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Adventure meets technology in this gear-up episode as Adam and Michael prepare for their upcoming Bicycle Ride Across Georgia (BRAG) journey and explore essential tech tools for cyclists.

The duo celebrates a milestone moment when Adam correctly guesses Huntsville, Alabama as the previous Listener Spotlight location—the rocket city that inspired Elton John's iconic song. This rare victory sparks friendly banter as they share how multiple listeners submitted correct answers for the first time in the podcast's history.

Weather technology takes center stage as they discuss crucial apps that have transformed the cycling experience. Michael reveals his reliance on Weather Underground and Radar Scope for detailed storm tracking, while Adam demonstrates his strategic method of saving multiple destination points in his weather app to monitor conditions across entire routes. The Windy app emerges as a cyclist's secret weapon, providing crucial information about potential headwinds or tailwinds that can make or break a day's ride.

The conversation shifts to geocaching—a GPS-based treasure hunting activity that combines perfectly with cycling adventures. From library-based hunts to trackable items that can follow your bike's journey, this emerging hobby offers a compelling reason to explore new routes and destinations.

Most exciting is their upcoming first experience with a full-service charter during BRAG. After years of handling their own logistics, they're trying Padres Cycling Inn's comprehensive package that includes tent setup, gear transportation, and amenities that promise to transform their multi-day ride experience. The anticipation is palpable as they compare packing strategies and debate whether luxury services might spoil them for future independent adventures.

Between discussions of sun protection strategies and family moments, their friendship and shared passion for cycling shines through. Whether you're a weather app enthusiast, curious about geocaching, or considering a charter service for your next cycling event, this episode delivers practical insights and entertaining stories that will have you ready to hit the road.

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riding is not just about gettingto the destination, but the
experience along the way.
Now here are the originalCycling Men of Leisure Adam and
Michael Hello.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
As always, I'd like to welcome you to Road
Adventures of Cycling Men ofLeisure.
As always, I'm Adam and onceagain, lucky for me, I'm joined
with my good friend, Mr MichaelSharp.

Speaker 3 (00:47):
It is lucky for you.
Hello, adam, how you doing.

Speaker 2 (00:50):
I'm good and it is lucky.
Buddy, it's good to see you.
Yeah, good seeing you, man,it's been about 20 minutes Give
or take, just kidding.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
Anything new?
Just kidding.
Um, uh, anything new.
Um, well, if you happen to bewatching us on youtube, my uh
office slash studio is aconstruction zone right now.
Uh, but uh, once I get it back,it's going to be new and
improved and it's going to beawesome.
And the daughter finished upschool today, so we had a big
party.
They had a big party and yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
You think YouTube will pull me if I say school's
out for summer?

Speaker 3 (01:36):
Yeah, because that's not even close.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
I think we're good.
So is that some baseboard therebehind you leaning on the wall?

Speaker 3 (01:47):
No, that is actually acoustic panels.
Oh, I'm putting some acousticpanels in my office too, to even
improve the sound quality.
Even more.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
So not only did you buy the fancy microphone, you
now are making sure you don'thave any loud, obnoxious sounds.

Speaker 3 (02:08):
Well, against this one wall, Plus, I like the way
it looks.
So you know, kill two birdswith one stone.

Speaker 2 (02:16):
Yeah, some of the YouTube videos.
Actually, you and I werelearning how to do a few things.
They were always talking aboutthose acoustic panels.
That's pretty cool.

Speaker 3 (02:25):
Well, how about you they?

Speaker 2 (02:26):
were always talking about those acoustic panels.
That's pretty cool.
Well, finishing up a pretty bigwork project for the job that
pays me, and thank you.
Thank you for the residents ofLivingston County who pay me.
I appreciate that.
I'm really happy to have thisproject done.
To be honest, I actually sentthe final email today, which

(02:49):
I'll talk about it.
I was tasked with like a 6-7month project of trying to get
new software for the residentswho ride the bus.
I'm in transportation.
If this is your first time, Idoubt it, but if it is, I'm in
transportation.
Hey look, you got yourviewfinder are.
Are you bored or what?
Yeah, let me know when you'redone.
Oh, my gosh, I can see youreyeballs through that.

(03:11):
It's really creepy.
So, anyways, project is done,I'm happy and ready to move on
with my life.
I'm done, oh, okay.

Speaker 3 (03:27):
I apologize, listeners All right.

Speaker 2 (03:33):
Next.
Hey, we had some guesses on thelistener spotlight.
We did, but why don't you giveus the clues first?

Speaker 3 (03:47):
Okay, the clues are as followed for this episode's
Listener Spotlight.
This community started out in aterritory named for a different
state in the early 1800s.
The early major industry wastextiles.
The early major industry wastextiles.

(04:07):
It is home, or was home, tonine Civil War generals, and
they were not all from the sameside.
The town's name changed due totensions leading up to the War
of 1812.

(04:28):
And during World War II, themilitary established a big
presence in this community andthe final one was this city
could have been the inspirationfor a well-known Elton John song
.

Speaker 2 (04:42):
All right, I'm going to give you the guesses and
order that they came in.

Speaker 3 (04:47):
Okay.

Speaker 2 (04:50):
Two minutes after recording, adam Baranski said
Huntsville, alabama.
Well, but before you say yes,or no.

Speaker 3 (05:00):
I have no clue how that relates to Candle in the
Wind.

Speaker 2 (05:03):
It's not Candle in the Wind, it's Rocket man, so
anyways.
So on March 25th, wade Paulsaid my guess for listener
spotlight is Huntsville, alabama.
It meets all the other criteria.

(05:25):
The hints were pretty vague,though.
A lot of places in that areahave all the same general
descriptions starting about thesame time different name at
founding, part of the differentfamous state.
And then we got our friend AlexBell, and Alex Bell gave us

(05:49):
someplace else and he says myguess for the listener spotlight
is Lexington, virginia.
Here's my reasoning for myguess, not necessarily in the
order of the clues.
The town was originally knownas Campbell's ford but was
changed to lexington to honorthe battle of lexington.
Gilbert campbell was operated aford across the is it maury

(06:14):
river?
M-a-u-r-y.
Maury river um yeah, was anearly settler born in sc.
Nine generals were born thereor in the area, including
Stonewall Jackson and Robert Lee.
There is a yellow brick roadwhich is leading to the Elton

(06:35):
John song.
There you go.
Learning Center in Lexington.
Textiles were a part of earlyLexington's history, but not a
dominant industry like in otherstates of the South.
Virginia Military Institute,expedited commissioned officers,
graduates during World War II.
My answer to the first clue maybe a little weak.

