Speaker 1: 1:30

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: 1:44

Welcome to Road Adventures of Cycling Men of Leisure. As usual, I am Adam and I am happy to be joined with my good friend back in Central Time, Mr Michael Sharp. How are we doing, Adam? You know, Mr Michael Sharp, how we doing, Adam. You know I'm doing good, Doing good. We are back from our trip. We went to Podfest 2025.

Speaker 3: 2:05

Yes, we did.

Speaker 2: 2:07

We went to all kinds of places Orlando what did you think? Had a good time.

Speaker 3: 2:15

Had a good time. Yes, had a good time. Had a good time. Yes, had a great time. You know always a good time hanging out with you. Got some golf swings in, ate some good food, had some incredible drinks yeah, a lot of fun. And I think in the future show, maybe the next episode or two, I'd like to spend a little time talking about the drinks, because we had some good ones.

Speaker 2: 2:36

That sounds good. We'll definitely do that. You almost ended up in the emergency room fighting with an escalator. I don't recall that. Oh, okay, we'll just move forward then. More to come on that later. More to come, let's see here.

Speaker 3: 2:55

One thing I did want to do, yeah, is our friend armando came and visited us.

Speaker 2: 3:01

Yes, that was wonderful um armando gets a lot of highlighted mentions on the show. He's not only a team member of cycling, men of leisure, definitely a great, great friend, and we met armando riding a nine-hour bus across the state of Georgia and our friendship has developed.

Speaker 3: 3:22

Three years ago or so. But one thing I'd like to do is I'd like to do a big shout-out to Armando, because not only did he drive over, had dinner with us in Orlando, but he also gave me a very special gift, and if you look right back here, see the camera right there. I do the Mickey thing. Yes, he gave me an old camera that he had and this apparently, I believe he said was his like the first camera he bought with like his first professional check. That's awesome, I think when he was working at Glidden or somewhere like that. But anyway, I just wanted to give a shout out. It means a lot to me. I really appreciate it, added it to my collection and it was awesome. So thank you.

Speaker 2: 4:05

It was not only great to see him but, with his history of his career of Disney and my passion and your enjoyment as well, and my passion and your enjoyment as well to listen to some of his stories and things that you normally don't get to hear, and so that's really cool to hear and hang out with him. So, armando, thank you so much, brought us a little gift as well, so that was nice, so didn't have to do that. We gave him a hat, so now he won't burn the top of his head, wow. But you know, on the last show we talked about meeting Tina and Ted Fry yes, on the golf course, and they actually wrote us. Our leisure community took a second to write us, wrote us. Our leisure community took a second to write us. On the last show we had the fbi or disney security.

Speaker 3: 5:01

You called fbi and then all of a sudden, the door knocked what I said is I said I forget exactly the context, but I said something about the fbi knocking on the door and literally two seconds later and you can't hear it very well it's in the podcast, you can't hear it very well, but two seconds later there's a. It's like oh well, the fbi is here. It wasn't the fbi, but it was just funny timing. Who was it?

Speaker 2: 5:24

it was, uh, disney security, and they were just checking because we had, you know, there's a lot of equipment in the room and and so we had the do not disturb on the door, and, because of that, they needed to make an observation. Well, tina wrote me and she said, um, ever since the unfortunate 2017 vegas, uh, where the gentleman was storing lots of ammunition in his room um that ever since then, they're doing, you know, inspection and visual checks to make sure that disney doesn't end up in the same kind of position. So, uh, tina, thanks for taking the time to write us really appreciate it so although I he was completely like.

Speaker 3: 6:04

He walked in and it was like he immediately stopped because, you know, we had nothing dangerous there, but we had literally turned the living room into a recording studio. We had lights and all that and we were in the middle of recording and he was like, yeah, we should know we kind of blew that we should have said we'd like to sit down I did say, come on in, we're recording a podcast, and he's like, oh, I'm good. So he's like I gotta get out of here, yeah oh, this looks.

Speaker 2: 6:33

Uh, let's see here. Oh, this was an interesting thing. I'm kind of jumping around. I feel bad, but if you've ever stayed in the Orlando airport at a hotel, it is the world of Hyatt Airport Very nice hotel. On the fourth floor or the lobby floor is a bar and it's got lots of TVs and you and I were watching the national championship.

Speaker 3: 6:55

Let me say that bar is open to anybody, true, you don't. It's not just for the hotel. You can. There's actually a separate escalator. You can go right up there to the top and and partake.

Speaker 2: 7:05

So this is true, um, gentlemen, somehow makes his way there. First thing is, we see this poor gentleman. He has a bunch of clothes and a bag, a plastic bag, and it reminded me of, like, someone who had either been sick or maybe had some sort of incontinence issue.

Speaker 3: 7:22

got no just got released out of jail is what I was thinking, that's and funny.

Speaker 2: 7:28

You say that because he made a phone call and we overheard the following statement this is hilarious, I can't go back. I have a warrant that starts in texas tomorrow. So we, we, uh, definitely uh are had a good kick out of that, good laugh out of that, and then we thought it's time to go. So we, uh, we had we had to be up at four in the morning anyway, which which came super early.

Speaker 3: 7:54

So usually we had a lot of incidences that happened that were just quite funny. You got me in the middle of, I'm quite sure, a drug deal that was going down in the parking lot of a restaurant. Yes, it was, thank you.

