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With Pace

Matt Phillips, Senior Tech Editor at Bicycling Magazine

With Pace

Payson McElveen

Photography, Interviews, Adventure, Basketball, Mountain Biking, Outdoors, Entrepreneur, Athletes, Culture, Current Events, Inspirational, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Sports, Gravel Biking, Gravel Cycling, Celebrities, Cycling

4.8767 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2021

⏱️ 150 minutes

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Summary

Matt Phillips has ridden more bikes than perhaps anyone else in the world. And over the last 30 years reviewing cycling gear, he's tried just about everything the industry has to offer. But his job is not always the dream career that cycling enthusiasts might imagine. In this conversation, Matt opens up about the unsettled relationship between his work as a tech journalist and his struggles with mental health. While much of his job involves riding new bikes and testing cutting edge equipment,...

Transcript

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0:00.0

I put a lot of responsibility on myself to do a good job because, I mean, bikes now cost as much as a good used car.

0:06.5

You know, I take it seriously because it's like I'm spending thousands of dollars on this bike that is my escape.

0:18.5

It is how I get my joy.

0:20.4

It is an important part of my life and my escape. It is how I get my joy. It is an important part of my life. And my responsibility

0:25.1

is to help my readers have their best ride every ride. I put that on myself too, and that

0:30.6

that sort of adds the anxiety of it all.

0:32.6

It's showtime, everybody! Showtime!

0:36.6

You've been living in a dreamtime, everybody. Showtime!

0:40.4

You've been living in a dream world, Neo.

0:44.8

This is the world as it exists today.

0:48.4

Life moves pretty fast.

0:50.9

You don't stop and look around once in a while.

0:52.4

You could miss it. Listen, we talk about practice.

0:57.0

Repeat on the dude's room.

0:59.0

Donnie, you're out of your element.

1:01.0

I see you think this has nothing to do with you.

1:05.0

Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.

1:09.0

This is the adventure stash with Pason McElvin.

1:15.8

Hello, everyone. Welcome back to the show. So good to have you back. Thank you again for being

1:20.6

patient this week. The show is going out a few days later than is typical. This go around, I got a head cold.

1:27.4

I didn't really have a voice to record this intro and outro,

1:29.8

so we had to stall out a few days.

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