(06:56):
Lexington was in the colony ofVirginia and then just last
night our regular guest, jeff,said my guest for listener
spotlight in Huntsville.
Alabama City started out as aterritory named for a different

(07:18):
state in the early 1800s, whichwas the Mississippi Territory.
Early major industry in thearea was textiles Cotton.
During World War II themilitary established a very big
presence in this area, theRedstone Arsenal.
The town changed its name priorto the War of 1812.

(07:38):
The original name was Britishin origin Twickenham.
Nine Civil War generals if Icould speak English and slow
down were born in or very nearthis city.
Not all fought for the sameside Five for the Confederacy
and four for the Union.
Could have been the inspirationfor a well-known Elton John

(08:01):
song, rocket man, and Jeff sayswhich is a wise man to say this.
My wife actually figured thisout, so we have three guesses
and for the first time Iactually gave up a guess that
could possibly be the answerwithout saying St Louis Missouri
.
Ladies and gentlemen, mrMichael Sharp, tell us from our

(08:27):
guesses, is anybody correct?

Speaker 3 (08:31):
Adam, you were incorrect.

Speaker 2 (08:35):
Oh man what.

Speaker 3 (08:41):
I'm just jacking about you were actually right.

Speaker 2 (08:43):
Was I really.

Speaker 3 (08:44):
You were right.

Speaker 2 (08:46):
Holy.

Speaker 3 (08:51):
He actually got one right after like 60 of these.

Speaker 2 (08:55):
Now, be honest, tell the truth.
I know you are on this show,did I or did I not say two
minutes after recordingHuntsville Alabama?

Speaker 3 (09:04):
You said you did some .
Yeah, two minutes afterrecording Huntsville, alabama,
you said you, you did some.
You, yeah, you came up withHuntsville pretty quickly.
Yeah, I don't know if it's twominutes, but yeah, yeah, it was
originally a British name andbecause of the War of 1812, they
changed it.
The military moved in and had,asff had said, the uh redstone

(09:26):
arsenal.
They also had a chemicalweapons plant there and also, uh
, rocket research.

Speaker 2 (09:34):
Um was done there.

Speaker 3 (09:37):
Say that five times real fast yeah, rocket research,
rocket research and it was partof the Mississippi Territory
originally.
So Adam Wade, jeff, well doneMust have made it too easy.

Speaker 2 (09:54):
Well listen, let's be honest.
If I got it, Good point.

Speaker 3 (10:02):
So there we go.

Speaker 2 (10:04):
Congratulations everyone.
So, truth be told, what we?
We actually learned a fewthings, though.
So after we recorded, normallywe end the recording.
Make sure the upload all worksout, because it's all uploads to
the internet.
If you're not, I've never donea podcast.
We we use a piece of softwarethat uploads in the background,
and and I went on a tangent, andMichael never gives me the

(10:26):
answer, which I'm glad that hedoesn't and so I said I think
it's Rocket man, and you werekind of defiant and said well,
how would you just?
I mean, he and John had manysongs.

Speaker 1 (10:38):
Well, there's tons of them.

Speaker 2 (10:39):
And I just kept searching.
I'm like, ok, what are, whatare cities with NASA?
And I told you about the nasadome in ohio and we learned that
was the glenn campbell researchcenter, and so, uh, and then
you found something veryinteresting nasa has a couple, a
couple of buildings thatthey're not going to tell you
about.
You found those, but that itwas like uh, no, yeah, they have

(11:02):
some.

Speaker 3 (11:02):
If you look under, you know, look up nasa and you
look up all their locations,there is like two undisclosed
locations that are just numbers,yeah, which I thought was very
interesting.
It's like, hmm, what goes on atnumber three and number seven
or whatever numbers they were,but yeah, it was like just some

(11:23):
random, doesn't give a state,doesn't give a town, doesn't
give anything, just number, youknow whatever.
So there's something, uh,something dark going on there.

Speaker 2 (11:35):
I'm quite sure well, I appreciate all the work you
put into it and and as as we'vebeen very transparent before, we
get together for a few roughdraft sessions of not
pre-recording, but we kind of goover the outline and I just
kept being very, very cocky bysaying, hey, I got this one
right and so, for the first timein four seasons, I'll give it

(12:00):
to you.

Speaker 3 (12:00):
Yeah, you were very, very.
Yes, this is the right answer.
How did you feel when I said itwasn't I.

Speaker 2 (12:14):
I actually was thinking.
I was hoping that alex wascorrect in the yellow brick road
.
So hey, I have no problem beingwrong.
I mean, that's all good.

Speaker 3 (12:19):
But uh, you got.
You got one under your belt now.
Congratulations, buddy.

Speaker 2 (12:23):
Oh, buddy, well, that's pretty good.
Well, I know that people highlyenjoy the listener spotlight.
I know people like to send inguesses, talk about it even when
we see our friends, and there'sbeen a couple of
recommendations for the websiteand we've got, we've got, uh,

(12:46):
someone working on something forus really cool.
So I'm not going to let thatcat out of the bag yet, but, uh,
something cool for our websitecoming up.
So, um, um, let me move downthe list here.
We we showed off our big bragteam jersey on the website and

(13:07):
got a lot of positive responses.
So, um, this year, the thejersey.
Uh, if you don't know, um, whenwe go to brag bicycle ride
across georgia.
If you don't ever ride brag anddon't care about brag, I'm
sorry, but uh, that's kind of.
That's kind of the spotlightfor us.
It's our first big adventurefor 2025 coming up.

(13:29):
This year we had someone namedBrian Fritz BrianLeeFritzcom,
great artist.
If you're looking for a pictureof your bicycle.
He now does cars, birds, allkinds of stuff Very talented.
He also does jersey design andhe helped us with our jersey.
Um, he had a couple differentum versions.

(13:51):
We had something different fromthe men and the women and
michael kudos to you.
Um, you came up with the ideaof why don't we become one?
So what we did is we have thesame color, same theming, and we
put the men's logo on the men'sjersey and the women's logo on
the women's.
But if you saw us all in onebig picture, we'd all look the

(14:15):
same.
All is 43 this year, so prettyexcited.
That is on our Facebook page ifyou're curious and want to look
at it.
So thank you, brianBrianLeafRitzcom.
Reach out to him if you'relooking for some sort of nice
piece of art with your bicycle.
He can help you out.
How's your packing coming, um?

Speaker 3 (14:39):
uh, it's coming, I'm, I'm, uh, I'm slowly moving, uh,
moving in that direction.
I have out in my other roomover here, uh, a bunch of stuff
laid out on the floor.
So I'd say, short of actuallyputting it into the bag, I'm
probably 70% done, cool, so yeah.