Speaker 1: 8:09

Yes.

Speaker 3: 8:10

We walk over to our car and there's some people hanging out in a car and there was a drug deal and yeah, no question. And you just took your own time about getting out of there. It's like, well, let's just go before they think we're.

Speaker 2: 8:23

I had to get the navigation right. I had to make sure everything was good.

Speaker 3: 8:26

Well, we could have got the navigation of the next parking lot over. I mean, you know, these two guys are walking out. They're going to think we're, you know, undercover or something and it would get bad. But you know, hey, whatever you do what you want to in the parking lot, Just don't get us involved. We got out of there in good shape. But then let's talk about Adam trying to steal a car.

Speaker 2: 8:49

Well, I didn't try to steal a car, all I know is the car is opened.

Speaker 3: 8:55

You go over there, the alarm starts going off. Yeah, I don't know, it looked a little fishy to me.

Speaker 2: 9:03

So I learned something that I guess I'm just sort of surprised at. But I think you and I figured out what happened. So I consider myself a good Samaritan. I like to be a good person, do the right thing. We were in the Disney Springs parking garage and we went by a white minivan and the tailgate was open and I said, man, should I shut that, because all their luggage is sitting right out there.

Speaker 3: 9:30

Anybody could have came along and grabbed luggage and baby strollers and everything.

Speaker 2: 9:34

I said should I shut that? And you said yeah, said yeah, I I should. And so I just went over to the tailgate and I shut it and the alarm. And so at first we were like, well, that's really weird, why would the alarm go off? But what we think happened is is the guests probably gathered their backpack or their children. Hopefully there was no kids in that car.

Speaker 3: 9:59

I didn't look, but maybe we should have.

Speaker 2: 10:01

We think they gathered everything, got their family, pushed lock on the key fob which then activated the security system or factory alarm. And when I shut the tailgate it was like whoa, what hit me? Something's trying to get in here, and so we kind of hightailed it out of there and after thinking, here we were trying to do something nice, I was waiting for someone to go. You're coming with us, sir. So no, I definitely learned something.

Speaker 3: 10:29

I didn't expect that we don't know that that's a real thing, but that's the best we could come up with. Yeah, no, it completely made it up for sure.

Speaker 2: 10:35

But what about your doing a little wiring and stucco in the airport?

Speaker 3: 10:46

Oh my gosh. Yeah, I think I talked a little bit on the last podcast a little bit. I had a little time problem getting there because I've got the last two months I'm flying to Orlando three times Once with the family, once with you, and then I've got a business trip. It all just happens to be Orlando. I looked at the wrong ticket and guess what? I got the wrong one. I pulled the one that's occurring in a week. Time is off an hour, so I wound up being an hour late, had to fly standby, but then I got trapped in the Atlanta airport.

Speaker 3: 11:16

So it wasn't wasn't a lot of fun. I felt like I was in that movie terminal with Tom Hanks. I'm stuck here, I can't get out. Uh, that's the only thing that kept going through my mind. It's like wow. And then, of course, I was in terminal T, which we all know is, like you know, out on the fringes of the airport. The newest terminal parts of it are still under construction. I'm thinking, you know I could do a little, a little masonry work, but yeah, I'm really not qualified to do that, but so Well, I'm glad that you were able to Thanks for bringing that up again, yeah.

Speaker 2: 11:51

I appreciate it. Listen, you know it's my job. I mean I'm I'm here to try to help us both.

Speaker 3: 11:57

So, um, I don't know how that's going to help me. But thank you yeah.

Speaker 2: 12:01

I mean, listen, uh, if you do a little stucco and wiring, you could help out the people of Atlanta.

Speaker 3: 12:07

So yeah, uh, well, yeah, um, stucco and wiring. Wiring has to do with electricity, which I know nothing about, other than you don't stick your fingers in plug-ins and things. So if I did the wiring I'd probably burn down Terminal T. So they really don't want me doing that.

Speaker 2: 12:23

You know, we do both have to buy flights to Atlanta for Big Bragg we could have got a discount.

Speaker 3: 12:30

Oh so what you're saying is, I could have done some kind of exchange. Yeah, I stucco and decorate this wall for you and you cut uh 20 off my, my flight and my flight. Well, they'll probably, once they see my work, add 20 to both the flights. But well, we had to redo all of that because it was garbage.

Speaker 2: 12:51

That's funny.

Speaker 3: 12:53

That's funny.

Speaker 2: 12:55

Um, we got some results um of the hot dog controversy.

Speaker 3: 13:01

Are we still talking about the hot dog thing? Everybody knows I'm right, but just move on. Isn't it time for a I don't know listener spotlight or something?

Speaker 2: 13:10

Don't worry guys, I've got the button over here, but pretty soon you're about to have a button. So, um, don't worry guys, I've got the button over here, but pretty soon you're about to have a button. Yeah, watch out. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank you for those of you who took a little time out of your day to go to social media. We had our team member and 1.6 listener, ed, who wrote us, who said when in Detroit he does a detroit style, which is coney style, extra onions and extra chili, uh, when he is in chicago he definitely does no ketchup, but when at home, smother that baby in ketchup.

