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Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 55 Frank PippTHIS EPISODE Mike takes time out of the Team SmartStop training camp in Badger, CA, to sit down with Frank Pipp (@frankpipp), long-time US domestic hard man of the peloton who raced for Bissell Pro Cycling and Health Net p/b Maxxis. Set to the soundtrack of tinkling ice cubes, their wide-ranging conversation touches on boxing as aggression therapy, water polo and pool-peeing, Carl Menzies the silverback superhero, their favorite DQ stories, controlling the elitist attitude, and Frank's life after racing working at Training Peaks. We're also treated to a very funny Phil Gaimon/Mark Cavendish...2015-02-101h 43Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 54 Chris CarmichaelTHIS EPISODE is a recording from six months ago of a conversation Mike had with his old friend and first cycling coach, Chris Carmichael. Carmichael is a person who needs little to no introduction for most of our audience, so you won't find a lengthy biographical blurb here. For a variety of reasons, we weren't able to have the audio go live last April, but we finally got the green light over the weekend to upload the podcast. With that in mind, realize that some of the conversation might seem a bit dated, but for...2014-10-231h 32Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 53 Not Kiel Reijnen and Alex HowesTHIS EPISODE Mike visits Kiel Reijnen to do a podcast, Alex Howes drops in, it's an awesome recording, and then Mike has a brain fart and accidentally deletes the bulk of the podcast.
In a bold and daring move, Mike records an overly-long intro to make up for the deficit, fields questions from Twitter and answers them on-air to pad out the recording.
Enjoy this 50-minute monologue showcasing the inner workings of the mind of Creed, 15 minutes of chat with Kiel Reijnen, a couple of minutes where Alex Howes shows up...2014-10-151h 08Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 52 Ben DayTHIS EPISODE Mike catches up with Team United Healthcare's Ben Day, an Aussie time trial specialist and all-around great guy. They chat about Ben's past team adventures, what flying standby means to the uninitiated, living and racing in Poland, having your wallet stolen by hotel staff (something Mike knows all too well after Interbike last year), and other random and fascinating topics.
Enjoy this great conversation with one of the most interesting and versatile guys in the pro peloton today.
As always, Open Mic with Mike Creed is presented by The...2014-10-101h 31Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 51 More Ted KingTHIS EPISODE Mike welcomes back old friend and bon vivant Ted King to rehash old times and talk all things Kombucha, compression socks, and how to lose Twitter followers without even trying.
The two-time Tour de France starter shares some of the highs and lows of his season, the glamorous life of being on the road, maple syrup connoisseurship, and how much he loves riding his bike. Their hour and a half conversation is wild, wacky, and freewheeling, and the minutes melt away as you're sucked into the witty banter between two highly intelligent and slightly...2014-10-011h 38Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 50 Phil Gaimon Redux Part 2THIS EPISODE Back after a completely inexcusable hiatus that consisted managing an upstart domestic cycling team to win the U.S. National Road Race Championship, the yellow jersey at the Tour of Utah, the white jersey at the Tour of Alberta, individual stages at multiple races, and the NRC Championship, Mike catches up again with old buddy Phil Gaimon, who currently sports the argyle for Team Garmin-Sharp.
Mike picks up where he left off in Part 1, stroking Phil's ego by talking about how fantastic his memoir, Pro Cycling on $10 a Day ...2014-09-241h 14Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 49 Phil Gaimon Redux Part 1THIS EPISODE Back after a completely inexcusable hiatus that consisted managing an upstart domestic cycling team to win the U.S. National Road Race Championship, the yellow jersey at the Tour of Utah, the white jersey at the Tour of Alberta, individual stages at multiple races, and the NRC Championship, Mike catches up again with old buddy Phil Gaimon.
This time around they talk about Ben King (no edits with this podcast because they only say nice things), Eric Marcotte’s kindness to animals and his superhuman strength, how Phil thinks that Creed is the...2014-09-171h 07Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 48 Eric WohlbergTHIS EPISODE Mike meets up with Eric Wohlberg, a three-time Canadian Olympian and multiple national time trial champion who is currently men's performance manager of Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies. The two go way back, and Creed raced under Eric during his time on Optum before his new role as DS with Team SmartStop.
