The Holy Spirit prepares to head to the most ACTIVATED city in the world--Emporia, Kansas. There's activations, there's GU wrappers, and there's apparently a gravel Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. The PD SQD (pod squad) previews the UNBOUND 200 with no information or data. More importantly, will normies be taking selfies with privateers at shakeout rides? The event will be livestreamed, but will we get more vibes than people shouting "let's go Keegan." The only true narrative about UNBOUND is the Mud vs. No Mud binary.

EMERGENCY POD to discuss Dylan Johnson's accident--he was hit by a truck and details are scarce. All we know is that he won't be at UNBOUND--not even an activation. His absence will be felt, but will it lead to a revolution of DJ content? Is it time to break up the Bonk Bros? Alexey Vermuelen was on Payson's "With Pace" episode where they talk about gravel mortality. Unbound is going to have a livestream! Gravel is being 'perceived' by the masses? Well, at least we like livestreams. Also Holy Spirit does a FOMO Gravel Locos preview because Pas Racing is going and she won't be there.

The Holy Spirit's Unbound Block Party is going hard and she balances training load with activations. What is the future of Emporia, Kansas? Will it be filled with youtube CREATOR HOUSES in 2025?

Elsewhere, the gravel calendar never sleeps as Giro Stage 9 featured 29.9 km of CERTIFIED GRAVEL, The Gralloch was a CERTIFIED UCI gravel race (they're real?) where the livestream didn't work and Pete Stetina's Paydirt ACTIVATED the Nevada grassroots gravel scene. Most importantly, our Vibes Based Coaching Protocol begins to define what makes a block and how to be as annoying as possible when you are deep in your block.

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riffs include:

• training Block culture
• the Block is hot
• what is a training Block?
• window shopping during an Unbound Block
• off the bike vs on the bike fashion
• Oakleys x Pas collab on sale
• the coding breakdown of Unbound attendees
• the cult of Pearl Izumi hi-vis gravel dads
• activations, activations, activations

• special edition HSOG cap?!
• Holy Spirit's Unbound Block so far
• heat exhaustion and wasps
• its hot where we live
• forcing your family to learn what musette bags are

• Emporia Activation culture
• Isaac del Toro Giro second place (first in GC) is a win for the culture
• "the mexican" - a british commentators favorite phrase
• gravel stages just hit
• "mountain biking background" anytime anyone has ever ridden straight bars
• "colonial-coded" british commentary
• Pete Stetina the early adopter privateer
• Stetina's Paydrit seems cool
• privateer travel life is insane
• UCI gravel vibes seem OFF to us
• The Gralloch seemed fun for attendees but
• the "livestream" was very mid
• Bjork copyright
• Taylor Phinney too cool to DJ at a UCI gravel race
• PAS racing UCI points
• PAS racing should have snuck into Giro stage 9
• Brandon McNulty should do Valley of Tears
• Rule of Three poly vibes - how to appeal to Gen Z
• Rule of Three ruining friendships
• Alexey Vermeulen: the next backpack kid?
• Shaking "the Chequamegon Specialist" label
• Deeper dive into vc.letsgetit: the European influencer template
• The Dan Bilzerian of Gravel Cycling
• Muesli vs Oatmeal: The Divide of Eurocentrism
• Creating the Ultimate CREATOR HOUSE in Emporia, Kansas
• SRAM Donuts and Coffee Pop Ups killing SMALL BIZ
• TUDOR gravel video was NOT up to par: too much muesli
• The Traka content barage is finally over?
• The Walmart gravel bike to Rapha bibs pipeline
• Predicting the UNBOUND underbiking gimmick of 2025
• Unbound weather forecasting: thinner tires? (NARROWER!)
• Riding Around Emporia looking for the Trek Driftless House
• Fantasy Gravel app: Who is it for?
• Allison Tetrick is back in the zeitgeist?
• Establishing the theory of pre- and post-COVID gravel
• Keegan Never Second sponcon on the Lifetime Grand Prix youtube channel
• "figuring out how to drink carbs" aka "nutrition"
• the Keegan protocol: Listening to blink182 while slurping Never Second
• SKRATCH guy was motorpacing for privateers?
• Vibes Based Coaching Tips
• Can you have an Unbound Block without going to Unbound?
• Pas Racing team stopping at BUCCEES in America?
• Gravel Locos preview--falling off the privateer/influencer gravel schedule
• Running into your mechanic when you have 2 mechanics
• Did Payson McElveen sell his privateer tour bus?
• Red Bull helmet gravel policy
• Hitters should duck Unbound to win regional gravel races
• Turning into an old heads podcast who hates young people in 10 years
• Workshopping the pre-show and post-show production

Today, we talk about the GCN crew getting carjacked by Catalonian gangsters when they left Traka. By the way, who watches GCN? The Holy Spirit begins to document her Unbound Block, including a fall and an extreme stroad ride. We breakdown some of Traka's best content from Maddy Nutt and vc letsgetit. Musings include neglected greenways, Girona work permits, Sepp Kuss privateer arc, and a future where all bikes have insta360 cameras on them for insurance and surveillance purposes.