Speaker 3: 13:46

And so now, what do you do when in orland, uh, atlanta, or, excuse me, orlando?

Speaker 2: 13:52

well, if it's a portillo in detroit or chicago if it's a Portillo's, I wasn't in Detroit or Chicago. If it's a Portillo's, he's going to a Chicago-style hot dog place.

Speaker 3: 13:58

Well, if it's a Chicago-style hot dog place, why did they even have ketchup? Why was that even an option?

Speaker 2: 14:04

Because they know that some people are fussy, oh, let's. Okay.

Speaker 3: 14:09

What's the other side of the result?

Speaker 2: 14:17

Well, melanie, our team member from the west side of the united states, has decided that she's with you. She would like ketchup on it, uh. But there were others who said no ketchup, uh, but overall, I noticed your.

Speaker 3: 14:28

Your parents were not not in my uh, not on my team either were they no, because we, you were our dinner conversation tonight. I'm glad I could be a dinner conversation for you and your parents. Can you believe that Michael guy puts ketchup on his Chicago dogs?

Speaker 2: 14:43

Well, actually we talked about a few things. We talked about your escalator incident. We'll get to that. We talked about the numerous people who probably thought you and I were batting on the same team, even though we have wives oh yeah yeah, we talked about the, the portillo's chicago style incident, and my father wanted to know why? Why you didn't get a italian beef and lauren?

Speaker 2: 15:10

because it was a hot dog place and lauren and my mother stuck up for you and said they were going to get the hot dog. My dad and I are both Italian beef, so it was 50-50.

Speaker 3: 15:20

I had never eaten here before you told me, let's go eat at the hot dog place Portillo's, and it's like, oh, what's that? And he goes it's a hot dog place.

Speaker 2: 15:28

I go in there expecting to buy.

Speaker 3: 15:29

And then they're like why didn't you buy the hot beef?

Speaker 2: 15:32

I believe I clearly said the Chicago style hot dog. Well okay, it's like New York pizza, but um here's the problem.

Speaker 3: 15:42

That's like saying barbecue let's go have some barbecue in South Carolina versus let's go have some barbecue in Texas versus let's go have barbecue in Kansas city. It's not the same thing. It depends on where you are at in the country.

Speaker 2: 15:58

I will give you 100% credit. When we were in Iowa we were going through one of these towns and the lady said we've got the best barbecue, and I'll never forget. You looked up at her, kind of slowly, very, very matter of fact, and you said you sure you want to say that I'm from Kansas city?

Speaker 3: 16:17

And she said well, it may not be good as that, but what was this little podunk place and not that that couldn't have great barbecue, but she came out with so much confidence is like, yeah, we got the best barbecue. It's like it's maybe the best barbecue in this town, maybe the best barbecue in this County, maybe even the best barbecue in the state, but you're treading on thin ice when you start talking larger than that.

Speaker 2: 16:43

Well, the other thing I would love to talk about is definitely jumping around here, but strange things, you've seen people fly with jumping around here, but strange things, you've seen people fly with you and I. Uh, so our, our flights were very early coming home, um, both of us had pretty demanding schedules for tuesday, um, and we wanted to make sure that, if we missed our first flight for some reason, that we had all day to try to get it, and so we took the.

Speaker 2: 17:19

we were in in sky priority at 5. Am Um and, thankfully, no travel issues when, when we were there, we looked up and there's a gentleman with a stepladder.

Speaker 3: 17:32

There is a three-foot stepladder. It's got the little tag on it with his name InSky Priority. Checking this in, that blew my mind. I'm just like I want to know the backstory. What, what were you out? And it's like you know, I think, the alarm system in the uh in the hotel needs a new battery. I'm just gonna run out by, you know, call uplift, run out, grab a step ladder and then uh, yeah, we need one at home anyway. So I'll just get that and we'll take it home.

Speaker 2: 18:08

It's like well, I couldn't help myself. I looked up the airport code and and he was going to San Jose, California, and so we were obviously in Orlando and I thought to myself that is one well-traveled stepladder.

Speaker 3: 18:22

Maybe there's a stepladder shortage in San Jose? I don't, it was just so weird Cause I'm just thinking number one how I've. I've been on vacation a lot. Never have ever go. Well, you know what, I need a stepladder. And if I did need a stepladder, you know, like in my hotel or something, I would have went down and talked to the people at the front desk and probably got borrowed one, but then to drag it home. I'm just thinking, you know what, if there's, for some reason, I really, really, really really need a stepladder, I I will go buy the $25 stepladder at Walmart and then, when I am done, I will re-gift it to somebody before I leave.

Speaker 2: 18:58

I'm not but you know the funny part about that is you and I had golf bag, golf club. You know cases with golf clubs in it, and so if anyone doesn't know, if you do, I apologize, but if you don't know, when you fly with golf clubs they make you take it to an oversized area which is just across the way in Orlando. Sure, but this gentleman had to take his stepladder to oversize.

Speaker 3: 19:22

And I watched it. He did yes, Even though it was smaller than anything that we were carting on the plane. I think it was just like take it over there, the boys at oversize need a good laugh today. So, uh, yeah, it was, it was I, I. I really want to know the backstory. I'll never get it, but I want to know if there happens to be a listener who has traveled with a three foot step ladder, contact us, give us the backstory of why.