Speaker 2 (15:03):
Yeah, yeah, I'm the same way.
So, um, I think I've talkedabout it, but I did a major
basement um remodel.
It is perfect for packing forcycling trips.
It's got a countertop that's 15feet long and so I've got all
my stuff laid out there andmaybe I'm a little bit lucky
that my wife is out of town.

(15:24):
My wife's taking care of herfather in another state, so I
think she might kill me if shesaw what I did.
It's all good, I love you,lauren, but no, she wouldn't
kill me.
She'd probably understand.
But yes, I was, was gonna try todo one bag, one large bag, one.

(15:47):
You know I use those rollerbags and it's just not gonna
happen.
Um, I tried and tried to usethe packing cubes.
I took a.
Actually I copied off you fulltransparency.
You had those.
These are compressible packingcubes where you put everything
in and then you zip them againto suck them down.
And even though I did that andI started putting those squished

(16:12):
down packing cubes inside thebag, by the time you get all
your jerseys and clothes andstuff to sleep.
And you know, I'm looking atthe I'll let you talk about this
later but our charter and I'mlooking at their list.
I'm looking at bragorglist ofpacking recommendations, making

(16:33):
sure that I knowing from priortimes that I put stuff in that I
just never use, and going backand forth.
It's just not going to workwith one bag, so I think I'm
going to have two bags that arenot this time busting at the
seams.
I'm still happy with thepacking cubes.
It's definitely helps fororganization and getting
everything done.
So I appreciate you know youkind of show me that, um, but

(16:56):
it's definitely going to be uh,two, two roller bags again, but
oh well, yeah, it is what it is.

Speaker 3 (17:05):
You have to get all the stuff there.

Speaker 2 (17:07):
Yeah, and you know we bring the, we bring, you know,
some podcasting equipment andthen and some libations and
cigars and all that stuff.
So it's like, oh well, this isnot going to fit.
So then I just kind of succumbto the idea of still going to
try to make it minimal packing.

Speaker 3 (17:29):
Make it a second very light bag.
How about that?

Speaker 2 (17:33):
I like that.
That's even better, and we haveto make room for our DeBrims.
You did get your DeBrim right.

Speaker 3 (17:41):
Where's that viewfinder thing at?
You finished talking.

Speaker 2 (17:51):
Hey, I know that you're not a fan of DeBrims, but
I'll rock it for us.

Speaker 3 (17:58):
If that's what you're calling it, then yeah, you go
for it, buddy.

Speaker 2 (18:02):
Yeah, oh, where's this my?
I forgot about this.
Now let me ask you what's yourplan for shoes this year?

Speaker 3 (18:13):
Let it just go barefoot.
How about that?
No, I've got my shoes packed.
I think if if anybody rememberstalking about me, talking about
it last year, and if youremember, I actually took two
pairs of cycling shoesunnecessary, but you know you
like to bring up the whole yearthat I went to Michigan and we

(18:37):
did the 165 miles and I forgotmy shoes and we couldn't find a
replacement shoe.
So I was in my feel as all day,uh, which I made it, but um, so
then that kind of puts the fearin me and I'm like, oh, so I
wound up packing two pairs.
I have the sandals and I hadthe shoes, so, uh, actually two
pairs last year, I'm justplanning on taking one pair this
year, but I am planning ontaking one pair, so I will have

(19:01):
shoes, good, good, good, um.

Speaker 2 (19:05):
We always recommend.
Derailleurs, did you pack yourderailleur?

Speaker 3 (19:09):
Uh, the derailleurs on the bike.
Now, I did pack an extraderailleur hanger.

Speaker 2 (19:14):
Oh sorry.
Sorry, Derailleur hanger yes.

Speaker 3 (19:17):
Oh, yes, I uh, after a couple of years at RAGBRAI,
back to back, where we hadpeople uh on the different text
chains that we were on, uh onwebsites, um, or Facebook pages,
and actually at that one placesomebody came around to our camp
and was asking us because theybusted the derailleur hanger.

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And uh, even though we were atRAGB, Rag Bry and there's I
don't know dozen, two dozen bikeshops represented there,
derailleur hangers are specificto every different bicycle and
nobody had one.
And ever since that time Icarry one with me, it's in my

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bike bag.
So, just in case, Did youupdate your computer?
I'm hoping you'll do that forme.

Speaker 2 (20:08):
Oh, I usually do.
I usually handle thosetechnology logistics yeah.

Speaker 3 (20:13):
I don't have time for that technology thing.
You just update it and thengive it back to me and I'll slap
it on the bike.
No problem, you just followthat route real close I'm out in
the middle of a field somewheregoing off a bridge that doesn't
go all the way across, and youjust see me teeter off the end

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and splash remember, in 2018 andragbri, my computer wanted to
put us out in the middle of acornfield that one day it seemed
like every five minutes.
It's like turn here?
Well, there's no turn, there'sa barbed wire fence and it was
wanting us to go through acornfield.

Speaker 2 (20:51):
Yeah, I was so frustrated because I had just
bought that computer.
It was my first and I love bythe way, I'm going to mention a
name just because this is acycling podcast, wahoo, but and
I'm a huge wahoo fan I mean Iuse a, I use a hammerhead now,
but I'm, I'm wahoo is like theapple of bike computers, custom

(21:12):
screens, everything but thatoriginal one that I had and
maybe a setting that I had on orsomething.
And I was so frustrated becauseI bought it right before, right
before ragpry.
It was like turn left and Iwould say to you, this damn
thing wants me to turn left.
Like turn left into what?

Speaker 3 (21:28):
and I was like there there is no turn left and it
would just show the route,literally turning left and going
through, and you'd like look toyour left and there's just this
huge cornfield and it's like Idon't think that's a good
shortcut at all.

Speaker 1 (21:42):
But didn't you have to send that?

Speaker 3 (21:44):
back though, and didn't they give you a new one?
Or they redid something andthen send it back.
They were very good on thecustomer service, I'll tell you
what and they got you hooked up.

Speaker 2 (21:56):
I'm not a sponsor.
They're not a sponsor.
I wish they were.
But yes, I have to say theircustomer support was without a
shot of a doubt.
I mailed it to them.
I had to show proof of purchase, which was no problem.
I was able to do that, and onceI showed proof of purchase,
they actually drilled a holethrough it, sent it back, and
then they also sent me the newone.

(22:17):
Drilled a hole through it, so Iguess I couldn't reuse it.

