https://www.youtube.com/@formulafixed We've got one of the men behind the legendary Red Bull Bay Climb, the Mission Crit, the Hustle City training app, and much more James Grady on the show to talk about his new venture Formula Fixed. They have a showcase event this week with some HEAVY hitters (Alec Briggs, Eamon Lucas, Ivy Audrain, among others). We talked a bit at Tulsa and he definitely has a strong vision for the future of American Bike racing as a spectator sport. We're getting into it on The American Peloton. Support the show, and get some DEALS \/ Order coffee from Domestique here: https://www.domestiquecoffee.com/collections/order-coffee-online 10% off Code: Skyway Torq Nutrition: www.torqusa.com Code: SKYWAY10
We're looking back over the 2024 Road and Crit racing season and talking about the riders teams and events that standout in our minds....for good and bad reasons. Support the show, and get some DEALS \/ Order coffee from Domestique here: https://www.domestiquecoffee.com/collections/order-coffee-online 10% off Code: Skyway Torq Nutrition: www.torqusa.com Code: SKYWAY10
We went to Gateway Cup! Saw some great racing and got some inside scoops for y'all from the final American Crit Cup stop of the calendar. We'll talk about the Gateway weekend, and plenty of other racing in America, and some that just features Americans on this episode of The American Peloton. Support the show, and get some DEALS \/ Order coffee from Domestique here: https://www.domestiquecoffee.com/collections/order-coffee-online 10% off Code: Skyway Torq Nutrition: www.torqusa.com Code: SKYWAY10
A couple horrific crashes lately have started a new conversation about safety, especially barricades. Legion of LA's Ty Magner's post on IG seems to have broad support from elite riders, but what possible solutions are out there? In other news, we had some exciting racing (that we couldn't watch) at TOAD and one absolute shocker at Salt Lake Crit. The ACC is half over! We're getting into it LIVE on The American Peloton. Support the show, and get some DEALS \/ Order coffee from Domestique here: https://www.domestiquecoffee.com/collections/order-coffee-online 10% off Code: Skyway Torq Nutrition: www.torqusa.com Code: SKYWAY10
We went to Tulsa Tough 2024! Awesome racing to kick off the 2024 ACC. On the men's side we had huge rides from some smaller squads/individual riders like Luke Lamperti, Michael Garrison, Clever Martinez. Tough weekend for the teams we would have called the favorites going in (Legion of LA, Blazers, Reign Storm). Some of that was due to the chaos and crashes Tulsa is known for. On the women's side we had some totally different racing dynamics. Everyone wanted in the break, but no one wanted to work, except LA Sweat. If your maiden name isn't Schneider or Ryan, it's going to be an uphill battle in a bunch kick this year so it was surprising others weren't more committed to a small move. We're getting into it all this week, LIVE on The American Peloton. Support the show, and get some DEALS \/ Order coffee from Domestique here: https://www.domestiquecoffee.com/collections/order-coffee-online 10% off Code: Skyway Torq Nutrition: www.torqusa.com Code: SKYWAY10
Racing is in FULL SWING here in the USA. We've got crits. We've got stage races. We've got nationals. Jonathan and Ben were out at Speedweek and saw some of the most exciting and dynamic races of the 24 season. We'll talk through the shocks and revelations from all the post NCL collapse racing in America. Is it the end of the Legion of LA era? Did Ribble Rebellion disrupt the global crit scene? Is Reign Storm the best crit team, even though Project Echelon swept the nats podium???? We're getting into it LIVE on The American Peloton. Support the show, and get some DEALS \/ Order coffee from Domestique here: https://www.domestiquecoffee.com/collections/order-coffee-online 10% off Code: Skyway Torq Nutrition: www.torqusa.com Code: SKYWAY10
Devastating announcement from the NCL ( National Criterium League ) today leaves a lot of riders and staff in the lurch. Special guest Madeline Pearce joins us to parse it all out. We'll talk about what this means for the 24 season, and why you should care even if you weren't planning to watch the NCL races. Support the show, and get some DEALS \/ Order coffee from Domestique here: https://www.domestiquecoffee.com/collections/order-coffee-online 10% off Code: Skyway Torq Nutrition: www.torqusa.com Code: SKYWAY10
A quick discussion of the recent racing in Belize and Jamaica. Kind of a debacle for the Miami Blazers down there, and a strong performance from WHBH. With that, the pre-season racing is over and REAL RACING IS HERE. Redlands this weekend on the West Coast, and Sunny King Crit opens up the USA Crits Series here in Alabama. We're talking about who's racing where, hot takes, predictions, etc on THE AMERICAN PELOTON. Support the show, and get some DEALS \/ Order coffee from Domestique here: https://www.domestiquecoffee.com/collections/order-coffee-online 10% off Code: Skyway Torq Nutrition: www.torqusa.com Code: SKYWAY10
This week we're talking early-season racing: Valley of the Sun, Tuscon Bicycle Classic, LA Crits, and Swamp Classic. As well as some additional team announcements/mergers, and finish up with some thoughts about junior racing. The '24 season is about to pop off!
