Hey there, FredCast family! It’s David, your old cycling podcast host, and I’ve got some exciting news to share. First, let me address the elephant in the room – yes, it’s been a while since The FredCast graced your earbuds. I know I promised to return, and life had other plans. But here’s the thing: while the podcast may have gone quiet, my passion for adventure never did. It just… shifted gears.

So, what’s new? Well, everything!

We’re documenting this grand adventure on our new YouTube channel: Destinations, Dents, and Discoveries. Our tagline? “This is how WE RV.” And let me tell you, it’s been quite the ride already!

Now, I know what you’re thinking. “David, what about cycling?” Don’t worry, fellow Freds – cycling is still a HUGE part of my life, so while our channel focuses on RV living and travel, you can bet there will be two-wheeled content mixed in. After all, you can take the Fred out of the podcast, but you can’t take the Fred out me!

My wife Donna and I, along with our 100lb Labrador co-pilot Doug, have embarked on the journey of a lifetime. We’ve swapped our traditional home for a life on wheels, specifically an Airstream Flying Cloud travel trailer. Our mission? To visit every US state, every U.S. National Park, and most Canadian provinces. It’s ambitious, it’s exciting, and it’s a little bit crazy – just like attempting a century ride for the first time!

Here’s what you can expect from Destinations, Dents, and Discoveries:

1. Real, unfiltered experiences of full-time RV living
2. Breathtaking views from coast to coast (and beyond!)
3. Practical tips and how-tos for aspiring RVers and anyone who loves to travel and enjoy the great outdoors
4. The occasional cycling adventure (because some habits die hard)
5. A healthy dose of humor, humility, and the unexpected

We’re just getting started, with three episodes already available and plans to release new content weekly. Right now, we’re on an epic journey from SoCal to Alaska and back. Talk about a change of scenery from my old studio setups in L.A. and Park City!

As I sit here, typing this post from Talkeetna, Alaska, I can’t help but reflect on the incredible journey that led us here. The FredCast and The Spokesmen weren’t just podcasts – they were communities. Each of you, whether we met in person or connected through emails, tweets, or FredCast schwag orders, played a part in shaping that community. Your names bring smiles to my face and, I’ll admit, sometimes tears to my eyes.

Even if RV life isn’t your thing, I want you to know how much you all still mean to me. The support, friendship, and sense of belonging we created together have left an indelible mark on my life. It’s that same spirit of community and adventure that Donna and I are carrying forward into this new chapter.

So, here’s my invitation to you: Come along for the ride! Check out Destinations, Dents, and Discoveries on YouTube. Watch, like, subscribe, and if you’re feeling generous, share it with friends who might enjoy our adventures. We’d love to have you with us as we navigate this new path – bumps, discoveries, and all.

Thank you for being part of The FredCast family. Your support meant the world to me then, and it means just as much now as we embark on this new adventure.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that life is full of unexpected turns. Sometimes, those turns lead you to the most beautiful destinations. Here’s to new roads and the joy of discovery!

And as always, enjoy the ride!

David (and Donna, and Doug!)

P.S. You can also follow our adventures on Instagram, where we are currently known as @AlDentyAdventures (Al for the aluminum of the Airstream and Denty because, well, dents happen!)

My set-up includes the following items:

• SmartThings Hub for the center of my home automation system;
• SmartThings Multipurpose Sensor to sense when the garage is open, closed, or when the garage begins to move; and
• The SmartRules iOS app (sorry, Android users)

The first step in getting this working is to connect the SmartThings Hub to your home network, install the Multipurpose Sensor on your garage door, and connect the sensor to the hub using the free SmartThings app. I won’t go into details on how to connect the sensor to the hub, since the SmartThings team have done a great job of making this super easy.