Speaker 3 (22:24):
Yeah, and I think, if I remember, remember right and
I could be wrong here I thinkyou were a little concerned
because we had another ridecoming up and you worried you
weren't going to get it in timefor that next ride.

Speaker 2 (22:32):
yeah, but you did, I did got it back and, and on that
trip it did not take us to acornfield, although we got some
good mileage out of the jokes,like is it going to tell us to
turn right in that lake?

Speaker 3 (22:42):
right there it's pretty hot, so you always hear
those stories about people whofollow their car GPS and they
end up in a lake and it's like,or they end up on a you know a
road that just ends in thewilderness, and now you know
things like that.

Speaker 2 (22:56):
So do you guys have seasonal roads by you?
No, we don't.
So in Michiganigan, as youwould assume, we have seasonal
roads.
You know, in the winter it'slike april 5th.
You know the uh.
You can't bring logging trucksdown certain roads and they're
trying to make sure they firm upthe sure it's just.
You know different ones, but myfirst gps was a magellan.

(23:18):
Um, this is not for bicycle,just to be clear.
It was supposed to be for likebackpacking, camping, and then
they came out with a piece ofsoftware that you could use for
your car.
We're talking 20 years ago.
I was going to say 20 years.
I'll never forget that we wereheading what we call up north

(23:40):
Michigan.
We were heading up north and Iput the address where we were
going and it was 9.30, 10o'clock at night and just the
story that you just toldhappened to us.
It was like get off the freeway, go five miles this way, turn
left and everyone's like whereare the?
I'm like don't worry, guys, Igot my GPS, I know right where

(24:00):
we're going.
I trust technology and I'mstanding up for the GPS, don't
worry.
Don't worry.
And sure enough, man, it turnsus down this two track and
everyone's like all right, thisis enough.
So, anyways.
And then I remember arguingwith my father.
I'm like I got a GPS.
And then I remember him saying,not like a big argument, but

(24:27):
him and him saying well, I thinkthat's just a general location.
I'm like, no, no, no, it's bysatellite.
He's like well, I don't care ifit's by satellite or not.
That is not right, you knowsomeone's satellites a little
jacked up you know he's, uh, wasa pilot and and you know he was
very, you know, map, map drivenand, but but now the GPSs are
just absolutely amazing, I mean,which kind of leads us to our,

(24:53):
our next segment, which is doyou use, besides a bicycle
computer, do you use any kind oftechnology for cycling events
that you're going on besides,besides the bike computer?
And as far, as technology.

Speaker 3 (25:05):
Would it be more specific?

Speaker 1 (25:09):
I mean I use a lot of technology.

Speaker 2 (25:12):
We both do like the radars.
That's true, Like I'm moreleaning.
Like, and do you use anyspecific apps?

Speaker 3 (25:19):
Oh, okay, like for weather, yeah, for instance,
yeah, um, you know there is acouple that I use especially for
weather.
Um, I'm very keyed into weathernow, especially after your
buddy, jeff, saved us in iowathat one year.
Um, thank you, jeff ragbrai.
Yes, that ragbrai got hit withthe uh the tornado um, so, yeah,

(25:41):
I mean, as far weather goes,I've always used kind of the
weather underground as kind ofmy go-to app, don't know why,
just something my father alwaysused.
It's underground.
It's underground, yeah, likewhat do you know, which is kind
of weird.
It's like what do you knowabout the weather if you're
underground?
But whatever, the other one thatI I uh find very interesting is

(26:09):
, uh, radar scope, okay, and uh,now, that is a paid service.
It's not much, uh, I think likesix dollars a month or
something, but uh, you know, ithas a lot of great, as the name
would imply, radar features.
It's got like next rad visualsum, you can monitor hurricanes,
like you know, kind of thatsecond by second that you see on
tv, uh, that type of thing.
You access storm severity.

(26:31):
It keeps you up to date ifyou're in a storm.
You know, like the level ofseverity and stuff.
It's very, um, it's very good,uh, when you're in a bad
situation.
I mean it'll you know you'vegot up-to-date radar, you know
it's telling you exactly whereyou're at, what the level of the

(26:53):
storm is, that kind of stuff.
So, um, that one's a good onetoo.
Now also gives good informationaround lightning data, which,
as a cyclist, I can appreciate.

Speaker 2 (27:02):
So yes, yes, yes, that would be.
That would be something youdefinitely want to know.
How about you?
Yeah, I do two things, and oneis I wouldn't say really
download or anything, but my oneof my tricks is let's see if I
can do this easy for those whoenjoy us on youtube.

(27:23):
He's giving away his pro tips.
Yeah, I'm gonna show you.
So this year, the ride for ourfirst adventure starts in rome,
georgia, and I'm hoping I canpull this off.
But rome, if you want to, Ithere you go.
Yeah, there we go.
I I put rome, cartersville,jasper, dawsonville, and I put

(27:48):
each city that I'm going to goto as a, as a pre-measured or
pre-determined weather location.
That way, throughout the week,you know, like, especially when
we did brag, bryan put everyovernight town in there, georgia
, or every overnight town, andand kind of gives me a couple
different things.
It gives me, uh, kind of like,um, a metric across the state,

(28:10):
what I'm expecting temperaturewise, and so, like you know
right now it's reading right nowbut it's telling me the high
for today in Rome was 80, and soit goes anywhere, for across
the state is 80, 80, 76, 77, 80,83.
And so I can see the highs forthe week, and then I can also

(28:32):
see the lows, and then it showsme the weather, and so it kind
of helps me out.
And and what?
What app do you use to do that?
This is actually, I do have aniPhone.
You do not have to have aniPhone, by the way, you could
use, you know, whatever.
I'm sure Android has a, I'mjust not familiar with it and I
apologize.

Speaker 3 (28:52):
So you're just using Apple's weather app then?

Speaker 2 (28:55):
That is correct, and so I just go to my weather app
and then I for a city, and thenyou're able to save it.
Matter of fact, I keepLewisburg on there.

Speaker 3 (29:08):
As you should.
I mean you got to know.
I'm getting pummeled with rain.

Speaker 2 (29:13):
Well, the other night I saw that you were getting 70
mile an hour wind speed.

Speaker 3 (29:19):
Yeah, we pretty much had a hurricane wind speed yeah,
we pretty much had a hurricane.
We had shade, over 70 mile anhour winds and heavy rains, and
the rain was going sideways andall that.
So it wasn't a good time.
But it's Kansas that happens.

Speaker 2 (29:36):
I keep my hometown, I keep Orlando.
I like to always see theweather in orlando.
It's 94 degrees there today, sovery warm down there.
But yes, um and the other theother app that I specifically
use is windy.
Now I want to give credit wherecredit is due.