Their rollicking conversation at the Tour de Beauce in Canada finds Mike and Eric debating the soporific powers of poutine, androgyny and the Thin White Duke, NRA belt buckles with shaved legs, and...2014-07-041h 07Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 47 Bo Hamburger (Part 2)THIS EPISODE Mike sits down with Bo Hamburger, currently the DS for the Christina Watches-KUMA cycling team and a former professional road cyclist who won Fleche Wallone in 1998 and the Danish National Road Cycling Championship in 2000. He is also a member of the Danish Cycling Hall of Fame.
In 2001 Bo was fired from Team CSC for a positive EPO test.
Part two of their fascinating conversation at the Tour de Beauce in Canada finds Mike and Bo having some deep and probing musings about doping in cycling as Bo shares the dark days...2014-06-271h 20Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 46 Bo Hamburger (Part 1)THIS EPISODE Mike sits down with Bo Hamburger, currently the DS for the Christina Watches-KUMA cycling team and a former professional road cyclist who won Fleche Wallone in 1998 and the Danish National Road Cycling Championship in 2000. He is also a member of the Danish Cycling Hall of Fame.
In 2001 Bo was fired from Team CSC for a positive EPO test.
This is part one of a fascinating two-part conversation Mike had with Bo at the Tour de Beauce in Canada. Meandering, lengthy, frank and candid, this may well be one of the best of...2014-06-201h 01Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 45 Alex HowesTHIS EPISODE Mike catches up with pal Alex Howes of Garmin-Sharp in the middle of the 2014 USA Cycling Professional National Championships. Mike and Alex had their chat just a few days before Team SmartStop very nearly swept the podium in a one-two finish that put Howes on the bronze medal step.
Their raucous and rollicking conversation starts with a cryptic discussion of PCBC (Pro Cyclists Book Club), a somewhat mysterious reading group for Girona-based cyclists akin to Fight Club, crazy tales of their respective grandmas, dysentery as a climbing enhancement, and exploration of the...2014-05-301h 15Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 44 Alex CandelarioTHIS EPISODE Mike finally wrangles a chat with longtime good friend Alex Candelario, a former teammate from back in their early days racing for Prime Alliance. "Cando" currently rides for Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies in [spoiler alert] what may be his last season of road racing. In what Mike views as one of the better podcasts he's ever done, the guys compare and contrast what it's like being the talent for a team vs. being management, analyze races past and present, and Creed poses the "big" questions to Cando as he ponders his...2014-05-071h 10Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 43 Solo ramblings with guestsTHIS EPISODE Mike is with the team at the Joe Martin Stage Race in Fayetteville, AK, and because of some unfortunate timing, has no guest for this week's podcast. Flying solo (with a bit of assistance from team mechanic Chris Kreidl and team soigneuse Astrid van Uden), Mike attempts to entertain and amuse our faithful listeners for a little over an hour with random musings and anecdotes.
Choice moments such as "My Twitter account is a tribute to honesty," "I don't feel like you can be as honest when women are around," and a speed round...2014-04-2554 minOpen Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 42 Chad HartleyTHIS EPISODE Mike and old friend Chad Hartley get together after the Belmont Criterium in Charlotte, NC, to catch up and swap stories over a bourbon or two.
In a career that's spanned decades, Chad first started racing BMX as a teenager, turned pro at age 19, and after a stint with Jittery Joe's joined Mike on TIAA-CREF (later to morph into Slipstream/Chipotle and finally Team Garmin). Teammate, training buddy, prankster, and all-around good guy, Chad lived with Mike in Silver City back in the day, and in spite of Creed's derision, has...2014-04-181h 29Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 41 Lewis ElliotTHIS EPISODE Mike gets together with Lewis Elliot of Team Landis/Trek in between stages at the Redlands Classic. The Arizona native is not only a professional cyclist and triathlete, he's also a Ford Agency model, and is perhaps best known as the guy in the ProForm® TDF Centennial edition Powered by Google Maps™ incline/decline training bike commercial (phew, that was a mouthful). After they get some bike geeking out of their systems, the guys settle down for an interesting conversation that runs the gamut from wide hips and kick-ass lungs to taking cell phones...2014-04-111h 40Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 40 Scott PriceTHIS EPISODE Mike sits down with his former cycling rival Scott Price after the opening stage at Redlands Classic in California, where Scott is working with the Landis/Trek cycling team.
