know they get excited when they see him cuz they they miss him it’s just me trying to convince you to move back AB makes the heart grow fonder right yeah people are like oh you’re you’re back down y just for the night just for the night one night only it’s all you get one night only that’s all you get maybe I’ll see you next month maybe if you lucky uh what next month yeah I mean I’ll be down here for a few more days but most of it’s going to be at a wedding so yeah yeah I won’t be able to make too much other than driveway driveway has been cool man I’ve been enjoying Thursdays it’s been yeah especially with me volunteering too I feel like I’m like that family I’m looking for I’m kind of already like find it with just like just being around volunteering is dope because like not only are you getting to meet people but I mean you’re getting to race for free y just by being at a place like but being at like the driveway which was is a cool spot yeah no for 30 minutes longer yeah and then we got to ride on the course like alone afterwards there was out there that was tight full moon so going crazy yeah I mean volunteering at the driveway if you’re not doing it like you should should be it’s it seems like it’s a move yeah for sure especially if you want to learn especially if you want to like you want to network want to talk to some folks like it’s a it’s a good place to be and everybody’s like definitely like open like if you say what you need to say or got asked the ask the right questions um somebody would love to kind of to point it out we’re all trying to learn we’re all trying to get better um you know so it’s cool that’s cool how’s training been going uh training man trainers went cool I’m still been getting the work done but um I just got to increase the volume the volumes like I’m like enough to actually see moves like seeing you Nick and Isaac and AJ um from Pegasus up there Dallas like I’m with everybody who’s getting from first to the the fifth I’m seeing and riding with everybody until like the last couple laps and I don’t know if it’s like a mental thing I don’t know if it’s like a physical thing but like man I’m not having a cardio I don’t really think it’s the legs yeah yeah I think it’s really just Bas Fitness so I just got to up to knowledge man this got to this got to go harder man you know what I mean sometimes you just have to try harder yeah um and actually put the [ __ ] the side so I had uh had somebody come to town last week and it was trying to jugg with that being like trying to be like a good host and still be able to ride your bike and still work a full-time job that’s a lot yeah yeah definitely definitely showed me like what’s capable um but yeah it was it was definitely different last week but [ __ ] it [Laughter] bro um but yeah we’re getting back to the normal normal schedule I guess oh yeah so yeah might call out tomorrow [ __ ] it oh call out tomorrow and get a ride in yeah that’s literally what I’m thinking about honestly I was like if I have a late night I might just do that sorry if you have a late night it’s 11:00 right now it’s 11:00 right now and we still got another video to work on after this it’s ridiculous look see all the stuff we do y’all like And subscribe we’re over time bro we raced two times I mean today I’ve race four times this week race four times this week this is insane um we’re going to look at we going to look back at this a year later and be like damn like we put so much work in like nothing’s given though right no you got you got to earn it you got to earn everything so you know it’s kind of motivating seeing you do this it’s motivating seeing tally um and talking to Nick I was like man T is like flying right now like what is going on and hearing tally saying like how everything’s like packed out like his H day is like booked from front front to back and and just understanding like if you’re going to be a productive and a um not productive what you say like a high functioning high output yeah but I very like you have to be on your [ __ ] so um yeah I’m starting to realize like yeah I can float talent and all that sh for so much but I need to I need to go a little bit harder and be a little bit more dedicated and a little bit more structured yeah so I’m riding a little bit this week so we we going to see good take a sick day type [ __ ] yeah yeah yeah what’s up with you man you know you had your knee yeah was your knee this past Saturday I’d say was the first day that I felt like I was 100% back from the injury uh I did a I did the southy ride with a couple of the dudes up in Dallas which is like a race paace group ride that they do every Saturday morning and um it was it was a pretty small group but uh did that knocked out 50 miles or so with them and then did another 50 by myself um got just over 5 hours in that day and I was feeling it’s feeling good those are the best um yeah I mean it was it like a 19 19 and a half mph average ride for 100 miles crazy half of it solo so I felt great um and then yeah uh going out to Richardson Tuesday the B race the cat 34 M I mean it was it was me versus Pegasus versus United versus Cadence and I was mixing it up pretty