(29:58):
Um, a few years ago, um, thesame gentleman who saved our
beep in in iowa, uh, told meabout the windy app spelled
w-i-n-d-y, just like it sounds.
And what windy does is does afew things, but what I like it
for.
You know, cyclists are alwayseither like a tailwind everybody

(30:20):
loves a tailwind, everybodyloves a tailwind, nobody hates I
mean, everybody hates aheadwind.
But if you actually can look asyour current GPS location, you
can actually look anywhere inthe world if you want.
But for cycling, specificallyon the adventures, you can say,
okay, I'm in Rome, let's seewhat the wind's like.
Rome to Cartersville, which isour first trip down the road,

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you can actually kind of look atboth and say, okay, well, we're
looking at either a storm orwind or whatever.
It has a few radar features butmore to show you the speed of
the wind and everything else,and so I think for cycling now
it could be good or bad.
I mean, let's be honest, ifyou're on one of those
adventures, you have to go, nomatter what, right, yeah, that

(31:06):
could be demoralizing if youlook at it ahead of time and
it's like, wow, hey, we'restarting off the morning.

Speaker 3 (31:12):
We got 20 mile an hour headwinds.
That's yeah, yeah.
If you see that, don't tell meI won't, just I won't, even
though I realize we've gotheadwinds, don't just you know
but if I say you know what, whydon't we wait two hours to start
?

Speaker 2 (31:30):
you'll know there's a reason why I'll be like
excellent donut bread.
If you see me sitting down,slowing down, enjoying a coffee
and saying we're not going justyet, you'll know why.

Speaker 3 (31:44):
You've been on the windy app going ooh, this
doesn't look good.
Okay, that's fair enough.
So no, I mean, you know andthere's probably another 200 of
them out there that people canuse but it really blows my mind
nowadays, because of thetechnology we have available, my
mind, nowadays, because of thetechnology we have available,

(32:05):
that if you and I were doingwhat we're doing now, I was
going to say 20 years ago, but Iwas doing this 20 years ago,
say, you know, 30 years ago,even 20 years ago, honestly, you
know, we didn't have kind ofthat immediate access to
up-to-date weather.
You know, you could listen to alocal radio station, you could
look in the sky, you couldlisten to the night before

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forecast.
But nowadays, I mean we've gotit.
You know, minute by minute,radar is telling us.
So I mean it's just reallyincredible, the technology out
there that we have available.
And so I would suggest toeverybody, regardless of what
app you're using, download someweather app.
So I would suggest to everybody, regardless of what app you're
using, download some weather app.

(32:48):
I think Adam's idea is brillianthave the weather for every
single day.
Stop.
I personally don't do itbecause I have an Adam and Adam
does it.
So I'll be like so what's theweather look like today?
So I just ask him I'll be likeso what's the weather look like
today?
So I just ask him but I thinkit's, I think it's fantastic and
I think everybody needs to toutilize technology to your
advantage when you're out thereon your bicycle.

Speaker 2 (33:11):
So, yeah, no, for sure.
I mean, and you know, you and Idefinitely plan these things
way in advance and we put a lotof logistics behind it to make
sure that we have a betterexperience by doing it, which
would also lead me to believethat if I'm watching the weather
10 days in advance, I don't puta lot of faith in it.
But if it's like five days inadvance, four days in advance,

(33:33):
three days in advance, and I'mseeing the same thing, I may or
may not reserve a hotel that'scancelable in the same day or 30
minutes in advance.
Yeah, you did that before too,you know and I think this brings
up another point.

Speaker 3 (33:49):
As much as I like to laugh about your de brum and
that type of thing, it serves apurpose and I understand what
that purpose is.
I mean, you're the type of guythat you know you stand too
close to the microwave for twominutes and you, you know, got a
nice crispy sunburn going that.

(34:13):
My point here is, you know,make sure that you're watching
the weather, make sure that youare wearing sunscreen or some
type of protective garment, andif that's a DeBrim, well then
that's a DeBrim.
But you know, it's reallyimportant nowadays.
I went out last weekend to agraduation who has graduations

(34:33):
outside.
I used to take pictures for aphotography company when I was
in college and we took picturesfor all the local colleges and
universities around the area andall the high schools, and there
was never one outside.
I've been to hundreds of them.
This one was outside.
I had no idea, Didn't sayanything on the invitation or
nothing, and so it is out in thebright sun and I was out there

(34:56):
for an hour and my head was,like you know, bright red.
So could have used the brim.
Well, I could have, but Ididn't.

Speaker 2 (35:07):
You would look really silly at graduation.

Speaker 3 (35:09):
Well, my point is, you know, we are in that season,
the sun seems to be a littlestronger than it used to be.
So I'm just saying, you knowwhether it's a brim, whether
it's sunscreen, I would suggestI've started and I you, you know
this.
Uh, years ago, a couple ofyears ago, I didn't wear the?
Uh the arm sleeves.
I do that all the time Now, uh,number one it blocks the sun's

(35:33):
sun.
And number two, if it getssuper hot, you just wet them
down and you get a little extracooling motion.
Be at leg things.
Just be cautious and beprepared.
The sun is out there.
Wear the Debrim if that'swhat's going to keep you from
burning, because it can do somereal damage.
So there's my public serviceannouncement for today, sorry,

(35:53):
and now you know.

Speaker 2 (35:54):
No, on a serious note , I get asked all the time on my
sun legs and sun arms all thetime, isn't that hot?
Yes, I want to be honest.
When I'm standing and notmoving on the bike, if I'm
standing and we're talking, itcan get a little warm.
I'm not going to sit here andbe dishonest, but when you're

(36:15):
moving you don't even feel it.
You don't even feel it at all.
I mean, but normally when youand I we see the sun, we usually
find some shade or or something.
You know we don't stand out andI'm not a very good piece of
corn.
I mean, I've turned intopopcorn.
But you're right, I do get sunburn.
I'm fair, fair skin you've beenwith me on rides before.

(36:39):
That's why I wear all thatstuff Do.

Speaker 3 (36:49):
I realize that the brand looks kind of silly and
stupid Sure, but that's okay andI'm willing to be.
It's got a purpose and eventhough I I'll admit it, I laugh
about it all the time and makefun of it, I understand there is
a purpose and there's a seriouspurpose behind it.
So I can respect the perp.
I don't respect the hat.
I can respect the purpose ofthe hat.

Speaker 2 (37:04):
Fair enough, it's my signature.
Look, I mean people, I meanwhen I'm going down the road, I
mean remember Savannah and thatcould be your signature.