A native of Calgary, Canada, Scott moved to Spain at the age of 17 to pursue a road cycling career, which he did successfully for nearly two decades, culminating in his becoming Canadian National Champion in 1992. In 1999 Scott founded Higher Living Health and Performance Coaching in Arizona, to guide athletes toward finding balance, developing inner strength and tapping into their intuition...2014-04-041h 34Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 39 Scott ZwizanskiTHIS EPISODE Mike talks to his old teammate Scott Zwizanski of Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies. In between sharing war stories from the Vuelta Mexico where they were racing, the guys reminisce about the good old days on Optum, and how Scott got his start in bike racing.
At times comical (Creed tries to get Zwiz to admit that the Optum guys miss him when really they just miss having someone to be the butt of their jokes) and other times quietly brutal (we learn how Scott coded after a race crash and had his life...2014-03-271h 08Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 38 Dustin JudiceTHIS EPISODE Mike makes a departure from his usual podcasts with this chat with Dustin Judice, a cycling fan, Cat 4 racer, and Iraq War vet. Dustin sent Mike a note on Twitter thanking him for the Open Mic podcast, relating how it gives such a great perspective on the pro cycling scene by really connecting the listeners with Mike and his guests. When Dustin mentioned he was looking for insight on how he might get into the world of pro bike racing, Mike became intrigued by Dustin's story and made a road trip to Lafayette on his way to...2014-03-2149 minOpen Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 37 Lauren HallTHIS EPISODE Mike catches up with Lauren Hall of Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies. A talented all-rounder who's been racing pro since 2010, Lauren started her career with Team Vera Bradley and then moved to Team Tibco before landing a berth on her current Optum squad. With two national titles on the track and a second in both the national criterium and national road race championships, Hall's nickname of "The Bullet" is an apt one. She was named by VeloNews as a "rider to watch" in 2013, and her USA Cycling palmarés from last year have indeed d...2014-02-281h 25Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 36 Gord FraserTHIS EPISODE Mike gets together with Canadian cycling legend Gord Fraser, a three-time Olympian and four-time Commonwealth Games participant who was the 2004 Canadian national road race champion. In 2006 Gord retired from professional cycling after racing four seasons for the Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis. He then went on to be a directeur sportif with Team Type 1 in 2009, and in 2010 joined UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis as a directeur sportif. In 2011 became DS for the US Continental team, Realcyclist.com.
In between bites of dinner, Mike and Gord reminisce about the first time they met in Tucson so many years ago...2014-02-221h 19Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 35 Shawn MilneTHIS EPISODE Mike grabs a bite to eat and chew the fat with old friend Shawn Milne (along with interloper Ian MacGregor of Skratch Labs). Milne recently culminated his road racing career with 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda to become the new team director of Team Rio Cycling, a Colorado-based development cycling team. In addition to his prestigious palmares on the road, the Gloucester native also races cyclocross for the Keough Cyclocross team, where this past season he won at Cycle-Smart International and NBX Gran Prix of Cross.
In between bites at Yellowbelly Chicken in Boulder, the trio reflect...2014-02-141h 25Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 34 Kathryn BertineTHIS EPISODE Mike sits down to chat with pro cyclist/athlete/journalist/activist/filmmaker Kathryn Bertine, whose groundbreaking documentary, "Half the Road," about the passions, pitfalls and power of women's professional cycling recently premiered to a sold-out audience in Tucson, AZ (a premiere which, sadly, Mike was unable to get into...)
They talk about the nascency of the documentary project, Kathryn's frustration with "sports journalism for women" as a separate media thread, the popularity of obscure Olympic sports, and what it was like to be a sports journalist for ESPN.
Throughout, Kathryn delights and entertains Mike with her fascinating...2014-02-071h 46Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 33 Meredith MillerTHIS EPISODE Mike settles in for a chat with women's cycling legend Meredith Miller in January, just before U.S. Cyclocross Nationals in her hometown of Boulder, CO. You will be hearing this conversation after the Cal Giant star stood on the bronze medal step of the podium there, and just as she's prepping for Hoogerheide, Belgium, to compete in the UCI World Cyclocross Championships.
