Road Adventures of Cycling Men of Leisure
Adam and Michael share a long friendship fueled by their love for cycling. Through ups and downs, they have pedaled side by side, creating a rich tapestry of experiences and playful banter that underscores their connection. Their adventures highlight the joy of authentic friendship, whether tackling tough trails or enjoying leisurely rides. If you're looking for a podcast that embodies friendship and cycling excitement, join them on this audio journey. They share engaging stories and welcome you to their cycling community, offering entertaining anecdotes and heartfelt discussions about the joy of exploring the open road. This podcast delivers an uplifting cycling experience.
Road Adventures of Cycling Men of Leisure
Spooky Pedals and Paranormal Tales: A Halloween Cycling Adventure with Adam and Michael
Have you ever faced your worst cycling fears, like being caught in spandex by your boss or encountering a UFO on a late-night ride? This Halloween-themed episode of Road Adventures with Cycling Men of Leisure is packed with spooky tales, hilarious cycling mishaps, and a dash of the paranormal. Join us, Adam and Michael, as we share a listener's thrilling encounter with a car in southern Minnesota, get into the festive spirit with some playful mask banter, and introduce a bourbon that's as mysterious as a werewolf's howl—Moonlight Mayhem.
Our vibrant community of listeners never fails to amaze us, and this episode is a testament to the friendships and laughter that cycling brings. We celebrate heartwarming stories, like Adam and Kelly marking their anniversary in our t-shirts, and dive into the quirky world of DeBrim hats. Columbus, Ohio, becomes the center of attention as we weave through its historical significance and cycling culture, complete with a guessing game that will stump even the most confident quizmasters.
Balancing humor with reflection, we confront the sobering topic of ghost bikes, honoring cyclists lost in accidents and emphasizing the road safety shared by us all. While we reflect on these poignant memorials, we lighten the mood with a comical top 10 list of cycling fears and nightmares. From Strava account hacks to unexpected mud mishaps, get ready to laugh at the genuine anxieties we cyclists face. And as the RAGBRAI-52 logo reveal approaches, we can't help but speculate on its design while reminiscing about our own personal UFO sighting adventures. So, hop on your bike and join us for an episode that's as entertaining as it is heartfelt.
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Their cycling escapades, filled with laughter and banter, are a testament to the enduring spirit of true friendship. Whether conquering challenging trails or coasting through scenic routes, Adam and Michael's adventures on two wheels are a testament to the joy found in the simple pleasures of life.
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Well, it's time for Road Adventures with Cycling Men of Leisure, the podcast for cyclists who understand that riding is not just about getting to the destination, but the experience along the way. Now here are the original Cycling Men of Leisure Adam and Michael.
Speaker 2:Welcome to Road Adventures of Cycling Men of Leisure. Once again, I am Adam, joined with my good friend Michael Sharp for our very spooky Halloween episode.
Speaker 3:Oh gosh Did you bring your mask.
Speaker 2:I didn't bring my mask.
Speaker 3:I thought we agreed you were going to, we were going to.
Speaker 2:I want you to keep that on for the whole episode. You want me to keep that on for the whole episode.
Speaker 3:You want me to no? Okay, I thought we were doing masks today.
Speaker 2:I wear a mask every day.
Speaker 3:Get me to put together, all right. Well, no mask Next time. You got gotta warn me when we do halloween specials, we're not wearing masks.
Speaker 2:so well, I figured, since this show is coming out a few days before halloween, we would have a little fun in the spirit of things and and um, oh, check this out. Watch this Ready Halloween episode. Nice huh, little graphics there. I got something special for you too. Okay, let's hear it. All right, give me one second here. Ready, look at this.
Speaker 3:Happy Halloween from Road Adventures of Cycling Men of Leeds. And those of you who cannot see it he's made some beautiful graphics here. And those of you who cannot see it, he's made some beautiful graphics here Pumpkins and jack-o'-lanterns. And happy Halloween from our little podcast.
Speaker 2:Yes, yes, of course, All right, I'll bring you back. So well, welcome my friend. How you been.
Speaker 3:I've been good. I've been good Getting ready for Halloween. As you've seen, Got my Chewbacca mask. I see that, which I'm not wearing. But you know, yeah, oh, do I need a pair of scissors in my hand.
Speaker 2:No, oh, okay.
Speaker 3:I figured I went all in with some sound effects and the listeners are always put through each You're put through something. All right, yeah, for my sound effects.
Speaker 2:The listeners are always put through?
Speaker 3:uh, put through something. All right, yeah, for my sound effects, but we've got, we've put together a special Halloween episode I'm pretty excited about it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, me too, me too, me too, I got. Uh, here we got a scary piano, that's me playing the piano.
Speaker 3:One other thing I before we go. One other thing I think you'd appreciate is I was actually at the liquor store. The other day Okay. And I found a special bottle of bourbon here that I'm going to be celebrating my Halloween with. And it is called Wow, moonlight Mayhem, moonlight Mayhem, a saga of werewolves and bourbon, and it's from uh film land spirits.
Speaker 2:So that's pretty cool I thought.
Speaker 3:You know, in honor of the halloween spirit, I thought that would be very appropriate. Now I don't know if it's any good, but yeah that's okay I appreciate you.
Speaker 2:That's a good prop we're gonna're going to try it for the.
Speaker 3:Halloween season here. I love it.
Speaker 2:Well, all right, so we've got a couple of Halloween-themed items for the show, but I think, to start off, we have fan talk, oh so have fan talk.
Speaker 3:Oh so okay, yeah, we've been getting a lot of fan mail and and all sorts of stuff. So, uh, what do?
Speaker 2:you got there for us, let's uh, I've got a few things and I'm I'm pretty excited. So first of all, um, we have a reoccurring um item for the show called listener spotlight. We have a guest. So I'm not going to do that yet, so I'm going to kind of move around just a little bit. Um, but our friend matt robinson wrote us, um, and he has a suggestion for the show.
Speaker 2:Every time we end the show, we have a what is in the business called dynamic content. If you listen to the show all the way to the end, first of all, thank you, um. And then you get a little thing where, where you, you come on currently and say, hey, adam, what's the favorite thing you like about the show? And and I say, when people write us, and that's called dynamic content, that just replays every time, but it's sincere, we love when people write us and take our time, and so, um, we we did have gotten multiple people to write us, and then in that we say, hey, if there's something you want to hear or any kind of suggestions, um, and, and there has been a suggestion, and I'm I'm happy to say that our friend Matt Robinson uh wrote us, and when I did he?
Speaker 2:Uh, I gotta, I gotta get all my stuff ready here. And when he did, I got to get all my stuff ready here. But he said that what he would love to see is a regular segment called Encounters with Cars. So I was trying to think of what he meant and I didn't know if it was like negative, of course, because cyclists don't like cars, cars don't like cyclists. But then he provided a really cool story.