Speaker 3 (37:13):
Look too, but I wouldn't.

Speaker 2 (37:15):
I cannot compete with team Flamingo.
Those guys aren't rag braai.
Good point I wouldn't look goodin a pink boa, but You're
exactly right.
Hey, you know, speaking of allthis technology and apps and
stuff, we always like tointroduce other parts of leisure

(37:38):
, not just cycling.
We've kind of branched out alittle bit.
Let's talk about geocaching fora second.

Speaker 3 (37:49):
I don't even know what that is.
I get cash for being in acertain place.

Speaker 2 (37:53):
Geocaching, yes actually you get cash and then
you see a guy named Geo and he'slike hey.

Speaker 3 (37:58):
Michael hey Geo.

Speaker 2 (38:00):
Hey, welcome.
So for those of you who havenever geocached, you're
basically using GPS devices andclues and different tricks of
the trade to find differentcaches, if you will, or a
certain spot in a certain placeand and you know there's books

(38:23):
of them you can search for themand these could be out in the
middle of the water, wherethey're like on a buoy, where
you have to actually paddle outand then open it up and leave
the log.
You know that you found thisitem, um, but you can use all
these, these gps and and youknow devices to find these.
I mean, there's some out on the.
I mean, oh, oh, I know onehere's.

(38:44):
You're gonna like this, okay.
So I was told about a cache.
I've never done it myself, I'ma very.
I'm familiar about it, but Iwas told about a cache in a
library and it's called theDewey Geocache.
Yes, we do.

Speaker 3 (39:01):
Dewey as in Dewey decimal.

Speaker 2 (39:05):
That's right, and it says the geocache description
Dewey geocache yes, we do, andwe have a book on it and
hundreds of similar topics, andin this case there's a cache
inside of a library and it saysthis cache will help you learn
more about what this localbuilding has to offer and teach
your little about how to use it.

(39:25):
The geocache has multiple parts, but they're all in the same
building, meaning you can onlyhunt for this during operational
hours.
Due to the location, stealth isrequired, as muggles are all
about.
The website attached has ourhours and so then it has a
decryption code here and you canjust different ways of finding
different geocaches.

(39:45):
And and I mean there's, they'vegot, uh, go premium with the
geocaching app.
You can.
You can just go crazy withthese things, but so so let me
understand this, okay.

Speaker 3 (39:58):
Basically, they start you out at point a, it's.
It sounds a lot like back inthe boy scout days, when we did
orientation things.
Um, we go from one point to thenext and then at that point you
would go to another point basedupon a clue or something, yeah,
and then you end at this, thislog or whatever, and you sign it

(40:19):
.

Speaker 2 (40:19):
That you you in fact did did find it yeah, and some
of them have like milk cratesand so they stay waterproof not
milk crates, but like a milk jug.
So so items stay waterproof orsometimes they're in they're
literally are in watertightdevices so that you can open it
up, sign the log book.
Or sometimes they give awaythings, like people will put

(40:40):
little trinkets in there and say, hey, hey, I left something in
this cache.
You know, they went out andfound it and it gets people
moving outside a lot of times itgets you hiking.

Speaker 3 (40:50):
They need to do that for cycling, cycling, geocache,
do they?

Speaker 2 (40:54):
They do do bike.
Yeah, they do bike ride withgeocaching.
Well, we need to do thatsometime.
Just to say we've done it.

Speaker 1 (41:06):
Remember when we went to Shoreline in Michigan.

Speaker 2 (41:08):
I remember we were out to the Dairy.

Speaker 3 (41:09):
Queen which was not geocaching Dairy Queen, you mean
the Dairy Queen we were to like, two or maybe three times I
think we were.
You can't go wrong with a goodbike ride and an ice cream Bikes
and blizzards that would be my.
That would be a great ride.
You ride from one town to thenext, not hitting bars but
hitting Dairy Queens.

Speaker 2 (41:30):
Oh man, I'm in, but we saw that van, with the
geocache on the back.

Speaker 3 (41:38):
Well, we actually didn't know what it was.
It was geocache, though wedidn't know what it was, so I
took a picture of it.
What was it?

Speaker 2 (41:44):
It was like one of those little, very weird QR code
.
It wasn't a QR code, but it wasa very similar looking QR code.
It was in the shape of somethingbizarre.
Yeah, and it turns out that Ifound out the terminology it's
called a trackable, and so youcan actually, uh, people have an

(42:05):
app that they can scan, so ifthey find your vehicle, like hey
, I saw this vehicle parked atthe st louis arch, and then they
take a picture of it and thenit says, oh I, I found the same
vehicle in chicago the next day,we're like, hmm, that guy must
have driven from St Louis toChicago.

Speaker 3 (42:19):
I found your white van down by the river.

Speaker 2 (42:24):
But what I was told would be cool yeah, selling
government cheese, but I wastold that you could actually put
these on your bike.
So then if we actually went toeach town and we could show a
map of everywhere our bike hasbeen, which is like a Strava
heat map, but just a differentactivity that you could do with
some GPS technology.

Speaker 3 (42:45):
So basically you're asking people to stalk you.

Speaker 2 (42:49):
Well, actually they're always one day behind.

Speaker 3 (42:54):
Are they Because, when they take the picture,
they're not.

Speaker 2 (42:58):
Well, you don't have to post until the next day oh,
okay sounds a little creepy tome, but anyway that I mean
that's.

Speaker 3 (43:06):
You're right.
It is a good way to get outoutdoors and and do different
activities, and I'm not thatfamiliar with it.
I know we briefly have talkedabout it once or twice, but uh,
really didn't know that muchabout it well, depending on how
you have your strava and if youhave it open posting people,

(43:28):
you're doing the same thing Iwas gonna say people could stalk
you.

Speaker 2 (43:31):
Now that's why some, some people turn the sharing off
to only friends only, or Idon't care if somebody really
wants to stalk me as I rideacross Georgia or Indiana or
wherever I'm riding.

Speaker 3 (43:44):
Well then you know, hey, you need a better hobby.
But go for it.

Speaker 2 (43:50):
Well, ladies and gentlemen, you can find him 13
steps down.

Speaker 3 (43:53):
Money through Friday here, in my basement, in my
construction zone.
That's where I'll be, so comeon by, we'll have.

Speaker 2 (44:01):
I'll have coffee for you.
I'm not going to drink any ofit.
If you're coming by, could youbring some ice cream there you
go.
Well, listen, speaking of thatis your young lady who is out
for the summer, going to be yourpersonal assistant for the
summer.