Speaker 2: 19:52

Now I did have a I'm not going to say friend, but I had a colleague who used to travel with a full tool bag and because of where they were going and specialized tools, and that was kind of really convoluted because they weren't allowed to check it in their regular baggage. They had to take it down to where golf clubs and everything goes so they could be, you know, individually scanned or whatever, and without fail it was always flagged and it was always held back, yeah and and I I always said, god, can't you get those tools there? But I guess they were special, like allen keys and stuff that he was fixing specialized machinery. But, um, I wonder if he had one of those ladders that you down and goes, each telescoping ladder Maybe.

Speaker 3: 20:39

I don't know.

Speaker 2: 20:39

Not a stepladder.

Speaker 3: 20:41

Definitely not a $22 stepladder from Walmart, all right.

Speaker 2: 20:47

Enjoy that in San Jose. Dennis Scott and Alex, this is my opportunity to thank you for being monthly subscribers. Thank, you. Appreciate you, Paul go ahead, Go ahead. I was going to say Wade Paul is looking at doing Zydeco, and that's one that you and I should put on our list.

Speaker 3: 21:07

Oh yeah, that's down in New Orleans.

Speaker 2: 21:09

Yeah.

Speaker 3: 21:09

We know a couple of people that have taken it. I don't think they really enjoyed it much. They said the roads were really rough and I don't think they appreciated the food. Yeah, but no one likes rough roads. But it is Louisiana. No offense to Louisiana, but just like any state, get on those back roads. Who knows what you're going to get, because most of them are maintained by the counties, right. But the food I get where they're coming from. You know what? We didn't really like the food because they do a lot of seafood crawfish things like that. So if you're not really into that, that might not be the ride for you. But I love like crawfish and alligator and shrimp and all that kind of thing of like crawfish and alligator and shrimp and all that kind of thing.

Speaker 2: 21:53

Last thing I have on our leisure community is bike Virginia. We were able to establish a contact and that interview is going to happen, so I'm excited about that. So, more on that, you and I are looking at a different ride. It's not bike Virginia.

Speaker 3: 22:22

More on that. We're going gonna make the big announcement next episode of our next ride this summer that's right that's, this will be a good one so I'm excited about it.

Speaker 2: 22:32

I I believe, um, that is all I have from our leisure community. I've gone through my list. Um, I think, without fail, it is now time that we give the listeners what they really enjoy, which is listener spotlight.

Speaker 3: 22:49

All right, our last episode. Let me give you the hints, or the clues. This city brought the luxury of train travel to the road. You could say the us was born here. Transportation was changed forever due to an invention in this city, and this city saw the creation of a candy which bears its name which bears its name. Well, I want to tell you that I believe that we had a guest. There is no candy bar called the St Louis.

Speaker 2: 23:29

I know, but you know the candy bar, just side note you and I had during the summer when we were in Shoreline. Was it O'Henry or Henry? It was O'Henry, o'henry. Yes, during the summer when we were in shoreline, was it oh henry or henry it was oh henry, oh henry, yes I'd never had one of those man.

Speaker 2: 23:47

Every now and then I'm like that was good. Yes, they're, they are good. Uh, going back to the guests um, I want you to know that matt rob, our good friend, matt, not Mark Matt, thank you, thank you Finally, matt. Look at that. It only took 20 episodes. It's hard to get good help these days we get there.

Speaker 3: 24:09

Might take us a while, but he has made a guess.

Speaker 2: 24:12

Okay, what's his guess? York, pennsylvania.

Speaker 3: 24:19

York, Pennsylvania. Is there a candy named York Pennsylvania? York, Pennsylvania. Is there a candy named York Pennsylvania? York, Peppermint Patty. Oh, okay, All right.

Speaker 2: 24:26

Anybody else? You know I don't think so. Now I don't want to lie. For the first time in many moons I haven't paid a lot of attention. You know, I've had that project at work. It's killing me, but did you see anything else've had that project at work, it's killing me, but uh, did you see anything else? I, I didn't. Okay, well, in that case I'm going to it's going to say we have one guest which is York, pennsylvania. St Louis, missouri is out. So the best I have.

Speaker 3: 24:55

Okay. Well, matt, I believe you've guessed many times before. I think you got close a couple of episodes before, but your guess of York, pennsylvania, is right. On the money, sir, congratulations. Whoa, nice, that's right. Okay, wait, wait, this is really special.

Speaker 2: 25:22

So, matt, not only did he call you by the right name and he congratulated you for guessing correctly. Ladies and gentlemen, the listeners of york pennsylvania, thank you. Thank you all listeners, but especially this episode. York, pennsylvania. Give us the. Give us Okay.

Speaker 3: 25:40

The city brought the luxury of train travel to the road with the creation of what was called the Pullman car. And if anybody knows anything about railroads, back in the early days there was cars called the Pullman cars. It was a big rail car company and they were well known for creating very high-end, very luxurious type of of train cars. In fact if you watch a lot of the westerns and things like that, you see the rich guys sitting in these big fancy cars. Those were typically like pullman cars and the pullman car just really reflected the quality in the uh of a luxurious rail coach. Uh, by the Pullman Company.