good with those guys um but at the end just proper placement a little bit of advice from my buddy Mustafa telling me exactly where I needed to be where I needed to go yeah I took it and I got it um so got the win there got seventh place in the Pro Race after dub so yeah no super stoked on how this week has been going got fifth place tonight yeah no it’s been a it’s been a great week of results um stoked I mean I’m like halfway to the points minimum to move up to it too don’t quite want to get there yet I’d like to get I’d like to get a couple more wins um and just a little bit more experience cuz like racing as a cat 3 is tight because you can race I mean one time I two I can’t race four times in a week like I am right now yeah this is true um I it it’s it’s you’re only doing the p123 and is it it’s kind of funner three four races are a little bit more funner than the one two like they’re only more fun because we can’t do two much in the p123 yet because it’s just holding on for dear life yeah it’s like [ __ ] [ __ ] but yeah for sure for sure but yeah I mean like cat 3 is a great place to gain experience with how much racing you can do so I’d like to get as much as I can so that once I get into the into the twos it’s not just like oh I’m not going to Podium for another two years until I really get it yeah for sure for sure um not trying to sandbag just trying to get a little bit more experience you know no I F out um feel out talking about racing we had like big announcements coming out about NCL postponing their uh operations damn you know that you remember that Meme where a little kid was like I told y’all you know what I’m talking about you know I’m talking I told yall yeah for real we told yall this [ __ ] like they had a budget of 7 and a half million and made it they hosted three races I think like nobody watched nobody watched it see I’m about to start going in let me chill go no no let me Lucas on the Outlaws was saying that uh Blazers has already started to poaching SE all Riders I bet yeah I bet those uh I bet the transfer portal is transfer portal is yeah for sure hey anybody who thought they had a chance getting on any teams now is just bro you better create one it’s not everybody is everybody everywhere bro it’s going to be a weird it’s going to be a weird Year bro for sure for sure I was telling the Cadence guys on Tuesday they needed to take that NCL logo off their Jersey 100% 100% that format was stupid as hell anyway like it was Goofy watching it like it’s not it’s not going to make anybody I watched the first one whatever it was in Florida and whatnot it’s not going to make nobody pay attention to the cycling bro it’s so many different rules and and people can hop in and out like bro they ain’t they ain’t riding like it’s weird and nobody you know what I mean yeah I mean like the the racing for points and not position is weird a foreign concept and if you’re trying to people like if you’re trying to attract people from outside the sport yeah and you’re making it more complicated how’s that supposed to work no you got to it’s like the Tour of France so many people outside of cycling go like what do you mean there’s more than one Jersey and what do you mean you can win one day but you don’t win overall like there it’s already confusing enough how are you going to make it even more well you you saw with um was it ACC um cuz it just had the first race down it’s like was it sunny Kane yeah yeah or it might be was it USA Cur it’s it’s one of the two but they used to have like atist Jersey and then they had a Sprint Jersey they took the Sprint Jersey away so now it’s only leaders so now people could just have like better better flow you don’t have to worry about certain things and this makes it simplified yeah just like make it easy for people to come into the sport man like I feel like that’s the biggest thing for cycling like that’s our biggest thing bro make it easy to ride on road so you don’t have to get killed ride in your bike just the train and then also make it understandable for people who don’t know the sport yeah like yeah bro like if we do that we could probably make the the situation happen it it could grow it actually could grow bro instead of the state of American road racing and Australian road racing ringg and English road racing are all just going down the drain yeah cluster [ __ ] yeah yeah man it’s it’s weird it’s weird on the backbones of racers who are really dedicated to riding their bike hard yeah she want to have a system that supports that to keep people in it you know yeah I feel like I’ve been seeing a lot of people too this like the last the last couple months just like oh I’m I’m like stop racing like or I’m like retired like I’m like I’m doing something different and I just wonder if it’s because it just they can have the the four out or just to to look down the line just be like man like the system ain’t even there like what am I doing yeah I mean if you’re just trying to fit into the I mean the the established like path for American bike racers of just like yeah you get on a team you travel around you do these races but like you’re not you’re not building anything new uh