Recently retired from road racing, the Alabama native had a successful 15-year road career, most recently with Team TIBCO, that included winning the 2009 USA National Road Championship. Miller announced that 2013 would be her last...2014-01-311h 28Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed - Ep 32 Pat McCartyTHIS EPISODE Mike shoots the breeze with old friend and best man Pat McCarty, who has spun his cranks for such teams as US Postal, Phonak, Slipstream-Chipotle, OUCH-Maxxis, SpiderTech-C10, and most recently Bissell. Along with guest interloper Shawn Milne, Mike and Pat wax philosophical on all sorts of fascinating topics including the future, what it's like to be directing a women's cycling team, surviving the Giro not once but twice, getting drunk with Andy Rihs, the wacky times at Ouch/Maxxis and Rock Racing, and good Cipo stories (who doesn't love a good Cipo story?).
We also get some...2014-01-241h 06Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed - Ep 31 Mike FriedmanTHIS EPISODE Coming to you live from Team SmartStop-Mountain Khakis training camp in Tucson, AZ, it's Mike's old friend Mike "Meatball" Friedman, a multi-time national champion and 2008 Olympic cyclist, most recently of Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies.
Over the course of an hour and a half of reminiscing, they cover such diverse topics as guns, bleached hair, Friedman being intimidated by Creed and Pate, racing in Tasmania, the nuances of track cycling, team pursuit, and the Madison, as well as being at the Olympics and calling the cops on anti-cyclist zealots.
And somewhere in there we...2014-01-171h 24Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 30 Marianne MartinTHIS EPISODE Mike has margaritas and conversation with Marianne Martin, the winner of the first Tour de France for women in 1984, covering the 18-stage 616-mile course in 21 days, 29 hours, 39 minutes, and 2 seconds.
We hope you enjoy this intriguing conversation with a legend in women's cycling. We certainly did.
Open Mic with Mike Creed is sponsored by The Colorado Cyclist, Mike’s very first professional cycling team in 1998. Thanks to everyone at Colorado Cyclist for their support of Mike over the years, and a big thank you to them for stepping up and sponsoring the podcast and offering $50 gift cards to...2014-01-101h 15Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed - Ep 29 Mara AbbottIN THIS EPISODE Mike sits down for a chat with Mara Abbott (that's with two b's and two t's), the first American ever to win the Giro Donne, one of the Grand Tours of women's bicycle racing. In between trading smoothie recipes and Twitter stalking confessions, they discuss favorite places to cycle, Mara's Game of Thrones addiction, strategies for making riding the trainer more interesting, and which of them is the bigger dork.
Mara shares the story of her love affair with triathlon, what it was like to quit being a bike racer and then come back and win...2014-01-0351 minOpen Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed - Ep 28 Timmy Duggan ReduxTHIS EPISODE Mike gets together with Timmy Duggan again for a heart-to-heart post-retirement chat with the former Saxo-Tinkoff rider. Over the course of an hour and a half the pair wax philosophical about what led Timmy to his decision to hang up his race wheels despite several legit team offers to continue racing. Their conversation meanders over topics including motivation, goals, hopes, dreams, and Bourbon as a truth serum. Enjoy this postscript to a career that's really a glimpse at the doorway to the future.
Open Mic with Mike Creed is sponsored by The Colorado Cyclist, Mike’s very fi...2013-12-271h 38Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed - Ep 27 Dean GolichTHIS EPISODE Mike talks to Dean Golich, the training guru who was a physiologist for USA Cycling from 1994-1996 and established training protocols for the 1996 Olympic Cycling Team across all cycling disciplines. Dean has been working with athletes in road cycling, MTB, cyclocross, motocross, supercross, MotoGP, and NASCAR, and is a wealth of knowledge about physiology, power training, altitude training, and hydration.
Their conversation runs the gamut from leftist politics, wingsuits, death spirals, coaching, motivation and Dean's acknowledgment that even though he'd never listened to any of the podcasts prior to his interview, this is the podcast's sophomore slump.
...2013-12-201h 33Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed - Ep 26 Dan WuoriTHIS EPISODE Mike settles in for dinner and conversation with the one-line wit of Twitter, the rational anchor to Tour Chat's bon vivant Neil Browne, the bard at the back of Velo Magazine, the one and only Mr. Dan Wuori, aka @dwuori.