Speaker 3:Oh really.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I thought if you would be willing, let me read the story.
Speaker 3:So is this going to be Halloween? Real gory you know laying there leg half ripped off, got hit by a car. Well, I would say in that case, you'd be disappointed, because it's actually a pretty cool story. So, all right, well, give us a story.
Speaker 2:All right, here we go this is from matt robinson and it's our very first encounter. Oh sorry, hold on, matt, I kept my word. Encounters with cars. Nice, it was a warm sunny day and I was on my first bikepacking trip in southern Minnesota. Part of the pay path was blocked by trees and I had to take a road for about five miles. That would be busy and with a shoulder about the width of a sandwich. No big deal. I thought I've got this. I'm aerodynamic, with panniersiers and a trunk bag, even a chair. Well, not exactly aerodynamic, but confidence is key, right, absolutely For sure.
Speaker 2:As I pedaled along cars whizzed by me like I was a stationary exhibit in a vehicular museum, I hugged the white line with precision of a tightrope walker, praying that the wind gusts from passing trucks wouldn't send me into the weeds. With every approaching vehicle, I clenched my handlebars like they were the last two straws in a smoothie. Just when I thought things couldn't get more intense, I heard a horn Like uh, exactly, uh, no, not the angry kind, yes, that one. Like a friendly little toot toot. I glanced back and, to my surprise, there was an older gentleman in a pickup truck creeping along behind me with his hazard lights flashing. He gave me a smile and a thumbs up through his window. You keep going, kid, I've got your back. He yelled over the noise of traffic. My immediate thought was did he just call me a kid? I'm 52. But then there was no time for that. This man was clearly on a mission to protect me from what seemed like the entirety of the country rush hour traffic.
Speaker 2:At first I felt a little ridiculous A whole truck, hazard lights flashing like there was some kind of slow moving parade. Cars behind him began to stack up, but no one dared to honk. How could they, with this gallant protector riding behind me like my personal traffic buffer, with him keeping the traffic at bay? I found myself relaxing a little, almost enjoying the ride. I even considered waving to the onlookers, but I figured that might be pushing it. After a few minutes I saw my turn back onto the trail up ahead. I waved greatly to my guardian angel as I veered off the road. He gave me one last thumbs up, then drove off like some kind of elderly superhero in a pickup truck. That day I learned two things First, sometimes a busy road isn't the enemy if you've got the right people behind you. And second, never underestimate the power of flashers and a good Samaritan. And that, sir, was our very first episode of Encounters with Cars.
Speaker 3:Number one that is an incredible story. Yes, thank you for sharing. I think it's fantastic. Number two it shows that you know what not everybody out there driving past you is. You know Not everybody out there driving past you is. You know, a jack wagon, true, and I think he needs to get into book writing because he's very descriptive and has a good flow and stuff like that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, if he needs an editor.
Speaker 3:I'll be happy to help him out.
Speaker 2:Me too. I've got AI ChatGBT, and I'm just kidding. No, I actually really appreciate him writing it. Um, he did say some funny things. I'll tell you after the um, after the listener spotlight guest. So he's, he's uh, he's got the guess, um, but you had a question for him about soda springs, our last listener spotlight yeah, he guessed soda springs and it was not soda.
Speaker 3:But I would be interested if he could key us in on why he thought it was Soda Springs. I love it that people are like sending in guesses. If you send in guesses, give us a little idea of why you guessed that as opposed to why did you choose Soda Springs?
Speaker 2:We're just curious.
Speaker 3:Yes, you know, unlike Adam, who just always guesses St Louis.
Speaker 2:Why? Because it's St Louis. You know if you could give us a little flavor for why you chose thatitan was helping him out. And um, I always joke when I'm writing in a very popular cyclist area.
Speaker 3:Friends of cyclists go way around you and we'll just say, not, friends of cyclists go really close to you, so um, so no, if you, if you've got a story of an encounter with a car, be it good or bad or otherwise, and you'd like to share it, send it in and maybe we will present it on our episode.
Speaker 2:Perfect.
Speaker 3:All right.
Speaker 2:Things are getting spooky now. Yeah, I figured I would pipe in some scary creepiness. We have another piece of fan talk. Okay, we heard from a gentleman by the name of Alex Bell. Now, two things with Alex Bell. First of all, alex, on behalf of Michael and I, we'd like to thank you for being a monthly donation device where you've decided to give it. Sponsor.
Speaker 3:Sponsor to give us a monthly donation Thank.
Speaker 2:You've decided to give it a sponsor, to give us a monthly donation. So thank you, alex. Thank you so much. We really appreciate you. Alex wrote us and said discovered your podcast right after the 2023 big brag and really enjoyed it. He says hope to join you guys for the 2025 ride. Buddy, we, we're going. Yeah, absolutely. He says thanks Alex Bell from Perry, georgia. We've been to Perry and Alex, please join Cycling Men of Leisure. When you sign up for BRAG, you can actually choose us it's already up there and you can join our team and we'd love to have you and have you part of our group. So thank you so much for your monthly donation. Two things join our team and we'd love to love to have you and and have you part of a part of our group. So thank you so much for your, your monthly donation, two things
Speaker 3:yes, sir um, hopefully we can do like we did last year and kind of get uh uh, the ride director on here to uh to give us a uh, an overview of the ride this year. So we're going to work on that. And secondly, we've been to Perry and didn't we stay at the? Wasn't that the state fairgrounds?
Speaker 2:It was, that's when it was raining.
Speaker 3:We were coming in, yes, and that's where you got everybody in that restaurant to wish my wife a happy anniversary.
Speaker 2:Yes, it's also where I wore my Debrim when it was raining, and I didn't get wet and you did, but yes, that was your anniversary. I think that was like a soda shop, like a malt.
Speaker 3:It was like a small shop hamburger joint type place.
Speaker 2:Anyway, all right. Uh, let's see here. Oh, this is a good one, adam wiley. We met adam and kelly at the bourbon country burn. They came and they hang out with us and we got to hear their story and we became friends. By the time the weekend was over, oh is this the folks that were getting married? Yes, yes.
Speaker 3:Cool, cool yeah.
Speaker 2:And they were celebrating their one-year anniversary and I've messaged kelly a few times, here and there, and she sent me a photograph of the now married adam. They were out for their one-year anniversary wearing a cycling men of leisure t-shirt, with a sports coat. Buddy adam, you are my hero. I love it so wow, yes so, uh, first of all, we'd like say of course, on your one-year anniversary.
Speaker 2:Congratulations. But all right, all right, all right, but thanks for sporting. I love it. I thought it was really cool. So thank you so much. Very cool, let's see here. Ooh, our friend Mandy teammate and friend, mandy from Kentucky, happened to be in Indiana for a golf outing. I'm sorry.