Speaker 3 (44:18):
You know I don't think.
So she's very happy to be out.
Uh, she starts high school nextyear.
Uh, I'm surprised we haven'theard her because she's having a
sleepover with one of herfriends, you know, being the
last day and all but um, I don'tknow.
I don't think she'll be mypersonal assistant, but we do
have a couple of activitiesscheduled that her and I are
going to do and we're going totry to get some more just biking

(44:40):
around the community, more andthat kind of stuff.
So it should be, should be fun.
I'm looking forward to thissummer.

Speaker 2 (44:46):
Well, I know that she highly enjoys spending time
with you and and, uh, I've beenwith you a few times, you know,
doing homework and stuff.
So hopefully that, uh, thatlast you know, because I know
that there's that weird agewhere parents are uncool and
then kind of comes full circleof parents are cool again.

Speaker 3 (45:02):
I don't know, though I'm pretty cool.
I didn't tell.
I think I did tell you this.

Speaker 1 (45:11):
I went on the they needed parents for a field trip
last Friday.
Oh yeah, you took me to.

Speaker 3 (45:15):
Fort Scott, fort Scott Historical Society, and I
volunteered.
It's like you know, I'm ahistory guy, so I was like, yeah
, I'll go if you need help.
And so I went and I got to, youknow, hang around with some of
her friends all day, and youknow we saw how they you know
the laundress washed the clothesfor the fort and how they
loaded cannons and how thequartermaster did his job, and
so you know I mean, yeah, I'mstill, I'm still okay, sort of

(45:40):
maybe a little cool Dad.

Speaker 2 (45:43):
I'm just kidding.
How did I do?

Speaker 3 (45:47):
That was beautiful.
I mean, that was like spot on.
I love it.
Okay, maybe I'm not cool, but Idid hang out with a bunch of
young people, so it was a.
It was a good time.

Speaker 2 (45:57):
Well, I'm I'm excited that you're spending some of
the summer with our adventures,and I'm happy that you guys are
spending time together.
So, yeah, it's a good time.
Moving on, sir.
According to our outline, thisis your chapter.

Speaker 3 (46:13):
Oh, this is good.
We are going to do something onBragg that you and I have never
done before, and now that's.
We've been doing theseadventures for a long time now
and there are very few thingscycling wise when we go on the,
especially these week-long rides.
That is new for us.

(46:35):
I mean, you know we've prettymuch seen it all, did it all
when you're dealing withweek-long rides, but during
Bragg, let me stop.
Let me go back About threeepisodes.
Four episodes ago we had somegentlemen on, jimmy and Dave
from Padres Cycling Inn.

(46:58):
We interviewed them.
Cycle Inn excuse me, cyclingInn.
We interviewed them.
Cycle Inn excuse me, cycle Inn.
We interviewed them, talkedabout what they offered and what
they were doing this year,because we had met them.
We'd seen them a lot of places,but we had met them when we
were doing Shoreline last year,wound up at a distillery with
them and their crew one eveningand had them on the show.

(47:22):
And so you and I are going to beparticipating in a full service
charter for Bragg.
We have done these thingsindependently.
We have done these things withjust, uh, just, you know, kind
of the partial charter whereit's like we get you a ride

(47:45):
there, uh, we have a campsitefor you every night.
But this is the first timewe've ever done a full service
charter and so we are going to,uh, be with that group and it'll
be fun because you know we'llwe'll meet some new people and
and try out their services andand see what that's like.
You realize we are getting tothe point where we keep trying

(48:09):
these things out and it's goingto be hard for us to go back.
Yeah, I know, two years ago wegot to try out Franklin's snooze
box.
Snooze boxze box, yes, and letme tell you tried that out for a
night and the next night it wasa little rough.
I was like, oh man, this is notnearly as comfortable as I had
last night.

(48:29):
So but we're gonna do that.
Uh, they're full service.
They, you know, set up yourtent, have your gear there for
you.
They take down your tent in themorning, they haul your gear
back and put it on a truck anddrive it to the next place.
They have bike racks andcharging stations.
I mean, it's full service.

(48:52):
So I'm excited about it.
I think it's going to be cooland I think that will give us
some new, new uh subject matterto talk about.
so and then once we've done this, we've pretty much done the
whole, from independent basiccharter, full service charter,
snooze box.
We've done it all for sure?

Speaker 2 (49:14):
no, for sure, definitely looking forward to it
.
I mean they, you know they havetowel service and I'm looking
on their website as you'retalking, bike racks maintenance,
which is good.
Um, texting alerts.
You need to sign up for theirtext alerts my friend.
Uh, anyways, and then they havea suggested items of of packing

(49:34):
as well.
So yes it, um, it is a adifferent way for us to do brag
and really excited about thatfor sure.

Speaker 3 (49:44):
So it's going to be, because normally we do inside,
so we're not doing inside.
This year we're going to dothis and, don't worry, team,
we're going to be easy to findbecause we've got our little
flag.
We'll put out front so you'llknow exactly where we're at if
you want to stop by.
So it's going to be a newexperience.
I like this when we can try newthings that we haven't done
before no, I am, I am too.

Speaker 2 (50:07):
um, let's see here going to my list, uh, I'm going
good.
Um, I'm going to take thisopportunity to thank our
sponsors, which is Alex Bell,dennis Keeler and Scott Garwick.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Speaker 3 (50:29):
Our ongoing sponsors.

Speaker 2 (50:30):
Yes, absolutely Appreciate it guys.
Let's see here, I believe,unless you have anything.
Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, Ialmost forgot.
Um, we are going to ask for alittle bit of forgiveness.

Speaker 3 (50:46):
Um, we've asked you this before.
We should ask for a lot offorgiveness, but well, okay.

Speaker 2 (50:51):
Well, I'll take a little.
I take a mile.
Ask a little, ask, take a mile.
Just kidding, I'm just kidding.
We've asked you this before.
You've always been so graciousto us and shown your support.
This show comes out every twoweeks, as many of you loyal
listeners know.
We know who you are because onday one we see like 150

(51:12):
downloads and then we're likeheck, yeah.
And so we appreciate yourenthusiasm of, of, of listening
and and and helping us and alongthe way, michael is able to
find new uh areas and spotlightthose.
So we appreciate you that weare going to bookend here with
us with the listener spotlight.