Many of you first came to know of Dan via his lanterne rouge Twitter avatar and his extremely witty and clever Twitter jokes - one line wonders that encapsulate the zeitgeist of the cycling world on everyone's favorite 140-character thoughtstream. Much like the standup routine of Creed's Twitter account, Dan's tweets primarily consist of standalone jokes that...2013-12-1300 minOpen Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed - Ep 25 Taylor PhinneyTHIS EPISODE Mike gets together with a man who needs no introduction. At the tender age of 23, BMC's Taylor Phinney can list on his resumé: Olympian, Worlds Medalist, U23 World Champion, Junior World Champion, US Track Champion, US Time Trial Champion, heartthrob of the peloton, and all around snappy dresser.
Mike visits Taylor at his home in Boulder and is introduced to Phinney's "high class frat house lifestyle," as Taylor dubs it. The two kick back and pleasantly pass the time chatting about the correct pronunciation of Phil Gaimon's name, the value of early social media training, how avoiding d...2013-12-061h 12Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 24 Patrick "Maddog" O'GradyTHIS EPISODE For our Thanksgiving edition of Open Mic, Mike catches up with old friend Patrick "Maddog" O'Grady, cartoonist and wordsmith extraordinaire, an unsung legend of the cycling industry, and one of the chain gang members on the Colorado Springs group ride who taught Mike the etiquette of riding in a pack on the road.
They trash talk Arcade Fire, consider the merits of Tom Waits, Charlie Bukowski, and Netflix, and cover the origins of Patrick's obsession with comic books and cartooning, in addition to covering an immense range of other topics throughout their hour-long conversation.
Irreverent, candid, funny...2013-11-291h 59
Open Mic with Mike CreedTuesday's Open Mic call-in show with Mike Creed & guests Ep 4Fear not, faithful listeners. We're not messing with the regular "Open Mic with Mike Creed" podcast. Every Friday you'll still get an in-depth conversation with Mike and a featured guest.
This new joint is Mike's Tuesday call-in show. Over the weekend Mike will tweet a number and a time for listeners to dial in and join him for a free-ranging hodgepodge of pranks, music, fan questions, heckles, and other random tips from cycling's most handsome and ripped plus-sized head model with a rapier-like wit.
Imagine "Punk'd" crossed with Howard Stern, but with bikes and music. Yeah, that.
So download...2013-11-271h 03Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 23 Allen Lim and Biju ThomasTHIS EPISODE Mike gets together with Skratch Labs saveurs Allen Lim and Biju Thomas, and the trio talk about everything from soup to nuts (well, really, rice cakes to smoked barbecue). We learn some fascinating parallel immigration stories from Allen's and Biju's childhoods, and discover the early experiences that shaped their respective drives to succeed. The guys share stories about how they got their start in cycling, and reminisce about the seminal years together on the TIAA-CREF team.
We learn from Allen Lim – whom Creed asserts actually invented the idea of "marginal gains" – that it's less about marginal gains and...2013-11-221h 31Open Mic with Mike CreedTuesday's Open Mic call-in show with Mike Creed & guests Ep 3Fear not, faithful listeners. We're not messing with the regular "Open Mic with Mike Creed" podcast. Every Friday you'll still get an in-depth conversation with Mike and a featured guest.
This new joint is Mike's Tuesday call-in show. Over the weekend Mike will tweet a number and a time for listeners to dial in and join him for a free-ranging hodgepodge of pranks, music, fan questions, heckles, and other random tips from cycling's most handsome and ripped plus-sized head model with a rapier-like wit.
Imagine "Punk'd" crossed with Howard Stern, but with bikes and music. Yeah, that.
So download...2013-11-191h 22Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 22 Colby PearceTHIS EPISODE Mike spends a solid chunk of time with his hometown pal Colby Pearce during an attempt at the U.S. Athlete Hour Record at the velodrome in Colorado Springs. The accomplishments on Pearce's resumé are impressive: Olympian, 14x national track champion, time trial record holder, U.S. Masters hour record holder, national team coach, World Cup medalist...
Mike and Colby sit down in the evening after Colby made his attempt on the Hour Record in October, and over the course of two hours they take a jaunt down memory lane, reminiscing about their days racing together for t...2013-11-152h 02Open Mic with Mike CreedTuesday's Open Mic call-in show with Mike Creed & guests Ep 2Fear not, faithful listeners. We're not messing with the regular "Open Mic with Mike Creed" podcast. Every Friday you'll still get an in-depth conversation with Mike and a featured guest.
