Are you SURE you want ME fixing your bike? 🤣

I officially can now be a Strava Influencer ™️ fully now. Get 20% off premium with this link: www.strava.com/subscribe/ch... 😭😭😭 (Actually their route planner is good though)

“Anything you’d like for Xmas?” Me: “BAGGAGE FEES PAID”

Last week: All 3 wheel partner options fell through. Heard great news from another partner. The rollercoaster

Finisher medals mean a lot to me now. open.substack.com/pub/chrismeh...

Insider scoop: Keegan Swenson to leave Santa Cruz (and maybe a couple of other sponsors). Where is he going to go? Only a few companies can afford him, he shares an agent with Sofia Gomez-Villafane (also his wife), so maybe Spec?

Great piece by a good friend!! Let’s just say I’m disappointed in GES velo.outsideonline.com/gravel/grave...

𝘐𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘺 “𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴,” 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦. open.substack.com/pub/chrismeh...

Sorry… after a month of acting as The Mehlman Privateer Consultancy, I have to write this. Not included: SPONSORS DON’T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOUR POWER NUMBERS. DON’T INCLUDE THEM ON YOUR PROPOSAL 😭😭

Today is the day. Today is your day. Go Vote if you haven’t already.

ISO a developer familiar with Lightspeed R-Series and High Level (or at least building integrations using an API)

Canvassing, where some things I love and some things I hate and fear come together

Reminder that corruption and authoritarian tendencies infiltrate every hierarchical organization at every level

Buy my bike. Ridden for 9 months. 2024 Pivot Vault Force/XO1 size large. Added almost-new carbon wheels, new chainring and chain, new saddle, and Coefficient bars. Price negotiable for bluesky ppl only

My high school English teacher just subscribed to my Substack. Pressure is on. Keep in mind my high school English classes were harder than college

Is it cruel to recommend this? cc @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social

Had an ultra-coded conversation with @cmehlman34.bsky.social . We talked about his Badlands ride, which transitioned right into a 1.500 km bike packing trip, the dark side of ultra racing, and his potential move to Europe. Listen here: zencastr.com/z/GBS2Qm29

Board: “we need some Young blood”

So much going on with that sign

It also contains the premiere edition of "Gravel Motives", a new interview format I'm launching. I chatted with @cmehlman34.bsky.social who was kind enough to give me a transparent look behind the scenes of his privateer setup, told me about his most memorable moments on a gravel bike and more.

I’ve peaked 😅

Almost there 🤣 strava.app.link/WGPkBrFZQVb

I am under-qualified for this group ride

Leadville

maybe shut up about the "bad" descending: "Gigante's descending time that day beat all but two riders competing in the closed-course L’Étape (and those two riders went exactly one second faster). " escapecollective.com/letape-femme...

Shameless plug. Trying to hit 500 subscribers by the end of August. It’s free, and I share a bit of my experience racing on the margins on “professional” cycling in the endurance/ultra scene! open.substack.com/pub/chrismeh...

20 years of doping, that’s How

I though Demi was into waiting for the yellow jersey 🤷‍♂️🤣

One friend is trying to get into the Leadville 100 elite corral (now above gold corral). You have to apply. He's been to world champs multiple times & is stronger than most U23 riders in the elite corral, but they expect he's top 5'd XCM World Cups to get in (almost none of LTGP ppl could do this) 🤦‍♂️

Former tenant of our house came by to pick up some important mail today, and told us that someone broke in when they lived her and her husband held him at gunpoint for 15 minutes in the backyard #coloradosprings

Spectacular highlight: both Arensman and Lipowitz almost wiped out on that last zebra crossing. First TA: looked like a chain jump, we only just saw the road. But then FL from the helicopter: rear wheel went SIDEWAYS. #tdf25

📍🇬🇧 📆 September

Velocio Northeast now sponsored by Santini 🤦‍♂️

ISO gastroenterologist in Boston for a profession cyclists dealing with some super strange/confusing symptoms. He’s Europe based but could be in Boston in the fall since his GF will be there….

Feel like I’m seeing a lot more 💉💉/doper comments about Pogi this year in the tour than before

ummm... pretty sure no object is ever "perfectly aero," unless you're grading TT positions on a curve, I guess

Modeling: my next career 🤣

“You want me to replace 1/50th of a roll of packing tape? Here’s 6 rolls”

Who would like to see an ultra challenge that involved riding to every Dunkin in New England?