Speaker 3:About being in Indiana.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because they really took your team for a whooping 56 to 7, buddy, Can we man?
Speaker 3:You got to stay focused, adam, stay focused.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we're not talking football. I know Jack wagon. She says to me that they were in the middle of nowhere and she looked up and saw a guy with a de brim and she yelled de brim and he gave her a big thumbs up and she thought of me so definitely wanted to send that and she thought of you.
Speaker 3:When you think of big, goofy looking hats, think of Adam.
Speaker 2:Oh, my God, let's get him out of here. But I have an update for all of our subscribers and listeners, so, not being afraid. I wrote the DeBrim company and Michael knows this. I shared it with them already but, I wrote the DeBrim company saying hey, listen, when I talk about DeBrim we make it a running joke where I'm a believer in the product and of course my co-host is not. But I was curious if there'd be a sponsorship interest and I thought their answer was very polite, very kind.
Speaker 3:It was absolutely.
Speaker 2:They wrote back and said hey, listen, we're just not a big enough company to do a sponsor. But, that being said, if you please give us your t-shirt size, we will send you some swag. So I am going to begin to talk about the brim even more and I'm hoping on the next episode episode, instead of a cycling man of leisure outfit, I'm hoping I'll have a big de brim t-shirt and ladies and gentlemen, our next episode will not be on youtube oh yes, it will so uh, yes, it just doesn't die, does it?
Speaker 2:no, it's never gonna die. So we, uh, we are thankful for the de brim corporation to corporate. I'm not. No, it's never going to die. So we are thankful for the DeBrim Corporation. I'm not sure if it's a corporation.
Speaker 3:She said it was a smaller company, smaller company, but apparently she didn't realize we're a smaller company too, that's true.
Speaker 2:I don't know if she understood what I meant. I actually sent her the donation page because if anyone's interested, you can actually go as little as $3 a month. $5 a month, I mean, that's all it takes to be a sponsor. So I'm not sure if she was like, well, we can't afford that. And I was thinking to myself they're charging $50 for one of those DeBrims. Now Are you telling me that you wouldn't want your product mentioned on every show for $3 a show? But I was like whatever. But I'll appreciate the swag and I bucks a show. But I was like whatever. So but I'll appreciate the uh swag and I have taken your advice and I invited her for an interview. So cool promise, but we'll see what happens there I have one thing to point out yes, sir de brim is the reason for this.
Speaker 3:I have to drink on this show because of de brim.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh where's that sensor button? There we go. All right, let's see here. Oh, I got a couple more here. I love, by the way. I love when people write us. I know you do too. So thank you all.
Speaker 2:My friend, jim vendor first, then friend, now vendor and friend he says I'm going to listen to your podcast. I got a road trip coming up and he listened to our last episode and I felt that this was an honest critique, so I was just going to read it. Just one sentence here Okay, sure. He says I listened to the podcast from the CEO from Cruise Bike. Good interview, he says, letting her give full answers and not interrupting. Well done, and we'll listen to others. So, jim, thank you, my friend, thank you. That means the world to us, so appreciate you listening. If you haven't had a chance to listen to our last episode, I thought Maria Parker from Cruise Bike CEO was fantastic, incredible interview. I have a confession I listened to the interview myself just to enjoy it myself. It's kind of weird to listen to myself sometimes, but at the same time she's so positive and everything she's got going on. So I really I while. Yes, I was there, we recorded it, but to listen to it later was absolutely enjoyable.
Speaker 3:So great story. If you haven't, if you haven't check that out, so very awesome.
Speaker 2:And our last piece.
Speaker 3:Oh, and, by the way, yes, why wouldn't we let her talk? Why wouldn't we let I mean you, you know, I know a lot, of a lot of people like jump in and they start to give an answer and jump out. But I mean, I mean, maybe people get tired of hearing us.
Speaker 2:I'm sure they're probably like, oh, thank god maybe because you know when, when I, when I see j, we're always at transportation conferences and it's kind of like a free-for-all. Maybe because we're on the golf course, I maybe interrupt or whatever. So maybe he just meant, or maybe he listens to other podcasts that people interrupt. But yeah, we definitely wanted to give her her due diligence and I thought her answers were so inspiring.
Speaker 3:She was interesting. Well thank you for the compliment.
Speaker 2:We appreciate it I think it's a nice compliment, true, true critique. So, and the last one, I wanted to give you a chance to answer. This one's a little bit, johnny, come lately on our part. We just been doing some other things, but Trent Mayberry reached out and you had some conversations with him.
Speaker 2:And I think you've got an answer for him. So he reached out about the Cyplus pump. He wanted the brand of the of the goat Jersey for uh uh rag bribe and in the message you wrote him you weren't a hundred percent sure, but you have an update on that.
Speaker 3:Yeah, he had. He had, uh, wrote us, said that he listens to it a lot of times when he's traveling, didn't have a chance to write down the information and was interested in it. I did get back with him a partial answer. The bike pump that we used this year was a rechargeable. It was the CycloPlus A2. And that's the one that we used and we've been talking about a couple of different times. This came up and we'd also talked about the jersey. Okay, that the goat jersey from the 50th anniversary of RAGBRAI, which would have been last year, had a different fit and I think we somehow hinted that it was a different brand. It actually is a Primal brand. The difference is it's a different cut than what the jerseys normally are and it's a slightly different material.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I remember. The material was very sweat-wicking, almost very cottony feel and it's a slightly different material. Yeah, I remember, so I don't know if it's like that. The material was very sweat-wicking, almost very cottony feel, very smooth cottony and honestly, for me, I thought it was just a tad long in the back, just for me. Just for me it was slightly longer.
Speaker 2:Once I put all my nutritions and at the time I was doing my air pump and CO2 cartridges a little bit different before you had the Cyplus pump I put all that in my back, three Jersey pockets and uh, because of that material. So now that I've got my system set up on the on the stem and you bring the pump, I'd be a okay, but I liked that Jersey. That's fun. It's a fun Jersey.
Speaker 3:So it was uh, was that it just was?
Speaker 2:not like the regular racing cut that you normally get on those types of rides. As far as fan talk, that is the last piece, except for the guests for listener spotlight, but in normal fashion, I wanted you to give the clues again and remember, if you remember correctly, I thought I had guess. Yeah, I did guess st louis. Away from the show, I on the show, I I did not, uh, say it, but based upon some of the things you said, I felt as though st louis could honestly be the answer and I just keep expecting you to try to trick me. And so, um, I still feel like it's St Louis.
Speaker 3:But if you would like to read the guesses, I'll read it and then you can give what the guest our listener guest, and then we'll go from there.