This new joint is Mike's Tuesday call-in show. Over the weekend Mike will tweet a number and a time for listeners to dial in and join him for a free-ranging hodgepodge of pranks, music, fan questions, heckles, and other random tips from cycling's most handsome and ripped plus-sized head model with a rapier-like wit.
Imagine "Punk'd" crossed with Howard Stern, but with bikes and music. Yeah, that.
So download...2013-11-1249 minOpen Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 21 Jesse D. AnthonyTHIS EPISODE Mike took a road trip to California and got together with Jesse D. Anthony, his former teammate on Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies. From skidding contests to crashing BMX bikes to racing mountain bikes and cyclocross to becoming one of the most-capable all-arounders on the domestic road racing circuit, Anthony has crammed a lifetime of experiences in his relatively short career span. They pair sat down in Jesse's hometown of Thousand Oaks to talk about their teammates, transfer rumors and the goings on in the silly season, and where Jesse's travels will take him...2013-11-081h 00Open Mic with Mike CreedTuesday's Open Mic call-in show with Mike Creed & guests Ep 1Fear not, faithful listeners. We're not messing with the regular "Open Mic with Mike Creed podcast." Every Friday you'll still get an in-depth conversation with Mike and a featured guest.
This new joint is Mike's Tuesday call-in show. Over the weekend Mike will tweet a number and a time for listeners to dial in and join him for a free-ranging hodgepodge of pranks, music, fan questions, heckles, and other random tips from cycling's most handsome and ripped plus-sized head model with a rapier-like wit.
Imagine "Punk'd" crossed with Howard Stern, but with bikes and music. Yeah, that.
So download...2013-11-0555 minOpen Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed Ep 20 Adam MyersonTHIS EPISODE Needing no introduction, this week's guest is Adam Myerson. Erudite, opinionated, slightly obsessed with Prince, inked, hooped and bespectacled, he's been called the godfather of cyclocross, although he'll tell you he's slightly uncomfortable with that moniker. I'll go with the Don of Dirt, the Baron of Barriers, or the Capo of Cyclocross. His official biography will tell you that "Adam Myerson is a professional cyclist and coach who specializes in criteriums and cyclo-cross. A former collegiate national cyclo-cross champion, he began racing as a junior in 1987, and has been a professional since 2003. He currently captains Team SmartStop...2013-11-011h 22Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed - Ep 19 Levi LeipheimerTHIS EPISODE Mike joins Levi Leipheimer for dinner and discussion in Santa Rosa, and we're treated to a rare, frank conversation with one of the most-sought-after interviews in cycling. In between tasty bites at a sidewalk café, Levi shares some honest perspective with Mike about his seventeen-year career as a racer, being a controversial figure in the sport, and a his life as a passionate advocate for cycling and bike racing. He and Mike compare notes on retirement, what they miss and don't miss, how the bike is still a magical thing, and what the future holds in store f...2013-10-251h 23Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed, Ep 18 - George HincapieTHIS EPISODE Mike catches up with peloton pal and teammate George Hincapie. Nineteen years as a pro, tied for the record number of Tour de France starts, George recounts a life on the bike and what he's doing to keep busy now. He and Mike trade stories and talk about some of the luxuries of retirement from pro racing – like chips and calzones – and what they do and don't miss about the monomania of being a bike racer.
With 35 national championship titles between them (Mike's 22 to George's 13), they have lots of history and stories to share about the past, and...2013-10-1841 minOpen Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed, Ep 17 - Brad HuffTHIS EPISODE Mike gets together at the Tour of Alberta with old friend, professional spandex model and pro cyclist Brad Huff, aka HuffyUSA of the Jelly Belly Cycling Team. The guys discuss the difference between interviewing friends vs. *wink* friends; the collision of 'husky genetics', diet, and do-it-yourself eating disorder methods; and how much vanity and self-doubt come into play in the psyche of the pro bike racer. In the course of story-telling, some truths come out about a certain breakaway move in the Qinghai Lake race that causes a bit of a scuffle to break out between Creed...2013-10-111h 38Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed, Ep 16 - David MillarTHIS EPISODE Mike meets up with Garmin-Sharp's gentleman racer and patron of the peloton, David Millar, at the Tour of Alberta to share a few cocktails and discuss everything from when it's time to call it a day (Spoiler: retirement plans are revealed) and what the future holds, the desperate need to please people vs. proving something to yourself, and how that affects your racing. They explore the balance between fame and self-indulgence, caring about what people think and say about you on social media, interacting (or not) with fans, and the addictive nature and ego trip of Twitter...2013-10-041h 05Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed, Ep 15 - Clark SheehanTHIS EPISODE Mike catches up with Clark Sheehan, one time 7Up Colorado Cyclist racer now known as the "Fencing Tycoon," who turns the tables on Mike and makes the podcast as much about Creed as himself.
Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Sheehan was lured to cycling much the same way as other Colorado natives during the late '70's and early '80's - by the Coors Classic. He began racing at the age of 14, and soon showed his gift by winning a junior national time trial title. An 'apprenticeship' under the then-national coach Eddie Borysewicz at the...2013-09-2751 minOpen Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed, Ep 14 - Phil GaimonTHIS EPISODE Mike sits down with Phil "the Thrill" Gaimon, world-renowned cookie aficionado and pro racing stalwart of Jelly Belly, Kenda, and Bissell fame who's just gotten the call-up to the big show with Garmin-Sharp.
Over the course of an hour, Mike and Phil shoot the shit about all sorts of randomness, with topics ranging from CrossFit as an efficient way to puke without a six-hour training ride, six-pack ab appeal in a romantic encounter, pranking Russian WT team bosses, low-bulk diets, being indispensable, conflict aversion, and bizarre racing situations in Asia.
It's clear that Creed and Gaimon enjoy...2013-09-201h 13Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed, Ep 13 - Timmy DugganTHIS EPISODE Mike sits down with Timmy Duggan, the 2012 U.S. National Road Race Champion who rides for Team Saxo-Tinkoff. Following a year of high points, Duggan had a disappointing start to the 2013 season when he crashed out of the Santos Tour Down Under in January, breaking his leg and derailing his race plans.
In the continuing efforts to explore uncharted interviewing waters, Creed gets Timmy talking about exploiting a glitch in the matrix, the power of faith and family, being a badass on the bike, and Timmy making a good impression in his first days on the national...2013-09-131h 02Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed, Ep12 - Charly WegeliusTHIS EPISODE Mike sits down in between stages at the Tour of Utah with über domestique Charly Wegelius, currently Directeur Sportif for Team Garmin-Sharp and author of the critically-acclaimed autobiography, "Domestique."
Over hippy-dippy sulfate-free beers, Charly dispenses DS tips to Mike as they discuss how a good director works with his riders to maximize their potential and allow them the freedom to be their own personalities. Charly then reflects back on his long and storied career as a domestique for some of the top teams in professional cycling, enthralling Mike with his stories from back in the day, and h...2013-09-061h 03Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed, Ep11 - Frankie AndreuTHIS EPISODE Mike catches up with cycling legend Frankie Andreu, current Team Director of Kenda/5 Hour Energy Systems, at the Tour of Utah where they swap stories from the trenches, one ex-pro and DS to another.
Frankie and Mike have a "Frank" talk about crashing, descending fears, bike handling skills in the peloton, and the dangers of thinking too much while racing. They touch on the drama in the Andreu household during the Lance era, the madness of Floyd Landis, and the what-ifs and might-have-beens. And Frankie shares his passion and enthusiasm for mentoring the always-exciting crop of young...2013-08-291h 00Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed, Ep10 -Ted KingTHIS EPISODE Mike meets up for a beer or two with Ted King, the Cannondale Pro Cycling Team stalwart who came to international attention at this year's Tour de France after his contentious elimination from the race when he missed the time cut in the team time trial by 7 seconds. As they sit around the team RV in between stages at the Tour of Utah, the guys discuss the nuances of oenophilia, the challenges of going gluten free (GF in the vernacular) on an Italian cycling team, and why quitting pro cycling cold turkey is like heroin withdrawal.