Speaker 3: 26:24

You can say the US was born here. This is a fun one. Did you know that York Pennsylvania is considered by many people to be one of several US capitals? Really, yes, sir. First one was Pennsylvania and then it was Baltimore, and then it was Lancaster Pennsylvania and then it was York Pennsylvania.

Speaker 3: 26:47

And I think if you start looking at this you'll realize a lot of this had to do with during the revolution. The Continental Congress had to move due to advances of the of the English or the British army. So and actually it's funny because Lancaster Pennsylvania was the official capital of the United States during the revolution. For one day the continental Congress was passing through and they stayed there for one day, and so technically it's kind of like air force one. You know, whatever plane the president is on is, you know, air Force One. I guess that's kind of how this worked. But what's interesting is while the Continental Congress was in York, they drafted the Articles of Confederation and those documents were in fact adopted there and that's really the first legal document in US history that refers to the colonies as the United States.

Speaker 3: 27:45

So transportation was changed forever. You'll love this one. Due to an invention in that city, 1831, the first successful coal-burning locomotive was invented. Now we're not big into coal burning, you know how we're kind of getting away from that, but back then that was a big thing. And I think the last one is pretty easy. The city saw the creation of a candy which bears its name York Peppermint Patties were created in York, pennsylvania. All right Now, I figured the first immediate thing people were going to think Hershey, pennsylvania. All right Now, I figured the first immediate thing people were going to think Hershey, pennsylvania. And then I think the second immediate thing out of your mind was going to be Charleston, charleston, chews.

Speaker 2: 28:30

Which we saw in the airport and I told you you should freeze it and slam it on the counter.

Speaker 3: 28:34

But I didn't have a freezer.

Speaker 2: 28:37

But you could have bought it, put it in your bag and then, when you got home, put it in the freezer.

Speaker 3: 28:42

You realize I don't live like out in the middle of nowhere. I mean I live in the middle of nowhere but we get like Charleston chews and things. We can get those at our local convenience store. I mean, you know I live out west but out west isn't like in the 1880s when out west was. You know, we're right on the edge of nothing. Okay, just move on. No, we don't need to hear your comment. Go, I can just see where this is going.

Speaker 2: 29:10

How many stoplights are in your town?

Speaker 3: 29:12

Oh, we've added one. We're now up to four and they added one over by the schools now. So it's better for the kids crossing the streets and stuff like that. Put in some nice crosswalks, Excellent. So we've moved up from a three-stoplight town to a four-stoplight town. We're on the move, man.

Speaker 2: 29:36

Things are happening in this town like you wouldn't believe.

Speaker 3: 29:39

Got $14 stores, four stoplights and road construction that's been happening on my road for almost five weeks now and there's only been one week of work done. They started the week before Christmas, they worked the full week and then after that they haven't shown up.

Speaker 2: 29:54

And they closed the road. So we are talking the road where the travel agents yes, okay, yes, wow. So Okay, yes, wow.

Speaker 3: 30:02

So, Okay. Well, well, this is what happens when I'm no longer on the zoning and planning commission, apparently.

Speaker 2: 30:12

I got nothing.

Speaker 3: 30:12

But it sounds good.

Speaker 2: 30:13

I have no dog in this fight. If you've ever driven in Michigan, you don't have a car left by the time you're done. If you fall in a pothole, you don't have a car left by the time you're done. It'd fall in a pothole. You'll never see the car again. That's why I always rent a car when I go to Michigan.

Speaker 3: 30:25

I don't blame you one bit. Eat the crap out of you know Avis's car, not mine.

Speaker 2: 30:30

Well, thank you for—.

Speaker 3: 30:32

Listener spotlight. Thank you, york Pennsylvania.

Speaker 2: 30:35

So we've got something exciting tonight. We are recording on the night of the release of the RAGBRAI annual route. The logo is cool. It's calling Take Flight. We are going to be live streaming our first actual live stream of an event. We'll see how it goes. If it doesn't go well, oh well. We tried, but we're going to give it our best effort and we feel as though the testing that we've done, we should be able to follow along with the route release. We have chosen once again not to attend ragbri this year. We're trying to do some other stuff and we'll we can talk about that on the on the next show. Um, um. But since we happen to be a cycling and leisure podcast, we are definitely branching in more of the leisure lifestyle and different items and um, hoping that I can spend some time and look at our footage from our golf and see if we can't find some funny voice clips and um, I'll be, I'll be looking at that.

Speaker 2: 31:40

Uh, but the cycling is where it obviously the friendship bonded, and so we felt that with the biggest ride is that we would pay attention, add some commentary, whether it's like oh, it's going right back to you know ankeny, or whatever.

Speaker 3: 31:55

So we've got a lot of friends who who are riding it and a lot of team members and things. So you know we just cause we're not riding it doesn't mean we shouldn't talk about it and discuss it and yeah, I missed something earlier.

Speaker 2: 32:10

I don't doubt it, we're going to get into your escalator story, but I want to give our friend, our artist, brian Lee fritz dot com.