Speaker 3:Okay, here's what I gave you for the last one. The area was controlled by the French but was ceded to the British Empire. It was founded in the early 1800s at the confluences of two rivers. It's named for a European explorer, nice. I like that. The town helped establish the organized labor movement and it has a very notable connection to the heisman trophy. Okay, so which? What's matt's guess?
Speaker 2:matt's guess is greetings gentlemen. Super easy again this week. He says oh, I love the confidence he says it's p's Pittsburgh, Clearly named for William Pitts, Brad Pitts seventh great uncle. The rivers are the Algoni and the Mahogany M-O-N-O-G-A-H-E-L-A. John Heisman grew up in the area. The Treaty of Paris set area free from France and there have been lots of steel-type union labor, strikes and progress over the years. An improbable chance that my guess is wrong. Once again I'm going to blame the 1792 small batch bourbon upon. I sip this afternoon.
Speaker 3:I agree that's nice. Blame it on bourbon.
Speaker 2:He is guessing Pittsburgh and I am guessing St Louis.
Speaker 3:Missouri. Now those are both very good guesses, because both of them are at the confluence of two rivers. I'm a little confused on the European Explorer, because St Louis was named after a king, if I remember correctly.
Speaker 2:And.
Speaker 3:Pittsburgh was named after. Yes, mr Pitt. Yes, brad's great, great great grandfather, or whatever, but if I remember right, he was just a politician. I don't think he was an explorer. Could be wrong there, but um so it's interesting. You want me to tell you what it is. It's St Louis, go ahead uh well, matt, keep on sipping that, that whiskey, um, because you are incorrect. But that's okay. Appreciate the answer. Keep going, adam. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, adam is incorrect, oh man.
Speaker 2:But you know what?
Speaker 3:Both of the people answering this, you guys were both. When I brought this up, you immediately says I know this one, and Matt was very confident too. So I really appreciate the level of confidence you guys are bringing to the game.
Speaker 2:Where is that censor button? Okay, I was giving you kudos.
Speaker 3:I know I really felt, based upon the French and the two rivers that I Now I will say that both of these towns that your guesses do fit the, they were ceded to the British Empire from the French things of that nature. So a lot of that does does match. But um, the city for today's listener spotlight is in fact columbus ohio.
Speaker 2:He's like you know, you know, I live in michigan, right. I know you live in Michigan, right.
Speaker 3:I know you live in. Well, you know I can't leave out and here's how I got that the Treaty of Paris 1783, ceded that area, as well as others, from the French to the British Empire. It was founded in the 1800s at the confluence of two rivers. It was actually founded on February 14th of 1812. Here's the one I thought was going to be pretty easy. You know name for a European explorer, christopher Columbus. Why Columbus, ohio is named for Christopher Columbus? No one really knows, because Christopher Columbus has no affiliation with the state or the city or anything else.
Speaker 2:Is there a Lee Ferrickson Ohio?
Speaker 3:I don't know, but he would have more association with ohio than christopher columbus would quite honestly. Uh, those vikings were everybody everywhere. The town helped establish organized labor union. Uh, it is actually the uh, the town where several labor unions were founded, and among those include the American Federation of Labor and the United Mine Workers of America's unions were both founded in that town and it's notable collection to the Heisman trophy, archie Griffin. Good old Archie, you remember.
Speaker 2:Archie, oh man, archie.
Speaker 3:We go way back Eastmore High School there in Columbus. Yeah, the reason why that's important is actually Archie Griffin is the only person to have ever won the Heisman Trophy twice.
Speaker 2:Really yes, sir, okay, okay.
Speaker 3:So, thank you, our listeners from Columbus, ohio, keep listening. We appreciate it, matt. Thank you very much. It was a great guess, but not on point this time. And, adam, one of these days I'm pulling out St Louis, so don't give up on it.
Speaker 2:I'm not giving up.
Speaker 3:You know the time that I pull out, st Louis, you're going to be like every time. For the last 600 times I've guessed St Louis. I'm guessing you know Rochester, new York.
Speaker 2:Well, listen. Thank you Listeners from Columbus Ohio, thank you all listeners. But this episode, thank you Columbus Ohio. There see, I was a man, I, I, I, uh. Held my head up high because the show means the world to us. So, um, I actually have family lives in columbus, ohio.
Speaker 3:Maybe that's uh that's why, when you said I know this one, I was like I didn't argue with you because I was like I bet he doesn't know this one because I knew you had family that lived there and it's like, okay, I gave him some nugget there that he was able to draw.
Speaker 2:But okay, it's okay, your family, I'm sure, is not listening, we're okay you know, actually I was recently in ohio for a wedding and, um, I physically watched a bunch of my family follow our show. So maybe they are listening and if they are, that's why I say if we, if, if they are, that's why I say thank you If they are.
Speaker 3:Thank you for listening and I apologize for Adam Sorry.
Speaker 2:They are fully aware of the sports rivalry and the multiple comments. As a matter of fact, even my contact they even say it's Adam from Michigan. So I'm not afraid to let them know. It's a very fun family rivalry, good Cool, all right. Well, hopefully, as usual, you will have another listener, spotlight.
Speaker 3:I do indeed, it's a good one.
Speaker 2:Let's get into our spooky Halloween episode here. So you have got a few things for us. You've got some paranormal activity, you have some cycling fears, yes, and you're going to tell us a little bit about a ghost bike.
Speaker 3:Yes, where do you want to start?
Speaker 2:Well, why don't we start with oh, let's save the paranormal activity for the end.
Speaker 3:Yes, I think that'd be appropriate.
Speaker 2:Why don't we go with, since I know what a ghost bike is? Why don't we go something sad into the cycling fears and then end it on a spooky note?
Speaker 3:Okay, I'm going to talk a little bit about ghost bikes. When we were coming up with ideas for the show, you know, we wanted things like Halloween and stuff like that and that got to be thinking about ghost bikes and, surprisingly, a lot of people don't know anything about them, even people in the cycling community. It's interesting, a lot of them don't know anything about ghost bikes and I know you and I have mentioned it on one or two occasions when we've been out there cycling. But I thought it might be interesting to talk a little bit about ghost bike, what it is and its purpose and, um, really a ghost bike. You'll see them occasionally, like in cities. They'll be, uh, like next to lampposts and things like that, and what they are is they'll be just like a basic bike. Generally they're stripped down and they're painted all white and they're known as ghost bikes and what these are is really a memorial um to someone who has, uh, you know been, has you know been, you know, killed in some type of biking accident, whether they were hit by a car or they fell or what have you. And it's just a way for the cycling community to, kind of number one, remember that cyclist. But, even more important, it makes a really stark comment to the non-cyclist. You know, um, seeing the stark all white bikes out there and, uh, hopefully it reminds people that you know, part of my responsibility is not only keeping me safe but also not doing things that are going to endanger pedestrians or cyclists and things like that.