Ted...2013-08-231h 23Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed, Ep 9 - Lucas EuserTHIS EPISODE Mike pays a visit to Lucas Euser, the self-proclaimed eccentric over-achiever and hair model who rides for United Health Care pro cycling team. The guys shoot the shit on friends and enemies, the impact that the routine of the road has on your life and your refrigerator contents, the hipness of Fleetwood Mac, and how being a paperboy is the perfect childhood prep for life as a pro cyclist. They also consider Lucas's role as the best damned teammate in the peloton, why there is no middle class for pro bike racers, and how Lucas recovered from...2013-08-1959 minOpen Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed, Ep8 - Neal RogersTHIS EPISODE Mike sits down with Neal Rogers, Editor in Chief of VeloNews.com and Velo Magazine. A slight departure from past conversations with pro bike racers, this engaging and thought-provoking back and forth with one of the top U.S. cycling journalists is a rare glimpse into some of the motivations and decisions behind covering the sport of cycling. The guys have a free-ranging conversation covering the role of social media, personal vs. professional opinions, and the merits of quality espresso machines. We hope you enjoy this insightful interview as much as we did.2013-08-161h 23Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed, Ep7 - Chad HagaTHIS EPISODE Coming to you from the Tour of Utah (where Mike is driving the team bus), Creed has a chat with teammate Chad Haga, who rides for Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies, where he's been a stalwart of the team for several years. Mike and Chad are great friends who raced together prior to Mike's retirement this summer, and they chew the fat on all sorts of things, including the rumor that Chad will take his "best of Texas" attitude to a major World Tour team for 2014. We hope you enjoy this frank and funny...2013-08-0955 minOpen Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed, Ep6 - Jim MillerTHIS EPISODE Mike sits down with Jim Miller, USAC vice president of athletics – the guy charged with overseeing the top-tier racing programs for USA Cycling in all disciplines. Jim and Mike are old friends who raced together back in the day, and they reminisce about those times, as well as Jim's transformation into one of the movers and shakers in U.S. cycling today. They dish on Oleg Tinkov and Twitter crazy town, USACycling's luxurious digs in a strip mall, and talk about the difficult transition from life as a pro cyclist to life after racing. We also get to...2013-08-021h 17Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed, Ep5 - Jeremy PowersTHIS EPISODE Mike talks to Rapha-Focus star Jeremy Powers, the ambassador of U.S. cyclocross, who also rides for the domestic Jelly Belly squad. They wax poetic on niche podcasting, the birth of Behind the Barriers, and bringing fans to the races (and vice versa). In addition, Powers’ dog Moose tries to get on air, the guys talk about missed Twitter quip opportunities, and Powers recounts his nearly perfect early season and podiuming before Louisville only to somehow have CX Nationals and Worlds "go to complete shit" on him. We also get to hear Jeremy tell the...2013-07-2657 minOpen Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed, Ep4-Tom ZirbelSatisfying his constant need for attention, Mike Creed takes to the airwaves to have frank conversations with his friends, who just so happen to be figures in the world of pro cycling. Now that he’s a retired mediocre bike racer, he’s using his access to these athletes to humanize them, show you what he sees, and bring back a personal aspect to cycling. This is not the show for you if you’re looking for controversy and the hard questions. It’s more of a rambling conversation with and about the people...2013-07-1940 minOpen Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed, Ep3-Andrew BajadaliMike catches up with friend and former teammate Andrew Bajadali, a stalwart in U.S. cycling who recently hung up his shoes after a disappointing release from Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies this year. Andrew has such palmarés to his credit as wins at the Tour of the Gila, the Tour of the Redlands, and the Tour of Utah, to name just a few. Mike and Andrew get together at a local coffee shop and have an intimate conversation about racing, the crazy joy his daughter brings him, life after cycling, and what it was like to r...2013-07-121h 01Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed, Ep2-Katie ComptonOpen Mic with Mike Creed Satisfying his constant need for attention, Mike Creed takes to the airwaves to have frank conversations with his friends, who just so happen to be figures in the world of pro cycling. Now that he's a retired mediocre bike racer, he's using his access to these athletes to humanize them, show you what he sees, and bring back a personal aspect to cycling. This is not the show for you if you're looking for controversy and the hard questions. It's more of a rambling conversation with and about the people and the sport that...2013-07-051h 09Open Mic with Mike CreedOpen Mic with Mike Creed, Ep1-Jonathan VaughtersOpen Mic with Mike Creed
Satisfying his constant need for attention, Mike Creed takes to the airwaves to have frank conversations with his friends, who just so happen to be figures in the world of pro cycling. Now that he's a retired mediocre bike racer, he's using his access to these athletes to humanize them, show you what he sees, and bring back a personal aspect to cycling. This is not the show for you if you're looking for controversy and the hard questions. It's more of a rambling conversation with and about the people and the sport that...2013-06-291h 15