Cory Williams is headed from Legion of LA to the sister team of Miami Blazers. Does this shift the balance? Is this Blazers year? Meanwhile NCL teams Miami Nights and Denver Disruptors continue to strengthen their rosters after big cuts late last year. We're also talking about who's racing where!? NCL, ACC, USA Crits, CRIT.... it's a lot to untangle this season and teams are going to have to pick a focus.
It's the off-season and we're podcasting at z2 winter pace, but there's still somehow a ton to talk about in the world of American road bike racing. We go over the loss of GCN+ and what that means for watching European races in America, but also how our American races go out to the world. The USCX, NCL, Maryland Cycling Classic, they were all going out to cycling fans world wide on GCN+. Then we go over several transfers including what I would call the first top tier rider to defect from the Legion of LA men's squad. The meat of this episode is a look back at the '23 season in the form of a team tier list. We're wrangling the vibes. Who's stonks are up, who's are down?
We've referenced Will Hardin's youtube POV videos a lot this season on the show, so it was awesome to have him on fresh from his race at Legion's inaugural edition of CRIT Championship Tour in St Pete Florida. We talk about his experience there, his jump to the NCL Miami Nights for next year and branch into all corners of bike racing from there. Check Will's youtube here (including a great video from CRIT Championship St Pete): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbDalH56GNgoMd0qTHNf9Gw You can subscribe to The American Peloton on podcast platforms. Check it out here https://anchor.fm/jonathan-crain Order coffee from Domestique here: https://www.domestiquecoffee.com/collections/order-coffee-online
We're SO psyched to have former world tour pro Chloe Hosking on The American Peloton! She's won some of the biggest races in women's road cycling like La Course by Tour De France on the Champs Elysees, the Commonwealth Games, Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and many many more. After her team B&B Hotels folded at the beginning of the year, she decided to put together her own racing calendar including a stint in America! She's got a really unique perspective on the state of racing in America and we get her thoughts on the decline of road racing, crit tactics, racing against Legion, the NCL and more. So much great insight from her in this episode! We also chat about her new bike brand Hosking Bikes as they prepare to launch alloy and carbon aero road and all road models. Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jan/27/cyclist-chloe-hosking-my-career-is-facing-its-end-when-i-dont-feel-im-done Hosking Bikes: https://www.instagram.com/hoskingbikes/?hl=en Chloe's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chloe_hosking_/?hl=en *I know my mic had a couple clicks, I'm producing the show live, and my own audio quality is the one thing I don't have perspective on at the moment. Streamyard's noise suppression was confusing some of my plosives as background noise. I've doctored it up as best I can, but I feel like it's all understandable, and there SO MUCH good stuff in here.*
We've got to address the Justin Williams suspension fallout up top, because the responses have been UNHINGED. I feel like any discussion of Legion get flattened to "Legion good" vs "Legion bad", but there's way more nuance there. We all contain multitudes, and one crash doesn't negate all the good that's been done. I do want us to all look at this video and this controversy and think about what we can do in our own racing to make the sport safer, whether that's rule changes, mentorship... I dunno, lets hash it out! Then we've got the NCL. Riders aren't going to get paid their full year's salary, but they're adding another team next season? Again, there's good and bad for sure. Finally, we've got the last chance saloon races, with some wacky tactics (Cough JUMBO attacking Sep Kuss, cough, Lidl chasing Toms) and big results from teams that had a slower start this season like CS Velo and Work Hard Be Humble.
