Speed Metal Cycling

A Colombian won the Tour de France. As promised, here's an episode. We didn't promise it would be good. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is it, folks. Thanks for many years of fun! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are finally back! SkullKrusher finally had his daughter and CD couldn't wait to make fun of him and tell him what a mistake that is. Meanwhile Klaus and Natalia make fun of both of them. We discuss the World Cup, of course, Formula 1, of course and CD reveals that he does not like fun. No wonder he likes cycling! We close with a little Tour de France and Giro Rosa chatter.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Natalia, CD and the Krusher discuss the upcoming World Cup and how SK can watch the game while still being a "good father" to his soon-to-be-born baby daughter. Sk also tells some story about some Slovakian dude on the phone who doesn't care much for Peter Sagan. They go on to talk about cycling...eventually. They wrap up the Giro, talk about the Dauphiné and touch on the Tour de Suisse. There's a little talk of the Tour de France, the Giro Rosa and the Ovo Energy Women's Tour. Bradley Wiggins comes up in conversation at some point. You've been warned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Klaus is in the house. So are Natalia and the Krusher. After 20 minutes of 100% useless garbage talk we discuss the Tour de Romandie, the Festival Elsy Jacobs and, of course, the Giro d'Italia. Also mentioned in the episode are Lando Calrissian, random teenagers, Alejandro Valverde, some guy "in Colombian cycling", Jose Been, Egan Bernal, Danny Glover and Peter Sagan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Natalia and the Krusher discuss how boring other cycling podcasts are, cute piglets, the Tro-Bro Léon, the men's and women's Amstel Gold races and how to pronounce Jolien D'Hoore's name in Dutch. They close the episode with plenty of nonsense, making literal translations of Colombian sayings and dumb jokes. The last few minutes are worth their weight on gold! Exactly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was a long night of editing this stupid episode, so no description. You know what we talked about, Paris-Roubaix, Miguel Indurain GP, Tour of the Basque Country, blah, blah, blah. Valverde. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Natalia and SkullKrusher dive right into cycling talk. Well, they first talk about Julio Iglesias, Jose Jose, Jose Luis Perales, Jose Luis Rodriguez "El Puma," and any other ridiculous singers from the 70s that our mothers and aunts thought were so handsome and sexy. Eventually the get to the Tour of Flanders, men's and women's, and the Scheldeprijs. Predictions for Paris-Roubaix will be made on our Instagram @SpeedMetalCycl Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A little bit of chatter about Italian drivers beating up Colombian pros, a little talk of names being changed by accident. Then, some Volta a Catalunya blah blah blah, a little bit of E3 Harelbeke and a little more about Gent - Wevelgem... We also mention the following names (in no particular order): Elia Viviani, Oliver Naesen, Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Alejandro Valverde, Wout Van Aert, Marcus Burghardt, Sep Vanmarcke, Mario Cipollini, Rupert Holmes,  Jolien D'Hoore, and many, many, many more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss Milano-Sanremo, the women's Trofeo Binda and a little bit of the  Volta a Catalunya. We tackle controversial topics such as racism, sexism, tiny Asians, mascara, packs of hyenas, the Dave Matthews Band and crocheted frogs. Just another typical, boring Speed Metal Cycling podcast. *sigh* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Technology is a bitch. Natalia, CD and SkullKrusher recorded a full episode, but somehow only half survived. Hope you enjoy it. Follow us in Instagram and Twitter (@speedmetalcycl), join our Spring Classics fantasy league on Velogames (507582913) and keep your eyes peeled for our new kits. Pre-orders start soon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The silly made-up Mickey Mouse racing is over. No more fake "Fourth Grand Tours," no more training races with teams in the 5th division, no more cute races in the dessert in front of 4 people. The real cycling season is finally here. We discuss the first few races and look forward to the Strade Bianche. The SkullKrusher is joined by Natalia and CD. We also discuss basketball, Kurtis Blow, Star Trek Wars, and the new Portland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the title suggests this episode is basically 67 (or whatever) minutes of three Colombians talking about Colombia from a Colombian perspective. Nothing you haven't heard before, really. The new UCI 2.1 race, "Colombia 2.1 - Oro y Paz" gives us the perfect platform for ranting about how shitty the Colombian Federation is, how shitty the Colombian Federation is and how shitty the Colombian Federation