it’s not sustainable for like anyone you have to build something you’ve got to build a personal pre presence you’ve got to build personal relationships with like different brands and sponsors and organizers and everything sure to actually make it happen or else it’s you’re not going to be able to keep going forever unless you’re just independently wealthy or you’ve got a killer job that pays you a lot for very little work 100% 100% you know there’s no other way around it man I mean [ __ ] we were talking about we talking about that too we talking about like what do you do after you get to cat to what do you do after you get out of cat 3 what is that like what is that system is that what what does that look like you know um for a lot of guys if you’re not winning it’s wait until Masters yeah um I’m good on that yeah yeah yeah like shout out to Masters if you’re still riding your bike and you’re older like that’s lit you still fit you probably run around the house better than most dads are sitting on the couch or something beer Belling whatnot which is cool like definitely respect that but like kind of want to put myself against the the top of the Top If if I’m going do anything I’m actually going for that yeah not be restricted by age you just want to be going against whoever’s fastest oh for sure for sure like yeah 100% we’re going against tally we’re going against the lucases where they bring a team down here like you know what I mean it’s Mador out there there ows are out there you know so that’s actually why we’re here man just trying to just trying to get better and want to go against the best while I it’s getting better yeah man um dude that’s like something I’ve really been thinking about was like if I not if I guess we’re we’re it’s happening but this is happening we’re becoming Tattoos by the end of the year by default it’s it’s already kind of written in stone um um plus we just stop yeah just in case when yall trying to put some some weird Juju [ __ ] we good bro leave leave that um yeah bro I I’ve been really trying to think like what do where where do I want to go like what I want to do where I want to be with um really been kind of thinking about like why I was gravitated towards like Legion and the Blazers and why be friended Dante and and all that stuff it just made it made it seem cool and I always seem like uh they’re their is it ethos yeah is that what it you know what I mean just trying to make sure I say this [ __ ] right for y’all cuz I’m educated I got degree good playing man um always seem like pretty big on like home you know what I mean even if it was b or it’s like California or something like that like they always like had like a the big big meaning of like going back to race and stuff like that and it’s like man if I’m in Texas get to cat too like I want to be on a team that like of course we race in Texas but also at the same time like I do want to go back home and like race in South Carolina for a couple times like I do want to go up there but like what situation do you get yourself in where you you feel at home you know what I mean like I actually want to feel like I got like brothers Brothers with this [ __ ] not just dudes that we all like bikes together you know what I mean like uh I I guess maybe because I come from team sports baseball football it’s like a lot a lot closer um you just like with each other like a Band of Brothers pretty much um and just trying to find that perfect mix I don’t know if it’s I don’t know where it is you know what I mean like maybe have to create it m it’s like how we’re creating this like you know what I mean yeah it was cool talking with Nick at the race um cuz he was talking about or we were talking about like we’re doing Phenom and phenom’s been through like three or four generations basically right um and I came in a touch later than him but I saw like the end of that one I saw the end of the era that I came into um a lot of it was like bookended by Co um but you know he and I are still there bringing you on yeah John was racing tonight James was racing tonight yeah um and he was saying like he wants to have a hit squad that’s reliable and he wants to spend time with and everything he doesn’t want to make it too big he wants to have it like like a Dependable crew of people yeah for sure and like that’s that’s what you got to have for sure I don’t want to be on a 30 man roster team that I don’t know half the guys or like I don’t get along with half the guys I want it to be a group of dudes that are like same mindset and want to get the same things done but also like I enjoy being around yeah for sure you know for sure yeah that’s crucial G that’s crucial that’s cool I didn’t even didn’t know that was like said that was dope I mean he did kind of say that when I was initially talking about uh joining Phenom and and yeah like if we could dude it could be it could be nice cuz you guys are just got a top five all Y is in top five like yeah yeah Nick got Nick got the podium Nick the pod that’s the first one in a while and shout out to Nick yeah I mean that’s that’s dope yeah shout out to Nick I what did I tell y’all bridging to the Gap Phenom cycle