THE 9 MOST TERRIFYING WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THERE ARE 9 WORDS YOU NEVER WANT TO HEAR A FRIEND SAY, and they aren't what uncle Ronnie uttered way 30+ gears ago...
... because these will come from a friend.
Just last week I heard them.
The horror.
I had to bust out all my Cialdini persuasion techniques. Time was of the essence. Could I save this soul before it was to late?
I think I'm going to buy a hybrid bike.
No.
No?
NO!
Why?
Look at any suburban garage. What do you see?
A bunch of...
Not that, you see 2 hybrid bikes. Looking like they've never been ridden.
Should I buy used then?
No, no, no, no, no.
Well...
Well, schmell... wash your mouth out with soap, and try again... I want to get a bike, what should I get?
I want to get a bike, what should I get?
A gravel bike.
What's that?
It's like a hybrid bike but faster, funner, more capable... just the most goto bike you'll ever own, and it will never, ever be collecting dust in the garage.
Which gravel bike should I get?
At that point I knew I could rest. My mission on Earth was complete. I'd saved another soul from the hybrid wasteland.
Do I really believe that? Yeah, I do. My gravel bike gets the most time.
Even though I don't race gravel? That's the point, gravel bikes are for adventure and meandering and just riding where the wind blows...
... they are made for base miles, the zone 2 stuff.
Nothing better.
Which one should you get? Doesn't really matter. I wouldn't spend a ton. An old cross bike would do, or an entry level gravel bike.
Tomorrow it's supposed to rain.
Do you think I'm taking my race bikes out in that? Hellno. But, the gravel bike...
... loves that kinda stuff.
Plus, if you have one then you can do crazy stuff with me.
https://pedalindustries.com/products/surf-n-summit
Like the first of it's kind, Surf N Summit.
Riding from the sand, across gravel, through a concrete jungle, with some single track thrown in, to the slopes of our local ski resort.
120ish miles, 15,000'ish vert.
And, some of us might even ride back the next day.
Are you in?
Check it out: https://pedalindustries.com/products/surf-n-summit
https://pedalindustries.com/collections/changing-ponchos
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10 Pull Ups + 12 Power PushUps (one set, too sore) + 50 Heavy Squats
20 minutes recovery
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