Speaker 2: 32:20

Oh yeah, lee FRITZ dot com, brian Lee Fritz dot com. Brian is an extremely talented artist. He does bicycles, birds, all kinds of stuff. He's been recycling men of leisure's logo, cycling women of leisure's logo, cycling women of leisure's logo, that's right, good job. Our newest logo that he just designed for us, not but four weeks ago, three weeks ago, oh, for the podcast, for the podcast. So those of you don't know, we had the logo first, then we had the podcast and then the ladies and we kind of we kind of overshadowed the, the actual logo for the podcast, and so we called him up and and he definitely helped us out. So, but that being said, last year we did a little ride in Michigan called Shoreline. Yes, we did. Our friend Joe is signed up for Shoreline this year, for Shoreline this year, and Brian, being that you know that we were talking about his art and everything, he showed us a sneak peek behind the scenes of the Jersey for Shoreline this year.

Speaker 3: 33:37

And I got to tell you it looks sharp.

Speaker 2: 33:39

If you are looking to do Shoreline, this is a bad Jersey, so I'm excited about it. I'm excited for him, I'm excited for for anyone doing shoreline. Um, some of the some of the shoreline was absolutely beautiful oh yeah, tunnel of trees and all that area and traverse city, traverse city. Unfortunately it rained our last day, but we made the best of it and, um, yeah, it rained a lot, but definitely looking forward to that. And if you're thinking about it, let me just tell you this year's jersey is awesome.

Speaker 3: 34:19

It's a great jersey. I would probably say it's in my top five of best-looking jerseys I've seen.

Speaker 2: 34:25

That's definitely cool. I definitely agree. I'm like, hmm, even though I know I'm not doing that right, can I get the jersey?

Speaker 3: 34:34

somehow can I? Tell neil, I need the hey, I never got a jersey last year. Can I get a jersey this year?

Speaker 2: 34:40

that's right. You were supposed to, you're supposed to get.

Speaker 3: 34:43

There was a snafu, snafu and the technology and yeah, but um but uh, brian did do the jersey last year yeah very nice jersey. Last year it was, it was um mackinac bridge, and yeah it was mackinac bridge.

Speaker 3: 34:59

it was uh, kind of abstract, kind of um, I guess kind of abstract, I won't say I mean we're not talking super abstract, but I mean it was just kind of mild. It was there, that type of thing. I would say this year's is dynamic. I do too. It's yeah full of I mean you look at it and you can feel the motion and yeah, it's just really good. Good job, Brian, Keep it up.

Speaker 2: 35:23

The last piece of our leisure community. You're going to be surprised at.

Speaker 3: 35:28

Am I.

Speaker 2: 35:29

Yes, because it's you, oh dear, oh no, I like your new accessory.

Speaker 3: 35:40

Oh, okay, I was like where's he going with this?

Speaker 2: 35:42

No, no, no, I am staring. Yes, If you watch us on YouTube or you choose to just log in to see this, you, sir, have got a new toy.

Speaker 3: 35:52

I do. You know you've been upgrading greatly on your home studio. I really have not. I'm kind of stuck with what I started with. But due to podcast 2025, I bought myself a new Shure microphone and it's even got the little light up thing here, and then you know what the beautiful thing is. Too bad, this doesn't work on you, but I can just.

Speaker 2: 36:18

Oh my gosh, he's muted.

Speaker 3: 36:19

Look at that, but now you can. So I wish I could touch that and mute you, but it doesn't work that way, so it's a.

Speaker 2: 36:29

Ladies and gentlemen, I do apologize. Mr Sharp thinks that he can control the situation, but no, no, no.

Speaker 3: 36:35

You've seen my household. I don't control anything. Come on, but no, it's a great mic. It sounds good.

Speaker 2: 36:44

I'm really happy with it, so that looks pretty cool. Thank you, uh, definitely check that out on youtube. You'll see a new edition. Um, let's get into um, your escalator experience, or? It makes me think of guns and roses when they had the spaghetti incident. Let let's talk about the escalator incident.

Speaker 3: 37:05

Are you going to tell about your story or the real story? I mean, let's just tell them about the alligator story because, let's be honest, I know you're a little ashamed. I had to save your life playing golf when the alligator attacked Tore up my leg a little bit playing golf when the alligator attacked, tore up my leg a little bit.

Speaker 2: 37:24

Ladies and gentlemen, that's what he would like to think. We decided that we were going to go to a restaurant called the edison. It is like a speakeasy, uh kind of like steampunk, uh, whiskey and bourbon bar great, great place, if you haven't been there Great place, and we parked the car, we got out and we started going down the escalator.

Speaker 3: 37:50

Now let's say first yes, if you've ever been to Disney Springs, you know you park in the parking garage and to get into the Disney Springs area they have security, so you have to go through security and it was raining that day so there was wet shoes and wet stuff and even though the escalators are covered, everything still had water on it. So let's start with that.

Speaker 2: 38:14

It was definitely slippery. So we went through security, we turned the corner, we go down the escalator, which you which I believe you, by the way go down the escalator, which you which I believe you, by the way but you, you claim that you normally don't do the escalator. You normally don't know.

Speaker 2: 38:28

Normally I take the stairs so all I know is I'm in front of you. So, if you're visualizing this, here are two gentlemen on an escalator. I am first and I'm going down and all of a sudden I get kicked in the back of my leg and my shin and I'm thinking to myself what the heck's going on, because I never in a million years thought that you had fallen. I just thought maybe something else had happened. Well, next thing I look down, you've got your arm. I literally, I promise you, I thought you broke your arm, but you've got your arm bent backwards. You're holding it backwards and I don't know which arm it was. I'm, uh, this one, right, it was, it was the left left. And you're you're holding it and I'm thinking, oh yeah. And I'm like, I'm like, did you break your arm? And now we're trying to have this small, quick conversation. You're like I don't think so.