club and the pether bike Shopper coming to a race near you it dumped on you a few weeks ago um at the Tuesday night crit right before the 34 started I zipped up my jersey and the bottom of the zipper just bust and it just ripped open straight to the top no so there’s like 5 minutes before the race starts I had to figure out how to unzip it like fight with it to get it back together unzipped separated and pinch the bottom together zip it back up and safety pin the bottom so that I could race with a closed Jersey that was miserable but we got it done jro send this jro I love your stuff race in it all the time got the SHO got the socks got the helmet got the kit but I need a replacement black Jersey if you out there anybody at Dr let us now he he’s in he’s a need we need new new kid anyway yeah always always need new kid ride a lot yeah he does he rides you know what putting in a lot of miles I need a new kit constantly yeah yeah yeah for sure for sure need more always need more bibs always need more daes some socks too would be cool that’d be dope that that Podium pick from Tuesday night yeah I mean all it really is Illustrated is that white socks and white shoes are the way to go second and third place they were both wearing black socks black shoes I’m standing fresh as [ __ ] on the top step see cuz they don’t know how to do it you got to do white socks black shoes my boy you got to go MJ on this [ __ ] you got to you got to start Moon walking on you know what I mean like that’s what you got to do no you can’t go backwards in a cray tell that to Phil yeah yeah no don’t go backwards on the on the on the course Carl chew your ass out Yeah Carl will’ll tell you straight up what it is shout out to Carl man Carl we I wanted I want to announce one with you bro yeah we need to do four FS that’d be fire live podcast during it a live yeah that would be wild that’ be wild got the whole soundboard yeah a live podcast we could talk have a couple guests come in it be fire dude Brad her was out there today it’s still Brad Houston Houston is that his name oh my God is it Houston the lawyer yeah is that him who’s doing announcing dude I was like bro I feel like I’ve seen you before yeah I’ve got a mug from his Law Firm what the [ __ ] young dude he’s like 65 and he looks like he’s 45 stay on bite stop doing crack stop doing crack that’s a good message drugs I need a dare shirt that’ be fire you can get high Brea brething bro have you ever this is breathing you know what I mean just breathe bro you sound like Andrew huberman you sound like you’re going through one of his protocols hey I like my man’s protocol I like his protocols yeah I like his protocols for I’m it sounds ni I mean long term long I know you don’t listen to him but you do a lot of the stuff he talks about damn talking about tap in the mouth at night yeah 100% talking about seeing in Sun bright in the morning 100% all your supplements and everything throwing it down the big fan of the a oh yeah I love it it’s on the way actually Amazon Amazon just told me I’m getting it tomorrow there you go yeah I’m running low it’s kind of spooky kind of spooky but I love ash [ __ ] makes me at peace for sure Lion’s main mushroom too put that in the powder you seen that uh that Tri on [ __ ] I sent you with them dropping the bottles dude I’m going be honest I’ve never rolled through a feed Zone and caught a bottle so I can’t talk [ __ ] I think I can do it I I’ve done it I think I’ve done it I think I can do it but I can’t I can’t talk [ __ ] but yes that was insane yeah we’re going to probably put up a clip but dude you know I looked at it and like I was looking Phil Gman was talking it was just like yo how they’re holding the bottles was [ __ ] yeah you got you got to be like this yeah yeah over the top man over the top everybody in the triathlon was doing it like that like there’s a there’s a dude Tyler GLE go he still that I’ve been I’ve been watching a little bit on YouTube on the trainer lately yeah he does the the liftime grand prix stuff I don’t know if he’s actually in the Grand Prix but he does all the races um and his I mean first off props to his wife crazy dedication she’s like super uh domestic Podium girl like handing them bottles in the feed zones driving around like she’s awesome but um find me please but yeah I don’t know it’s crazy like seeing all the logistics that do go into those huge races and you got to have someone who’s like Rock Solid there for you yeah for sure you’ve been following any World Tour racing bro not as much man shout out to pitock yeah Pitcock winning just the other day that was pretty sick beautiful um you see that crash at the it’s Bas gra yeah we going to have to put that up was that the the one the curb the the ditch oh yeah that took out like every every roit vingard like Rimco like a lot of dudes um it looked pretty gnarly and um I mean it was a downhill with a bunch of uh tree roots underneath apparently oh [ __ ] and I was listening to garant Thomas’s podcast and he was talking about how like nowadays compared to you know 10 years ago when he was I me he’s still up there but when he was like in Prime and sky was in its prime yeah