Speaker 3:So I thought it was worth bringing up, and I did have a couple of facts here that I did want to bring up, and these are facts from 2013. So we're looking about 11 years ago, but roughly 48,000 cyclists were injured in 2013 on the road. Wow, more than 740 were killed in crashes with motor vehicles. No-transcript. It's like, well, I saw this white bicycle and a lot of towns don't like it Cause. It's like, well, this bicycle is just, you know, chained to this post or whatever. If you get the opportunity to bring that up in conversation and say, well, there's a reason for that, it's not somebody just you know, uh, being a jerk or whatever that there's actually a purpose in it and you know. So that's what I wanted to talk a little bit about. Ghost bikes.
Speaker 2:I appreciate that. I mean you and I have been part of multiple rides that had right of silence. I mean a mile of silence, and sometimes there's ghost bikes there. We've been through towns, either in Iowa or Illinois or wherever we've been, and we've just seen a random, all, all white.
Speaker 2:I mean they spray paint the entire pedals, seats, posts, it's tires everything is white and um, kind of just makes you have that, you know, just a second where you sit back and you think about, you know, think about that for a second. So, um, so I really appreciate that uh way to bring the show down. I'm just kidding, um, but um, uh, I I'm, and I bet you a lot of people have seen that and have probably have driven by and not realized why a bike was painted all white.
Speaker 3:So, yeah, I think, um, I know I've talked to a couple people over the last few years who have seen them and I think the perception is a lot like. The perception that I got from this person I was talking to is they thought it was some type of artist was trying to make a memorial and a visual reminder about, you know, cycling safety and you know it really is town's responsibility to make not just sidewalks, not just roads, but safe for pedestrians and motorists, but also for cyclists.
Speaker 2:So there we have it. I'm glad I appreciate you telling us about that.
Speaker 3:Let's get into something a little less, you know, yeah, let's bring it up a little bit.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, yeah, cycling fears. Now, when you? Brought this up and we were doing some show prep. This sounded like a fun activity, and so tell us what you had in mind for cycling fears.
Speaker 3:What I did is I created a list of my top 10 cycling fears and I think a lot of people can relate to a lot of these. So, kind of in the theme of if you remember the old Dave Letterman show, the top 10 thing you know, I thought I'd do kind of a top 10 cycling fears for this Halloween season and I'm hoping that people will be able to think about and resonate with a few of these. Are you ready?
Speaker 2:Number 10.
Speaker 3:There we go. Someone from work recognizes you dressed in spandex.
Speaker 2:Oh, yeah, that would definitely be. Yeah, trust me, when you and I went to Big Brag 2022, when you and I absolutely loved the jersey, a picture was floating around when I got back to work and everyone's like you wore that. Yes, I did.
Speaker 3:Yes, I did At that point. You've just got to wear it with pride, loud and proud Number nine, number nine. Your Strava account gets hacked and all of your records are erased.
Speaker 2:Oh, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3:I would not like that.
Speaker 2:I am a big deal but I'm a premium. I pay for the full service membership. I like to see all that data and stuff, but yeah, that would not be good. No.
Speaker 3:Number eight. An open drain appears just ahead as a car is passing you. You got nowhere to go.
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker 3:Which is kind of reminiscent of your tire blows out, there's a car next to you and there's nowhere to go.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that seems very reminiscent to me yeah. Yeah, number seven.
Speaker 3:Number seven. The next economic crisis brings back past COVID times, when waiting for? Uh, when the waiting, when there was a waiting period for spare parts lasting six months or more, when you needed chains, shifters, pedals, and had to wait six months because everybody was cycling.
Speaker 2:It's amazing, like you couldn't get tram parts, you couldn't get Shimano parts, you couldn't get anything. People were borrowing stuff off of old secondary bikes and stuff.
Speaker 3:So I was about ready to start stripping down the old Le Mans here and start selling off parts on it.
Speaker 2:You and I both got a bunch of bikes in the garage. I know it's like we didn't really know how much gold we had hanging in the rack, we blew it. Number six, number six, how much gold?
Speaker 3:we had hanging in the rack, we blew it. We blew it, number six, number six. You lock your bike to a pole, but in your haste it is only the pole. You return to find your lock still secured to the pole where your bike is. You have no idea, oh nice, so have you ever done something like that, where you're like doing something to lock something up and then you like realize it's like well, I didn't really even do that, right yeah.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I have actually, I ran into somebody who was all about locking up their bike. That's fine, you know me, I'm like steal my bike.
Speaker 3:Fine, whatever, give me an excuse to buy a new one. They locked it up and literally they put it around the thing and there was like people shouting at them and they just locked it and they forgot to lock it through the frame or the tire, or the frame and the tire, and it was just on the pole. So the pole good news was not going to go anywhere. I mean, their bike didn't get stolen. But can you just imagine, oh, I got my bike locked up and go there and there's your lock. It's still chained up, locked solid, but your bike's gone.
Speaker 2:Remember when we took all the packouts to Rackbri and we had our charger and then I kept all the rechargeables and then some of our money and if you remember, I locked. What I thought was it locked the whole thing. We went to town all night long and everyone's on us there anyway. But I just was concerned because I had my other work cell phone on there and everything. And we got back and I pointed out to you I'm like what's a good thing I had that locked. What I had done is I closed the lock, but I actually had never closed the top piece, so it was just a lock on the bottom part of the ring.
Speaker 3:It was locked, though.
Speaker 2:But you know what it's the perception. That's right, and people thought it was locked.
Speaker 3:So number five Number five the mud stuck in the bottom of your cleat isn't mud.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, that would not be good.
Speaker 3:No, don't reach down to clean that out. When you're trying to click in and it's like oh, You've been in Iowa too much. Oh yeah, way too much.
Speaker 2:Number four.
Speaker 3:You lay out your ride kit the night before and it includes a DeBrem. This is a nightmare scenario.
Speaker 2:What? Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3:This is a cycling fear I have.
Speaker 2:Number three.
Speaker 3:Next I'm laying out the full kit and there's a DeBrim hook to it and with it it's like, oh, that would be awful, oh gosh, oh, here's a good one. What number are we? Number three, Number three. You attend a ride out of town and realize the morning of your ride you forgot your cycling shoes. That never happens.
Speaker 2:Well, I wonder. I mean, I may not be the brightest bulb in the tree, but has that ever happened to us? You know what? Yeah, give me, give me a really really stupid things that Michael's done for a hundred. Please, hey, listen, we're going to move on.
Speaker 3:Let's, let's do number two All right, you start up a long, steep Hill. We've been there. Just as you do, an old pickup truck pulls right up in behind the cyclist in front of you and the truck lacks a new exhaust, so you're sucking down the exhaust of the old pickup truck all the way up the hill. That's happened to us. It has happened to us. It's horrible.