The SmartThings multipurpose sensor is able to monitor the angle of tilt of the sensor itself, so I do not use the magnet with the sensor. This allows the sensor to tell me if the garage has started moving (tilt angle changes), if the garage is open (the sensor is horizontal), or if the garage is closed (the sensor is vertical). I use this not only for my bike protection scheme, but also because I am one of those people who leaves the house and wonders, “did I close the garage?” Parenthetically, using this setup and some additional geekery, I have also devised a way to open and close my garage from anywhere in the world, as long as I have connectivity. But I digress…

The next step is to download the SmartRules app to your phone, log in with your SmartThings credentials, and then create a rule with the following settings:

These are the simple settings for your Smart Rule (click to enlarge). Don’t forget to Enable and Save each time you want it to work!

Now, here comes the most critical step in the entire process. Forget this step, and you will not be protected in any way. Whenever I leave the house with bikes on the car, I enable the rule. With the rule enabled, the SmartThings/SmartRules combo will alert me via push notification and text message when I arrive at home and the garage starts to open.

Since I mentioned it on the show, I wanted to add that I also have a SmartThings Arrival Sensor in and assigned to each of our cars. I have different SmartRules scripts to alert me when either of the cars leaves the garage open after leaving the house, and also to turn on certain lights in the house when each of the cars returns. Once you have home automation, you come up with all sorts of useful (and silly) ways to use it.

Enjoy! And let me know in the comments how this worked for you, if you have some other fun way to protect your bikes, or if you have any questions.

Disclaimer: All of the above works for me, most of the time. The occasional glitch, bug, Internet connectivity failure, and/or forgetting to enable the rule, can and will cause the rule to fail. Keep this in mind, and do not sue me if you try this and it doesn’t work. Test it extensively before relying on it to protect your $25,000 carbon/unobtanium dream bike.

THE FREDCAST CYCLING PODCAST
Episode 216
So Long, but not Goodbye
February 7, 2015

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A message from David about the future of The FredCast Cycling Roundtable Podcast and The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast. 

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THE FREDCAST CYCLING PODCAST
Episode 215
Interbike 2014
Week of September 8, 2014

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In this episode of The FredCast, David attends the 2014 Interbike expo in Las Vegas. It’s a big show, with a lot of evolution (rather than revolution) and duplication (rather than innovation), so this year David interviews exhibitors who represent the Innovators (Nikola Innovation), the Crowd Funders (Fix It Sticks), the Wrist IDs (Epic ID), and the Power Meters (Brim Brothers). Also in this episode, David introduces you to OuterBike in Moab Utah and suggest that this would be a great place to ride the latest and greatest, and we catch up on a recent product recall.

SHOW NOTES – Episode 215

Upcoming Event: Outerbike 2014

Interviews from the Interbike 2014 trade show:

• The Innovators: Nikola Innovation
• The Crowd Funders: Fix It Sticks
• The Wrist IDs: Epic ID
• The Power Meters: Brim Brothers

Recent Product Recalls:

• Orbea Recalls Avant Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard

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THE FREDCAST CYCLING PODCAST
Episode 214
ORSM14
Week of August 4, 2014

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In this episode of The FredCast, David attends the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2014 trade show and interviews companies whose products are related to cycling or of interest to Freds. Interviews include Olloclip, Knog, Magellan, and Sports Suds. Also on this episode, David catches up on recent product recalls, and says thanks and farewell to Indoor Cycling Music.

SHOW NOTES – Episode 214
Interviews from the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2014 trade show:

• Olloclip
• Knog
• Magellan
• Sport Suds

Recent Product Recalls:

• BMC Recalls Three Models of Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard; Bicycle Forks Can Break
• SCOTT Recalls Speedster Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard
• Stile Products Recalls Tern Folding Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard; Frames Can Crack
• Scott, Trek Recall Bicycles with SR Suntour Front Forks Due to Crash Hazard
• Cycling Sports Group Recalls GT Brand Mountain Bicycles Due to Crash, Injury Hazards

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The Tour comes to Yorkshire!

