Service Course Ryan
@servicecourse.bsky.social
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I make the world's best bicycle wash kits as the Service Course. Used to write about pro cycling. Professional communications guy in a parallel universe.
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The great thing about racing cyclocross is that nobody tries to talk to you about AI for 45 whole minutes.
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"Most of your shouldering will be when you break your shit really far from the pit" never really makes it into the marketing copy, somehow.
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I feel like the focus on top tube shape/profile for shouldering (see, e.g., new Pinarello Crossista) is disproportionate to the time spent shouldering in modern cyclocross.
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Endurance sports are a great way to get in touch with your body as different parts fall off and roll down the street like a hubcap
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It was via their Instagram. And yeah, the Gravel squad is built around Van der Poel.
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Alpecin released rosters for races in four disciplines this weekend. Wild that Gravel Worlds is the who’s-who squad and Lombardia is the who’s-that.
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Something very big would have to change in my own feelings, annoyances, and biases for the Service Course to ever text you.
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Tubular glue now officially a mail order-only item around here. I hope you're happy, you tubeless heathens.
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The absolute mess they made in there is amazing.
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“On the other side, it didn’t say nothin’
This land was made for you and me.”
-Woody Guthrie
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Chapeau to the 11-year-old who greeted me with, "your tire is off", as I shouldered my bike with its rolled tubular back to the car on Sunday. I think you coined cyclocross's version of "you can't park there."
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Holy crap do I not want to be resubscribed to Outside's emails every time I register for a bike race.
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“The Service Course must harness the power of AI, or you’ll be 10 years behind before you know it!” they say.
To which I reply, “Joke’s on you— we’re already 15 years behind and it’s great.”
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You are not alone in these sorts of interactions 🙄*.
*Day job. Service Course very official company policy prohibits AI use.
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I distinctly remember watching a pair of guys working their giant Tuscan vineyard with just an '80s Fiat Panda and a utility trailer.
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I’ll stoop to paraphrasing Carville so it will sink in for you all: “It’s the drivers, stupid.”
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Who knew jello had so many applications?
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Ambrosio Nemesis, tied and soldered or GTFO.
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Probably worth noting that the Conrad 30 waiver program lets foreign medical graduates who train here stay on H1-Bs in exchange for serving medically underserved areas in the US.
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Possibly the most Belgian race, Ronde be damned.
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Sprinters fest coming up in Koolskamp 🏎️ 👊

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