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Like just about everyone. For me, this summer is about getting out into the world.

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From outside magazine, this is the outside podcast.

It's July, which for a lot of people I know means getting up early to watch stages of the tour to France, and then spending the rest of the day texting each other about what happened while reading race reports on velo news.

Even if you don't follow the tour, you probably saw video clips of this year's opening stage when a spectator holding a homemade sign right in the path of the peloton caused a gnarly crash and pile up that involved dozens of riders.

Check out the slow motion replays, and you see German cyclist Tony Martin who ran right into the sign, slam into the road, hard, his head bouncing off the pavement.

Watching that, your immediate reaction is out, that hurts.

But while a bike crash is undeniably painful, serious cycling fans will tell you that the most agonizing part of professional racing is always in the riding itself.

If you don't believe that, well, I have a story for you. It's one that we first told a few years back about one pro rider's pursuit of the most painful record in the sport.

It's a piece that reveals just how far elite athletes are willing to go to be on top.

Ugh.

Like, pain everywhere.

Because the position is not comfortable. You need to be IRL.

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