(51:32):
But, that being said,technically we really try our
hardest, to the point where weeven set aside some other time
to make sure we can meet thetwo-week mark.
Every Sunday at 4 o'clockEastern is when we like to
release the show.
4 o'clock Eastern on June 8th,when the show comes out two

(51:53):
weeks.
Yeah, we're going to betraveling home from Bragg.
Yeah, we're going to betraveling home from Bragg, but
we are going to try our hardestto record, formalize our notes,
put everything together, anyclips that we've gathered along
the way, which we're prettyexcited We've got an easier way
to get some clips on the roadnow.
So we're really excited aboutthat and we're going to put all

(52:23):
that together and we're reallygoing to try our hardest to
release the show, uh, on the12th, on thursday, the 12th.
So if you just give us afour-day reprieve, uh, we'd both
be thankful, so absolutelywe'll be a couple days late, but
I hopefully it'll be worth it.

Speaker 3 (52:37):
That's our, I think it'll be worth it.

Speaker 2 (52:38):
I think it'll be worth it.
Usually we have some good stuffand you know, last year we got
to sit down with John EMS, emsmotorcycle guy, yeah, and we got
Franklin, and so you know whatwe should do.

Speaker 3 (52:52):
We should sit down with, like Stephanie.
I think that's a good idea, youknow, you know because she's
there, she takes all the calls,emails working hard.

Speaker 2 (53:02):
She's taking all these emails, yeah I mean
franklin you know he doeskissing babies, hugging women,
children gets to go to europeall the time stephanie's left to
do all the the heavy lifting.

Speaker 3 (53:16):
Well, we'll have to make that I'd call the union if
I were you.
But that's just my suggestion.

Speaker 2 (53:24):
Yes, I'm looking for the brag union, please.

Speaker 3 (53:26):
Who's?

Speaker 2 (53:26):
my union rep.
I'm sorry they're not availablethis month.
How can we help you All right?
Well, listen, why don't we?

(53:48):
Why don't we?

Speaker 3 (53:48):
wrap this up.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is myhonor to introduce the next
listener spotlight.
All right, I've got a good onehere for you and I don't know it
might be as easy.
Apparently, last last episodeswas easy.
Well, I was glad to see so manypeople participated and and we
had you know, never before havewe had three people get the
right answer, so maybe it's astart.
This community for listenerspotlight began in the early

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1860s.
The name changed twice, notonce, but twice, before the
Central Pacific Railroadselected its current name in the
late 1860s.
Its current name honors anative people's chief.

(54:40):
Historically, it is best knownfor a disaster that occurred
nearby, and the final one issnow, helped elevate this town
into notoriety hmm, pretty easy,huh no well, I'll give you a

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hint it's not st louis and it'snot huntsville well, thank you
for the huntsville I

Speaker 2 (55:11):
mean, I just was thinking that, uh, I'm, I'm
gonna give you some.
Just hold, hold a straight face, because this is on YouTube as
well.
Initial thoughts Okay, when yousaid disaster, I was thinking
of the Chicago fires and thereis snow there.
But I don't think Chicago is anIndian chief 1860s, union

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Pacific, anyways that's my firstOkay.
That's one.

Speaker 3 (55:46):
Well, you know, the great, the great Iroquois leader
, chicago, now there, therewasn't.

Speaker 2 (55:53):
Okay, hey, at least I'm finally giving you some.
You know I.

Speaker 3 (55:57):
I appreciate cause you're stepping up your
participation in this, becausebefore it was just like St Louis
.
I'm going to say St Louis untilhe does St Louis.
So I appreciate it.

Speaker 2 (56:10):
By the way, I get the same report you do and we do
have listeners.
In St Louis we have severallisteners in St.
Louis, I have listeners in.

Speaker 3 (56:19):
St Louis.
We have several listeners in StLouis.

Speaker 2 (56:20):
I know.
That's why I thought you weregoing to use St Louis a couple
times, because it would showthere was downloads in St Louis.
I'm like, oh, this is in StLouis Because I'm looking at the
same report you do.

Speaker 3 (56:30):
Yeah, well.

Speaker 2 (56:31):
You can run the report a different way, though I
know you can.

Speaker 3 (56:36):
And you know, sometimes I'm looking at trying
to pull things from differentareas of the country or trying
to pull things from you know.
I mean, sometimes I just seecities that I don't know
anything about, honestly, andI'm like, hmm, I wonder what

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goes on in that town.

Speaker 1 (56:58):
I could just see that in your personal life this is
what I picture.

Speaker 2 (57:00):
This is what I picture.
This is what I picture youyou're having dinner with your
family and you're like did youguys know that?
Um, in, in huntsville, alabama,blah, blah, blah?
And your daughter's like uh,okay, dad, how did you learn
that?
Well?

Speaker 3 (57:15):
well, let me tell you you should listen to listener
spotlight.
Yeah, but you know, huntsvilleis the rocket city of America,
so that one was pretty good.
Yeah, so my family does get alittle tired of my trivia

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sometimes.
But honestly, there's a lot oftimes I will see a town, a city.
I'll just be like I'm notfamiliar with that one, and then
there'll be times when I'll goI'm not familiar with that, and
then I start doing research andit's like wait a minute, I've
been to this place, you know soI will tell you that there was a
funny conversation.

Speaker 2 (57:57):
I was a something organic I was talking to and
someone said well, I'm not anarcissistic person like
yourself who has a podcast.
I'm like Whoa, where did thatcome from?
I'm like, well, okay, goodpoint.

Speaker 3 (58:13):
We like to laugh at ourselves, so why not?
That's right.
So there we have it.
If you guys have an answer towhat the listener spotlight for
this episode might be, drop us aline.

Speaker 2 (58:28):
Well, we are looking forward to our adventure across
Georgia, rome to Hartswell, andnot so many miles this time.
More elevation, 20,000 plusfeet of elevation throughout the
week.
Um, and we've got a lot of ourfriends we can't wait to see.

(58:50):
Uh, to give Franklin's mother,franklin, the executive director
of brag, some kudos.
I really love the idea of theidea of summer camp.
Um, bicycle summer camp andkudos.
I really love the idea of theidea of summer camp, bicycle
summer camp.
I'm I'm behind the scenes.
Few people have messaged usabout the day that we're doing
cart racing, a lot of people wholisten to the show.

(59:12):
We thank you.
We can't wait to see you.
We're truly excited.
This is this is one we'rereally looking forward to.
So, in that, in that note, Iknow very soon, excited, this is
one we're really lookingforward to.
In that note, I know very soon,for both of us, it will be
indeed a great day for a bikeride Absolutely.

Speaker 3 (59:33):
Thanks a lot, Adam.
Thank you, buddy.

Speaker 1 (59:35):
Thank you for coming along with Adam and Michael on
Road Adventures with Cycling Menof Leisure.
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