Speaker 3:You're like cycling and it's a big hill anyway and there's cyclists right in front of you and it's like, okay, no problem. And then you get, and then this old truck pulls up. It's got a 35 year old exhaust system that's never been fixed and it's just pouring out you know toxic stuff and you're sitting there huffing and puffing and all your huffing and puffing is exhaust and the guy is laughing in the in the cab of the truck. Yeah, you know, I'd even feel better I think about it if I realized the guy knew that he was doing that and he was like look what I'm doing. The problem with it is is this like some good old boy that probably had no clue that he was trying to, you know, kill me back there with epoxy or whatever?
Speaker 2:you know, whatever it might be there just might be a special place in hell for people like that.
Speaker 3:Agreed.
Speaker 2:And ladies and gentlemen, last but not least, number one.
Speaker 3:The number one cycling fear. You're on a week-long ride, you take your bags to the baggage truck and 15 minutes later realize you forgot to pull out a key piece of gear that that's also happened to you. It's never happened to you of course it has I hate that.
Speaker 3:You know you're packing up all your stuff and you're getting ready to ride and you put it all in there and you get it up on the truck and you know there's 50 people behind you also loading up the stuff. You get back to your bike and then you start going through everything and it's like, oh, my bike computer. You're reaching in the back and it's not there. And then you're like, oh crap, it's on the truck in my bag. And then you walk over there and your bag is like buried behind you know 200 bags already and it's like there's no retrieving it.
Speaker 2:That's kind of why I really like when Melanie was saying that they bike packed across Ragbriar, she's like there was no forgetting anything. That was really cool. I mean forgetting anything that was really cool. I mean that was one of the part of her stories that I I enjoyed as well. It was like you know what, if you bike pack, you got everything with you. There is no leaving your computer. There is no, you know, leaving something in your bag. You got everything with you. Then again it was the hilliard's rag bar. I and melanie decided to bike back, so maybe but you know what you could do.
Speaker 3:We could just you. We could just hook the Milwaukee packouts onto the back one with the rollers on the bottom, and you could just, you'd have a trailer. I'm not suggesting we do that, but At the hilliest rag braai ever yeah.
Speaker 2:Speaking of rag braai before we get into our paranormal stories. Did you see the logo? Reveal, hint I did not. It is going to be announced on the 25th of October, by the time this show comes out, the official logo will be out, but they are giving you somewhat of a hint and it looks like to be.
Speaker 3:The hint is better than last year's.
Speaker 2:Oh God for sure.
Speaker 3:I was not a fan of last year's logo. Sorry, ragbrai, didn't really groove on the logo, didn't?
Speaker 2:do it for me either, but this one looks to be like on a B-52, and it happens to be RAGBRAI-52. But it looks like it's on a B-52 bomber.
Speaker 3:And my question then is does this give you some idea of where it might be going?
Speaker 2:You know, I tried to look. I want to be honest, I tried to look like the B-52. And the only thing I could see is there was a story that the B-52 bomber flew over central Iowa, but I couldn't see like was made there or or whatever so I think what I would have been looking for is air force bases. Okay, that's a good point. That's a good point. So I know this is a.
Speaker 3:I mean you've got, you've got. You know Omaha right there, but that's in the Nebraska side.
Speaker 2:But that's cool. So that is. It says drum roll please. This is your very first RAGBRAI hint, so see if I hold my phone straight.
Speaker 3:So it's like the. It looks like a piece of the shell of a bomber.
Speaker 2:That's correct. That's what it looks like. That's the first RAGBRAI hint and they're doing a fundraiser for the actual um logo reveal on the 25th. So what?
Speaker 3:do you mean a fundraiser?
Speaker 2:uh, they're doing like a whole event to release the release the join us for the logo reveal and open house on 10 25 at the rag bry headquarters um, so you can go on down to Des Moines, iowa, um. And on the 25th and uh, so far there are 26 people going join us for a happy hour at Ragbri Maybe it's not a fundraiser Uh, join us for a happy hour at Ragbri headquarters. Ahead of our in-person Ragbri 52 logo reveal, the shop will be open and the new Ragbri merchandise will be available to purchase, along with some classic fall items. That's from six 30 central time. Hey, you like central time?
Speaker 3:Central time is awesome.
Speaker 2:Six 30 central time is when they're revealing the new logo for ragbri 52. And since we are a cycling centric podcast, that's why I brought it up. So, anyways, all right, we've got a couple things left for this show. We've got your paranormal activity, or my or our paranormal activity, and then we've got listener spotlight.
Speaker 3:Okay, Well, I was just doing some quick checking here, because with that side panel I was thinking because it looked like you know showed the rivets and stuff, like maybe they were talking about they would give you some hint of not only the logo but maybe someplace where they were going. But I just checked in the Stratofortress which was the B-52, was not manufactured anywhere in Iowa, so no hints there. Wichita, kansas though.
Speaker 2:Seattle. I saw that this morning. I thought about the Kansas.
Speaker 3:but Okay, anyway, paranormal stories Do you have any? Have you ever been haunted? Do you see dead people? Does stuff move around your house that's not being moved by your wife? Do you hear like strange sounds at night of like people screaming in your basement? I mean other than like when I'm there, but you know.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I have a hearing issue. So when you scream in the basement, I just ignore it.
Speaker 3:You just ignore it anyway. He's just screaming. Don't worry, he'll be fine.
Speaker 2:I only have one. When you, you know, I mean, obviously we do homework for the show and we're pretty creative guys, but not that creative to come up with all this stuff. Um, when we talked about it for the for the halloween show, um, I was thinking to myself you know what did? I have a paranormal story and mine's not very good. I'm going to share it. I, um, but mine's not very good.
Speaker 2:My wife and I, um, were on the deck, um, and to give people an idea, I have a double layer deck. We were on the upper level of the deck and I was, uh, we were on a swing and we were looking out, just at the back of my property I live in the city, so it's not that much property, but, um, and it was getting nighttime and the only thing I can tell you of my entire 40 something years on this planet, there was a device flying and it was like a triangle shape. It would be what is now considered a UFO, now that the 60 Minutes and all of them have come out and said you know, unidentified flying object. It was definitely not a regular light pattern and the way it was moving was really kind of, uh, kind of creepy and it's probably the only thing. I've always been a guy who's skeptical. When people are like, oh, I saw a ufo, I'm like, oh yeah, right, you saw a ufo. I've always been a guy who's been skeptical of like um, oh yeah, we were there and I heard, you know, whispers and there was noises and I I it's not that I'm a non-believer, I've just never had any. I'm a see it, believe it kind of guy and that would be the only thing in my entire, um, my entire life. That was definitely unexplainable.