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Riffs include:

• Do you wear you "save" your nicest bibs?

• Protecting the MAAP / Pas Normal Bibs at all costs
• GCN got robbed leaving Traka and made their employee make an awkward video about it
• the GCN shoe testing video CANCELLATION [HSOG favorite Peak Torque]
• Holy Spirit is destined to be Locked Up Abroad?
• If you watch GCN, you are a cycling NPC
• The Bike Check Genre of Youtube Bubble is about to burst
• Holy Spirit apologizes for not uploading a youtube video [classic privateer]
• The GCN tip line is waiting for your call on the whereabouts of their drone
• Chase Wark is doing vo2 intervals as we speak
• We will have privateers who suck at Unbound on the podcast
• Maddy Nutt had the greatest post-race video of ALL TIME?
• Maddy Nutt met the plug at the end of Traka with torn ligaments
• What makes a good privateer video: ongoing FREE consulting
• vc letsgetit is Girona's top resident
• Gravel Teams: Is it going too far?
• Nathan Haas is he on Castelli SOG and Colnago team?
• The Lachlan Morton "weirdo" spot on a gravel team
• Meme Admin slot on Trek Driftless?
• Unbound Block for city folk is riding hostile greenways
• Holy Spirit crashed because of Gravel Dad?
• Greenways in deprived areas?
• Too cool to due group ride procedures and call outs
• Velo Sambas: Cop it or Drop it?
• Normalize Flat Pedals?
• Riding down a 9 lane stroad
• Missionary Work: Converting people to Gravel
• What happens if the Holy Spirit dies: will the account go on?
• Best tire width for stroad riding
• Euro Gravel Privateers love to bunny hop and skip
• Riding without a Wahoo / bike computer
• VIBES based coaching: a new model for performance
• Insta360 vs GoPro
• The future of self-riding bikes according to Elon Musk's insta360 future
• How do Girona work permits work?
• Payson McElveen's crash: a moment of empathy for his wife
• Trying to convert normies or mountain bikers to gravel
• Cargo bike moms are the the real bad asses of the cycling scene
• Sweet Protection vs MIPS 4 kids
• GCN Balance Bike content: Is this cycling content endgame?
• Buying your kid a carbon balance bike
• Remco Evenepoel was a Euro Soccer reject
• Belgian people hate Mattheiu Vanderpoel because he identifiest as Dutch
• Women's Vuelta: Why it's better than men's cycling
• State Bike video of Matteo Jorgenson riding a fixie and using term "mentally ill"
• Midpack normie
• Pas Normal Red versus Rapha Red
• Will Pas Normal sell PAS RACING kits to normies?
• MAAP Privateer collabs
• Did Team Jayco AlUlacopy Russell Finsterwald's privateer jersey?
• Dylan Johnson's wind tunnel testing video
• Cancel bonk Bros for a Dylan Johnson x Adam Roberge podcast
• is the Rule 28 CEO just a grifter who wants to be friends with Dylan Johnson?
• Normies in deep cut Jumbo Visma red jersey and other pro jerseys
• We wish Sepp Kuss was worse so that he could be a gravel privateer
• Privaters are all from South Africa, New Zealand or Australia

Sorry Lifetime Grand Prix-- but is the Trakka was the greatest gravel race of all time? We digitally travel to the streets of Girona, attend some sick afterparties and activations, and embedded ourselves in the 10 hour Trakka livestream to bring you the best race and culture analysis available. It was a huge day for Pas Racing aka Pas Normal Studios. Will this increase their market share in America, and are they on their way to Rapha normie status?

riffs include:

