Payson and Fred Dreier, Editor-in-chief of VeloNews, interview each other

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Today on the show, Payson sits down with Fred Dreier, editor-in-chief at VeloNews. They talk about the changing face of professional cycling, the decline of American road racing, and the rise of the athlete influencer. Fred also talks about the parallel evolution he’s seen in journalism, both in cycling and in more conventional media spaces. During a hiatus from VeloNews, Fred graduated from the Columbia School of Journalism and wrote for The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and The New York T...

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0:00.0	I feel for the cyclists out there whose careers have ended because the American road scene
0:05.6	has fallen apart.
0:07.7	But I think that the new direction is healthy because there's something of a democratization.
0:15.3	You go to Europe and cycling is NFL football.
0:18.7	Like in Belgium, there's mainstream people who've never raced a bike before who love cycling.
0:24.3	But in America, if you're a cycling fan, you ride a bike.
0:28.6	And so it needed a different model.
0:31.8	It's showtime, everybody.
0:33.9	Showtime!
0:36.5	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:40.3	This is the world as it exists today.
0:45.3	Life moves pretty fast.
0:47.3	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:49.3	You could miss it.
0:52.3	Listen, we're talking about practice. Repeat, we talk about practice.
0:56.4	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:58.0	Donnie, you're out of your element.
1:00.3	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
1:04.2	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:08.9	This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McElvin.
1:12.9	Hello everyone. Welcome back to the show. We have a little bit of an unusual episode today.
1:18.0	It's a different format. It's a podcast trade of sorts. A little bit before Belgian Waffle
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