The FredCast at the Tour de France

I hate crowds. Forty years of living in Southern California can do that to a person, but my particular aversion to crowds is especially heightened on Fourth of July weekend. I am fairly certain that this all stems from three specific and identifiable events.

The first was a July 4th weekend handbag sale held at the Wilshire Boulevard location of Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills. My mother dragged me to this bacchanal of leather, suede and canvas early one morning when I was about seven years old, and believe me when I tell you that hammerhead sharks even in the most intense feeding frenzies have nothing on those (ahem!) ladies.

The second event took place in 1982 when I, along with more that a half million other Southern California residents, spent the night camping on Rogers Dry Lake Bed, adjacent to Edwards Air Force Base to witness the July 4th arrival of the space shuttle Columbia, a speech by President Reagan, and the departure (atop a converted 747) of the space shuttle Challenger. Once these events concluded, we spent hours baking in hot cars trying to exit the sun-baked parking area through a single-lane exit.

And in the third instance, my wife and I foolishly took our 3- and 6-year-old daughters to Disneyworld in Orlando on July 4th, 1999. The park was so overcrowded that day, and Main Street USA so clogged with sweating humanity, that cast members were forced to allow guests “backstage” just so that we could exit the park. To this day, I break out in a cold sweat when I smell cotton candy and sunscreen.

So why, therefore, did this enochlophobic (yes, I looked that up) American intentionally place himself at the epicenter of arguably the largest July 4th weekend crowds he’ll ever experience in his lifetime? Two words: Le Tour!

About a week before the 2014 Tour de France was scheduled to begin, I convinced my wife to allow me to use some of my frequent flier miles and hotel points to spend July 4th weekend in the country from whom America had won its independence more than two centuries earlier. Without waiting for her to change her mind, I immediately set about booking my flights, hotels, and trains.

With the logistics done, I contacted the Amaury Sports Organization (ASO), the owners and organizers of the Tour de France, to obtain the media credentials that would allow me access to the press-only areas at each stage’s start and finish, as well as other areas normally off-limits to the general public, thereby ensuring my avoidance of a crowd. Imagine my disappointment, therefore, when I learned that ASO had closed accreditation days earlier. The press liaison was apologetic, but inflexible, no matter how many strings I tried to pull or connections I tried to exploit. But this was the Tour de France, the holy grail of cycling fandom, so I steeled myself against my fears and forged ahead with my plans.

Fast forward to Saturday, July 5 and I found myself standing in a long queue on a train platform in York, hoping for more room on the next train to Harrogate (the finishing city for Stage 1) than on the previous two trains that had already come and gone. Despite my feelings about being among large masses of people, I am also (perhaps ironically so) an unapologetic people watcher. With nothing else to do but wait, I began to scan the crowd.

Awaiting a train from York to Harrogate with hundreds of my BFFs.

Scattered among the throng were fans wearing their replicas of the maillot jaune, the yellow jersey that signifies the leader of the Tour de France, others wearing the polka dots of the King of the Mountains, and a smattering of people wearing their pro team jerseys, mostly from the home country favorite Team Sky. These were clearly hard core cycling fans and Freds, all of whom were looking forward to seeing the familiar faces of their pro cycling heroes.

The majority of the would-be passengers, however, were new to the world of professional cycling. I listened to their conversations, and chatted with some of them, learning that they were heading to Harrogate to experience the sights, sounds, emotions, and spectacle of the day, rather than to cheer on any one particular team or rider. These folks were proud to showcase the UK, Yorkshire, its roads, cities and towns, and while they knew the names Cavendish, Froome, and Wiggins — “I hope Sir Bradley wins this year,” one novice confided in me, not knowing the controversy surrounding Team Sky’s roster for this year’s race — they probably couldn’t pick them out of a police lineup.

Just one of the hundreds of decorated buildings in Harrogate.