Speaker 3: 39:21

No, no, no, You're trying to have a small quick conversation. I was still trying to figure out what the heck had happened.

Speaker 2: 39:32

Well, my concern was all of a sudden the brain kicks in. I understand that sometimes I'm not the sharpest bulb in the tree, but I do look down and I'm realizing we are running out of time because— Running out of escalator, running out of escalator space, and that you're going to come to the bottom.

Speaker 3: 39:46

I just picture like you rolling, or or I'm like a hot dog on the little rollers that's right, I just start doing that and people just start tripping over me.

Speaker 2: 39:54

Yeah, it's been bad but then, if you've seen some of these tmz stories, people recently have had legs amputated. There's a, a guy in Asia who was on one of the walkways moving walkways, escalator, you know and he got his shoe caught because he was on his phone and then it took his toe in. They had to amputate right there. And I'm like, all of a sudden, I'm like first I said, is your arm broken? And you're like, I don't think so. I'm like what happened? You're like I don't think so. I'm like what happened? You're like I just shifted my weight, I don't know.

Speaker 2: 40:33

And then I realized we got like seven sections of escalator before you're gonna meet your demise. And I'm like, bro, you gotta get up. I go, you got, you gotta get up. And so you do get up and you kind of you kind of move over to the wall and everybody's staring at you, which I felt bad. And so a security guard comes down and wonderful gentleman, uh, wonderful gentleman barely spoke english. I felt bad for him, uh, but he said all I understood is medical attention. And at the time you still got your arm bent backwards and I'm like, yeah, we need some medical attention. I'm thinking, I'm thinking they're gonna send over, like you know, I thought there would be like the first disney springs.

Speaker 3: 41:09

They would have like emt, who was also like a security person, exactly, and they would have like the big bag.

Speaker 2: 41:14

They would come running over and and we're waiting, and we're waiting and I'm bleeding you're bleeding.

Speaker 3: 41:20

I mean, you look like you've been bit by an alligator you weren't joking about my leg literally, and it looks like claws of an alligator or tiger, just like went down well, I'm sure you've all over my escalator and an escalator has got, you know, ridges sharp teeth yeah, sharp teeth.

Speaker 2: 41:36

Well, guess what it does to skin with mr sharp. It took, it took your skin off so we're waiting there and a part of us is like we're both thinking that they're going to send, like the the community paramedic over or something you know, the disney springs paramedic or whatever, and we're waiting for a little mouse ears.

Speaker 2: 41:54

Yeah, exactly, I'm here to help you, you know so. And a sudden we turn the corner and we look oh my God, this is a full striker stretcher, two women from the fire department who are carrying I mean, they're bringing the full DIY and you go, oh God, yeah the full stretcher.

Speaker 3: 42:22

Both of them had the big bags on the stretcher. The other lady had another satchel thing on. They're coming rolling over there. I mean we got defibrillator paddles and stuff to take off fingers and tracheotomy and everything and it's just like, oh boy, Everybody wasn't already staring at me. Now everybody, I'm giving everybody coming down the escalators a show.

Speaker 2: 42:46

But you know what that woman was fantastic she was. She said. She said why don't we go over here? It was still raining, and so she said why don't we go over here? And she took you like to a more private area and then all of a sudden you're getting, you're getting the medical attention that you need, yeah, and I look up and I think I'm a pretty observant guy I mean, I know how to look around and I look at them behind me and I realize there's one police officer and then there's two police officers.

Speaker 3: 43:19

And these aren't Disney security anymore. These are Orlando police officers and these aren't Disney security anymore. These are Orlando police officers.

Speaker 2: 43:25

And then I look up and if you've ever been to Disney you can picture the management. They've got their blue badge with their lanyard around their neck. They've got dress pants on and a dress shirt and they've got the pincher thing to pick up garbage.

Speaker 3: 43:38

And they got the walkie-talkie thing.

Speaker 2: 43:39

Walkie-talkie and I look up and I I see her and she's like she, she, she's chomping at the bit to talk to you.

Speaker 3: 43:49

she's afraid that you've already called the lawyer you, but you've already yeah, you've already been settling for more disney attorney.

Speaker 2: 43:53

I'm not settling for anything less than yeah, so they come to talk to you and I, you know, with everything going on. I don't know if you remember this, and if you do, I apologize, but the fire department's like can you get out of here? I'm not done with him yet.

Speaker 3: 44:09

Yeah, I remember she was like can you just not do this? Right now I'm still trying to treat him, and she just took command of the situation.

Speaker 2: 44:15

It's like I appreciate it Because they were asking your room number, what resort you were staying at, Did you want a wheelchair? Did you want this? And you know, I know there's, don't get me wrong liability, I get exactly what they were doing. We know what they were coming for. By the way, they had you on AI camera the rest of the day. They were watching your every move. There's no doubt in my mind oh yeah, they were taking video getting still.

