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

We were not anywhere near the Sea Otter Classic elite field Gravel race this Thursday but the Holy Spirit was locked into the instagram live feed and we had to talk about it to Gravel Dad.

Today's Riffs include...

-Simon Pelluad + Tudor Cycling team is taking over American Gravel Cycling?

-unhinged normies projecting Matt Beers vs Keegan Cape Epic drama

-Lifetime production team killed it with their DIY livestream and rapid uploads even though it wasn't always working and wasn't a real stream

-Deranged gravel fans in comment sections

-Keegan threw up! (more interesting than winning)

-Haley Batten has a training ride during Sea Otter

-Cecily Decker hero ride for Pas Normal Racing

-Payson McElveen crashed his new Allied Bike -- but will gravel dads still call into his podcast?

-Midpack blues for privateers (get the excuses ready!)

-Chase Wark's DNS - Fatherhood

- what are gravel roads really?

-Pitching Privateer HARD KNOCKS style reality docuseries

-Trakka Fever and BWR California

-Bonk Bros fans Versus Phil Gaimon fans