Speaker 2:It was definitely uh for uh. For me it was like the first thing that I was ever like wow, that's that's strange, the way that thing is flying and the way the thing is moving across the sky and it seemed and my father was in aviation, so I think you know my history of flying objects and how fast things can move and everything and so this thing was moving, this thing was moving really quick and so and it's where it was off in the distance made me go wow, and so that's that's honestly, I know it's not very good for the show and I wish I could be like oh yeah, man, I heard these, you know creepy voices, I will get you, you know, or something like that. But you know I, I wanted to have something better for the better for the uh well, that's okay.
Speaker 3:I mean, you know it's unexplained, it doesn't have to be. You know it's unexplained, it doesn't have to be paranormal, it can be unexplained. He did not see anything.
Speaker 2:He's not telling the truth, just kidding.
Speaker 3:Yeah, men in black are going to come and shut down our show now. Thank you, appreciate it.
Speaker 2:Give us your credit card, no just kidding, no, but I wish I had a better paranormal story. But that's it, man. I'm a book I can be read, because I'm just an honest guy. That would be my only thing.
Speaker 3:Okay, hmm, all right. Well, I've got to say I have had a very spooky experience, a couple of very spooky experiences. I am not going to sit here and say that they were ghosts, they were specters, they were anything. I'm just saying it was kind of weird and I can't explain it. In high school a good friend of mine named Mark lived in this older house and we'd go over there and spend a lot of time in his house and his parents were big in the community so they were always out doing community things. We spent a lot of time in his basement. Well, one and he used to tell me stories and I used to like, okay, yeah, whatever, you're, just like whatever. But he said one Halloween, he said me and another friend of ours. He said let's come over to my house and we'll spend the night. It's like, okay, fine, we'd spent the night there before In his basement.
Speaker 3:It was weird anyway. I mean, they were very kind of high-end decor type things and at the time they had wallpaper that was white, that had black ladies' faces on it. I mean like the faces of the ladies were outlined in black lady's faces on it. You know, I mean like the the faces of the ladies were outlined in black. So it was kind of like you know, I mean it very high end. But it was kind of like weird to begin with.
Speaker 3:Um, so you had the main room and then around the corner you had like a bar area. We're just hanging out there we're watching some movies probably some ninja movies or something like that and, um, we're like, oh, let's get a soda. So we went, got up, went around the corner to get a soda and we're sitting there, we're talking. He set the soda up there. We're chatting some more about pointless stuff that you chat about.
Speaker 3:And he says, look at that, and the Coke can is sitting on the bar and it is just rotating very slowly, very evenly, not jerky, just very slowly rotating in a circle, very smoothly. And I was like, okay, what's doing that? And all of us stepped away from the bar. So there wasn't anybody manipulating anything and it's like there's gotta be an explanation. So we unplugged the refrigerator, thinking that the vibrations of the you know, the mini fridge was causing it nothing. It was still doing that. So finally it was like I bet there's water or something under. So finally we just picked up the can. There was no moisture under at all. The can was just sitting there and probably for 45, 50 seconds before we picked it up, was just slowly turning in a complete rotation around, which was really creepy, that's interesting.
Speaker 3:We went there another time and we're down in his basement again probably watching, you know, ninja movies or whatever the movie was back in those days, and we heard his back door open. Somebody came in. I mean, we'd been there, you know, dozens of times before we hear people. You know the back door came from their driveway, in their garage. So you know his parents weren't home, so we just assumed. So he went over there and he just yelled he goes hey, you know what? The guys are over, we're just watching movies. And there was no response and so he got back up again.
Speaker 3:He goes hey, because then a couple seconds later we heard somebody walking further down the hall upstairs and it was like okay, that's weird. So then he's like what's going on? So we all hopped up and we ran him and I ran upstairs and there's like nobody up there. We clearly heard the door open, close and somebody walking around and we went through the entire house, literally under beds, closets, everything first floor upstairs, everywhere, and did not find a single. You know, nobody was in the house. His parents got back like two hours later from their thing. They hadn't been home. So there was just weird things like that. It's like I'm not gonna say there was like hauntings or ghosts or anything, but it was just really weird.
Speaker 2:I could never explain it. And that was. That was a house in kansas, nice, yep.
Speaker 3:So he used to tell us stories about it. We used to be like whatever, but there was a. There was a couple other things that happened, but just enough weird things happened that you couldn't explain and you couldn't really debunk yourself, bunk yourself, that it was like, yeah, a little weird, so. So I've had a couple of those bizarre experiences where don't know what's going on, maybe nothing. Maybe it's just all in our imaginations, who knows?
Speaker 2:You know, um, I mean there's. There's been people out there who you know obviously truly believe and have seen and heard things.
Speaker 3:I'm not going to say doesn't exist. I'm not going to say they're not there. I'm not going to say there's not some dimensional beings or spirits stuck here or what. I'm not going to say there's not, because I can't prove it. I'm a very based in science type guy. Show me evidence. You want me to believe in Bigfoot? Show me some evidence showing me that there's a Bigfoot or something other than just a grainy picture of somebody trying to run and that kind of thing. Show me some evidence. But I'm not the type of person to discredit it right away, because there is so much we do not know about the world we live in.
Speaker 2:So and I think that's definitely well said. I mean, you know, my, my wife, highly highly enjoys watching, um, you know, deep dives of paranormal activity, different shows, and I think for me it's always um, like some of the times when I go in the room and she likes to watch this stuff on YouTube, and some of it to me is so obvious that it's fake that then I go what are you watching this trash for? Yeah, but then some of it, you know, is it's interesting? I won't say that it's not interesting, it's interesting. I won't say that it's not interesting. But I think when they use those oh, and this just shows you, I'm not educated in this, but they use those computer devices to be like oh, yeah, and why were you so in this room and so sad. Oh.
Speaker 2:EVPs, EVPs yeah. Yeah. And I'm always like you don't believe that trash, do you? So I'm a nonbeliever when it comes to like that stuff, um or it says something, it's like and they're like it said, it's gonna kill me, or you know, I mean they.
Speaker 3:They say, you know, they start telling you what it, what they, they, they want it, or they hear it saying, and then you and your mind are going. It does kind of sound that way. You know, it's one of those things that it's like if, if you just listen to it, it doesn't, it could be saying nothing. You know, who knows? Yeah.
Speaker 2:So, but you know what, that's what she enjoys, so whatever. So, uh, but yeah, I mean, when you had mentioned this side, I thought it'd be interesting to to kind of kind of share, but that's it for me. I mean, I mean, I've, um, my father-in-law tells a story of a true I mean, and when I'm I'm telling you he's telling me the story. He is either he's told the story enough where he believes it, or but he talks about a ufo and they were him and his buddies were camping and he said it scared him. To this day he's still something, something they saw when they were camping, something just so unexplainable. So but Halloween's always a fun holiday. I mean, halloween it's just one of those things where you know spooky and the idea, and you know even even the, the more cartoonist halloween and, uh, you know even disney this is halloween, you know all that, all that stuff. It's always a good holiday.