At long last, the York station staff and the employees of East Coast Main Line railroad (all of whom were wearing yellow polo shirts in honor of the Yorkshire Grand Depárt) mustered an engine and enough carriages to accommodate all of us, and we headed to Harrogate. Once there, I joined a river of humanity flowing through the streets of the city, cutting a path directly to the finish line, eventually emptying into a reservoir of people dammed up by large metal barriers that separate the fans from the race course. Along the way, I passed more yellow bicycles than I could count. It seemed that every home and shop had been decorated in some way to welcome Le Tour to Yorkshire.

Although the peloton wasn’t expected for at least another three hours, the crowd was already 8-deep as far as the eye could see, so I found a spot just fifty meters from the finish line that seemed like it would be a good vantage point. With so many people arriving all the time, I resigned myself to the fact that I shouldn’t move from that spot until well after the conclusion of the day’s stage.

In Harrogate, the proportion of cycling fans to casual spectators mirrored that of the train passengers, and as I looked around the buildings surrounding the finishing stretch all I could see were yellow bicycles, replicas of the Tour’s colorful jerseys, the Union Jack of Great Britain, and people on every roof and patio, or hanging out of every window. Even the churches were adorned in yellow. Clearly, Harrogate had embraced the Tour.

Awaiting the peloton.

As we awaited the arrival of the race we were entertained by huge video screens showing the French TV feed from the race course, with its graphics translating, and thereby re-naming, famous English landmarks, much to the amusement of those around me. On-site announcers (in both English and French) provided occasional updates of the situation on the road, including the day’s heroics by fan-favorite Jens Voigt who would end the day in polka dots, despite being the peloton’s oldest racer this year (go forty-somethings!).

Increasing the crowd’s anticipation was the arrival of one of the Tour de France’s most unique and, at times, bizarre spectacles: the promotional caravan. Electro-pop music blared from hidden speakers, as dozens of vehicles-cum-floats adorned with sponsors’ logos, performers, and people throwing all manner of trinkets and souvenirs, zoomed past in a technicolor blur. The loudest applause was saved for Yorkshire Tea, from whose floats volunteers tossed packets of commemorative Tour de France tea to appreciative supporters. This is Yorkshire, after all.

Some time after the advertising cavalcade passed the finish line, Mr. Shutuplegs was absorbed by the chasing horde, and the teams of the sprinters began jockeying for position at the front of the peloton. The cadence and energy of the on-site announcers quickened as the charging racers ticked off the kilometers. Every time it was announced that either Team Sky or Omega Pharma Quick Step had come to the front of the group, the mostly-uninitiated crowd went wild, assuming this meant that surely Chris Froome or Mark Cavendish would win the day’s stage.

Just as the tête de la course entered the outskirts of Harrogate and the cacophony of the hometown crowd reached its zenith, I looked around and realized that the crowd was now at least 25 deep for what seemed a mile in each direction, each body pushing to get closer and closer to the barriers for a better view. Perhaps it was the enthusiasm and friendliness of the people around me, or the excitement I felt at witnessing my first Tour de France in person, but I couldn’t have been more comfortable had I been watching the race from my couch back home.

50 meters from the finish line, after the peloton had passed.

It was at that point that several of the people between me and the race course suddenly got taller; it turns out many of them had come prepared with stools and step ladders to ensure that they (but not those behind them) could have a good view of the action. Normally that might infuriate me. This day, however, I laughed in appreciation of their inventiveness.

As the riders passed the flamme rouge, the red flag that signifies the spot one kilometer from the finish line, with the crowd encouraging a single rider, Mark Cavendish, to win the day, Fabian Cancellara attacked the group and for a moment it looked like he might be able to remain clear and steal victory from the Manx Missile. It was then that I heard a voice whispering in my left ear. It was a female voice, and it sounded like she was praying.

“Come on boy! Oh, please let him win! Go Mark! Oh, I hope he wins!”

I looked beside me and saw a woman in her 60s, clearly not a cycling fan, who had wedged her way into the crowd hoping to see a Cavendish win.

