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The Dirtbag Diaries

Tandemonium

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Say the word bike, and words like, fun, freedom, fast, come to mind. But does a tandem bike double the fun or divide the freedom? One thing seems certain, whether you’re headed to collaboration or catastrophe, you’ll get there quicker on a tandem. From adventures with loved ones to cycling with strangers, we bring you five stories of the mythical unicorns of the bicycle community and fates linked by a bike frame and chain. Tandemonium!

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0:00.0

If the first 50 years were an experiment, to prove that a business could be

0:05.4

responsible and successful, turns out it's not just possible, it's profitable.

0:11.7

So what's next? What's next is simple, it's human power and it's finding the joy

0:17.8

in doing difficult things. What's next is turning capitalism on its head and

0:23.4

putting all our money where our mouth is. What's next is unstoppable. For nearly

0:31.4

50 years Patagonia has given a damn about people and the environment. Find more at

0:36.4

Patagonia.com slash stories.

0:42.8

You're listening to The Dirt Pack Darius, a production of duct tape then beer,

0:46.9

with additional support from Kuat Racks because you love your bike, rumpel,

0:52.0

blankets and gear for everywhere. And athletic greens, the daily drink for a healthier you.

1:02.3

What's up Fitz? Hey Cordelia. Alright Fitz, if I asked you what does a bike

1:07.0

represent to you, what would you say? Oh good question. I mean I think first and foremost,

1:12.2

you say the word bike and I think fun. I think of being five and riding around

1:17.6

the neighborhood. I think of seeing Tepp and Wiley riding their bikes out in

1:20.9

front of our house and I think of childhood. And I also, I think of freedom, like on a

1:26.6

lot of different levels where I remember being very aware that once I had those two

1:32.2

wheels that I could go places, you know, further than I could walk. Also, I think it's

1:38.3

cool when you think about the bike in terms of people say that the bike is one of the

1:43.2

greatest agents of democracy because it allowed people to, you know, without a car to be

1:48.0

able to go ride a bike somewhere and be able to vote. And that's cool. So I think of

1:51.4

freedom. Yeah. Okay. Now if I asked you what a tandem bike represents to you, what would

1:56.9

you say to that? Maybe the opposite of that. Like on everything I just covered from like

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