Speaker 2:So oh yeah, and thanksgiving's kind of like meh, and then christmas a lot of food, yeah, a lot of food a lot of food food football. You know what about Food football? You know what about Maya Ever get scared of anything around Halloween? I know she's getting a little bit older now.
Speaker 3:Well, she gets scared of a few things here and there, but overall she'll watch scary movies and it's okay. She used to have the usual thing scared of the dark, sure, oh, dad, go down in the basement with me and things like that. But you know she's outgrown that at this point.
Speaker 2:When I was growing up, to show you my era, it was always Friday the 13th and Freddy Krueger movies, nightmare on Elm Street, oh man, when the next Friday the 13th would come out, we would watch it and I just remember like jump scare and all that stuff like ah, you know so, uh, I was, I'm, I, uh. I'll tell you that those are not my most favorite movie, even to this day.
Speaker 2:I'm like yeah, I don't get into horror movies, really I don't want to sit in the chair and then wake up with like my neck hurting the next day because I'm like, oh, oh, yeah, well, listen, I've enjoyed our Halloween episode. We definitely need to close it out here with the listener spotlight.
Speaker 3:That is right. Got a good one for you. Here we go. In the mid 1850s, white settlers moved into this area due to the Mineral Springs. It is a area, or a town city, that is known for its large amount of recreational opportunities Lots of recreational things to do opportunities, lots of recreational things to do. In the late fifties, if you were serious about science and physics, the town's high school would have been the place you would have wanted to go to school. And here you go. If you don't drive carefully going into this town, you might end up slamming into the side of a feed store.
Speaker 3:Wow, and there you go and I will say yes in my opinion, I gave a huge clue, huge. You only need to know one of these. You only need to know one of these to be able to nail it.
Speaker 2:Huh, well, so far I would Meh. Meh, well, so far, I would Meh.
Speaker 3:Minerals recreational opportunity. Mineral Springs recreational opportunities 1950s, high school science and physics Slamming into the side of a feed store if you don't drive carefully.
Speaker 2:I don't want a pickle, I just want to ride on my motor sickle Sickle. I don't want to die pickle, I just want to ride on my motor sickle. So I don't want to die, I just want to ride and I will tell you right now, it's not st louis and I figured that but mark get to guessing matt, matt it was okay.
Speaker 3:I'm sorry man oh, I'm terrible with names you know what?
Speaker 2:you know that true story we'll be like we'll be somewhere and he'll be like like. He'll know the person. He's like Matt I'm terrible with names. You know what. You know that True story We'll be like we'll be somewhere and he'll be like he'll know the person. He's like hey, that's Mandy, right? Yes, that's Mandy. Or hey, that's Janine. I don't even know who Janine is. No, it's not Janine.
Speaker 3:That's Jim. Oh, come on, it's not that bad. I am terrible with names and it's like I know this person. I've talked to this person before. I don't remember names worth diddly, so.
Speaker 2:And I always tease him because we both were in wedding photography and I always said, well, didn't you do like the rule of three, like three times. Hi Adam, I'm Adam. Hey Adam, what do you do?
Speaker 2:Hey Adam, he's like, yeah, I I did back then, but not now. So, yeah, I'm not working now, I'm just riding, so, but you got a lot of cameras there behind you, so I do. Yes. Before we end it out, I uh, I would love to throw out a couple things. Um, okay, who's doing big rides next year? Where are you going? Um, we'll just make the statement we're not going to rag braai, even though we support their new logo and wishing the best. Uh, we are going to big brag, but where should we go? Where are you guys going? Where can we maybe join you? Where could you join us? Where could we meet up?
Speaker 3:give us some ideas, we would and even if they're like maybe, uh, not a full week ride, maybe a three-day ride, let us know mean we're looking for ideas because we are doing Georgia again. We've done that several times. We're going to do it again. We're not always going to do Georgia, but we're not doing RAGBRAI and we're looking for some other options. So if you guys know some good rides, send us the information.
Speaker 2:Good rides Send us the information. I really appreciate that. We've made a few mentions about donations. Just want to be clear what is the goal for us? What are we trying to do? Why would what would that be helpful? So donations help us keep this thing going. We use the funds for this platform to be able to put our podcast out, and so there's a couple of different ways you can do that. You can do it through our landing page of our cyclingmanofleisurepodcastcom. You can see there's a support link there. You can also go to our website, cyclingmanofleisurecom and then com excuse me and then what you could do is you'll see donations that you can become a monthly donation three bucks a month, five bucks a month or whatever. If you want to help us out. We appreciate all of you Just want to explain what the donations are going for.
Speaker 3:Because here's the deal we're like NPR without the N, the P or the R. We're not making money off this. I mean, we're not like sitting there going. Yeah, basically, you know, we do have some people who do sponsor us a little bit or people who do contribute to the cause and all that is doing is that's going to pay for the platforms that we use and those type of things. You know, we have a website. It takes a little money to maintain the website. It takes some money every month for this platform, things like that. So it's not like we're, you know, eating steak next week because you know we're making tons of money, because we're not really making any money. And that's okay, because that's not our goal here. Our goal has never been to make money.
Speaker 2:No, but we do appreciate those who have made some donations.
Speaker 3:Absolutely.
Speaker 2:We felt just like NPR. When NPR says something, they get a donation. They have the bank of phones behind them. We felt that we needed to tell you what the donations were going for.
Speaker 3:Absolutely.
Speaker 2:And so it helps keep the cause going and doing what we're doing. So, last but not least, I'd like to thank everybody that took their time to do fan talk and write us. It means the world Men, women, children all of you out there we love gathering all the information and we all of you out there we love gathering all the information and we kind of smile and you make us feel like a million bucks when you do so. We wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for taking your time to write us. We know, with everything going on and I mean every time I turn around, my phone's going off or something, and so thank you, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3:And just to let my mom know, you don't have to send your emails to us. You can just talk to me in person when I see you. Okay, you don't have to keep sending emails and things about the show.
Speaker 2:But when she goes through fan mail and she's like Michael, I need your help. I'm joking, your mom is a huge fan, oh, a huge fan, and probably is one of our first central time listeners. So, yes, so, thank you all to everybody and we appreciate you. And if there's something you want us to talk about, as usual, give us a jingle. If you have been encounters with car stories, we'd love to hear it.
Speaker 2:Send it in, and I'm not sure about Kansas, but I guarantee you it was 78 degrees here in Michigan today and it was a great day for a bike ride, for a bike ride.
Speaker 3:Absolutely.
Speaker 2:Thank you, my friend.
Speaker 3:Thank you.
Speaker 1:Thank you for coming along with Adam and Michael on Road Adventures with Cycling Men of Leisure. If you have enjoyed this, please subscribe to the show on the podcast app of your choice.