• ​Who is winning 2025: Gravel Earth Series Vs Lifetime GP
• ​360 distance vs 200 distance explainer
• ​Ben Delaney beef
• ​Pas Racing AKA Pas Normal Studios Market Share-Rapha x WalMart x Bentonville VERSUS Pas Normal x Target x Minneapolis
• ​The Bicycle Station guys wear Pas Normal
• ​Cargo Bike Moms have all lived in Minneapolis
• ​Holy Spirit of Gravel (DJ SET) coming to Traka 2026
• ​Taylor Phinney's Soundcloud
• ​Gravel is Dead t shirt
• ​Should Dylan Johnson do Traka?
• ​Lachlan Morton and the EF Crew
• ​great Livestream experience
• ​Ode to Heather Jackson: Non Lifetime Athlete
• ​Pete Stetina's Strava caption
• ​Betting on Gravel on DraftKings
• ​Fantasy Gravel app
• ​Cycling Manager Game
• ​some Dutch guy modded out Gravel in the game
• ​Trek Driftless Team Choosing an AirBNB in Emporia Kansas
• ​Will Pas Racing win Unbound?
• ​Pas Normal "dusty brown" just hits different
• ​Holy Spirit of Gravel meme account is becoming too Euro and ditching grassroots
• ​American vibes
• ​Drinking IPAs at Midsouth VERSUS doing MDMA at Gravel Earth afterparties
• ​Do they have GU in Europe?
• ​Clif Gels to GU pipeline
• ​Set the gambling lines: How many women in the Unbound sprint?
• ​The Feed helmets in Europe
• ​Lachlan Morton doing unbound XL
• ​Keegan Swenson posted M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes"
• ​Veloworthy is back: gravel media origin stories
• ​follow the money: Alexey Vermuelen sitting in first class
• ​Having to download the Lifetime fitness app to watch Unbound LIVE?
• ​Road commentary versus Gravel commentary
• ​Will we one day watch Gravel Earth or Lifetime races on Peacock / MAX app?
• ​Gravel Earth to acquire BWR to take down LIFETIME?
• ​Saudis to buy GRAVEL

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Riffs Include:

• New chain ring
• Am I an influencer?

• Recapping roadie coded grass roots gravel race
• Dad Watt Express
• Too much pavement?
• Wife yelling at husband for not pulling
• Psychology of hitter-coded normies
• Bathroom etiquette in rural communities
• Hitters with changing closet robes
• Ben Delaney unfollowed Holy Spirit of Gravel rumor
• K Hole at a Trakka Afterparty
• Daxton Mock Fantasy Gravel Draft
• What happened to Keegan at Whiskey Offroad?
• Sofia and Matt Beers won BWR Arizona
• Castelli SOG cabal
• Tour of Gila non-recap
• Best Shape Of Your Life Theory Fallacy
• Guys with dogs on their backs
• "Cycling is all about cumulative load"
• Road LARPING in a gravel race
• Filing a formal protest with a grass roots gravel organizer
• Rivians and Cybertrucks cost more than rural housing
• Subarus
• Gentrifying Girona
• Unbound La Quinta accommodations

Holy Spirit and Gravel Dad recap The Growler, a pro race during Levi's Gran Fondo. Is this the salvation of American road racing in America? Or just a road race re-skinned as a gravel race? Americans got to turn on Youtube and watch a pro race called by British prestige cycling voices Matt Stephens (NOT Lauren's husband) and the pride of greater manchester Hannah Walker. We're a long way from a cafe ride and the spring classics.

Riffs include:

• Local Elitist Roadie Group Rides that make team jerseys
• A local hitter saving watts on your wheel on a greenbelt trail
• Seeing a Pas Normal guy on a Triathalon Bike
• Doing KONA in Pas Normal
• Cecily Decker
• Disgraced US Cyclists ( was everyone from the 1990s Lance Armstrong Adjacent)?
• Are Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner the same person?
• Matt Stephens' accommodations in Windsor, CA
• Hannah Walker
• Keegan and Sophia didn't know the names of the other racers
• Prize Purses at UNBOUND and LEADVILLE
• Gravel Data Project - ranking gravel
• Griffin Easter's moment in the livestream\
• Ted King won the Master's division of The Growler
• Team Tactics with Matt Beers and Tobin Ortenbladt
• Alexey Vermuelen and Avery's post-race podcast launch
• Female peleton hates when Lauren Stephens wins
• Privateers hate gravel and love road
• Why is everything on FloBikes?
• How does Levi's Gran Fondo have so much money
• Bike Monkey is the greatest race production team in America
• Dylan Johnsons supplement dealer pivot
• Sepp Kuss roadie fans
• Amstel Gold
• The Feed

We hit many riffs, they include:

• Tertiary city greenbelt trail KOMs

• Mountain bike drafting bros

• Normie bike crash rehab

• Depressing used bike marketplace

• Social politics of Canyon bike sizing

• Joey Pidcock finishing last at Paris Roubaix

• Valterri Bottas bike-fluencer era

• Gravel Earth Series vs Lifetime Grand Prix video production

• Pete Stetina jump scare

• What images from Santa Vall and The Hills mean to us

• Mainstream Cycling Media's hype of Rosa Kloser's Paris-Roubaix to Unbound arc

• Iz King badass ride

• Paige Onweller the medical professional

• Alexey Vermeulen understands

• we love Justin McQuerry videos

• Bike Tech?

• Wanting a Colnago

• Colnago tire clearance

• The Barista to privateer pipeline

• Mid-South beans

• How to file your taxes if you are a gravel privateer
• Lebron James x Canyon

• Remember when Reggie Miller was into gravel?
• Keegan Swenson's obsession with Blink 182

• Adam (Roberge)'s Song