Looking back to the big screens, Cancellara was caught and the crowd went wild. The praying of the woman next to me (“come on boy, oh come on!”) was soon drowned out as nearly everyone in the crowd began yelling Cavendish’s name.

And then it happened. Cavendish, perhaps in a moment of lost focus or in his zeal to win here in Harrogate, where his mother lives, went down. Hard. I heard it before I even saw it. No, not the crash, but the sound of a disappointed, concerned nation whose hopes for a Cavendish win here in Yorkshire were dashed just 250 meters from the finish line.

The finish line in Harrogate

Within seconds, the peloton zoomed past. From my vantage point it was nearly impossible to see who had won. At that point, in fact, much of the crowd wasn’t even watching; they were too caught up in discussing Cav’s crash, thereby making it impossible to hear the on-site announcers as they excitedly announced Marcel Kittel’s stage win and that he would soon be presented with the race’s first yellow jersey by Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, in her anachronistically green dress.

By the end of the day it was announced that more than one million people had been on-site to view Stage 1, and I would join more than two million for Stage 2 as it wound its way from York to Sheffield. I wasn’t able to attend Stage 3 from Cambridge to London (had to head back home to my day job, unfortunately), but there were millions that day too.

The crowds in York, enjoying a street festival after the start of Stage 2.

I thought I knew a lot about bicycle racing and spectating prior to the short time I spent in Yorkshire over Fourth of July weekend 2014. Thanks to my connections in the bicycle industry I have been fortunate to witness multiple Tours of California and Utah from within the race caravan and press areas, providing close-up views of the racers as they gut it out in bad weather, up brutal climbs, and try desperately to maintain breakaways.

On the streets of Harrogate and York, however, I learned that a bike race isn’t just about nearly two hundred people in colorful uniforms on top-of-the-line bicycles. Bicycle racing, like all professional sports, is a show put on for the entertainment and delight of the fans and spectators and sometimes, as it was in Yorkshire last weekend, it is as much a story of those spectators, as it is about the racers themselves. For many of those spectators, it didn’t matter who won or lost. What mattered was that they had become part of an event of superlatives (most watched, most difficult, longest, highest) and that they themselves had become a superlative of their own: most welcoming.

I still hate crowds. In the future, though, if someone suggests that I join a crowd a million or more strong for a French bicycle race in Yorkshire, I would go without hesitation.

THE FREDCAST CYCLING PODCAST
Episode 213
Mismanaged Carnival of Stupidity
Week of May 12, 2014

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In this week’s episode of The FredCast, product reviews of the BKOOL Cycling Trainer and Allett Wallets. As always, there’s lots of news including the death of Rep. James Oberstar, the U.S. Census Bureau reporting that bike commuting is up 60% in the United States, more AAA chapters adding roadside assistance for bikes, Alaska Airlines sponsors Seattle’s bike share system, Felt Bicycle recalls triathlon bikes, a bomb found near the Giro d’Italia course, the Tour of Utah introduces a women’s race, Johan Bruyneel receives a 10-year ban, Alec Baldwin arrested in New York for riding his bike the wrong way, and the world’s dumbest bicycle thief. We’ve also go Podsafe Cycling Music, and, of course, MUCH MORE! 

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THE FREDCAST CYCLING PODCAST
Episode 212
Well Water
Week of April 14, 2014

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In this week’s episode of The FredCast, we answer a listener question about how to watch live and recorded professional cycling, without a TV and even if it isn’t airing in your home country. We’ve also go product reviews of the CamelBak Relay and the LifeProof Nüüd cases. In the news this week (wow, lots of news!), the City of Oakland has to pay $3.25 Million due to a cyclist who was injured by a pothole, the U.S. Supreme Court rules of Rails to Trails, AAA Colorado is extending roadside assistance to bicycles, a cycling event in the UK was sabotaged, a couple of product recalls (and an update on the SRAM Hydro recall), Boston doctors write bike share prescriptions, Pee Wee Herman’s bike sold (not stolen), and the luckiest cyclist in the world! And, of course, MUCH MORE! 

