Tag: Phil Gaimon
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Worst Retirement Ever, Ep 8.5: Boulder 2 – The Sequel
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever, Ep 8.5: Boulder 2 – The SequelSometimes, taking down dopers requires a second effort. And I don’t know if Phil does indeed succeed this time, but I’m sure there’ll be wattage up the yin-yang and cookies being burned. …
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Worst Retirement Ever EP 8: Boulder, Colorado
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever EP 8: Boulder, ColoradoPhil’s hilariously insightful take on the locals of Boulder sets the scene for another gripping episode of the Worst Retirement Ever. In this, part one of a two-pronged attack on the Flagstaff segment (Colorado’s answer to Alpe d’Huez), Phil is definitely in for a tough one going up against the best time of infamous smug… …
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Worst Retirement Ever EP 7: Lookout Mountain
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever EP 7: Lookout MountainCrowdsourced and shot entirely on iPhones, Phil makes his way up another hill, this time in Colorado with the enthusiastic and sometimes naked encouragement from some of the locals in the latest instalment of the Worst Retirement Ever. He also gives us another cool little history lesson while name-dropping former Pro comrades who have now… …
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Worst Retirement Ever Ep 6: Mt Hamilton
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever Ep 6: Mt HamiltonOur favourite retiree heads to San Jose, California, where he multitasks “Cookie Corner” promotion for Phil’s Fondo, friendship, and tackling one of the toughest climbs on the west coast. …
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Worst Retirement Ever Ep. 5: Gibraltar
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever Ep. 5: GibraltarNo, Phil hasn’t gone to the little island off the coast of Spain, but tackles the climb of Gibraltar Road in Santa Barbara, ponders driving attire and questions tactics and his very existence with old mate Michael Woods. …
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Worst Retirement Ever Ep 4: Mt. Mitchell
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever Ep 4: Mt. MitchellOur favourite retiree takes on the jewel of the southeast, North Carolina’s Mt Mitchell, and faces rain, unpredictable wildlife and a legendary climb to win bragging rights which he’d rather keep quiet. …
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Worst Retirement Ever Ep 3: Mt. Lemmon
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever Ep 3: Mt. LemmonAfter going 0 for 2 with his first attempts to de-seat deceitful dopers from their dirty Strava thrones, Phil Gaimon starts to get anxious as he takes on Mt Lemmon in Arizona. With the top spot held by Tom Danielsen––a rider he “did not want to like”––Phil sets up for failure, but even getting onto the… …
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Worst Retirement Ever Ep2: Mt Diablo
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever Ep2: Mt DiabloPhil Gaimon takes the weight shaving to “obnoxious” levels in his attempt to bag the Mt Diablo KOM as his worst retirement ever gets stressful, and drops some of the most poignant cycling quotes along the way. …