yeah when they were dominating like no one raced on the downhills like they do now like everyone had the mutual respect to take the downhills a little easier a little more safely yeah for sure but now guys are are pushing it sending it just the whole way yeah um I mean he’s he was condemning it a bit but like what do you think you think people should just like full gas the whole time you think I think it’s cool I think it’s I think it’s chill you know because let them race let them race bro like let them they’ll learn feel like you’re going to learn like you be like oh [ __ ] I’m not I’m not like unbreakable you know what I mean like oh there actually real repercussions to like descending like that um yeah that’s why I race crits bro it’s not too you see it multiple times you know what I mean like you kind of know where everything’s at like it’s calculated sending and I mean do they ran through a whole course for a pre-ride I don’t think they might have do for sure the writers know that’s what I’m saying the riters no yeah for sure for sure the the organizers for sure yeah but you remember like um I guess we we’ll put up another another one where it’s like a we just saw people crashing the dude hit his head on the pole or something like that you remember and I was like yo bro it’s like a sidewalk there yeah and like if you’re sending it and you don’t really know there’s a sidewalk there and it looks like it’s just a white line and the sidewalk is about as strong as or as wide as a A Car Lane you coming in that you like oh that’s something across that like no like you’re about to lose your front wheel and you’re about to land on your side bro like so I don’t know I mean somebody figured out or is just going to be who’s left yeah who’s love you know what I mean so yeah it’s cool I haven’t been watching a lot though no I’ve been watching um USA crits have started back up so I watched Sunny King last weekend it’s USA crits is so tight that they have like streamable races live like that I mean we were talking about NCL earlier like if you would put that 7.5 million into the current infrastructure you would have S way bigger returns on% 100% And I think that’s definitely why it felt like like a slap in the face and that’s why a lot of people that are in USA crits that just like a lot of the big teams are like [ __ ] CL like yeah for sure good they got what was coming to them because like they felt like you you should have put that money into what was already going on and like development yeah for sure once again is what you kind of seeing with the the the legion and uh you know W uh de dvo yeah it’s it’s they are trying to show you how how it could be you have a bunch of good riders that are close-knit and also just have them in certain locations where it just it kind of makes sense but like try to make this like a league rather than trying to make your own league and you don’t really know the ecosystem it’s just not going to work out yeah we could have definitely use that 7 mil yeah yeah we definitely could have I mean [ __ ] yeah so you know just been watching a little bit more of USA crits um I think they have rock and roll Criterium this Saturday as well oh cool yeah so that should be pretty cool they got that and Li B Bast on the age yeah I watch that as well yeah for sure whatever bike I’m going to get next to come into stock cuz there’s a couple that I’m looking at that are just out of stock for the next month or so for sure I’m so ready to grab a bike with carbon wheels like Arrow section Wheels instead of these tiny little aluminum Rams that I have that are heavy as hell and see how much it actually adds I want to put a a comparison vide 100% 100% And and see like I’m not you know I’m not a house cycling that’s going out and doing the same course five times on different setups and everything and timing them and everything please don’t um I it is going to be more of like a subjective comparison yeah uh but I’m I’m just excited to see how much faster it is how much faster it feels how much better it feels yeah see if Carbon wheels are really up to the hype it’s been four years since I’ve had a set almost a new one right now yeah yeah yeah I think I’m about switching Saddles honestly yeah yeah yeah you’re on your girly saddle mm yeah I got to get off that girly [ __ ] I think I think I might want like a uron ergon yeah are you getting num n it’s nothing nothing really wrong I just feel like I could be a lot more comfortable yeah I just feel like it just and it just put a lot of studies into like pelvis rotation and just good for like men’s actual areir I feel like I feel like the [ __ ] I’m riding right now might be a little gimmicky yeah and it’s cool like it works um I just feel like it could just be a little bit more flatter I still feel like it’s a little bit rounded and I just need like a flat platform M you know what I mean it’s cool yeah we’re bringing in some urg on one so I’m going just test it on some folks and just be able to talk and just be able to tell them about like the men’s geometry the women’s geometry and also have like a saddle where they can get their first like aftermarket saddle and then also