A Passion for Cycling | Episode 53 | Everything is Everything
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Published 2024-06-27
Welcome to Episode 53 of Everything is Everything, a weekly podcast hosted by Amit Varma and Ajay Shah.
In this episode, Amit explains his passion for cycling by telling us how the sport works. Amit and Ajay discuss the kinds of races and the kinds of racers. They discuss why it is a team sport. They get into deep nuances of strategy -- and the drama of some of the great stories in modern cycling. Get into the slipstream!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
00:00 Packaging
00:13 Introduction: A Pssion for Cycling
05:05 Chapter 1: Types of Races
11:57 Chapter 2: Types of Racers
18:58 Chapter 3: The Wonders of Slipstream
22:59 Chapter 4: A Guide to Strategy
49:03 Chapter 5: Is There a Drugs Problem?
55:10 Chapter 6: Some Cycling Stories
1:04:18 Chapter 7: Where to Watch Cycling
1:06:13 Chapter 8: Recommendations
USEFUL RESOURCES:
1. Amit on Twitter: twitter.com/amitvarma
2. Ajay on Twitter: twitter.com/ajay_shah
3. The Seen and the Unseen -- Amit's audio podcast: seenunseen.in/
(Also on all podcast apps. And YouTube, though less than 1% of listens come from here: / @theseenandtheunseen )
4. Ajay's organisation, XKDR Forum, on YouTube: / @xkdr
5. In Service of the Republic -- Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah: amzn.eu/d/hwGILb3
6. The Art of Clear Writing -- Amit's writing course: indiauncut.com/clear-writing/
7. The India Uncut Newsletter -- Amit's newsletter at indiauncut.substack.com/
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9. The Hiking Episode -- Episode 35 of Everything is Everything: • The Hiking Episode | Episode 35 | Eve...
10. What Bruce Springsteen Means to Us: • What Bruce Springsteen Means to Us | ...
11. How to Think About Cricket (and Life) -- Episode 19 of Everything is Everything: • How to Think About Cricket (and Life)...
12. Poker and Life -- Episode 38 of Everything is Everything: • Poker and Life | Episode 38 | Everyth...
13. The cycling monuments: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_monument
14. The cycling grand tours: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Tour_(cycling)
15. The Tour de France: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_France
16. The Climb -- Chris Froome: amzn.in/d/0b1sgvm2
17. Chris Horner's YouTube channel: / @chrishornercycling
18. The BIGGEST Day of My Career -- Chris Horner on his Vuelta a España win: • The BIGGEST Day of My Career
19. The Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast: / @lanternerougecyclingpodcast
20. The ULTIMATE Tour de France 2024 Preview by LRCP: • The ULTIMATE Tour de France 2024 Prev...
Produced by Amit Varma
Shot by Vaishnav Vyas and Nomsita MS Haritashya: www.instagram.com/vaishnav.vyas/
Edited by Nomsita MS Haritashya: www.instagram.com/nomsitaharitashya
Thanks to Gaurav Chintamani for helping with sound: www.instagram.com/gaurav_chintamani/
Chapter image by Simahina: twitter.com/i_am_simahina
All Comments (14)
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One of my deepest regret is not having the means do sports while growing up. As Ajay said, this is why economic prosperity matters. It not only unlocks sporting potential among many other things, also helps everyone live life a little richer in terms of experiences. Thanks to both of you for this lovely episode.
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Incredible episode as always! Cycling really is incredible. Your comment on driving in Bombay made me think - you guys should definitely do an episode on the city! Having been mumbaikars for so long after all 😉
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Here after 2 months. Love the new thumbnail template.
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Being from Bangalore and living in Gent, Belgium and being immersed in cycling, I loved the episode. Pretty much watch all the races. I have tried to explain a few tactics to my dad but with a lot less clarity than this episode. Thankfully he watches all your episodes while I listen to most of your podcasts. So will happily forward this to him. 'Allez, Allez, Allez!'
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Great to see an episode on cycling. I found out that TdF is one of the highest watched sports event in the world. I started following cycling from last 2 years, got inspired and got a cycle and have done 5000 Kms on it since. I channel my inner Vingegaard while going over a flyover and channel my inner Tom Pidcock while coming down.
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I don’t think I could do the bangalore - kanyakumari - bangalore cycling trip that I did in the summer of 1990 again. Even with better roads, cycles and facilities to eat and rest. Cycling is tough. Competitive cycling is another level altogether
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what a nordic vibe. there should be a true crime podcast by you two in this scenic background
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Trust me it is one of the best sports to watch, and cycling today is having a new age moment. It was the TDF 2020 - stage 20 that sucked me into this sport and with GCNPlus it was served on a platter.
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Loved the episode. Never knew competitive cycling was so much fun.
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I'm still not done with the latest TSATUS episode and here comes another episode of EiE 😀.. really pushing my cognitive limits! 😁
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This was so informative! Loved it so much. Could you also do one episode as Part 2, on Mountain Biking? Especially, what is it like in India?
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Was the Dave Brailsford taken from Atomic Habits?
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This episode is for cycling what drive to survive is for F1!