Speaker 3: 44:43

I mean, you know they were getting everything ready. So when they got a call from my attorney, they were like okay, we've been expecting you. Yes, we remember, mr Sharp. They were putting together a full legal dossier on me because, you know, honestly, nine times out of ten somebody's in that situation they're going to try to sue them. Even just from the fact that we're going to sue them for a million dollars and we're going to make it worse than it is and they're going to settle for 35,000. We're going to be happy with that. So I get it. Now, I'm not that kind of guy. I was on the elevator. I shifted my weight from my left of my right foot to my left foot. It was slick. He meant escalator what's that?

Speaker 2: 45:23

you meant escalator escalator.

Speaker 3: 45:25

Yes, I slipped, I fell. It's an accident. I'm the type of guy that believes accidents happen and you know, oh well, there was some water on there or some dampness. Well, yeah, it's raining outside and you're in an outside venue. I mean that part, that part's covered up. But you know what, what? What are they going to do? Have everybody, like, dry off their shoes. I mean, it's an accident, it's nobody's fault. If it's anybody's fault, it's my fault for not being more careful holding onto the rails. So I wasn't going to sue him. But boy, let me tell you, time it was all over. There was two security guards, two full-time police officers, disney management, two like county emt people. Uh, it was.

Speaker 3: 46:06

It was crazy well, the only thing I regret out of that is the uh. Management from disney springs was like oh, do you need a, do you need a wheelchair? And the guy came rolling over. I was like, no, I don't need one.

Speaker 2: 46:19

I should have said I'm sorry, you were going to say something.

Speaker 3: 46:25

Yes, I do. Adam will push me around all day and made you just push me around Disney Springs.

Speaker 2: 46:33

Oh, I would have pushed you All right.

Speaker 3: 46:35

Oh yeah, the little pond, the little creek thing off the bridge.

Speaker 2: 46:41

Well, listen, I'm happy that nothing was broken and I uh I know that uh, since we you showed me a picture of it afterwards you definitely were in some pain. It did look like even your family thought you, you told your family it was an alligator and they're like, seriously so.

Speaker 3: 46:58

Oh, I totally told him it was an alligator, because we did see alligators on the golf course and I took and I sent pictures and they're like it's not an alligator, it's like, yeah, we saw them golfing and they're like you just made that up and I was like, no, look in the picture. You can clearly see the greens in the background. This is on the golf course. There was alligators. So I got him convinced that I was was attacked by an alligator.

Speaker 3: 47:18

But your wife said it. She thought it was broken. She did. She's a nurse, she sees it. When my wife saw it she works also, she's not a nurse, but she works in health care she's like are you sure you didn't break it? Um, so everybody looking at it thought I had broke because it swelled up, it was heavily bruised, but, um, I haven't had any problem with it. I mean, as long as you know, sometimes, occasionally I'll rub the outside and even though I've got it bandaged, it'll hurt a little there, but I think I'm fine. And Disney, just so you know my lawyer is not going to be contacting you, so you're safe.

Speaker 2: 47:51

Okay, that is recorded here. Currently, the current time is 8.31 Eastern, 7.31 Central. So well, listen, it was a great trip. We learned a lot. We did had a good time. We also learned a lot a small side note of taking the full studio on the road Learned some stuff there, so that was a good learning experience. We did In traditional fashion. Our old team name was Team Sherpa. I once again took too much stuff.

Speaker 3: 48:26

You needed a Sherpa.

Speaker 2: 48:27

Oh my gosh, All that stuff. You're not lying, but I've got a new plan for the next time, and so it was a good learning experience. Good, but that being said, I would love to ask you are you prepared for another listener spotlight.

Speaker 3: 48:44

You know, I am, I am.

Speaker 2: 48:47

Are you prepared? Let's have it Okay.

Speaker 3: 48:53

This community is like several that we've had, is in a state that it did not start out in the major industry that drove. The town's development was mining and railroads.

Speaker 2: 49:11

Okay.

Speaker 3: 49:12

The community during the Civil War, supported the Confederacy, so that should be giving you some location, some part of the country. Here's a good one. If you are a Bulls basketball fan, chicago you can thank this town for its small contribution to the team's success in the mid-'80s and 90s, through the 90s, through the mid-90s, and here's what the town is named. The name of the town is in reference to a revolutionary battle. This is the one you're going to like. They once had a sports team that would make you want to have a drink of bourbon.

Speaker 2: 50:08

I don't know what it is, but I already love it. So there we go. Well, in that case, I appreciate you providing those clues. Reach out, oh, go ahead.

Speaker 3: 50:22

I got one more thing okay I'm just going to throw it out now. My prediction for ragbri council bluffs to dubuque.

Speaker 2: 50:30

There you have it and, by the way, I promise you we are logging on in 10 minutes, so he is saying that before it is announced. You have my word. Um, always great to get together with you. We're going to jump over here on this live stream, but, that being said, I believe we have another great show For all of you who take your time and you listen our audience. We love you. We thank you. Thank you and we hope you have a great day.

Speaker 3: 50:57

And remember.

Speaker 2: 50:58

Yes.

Speaker 3: 50:59

Today is a great day for.

Speaker 2: 51:01

Bike Ride. Maybe by you it is, but not by me. I'm just kidding. It's a great day for a virtual bike ride. I've been back on Zwift, so if you're on Zwift, check me out. So, everybody, have a great day.

Speaker 1: 51:14

See ya. 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.