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THE FREDCAST CYCLING PODCAST
Episode 211
Ready For My Close Up
Week of February 24, 2014

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In this week’s episode of The FredCast an interview with Tyler Servoss from Rockwell Relay and a product review of Coghlan’s Adhesive Signal Lights. Before that, lots of news including a California bill proposing a bike tax, a New York legislator says nobody should ride a bike, a new study says that cycling is safer than rugby while another study says that faster cyclists are more attractive. In other news, a cyclist was killed at the annual Tour de Palm Springs, Viva Bike Vegas is cancelled, several new cameras for your ride, a product recall, a California driver uses a ‘new car smell defense,’ a California woman plans to marry her bicycle, and lots more. And there’s lots more! Plus, George Thorogood and the Destroyers are our Podsafe Music artists.

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THE FREDCAST CYCLING PODCAST
Episode 210
Bucket List
Week of January 27, 2014

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In this week’s episode of The FredCast, the Los Angeles County DA is set to review the death of a cyclist that involved a deputy, the Virginia Senate passes 3-foot bill, road graffiti dubbed a hate crime in California’s Napa Valley, Easton-Bell reports a credit card data breach, a new report says Americans bike the least but are most likely to be injured, Death Valley cancels athletic events, cycling products at 2014 CES, product recalls, bike share news, a symphony made only with bike parts, a 102 year old cyclist sets a record, pro cycling news, and podsafe cycling music.

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THE FREDCAST CYCLING PODCAST
Episode 209
YouCast
Week of December 22, 2013

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On this episode of The FredCast Cycling Podcast, we cover a wide range of cycling news including new laws in California and Nevada, the death of a well-known attorney following a collision with an L.A. County Sheriff’s deputy, notable new bike safety videos, a social media firestorm over Specialized’s handling of the Roubaix trademark, an SUV with a built-in shower, and bike share news including riding a Boris Bike to the top of Mt. Ventoux. Following the news, listener reaction to the last show on the bikes versus cars debate. And then, four holiday-themed podsafe cycling tunes.

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THE FREDCAST CYCLING PODCAST
Episode 208
The Debate
Week of November 18, 2013

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THE BIKES VS. CARS DEBATE
Following recent articles in The New York Times, The Economist, and elsewhere, this week’s episode of The FredCast is devoted entirely to the topic of bikes versus cars and the ongoing debate surrounding the topics of sharing the road, vulnerable road users, the penalties for killing or injuring a cyclist, presumed liability laws, and how to improve the situation on the roads for cyclists and others. Included in this week’s show is a long segment of discussion from a recent episode of The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast, featuring Carlton Reid and Tim Jackson. Be sure to listen to find out how you can WIN a $35 Road ID certificate!

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THE FREDCAST CYCLING PODCAST
Episode 207
Products Galore! (part 2)
Week of September 30, 2013

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IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK

• Interbike 2013 Wrap-up
• Spinlister – Peer to Peer Bike Sharing
• SchwagBox Cancels Users’ Subscriptions
• New “Companion Sites” for Strava – DIgital Performance Enhancement
• Product Recalls
• LifeBeam: The world’s first “smart” bicycle helmet

 

FEATURES THIS WEEK

• Product Review: xx2i Optics
• Product Review: Hercules WAE Outdoor Bluetooth Speaker
• Product Comparison: LifeProof v. Pelican iPhone Cases
• Book Review: Rumble Yell by Brian David Bruns
• Interview with Culprit Bicycles

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THE FREDCAST CYCLING PODCAST
Episode 206
Products Galore! (part 1)
August 8, 2013

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THE FREDCAST CYCLING PODCAST
Episode 205
Dutch Corner
August 7, 2013

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THE FREDCAST CYCLING PODCAST
Episode 204
The Ronde
April 30, 2013

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Episode 203
Readr
March 31, 2013

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