is. As always, we hope you enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are back, and we have a very special guest: Mike Spriggs! No joke, he's back for this episode to talk about the 2018 pro cycling kits. Also, the SkullKrusher shares some personal news. First some good news followed by some bad news. We talk about the weather and then Klaus tells us he's building a boat. Yeah, an actual boat. He's not kidding. Only Klaus would take a joke this far. He's actually building a boat 'cuz he thinks its hilarious. And it is. Anyway, this episode is all about the new kits... and Klaus' boat... and Jens Keukeleire's clavicle... and Klaus' boat... and Klaus' lightbulbs. And his boat. And maybe a little professional cycling thrown in. You know, for good measure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are back from a short hiatus to announce that we are going on a long hiatus. We make another bummer of an announcement and talk about sexism in Italy, racism, woodworking, ebikes and we read your emails. Coming soon: Speed Metal Baseball with your host Mike Spriggs and Speed Metal Hockey with your hostess Natalia S. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been about 5 years since we played Cycling Jeopardy on the podcast. Last time our guest of honor, Maiko, moped the floor with Klaus and Mike and left a Lithuanian millionaire. This time around Natalia is the sole female and is here to represent women-folk and try to pick-up where Maiko left off. You know Mike is a silent killer, but will he even be able to find the buzzer? Klaus talks a big game. It's chance to prove he prowess and show what he's made of. Let's play Cycling Jeopardy!   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wonder why this episode is so short? The answer will become apparent within the first 5 minutes. We had absolutely nothing to talk about. Cycling related, that is, because we did have a few conversations about metal health, American literary classics, New Order and Queen selling out and, of course, Star Trek. If this is your first time listening, please allow me to apologize and promise you that it's not always this bad. Never good, but hardly ever this bad Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk about body odor, bar soap, career changes, gangs, juggalos and juggalettes, IRL friends, blue collar workers, Zwift training, therapy, masochism, and eventually get to cycling. We talk about how the UCI World Championships in Bergen left all of us a little deflated and disappointed. We wish it was a more interesting course, rather than the one-punchy-hill circuit again and again.  We also decide that cycling is and has been in the toilet. Oh, and we go around the room talking about our skin color. Because why not. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The whole gang is back together. And you know what that means. Klaus tells lots of stories of his trip to the Vuelta a España, Mike talks about his laundry, Natalia laughs a lot and SkullKrusher makes no sense and doesn't shut up. Topics include, electrical work, laundry services in New York City, Ivy League college exams, Alberto "El Pistolero" Contador, the World Championships and our picks. #cycling Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another special episode. #sarcasm. The SkullKrusher goes off on Terpstra and his stupid Instagram comments about Team Manzana Postobon. WARNING, this is an explicit episode for sure! Meanwhile CD does the whole podcast on his Zwift machine thing dilly. Natalia tries to keep the podcast going, as usual. Good luck y'all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So, we recorded this episode on Tuesday, but the audio files mysteriously disappeared into the internet. We thought about re-recording it, but decided we were just gonna wait until next week. Then, randomly; magically, really, the files just appeared! Basically what we are saying is that magic is real, Hagrid is awesome and Klaus and Mike did not join us. Cycling, cycling, cha, cha, cha... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you like power tools, you are in luck. We not only discuss the inner workings of a circular saw (sometimes known as a Skil saw), but we discuss the safety devices usually used in a table saw. Eclipse fever forever! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is one of the episodes we have a hard time writing anything about. We talked about the upcoming Vuelta a España, mostly. We talked about stages worth watching, making Mike write them down in his calendar. SkullKrusher shared the strategy he thinks Orica should use to win the race and then mansplains the term "hump day" to Mike. All that, plus we make our picks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are all super proud that we got this one done well within the hour. We celebrated with non-alcoholic champagne after we were done recording. We talked about everything, from Elvis wall clocks to WalMart and Larry H. Miller. Also in there we mention the Tour of Poland, the Euro Championships, the Tour of Utah, the mess that is the Vuelta a Colombia, the Vuelta a Burgos and Game of Thrones. New friend of the podcast, Juan Antonio Flecha makes a small appearance as well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SkullKrusher is on vacation, but proves his dedication to the podcast (once again) by joining the rest of the peeps from an RV park near Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state. That's dedication, people! Topics include, but are not limited to: Beer, tiny houses, hotel ice machines, farts, burps, "Fabian" Aru, women's cycling, the Tour de Trump, Cascadia, Mike's dating life, Craig's List and Rigoberto Uran's future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk about movies forever; like for a long, long, long time. But not good movies, or artsy movies, or even block busters. No. We talk about Keanu Reeves movies and White Chicks. Oh well... we also talk about the Tour, but it's mostly the SkullKrusher screaming about how much he hates everything and how the Tour has been really boring and how he hates cancer research. Natalia laughs a lot, Klaus interrupts everyone and Mike says very little. You know, the usual. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are giving you 13 extra minutes so you can start this week extra annoyed! This is the second episode in a row that we use umlauts in the title. Also of note, we are back to using Helvetica on the episode images. Anyway, in this episode we discuss Strava, feed zones, Sean Kelly and a marching band, the Tour, the Giro Rosa, Hans the eagle, Elbowgate, Armgate (a.k.a. Arugate), but most of all we discuss how awesome Rigoberto Urán is. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's not often that we use an exclamation mark at the end of an episode title. Actually, we have not idea if that's true at all. Well, as it turns out Kraftwerk did meet and start making music together in Düsseldorf NOT in London, as the 'Krusher states in the episode. Anyway, Mike is MIA, once again, but joins the Colombians in spirit as they discuss the first three days of the Tour de France. Four, if you count the Grand Départ in Düsseldorf. And some other stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Natalia is back! But now we lost Klaus. Oh, well. We talk about traveling and Swiss names. We try to convince Mike that watching the Tour can be fun and he should try it. We make our picks and basically jinx everyone in the race. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you thought last episode was bad, hold on to your suck-orama hats, 'cuz this one is a doozie. Thankfully, SkullKrusher has the sense to cut it short. Wow. Wow... that's all we can say. *Eagle sound effect* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We finally sunk the podcast. Mike predicts this will be the last episode. Believe us, it's so bad, it might just be. SkullKrusher is suffering from a bad throat infection, but that doesn't stop him from being as loud, obnoxious or opinionated as ever. Natalia loses her cool over Royalty, Klaus goes on about Leica cameras... That's all after we sorta talk about the Hammer Series and the Dauphine. It swirls downward after that... quickly. SkullKrusher sings, too. It's bad. Really bad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Giro wrap up, so you know there will be a lot of poop talk, which is different than the usual bullshit we talk. Poop vs. Bullshit, na'mean? Also, Klaus makes fun of the main commentator for Colombian TV. Poop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We get incredibly personal and uncomfortable with the SkullKrusher's first story. Truly cringe-worthy. Ugh. Then we talk about that HBO mockumantary, some other stuff and we do a Giro trivia game. Then, after 40 minutes, we finally talk about the race. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Between the Giro d'Italia (the 2nd Grand Tour), the men's Tour of California (the 4th Grand Tour), and the women's Tour of California (the 6th Grand Tour), we have plenty of BS to talk about. And do we ever! Talk BS, I mean. Also, SkullKrusher blows a gasket over Patrick Dempsey. Geez, this dude cares about the weirdest shit. Seriously, bro, calm down, you're gonna give yourself an aneurysm! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We review the first three stages of the Giro. We also discuss Luka Pöstelberger, the alleged Ewan/Gaviria rivalry, Dennis Rohan, Bob Jungels, Nibali, G. Thomas and lots and lots and lots of pecker talk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A little Romandie, a little Yorkshire, a lot Red Hook Crit. Giro predictions and that's about it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the last weekend of the Ardennes classics behind us, you'd think we'd have plenty of cycling to talk about, right? Well, SkullKrusher rants about driverless cars, tells the story of Hachikō the dog, Natalia goes on and on about social media, Klaus interrupts everyone and all the while, Mike remains his quite self. We do, eventually, get to discuss La Flèche Wallonne, and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, both men's and women's. The classics season is over. Sad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Between SkullKrusher's announcements, Natalia's social media round-up and a conversation about podium girls/guys, it takes a while for the actual cycling talk to commence. What else is new. Finally, we start talking about the Tro-Bro Leon, but the analysis is interrupted by more talk about podiums and podium etiquette. We discuss both Amstel Gold races and come to the conclusion that they were both awesome and that the new route seems to have worked out. We make our predictions for La Flèche Wallonne  and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. The whole episode only had one microphone snafu. We'll take it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The SkullKrusher "sits down" with Gregg Betonte, co-owner of TV Motos International, a company that supplies races with motos for TV, of course. Not only is Gregg the boss, but he's also a camera guy. He shared plenty of insight with us. Enjoy the bonus episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We announce the launch of our Patreon campaign, we read some emails and Instagram stuff and then we discuss Paris-Roubaix. After that the SkullKrusher disappears and the other three have to finish the episode on their own. That's how we roll. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tour of Flanders 2017, what else do you expect? Oh, we are launching our Patreon site next Sunday right after Paris-Roubaix! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss the Volta Catalunya, Dwars door Vlaanderen, the E3 Harelbeke, Gent-Wevelgem, and we look forward to the Tour of Taiwan (ok, we only mention it in passing), The Three Days of De Panne, the GP Miguel Indurain and we make predictions for the Tour of Flanders. Pretty much all cycling this episode. Sorry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sectional couches, Richard Nixon, manslaughter, David Harmon, helmet soccer, daddy sodas, Dave Attell and Pocahontas. That and much, much, much more (nonsense) in this episode of the best podcast ever: THE Speed Metal Cycling Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Klaus rejoins the gang, but does so from an echoey cave. He sounds like the spirit of an evil cycling fan who isn't scary at all. We apologize for that. We discuss Paris-Nice, Tirreno-Adriatico and the Ronde van Drenthe. Natalia and caveman Klaus have plenty of opinions, while SkullKrusher goes on about some nonsense and Mike... well we thought Mike was dead for a little, or maybe had just passed out. Fortunately , that was not the case. We think he just fell asleep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scandal at Sky!! And we barely talk about it. We do talk about the Strade Bianche (men's and ladies'), the beginning of Paris-Nice and some other races. As usual we talk other nonsense including tattooing, cat agility, pure breed dogs and other crap we are forgetting now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

YES, we know Sagan is not Lithuanian! Klaus misses all the fun in today's episode. His loss. We talk about the Dubai Tour (just a little bit), the Omloop (men's and women's), Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne and the Colombian National Championships. Also discussed, Peter Sagan, Tom Hanks, the President of Lithuania, Gaviria, Henao, Chaves, Haribo, food poisoning and liquid poop. See? I told you it was Klaus' loss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mike is back. Unfortunately, so is SkullKrusher. We discuss the first few races of the European season and Klaus retells the best joke ever told for Mike's enjoyment. 'Krusher promises that they will record  more often now that the season is in full force. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss the Tour Down Under and manage to do so without mentioning koala bears or kangaroos a single time. As if that wasn't enough we also answer listener questions for a good 35 minutes. Yeah, you read it right. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Since Mike is on assignment, the Colombians have absolute freedom to do as they please, once again. Natalia gets all types of ruffled over the mention of a certain Spanish cyclist, we discuss our overall ambivalence toward the Tour Down Under, but barely mention Willunga Hill, which is unbelievable. Klaus brings out the big guns with the best joke ever told. At least 'Krusher believes so. He laughed for like 3 minutes straight. Something tells us this is not the last time we'll hear the punch line. "Punch" as in you guys will be "punching" yourselves in the face every time it comes up again, because of its sheer vacuousness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Santa is bringing us bags of Fluimucil! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.