be able to feel the difference of it you know what I mean um and then it could be able to kind of grow with it rather than going with just a straight jail saddle where it’s just going to be like this is heavy this is a lot I’m going I’m still going numb because it’s too soft and I don’t know where I’m sitting that and then actually being able to understand that feel like comfortability is like if we can get people comfortable on bikes people ride bikes more and they’ll understand it and be able to talk about it a little bit more rather than being like I need a I need a cruiser saddle you don’t you don’t you need to actually just have it set up for you you know what I mean speaking of like comfortability on bikes and stuff I had someone commenting on one of the videos asking how you could set up the the cad 13 as like more of an endurance setup yeah if you have questions like send them in please either put them on the on the Spotify there’s a spot where you can ask questions comment on the YouTube videos message us on Instagram like we’ll address anything you guys ask either in the comments or on the podcast like totally down to like I mean yeah we don’t know everything in the world but we’ve got a lot of experience working on selling and riding bikes so if you got questions we can try and help out 100% 100% yeah I mean like we’re doing it’s like a conversation we there stuff that I feel like we should be talking about I mean we’re we’re talking but like yeah they can come in and be part of the conversation yeah 100% y’all might know something that we need to we need to get put on oh I’m sure you know 100% so yeah we with it bro um man I got to I got to go I got to be better dude I got to I got to get better bro what do you mean I just got to this got to elevate this got to keep going bro this got to stay focused there’s no reason to beat yourself up about a result yeah we’re going to we’re going to go over the race footage tonight we’re going to figure out what you could have done better how because you were you were with that pack like you said yeah until the end I don’t know what you did yeah at the end I knew you were right behind me with like a lap to go right cuz you called out the Dallas Cowboy this is but um yeah I mean we’re going to go over that footage and we’ll figure out exactly what you could have done better to get you into that top 10 that top five that Podium next time let’s got to ride more y’all anybody man if y’all want to ride anybody who wants to ride um hit me up man let’s let’s talk let’s chat if you only want talk chat this need some you ride with we put in headphones we can Vibe out um yeah bro I got to I got to ride more that’s all it is man there more volume I haven’t done my first century yet either wait you’ve never rid a century for this year okay I was like yeah usually when I get to close to like 80 90 100 miles like that’s when I feel like after that like my fitness starts to open up it’s like oh okay like endur M like we’re not doing shorter stuff but yeah we’ll have to knock that out like next time I’m down not 5,000 or 6,000 ft of climbing though we we can go we can go east and get a century we can ride to Taylor and back yeah Century right there cool it’ll be like 3,000 all right cool anybody who wants to ride with us do Taylor or you we we should make we should we’ll we’ll post up uh something on Instagram middle of May yeah we’ll make it a whole thing like we brid the Gap cycling 100 mile yeah that’d be tight Bridging the Gap just chill Chiller type [ __ ] real endurance space nothing crazy MH you sit in the back seat if you need to just like want to catch Vibes and just get some miles in we should do it y That’s fire there’s a coffee shop downtown Taylor that we can stop at in the middle it’s perfect Yeah couple gas stations bringing snacks you got somebody protecting in the win take some turns make it we make a day out of it that’s actually really good dude do that yeah no like ride organization that’s definitely a way for us to get into the community yeah 100% area you com in bro you got it you rather do 100 miles with sorry sorry I don’t think he’ll be upset about that I think he’ll be totally down yeah yeah talk to a few people tonight that are like aware of the podcast but hadn’t checked it out yet um were they women no no I mean some of them some of them weren’t but like yeah I talked to a few people tonight that were like aware of the podcast but haven’t checked it out yet um I like I said we’re just here we’re figuring it out with each episode trying to make it better each time so like let us know if there’s anything we can improve upon appreciate you guys checking out the podcast appreciate you guys tuning in for another episode here at The Peddler Bike Shop appreciate you guys for checking out another episode of bridge and the Gap the podcast um appreciate all the love and the support we we’re seeing in uh real life and on social media um just stay with us we got more content on the way and yeah just rock out with us man appreciate just like And subscribe and if 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I remember riding a century with u in my sandals 😀