We're introducing a new award...or segment... or something. The American Peloton Combativity Award! Handing out the inaugural virtual jerseys this week. Two big crits at high altitudes in Colorado produced some interesting racing. We're talking about a potential hookless fail, sidewalk surfing, and some super aggressive solo moves. We'll break down Justin and Corey William's fairly anonymous ride in the Littleton ACC race, as well as a Legion win on the women's side. After that we're breaking down NCL Denver. Some improvements to the points structure, and EVERYONE is using the rider substitutions now.
The TdF is over and ACC season is in full swing! We just had Salt Lake Crit, with some great live coverage there were a couple standout riders to highlight. A few miscellaneous items from NCL to Fitchburg and transfer rumors. We then tough on the ongoing onslaught from New Zeland based MitoQ squad (aka NZ Cycling Project) at Intellegensia cup. We also go over where some teams stand with most of the season behind us. Is Legion of LA hitting the mark? Is Austin Aviators having trouble finding a rhythm? What teams are punching up? Find Ben's coaching company here: https://www.instagram.com/skywaycycling/ You can subscribe to The American Peloton on podcast platforms. Check it out here https://anchor.fm/jonathan-crain Order coffee from Domestique here: https://www.domestiquecoffee.com/collections/order-coffee-online Michael Lambert yt channel: https://www.youtube.com/@michaellambert4493 Saly Lake Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0IomVW1WHg
We did a 24 hour mtb race over the weekend, so forgive us if we're wiped out, but there was a lot of fun stuff to talk about. We go back to Am nats. Talk through some of the riders we've highlighted on the show that pulled results there. Then we get into pro nats and talk through the "controversial" women's race finish and Quinn Simmons blowing the doors off most everyone in the men's road race. From there we talk NCL updates and a quick TOAD rundown and ACC standings.
This week we're talking Tulsa Tough! Two relegations in two races for Legion. Justin Williams pulls his first big win of the year. We break down all the sprints, crashes, tactics etc, then we chat with Tulsa Crybaby Hill Masters Cat1 winner Matt Winstead from Texas Roadhouse. Matt raced with Kenda Pro back in the early 00's and he's made a STRONG return to the sport recently. He's got a really interesting perspective on a lot of the things we talk about including the trajectory of American crit racing.
Snake Alley and Tour of Somerville both went off last weekend and each attracted big, national fields. Both are historic and prestigious races with no live stream so we've watched go pro footage, checked results sheets, and talked to riders to put the pieces of the puzzle together. We'll also talk about some new info on Justin Williams and Legion of LA's C.R.I.T. series and touch on Joe Martin Stage Race. We might even make some predictions for the big showdown coming up in Tulsa. Find Ben's coaching company here: https://www.instagram.com/skywaycycling/ You can subscribe to The American Peloton on podcast platforms. Check it out here https://anchor.fm/jonathan-crain Order coffee from Domestique here: https://www.domestiquecoffee.com/collections/order-coffee-online Lambert's Snake Alley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N49VgJ1ijM Schroeder's Joe Martin Crit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HPzDM-Thqo Ride 4 Life's Tour of Somerville https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X18YEwrXSmk
Sunny King Crit gave us two exciting races, some finish line drama, and our first real look at some of the bigger squads like Legion's Miami Blazers sub-team, and First Internet Bank. We'll go in-depth on the racing at Sunny King, as well as the American Crit Cup overall after race 2 as well as a quick look at recent CBR results and a preview at the coming week's Joe Martin Stage Race.
