Tag: Phil Gaimon
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Worst Retirement Ever: Revenge On Lookout Mountain
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever: Revenge On Lookout MountainPhil don’t like losing a KOM. He’s a professional retiree, after all. Revenge is seeked, but will it be sweet? …
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Best Retirement Ever: Yosemite National Park
Click or not: Best Retirement Ever: Yosemite National Park It must be hard to be the worst at something if you’re still pretty good at it. Phil seems to have figured that out and now, instead of sometimes sucking at taking back KOMs for the good guys, he’s turned his lazy-ass ways to kicking back in some of the USA’s most scenic destinations. …
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Worst Retirement Ever: Taiwan KOM
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever: Taiwan KOMWatching this was like deja vu all over again. I knew I’d seen Phil wandering around the Tapei markets looking for edible stuff and that giant bear jumping around. And of course Nibbles and Cuddles. Turns out that this happened last November and the B-rolls must’ve taken a fair bit of editing. Part 1 does… …
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Worst Retirement Ever S2 E1: Pike’s Peak
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever S2 E1: Pike’s PeakPike’s Peak was put on the world motorsport radar by the now legendary film Climb Dance, a hair-raising trip into the setting sun with Ari Vatanen and his terrifyingly fast Peugeot 405 back in 1988. Full gas and mostly sideways, Vatanen made the iconic dirt road in Colorado with its drops to the side of… …
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Read: Draft Animals
Click or not: Read: Draft Animals“If you want to sell books, you’ve got to stir up some shit.” Salman Rushdie. Ok, I might have made that quote up, but there’s a possibility the master of fatwa sex once said something along those lines. Maybe Phil Gaimon goes by that mantra, though I highly doubt it, having just finished his latest… …
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Worst Retirement Ever Ep 10: Mt Washington
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever Ep 10: Mt WashingtonPhil’s back in the Stravafied rarified air of Mt Washington, attempting to bury demons of a race past while providing a nice little history lesson of the beastly climb and its conquerers. …
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Worst Retirement Ever Ep 9: Mt. Evans
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever Ep 9: Mt. EvansPhil pins on a number and briefly comes out of retirement (sort of) for an attempt on the legendary Mt Evans. With a pretty handy posse of Pros around him, Tommy D’s dodgy record on the line, a UCI legal bike and a potholed road are more than formidable foes to overcome in the pursuit… …
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Phil Rides Fixed, Up Mountains
Click or not: Phil Rides Fixed, Up MountainsI find that chatting whilst riding can really be a conduit for some interesting conversations sometimes. In Episode 2 of the series “Riding Fixed, Up Mountains, With Pros” by State Bicycle Co., Phil (the Thrill) Gaimon lets us in on how he lost his virginity (thanks to a cool looking bike), the struggle to mourn… …