Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
Audiobook3 hours
Ask a Pro: Deep Thoughts and Unreliable Advice from America's Foremost Cycling Sage
Written by Phil Gaimon
Narrated by Sean Runnette
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
()
About this audiobook
Despite the howling protests from his peers, no one's ever been more willing to spill the beans on what it's really like inside the pro cycling peloton than the sarcastic scribe Phil Gaimon. Building on the outrageous success of his hilarious 2014 debut, Pro Cycling on $10 a Day: From Fat Kid to Euro Pro, Gaimon gathers the absolute gems from his monthly QA feature column in VeloNews magazine into his new book, Ask a Pro, adding a dose of fresh commentary and even more acerbic and sharp-eyed insights.
With six years of material to work with-including his incredible rise into the pro ranks, the devastating loss of his contract for 2015, and his bold return to the Big League-Gaimon covers every possible topic, from the team dinner table to the toilet, with plenty of stops along the way.
Gaimon wields his outsider's wit to cast a cock-eyed gaze at the peculiar manners, mores, and traditions that make the medieval sport of cycling so irresistible to watch. Ask a Pro includes new resources from Gaimon, too, including dubious advice on winning the race buffet, a cautionary guide for host housing, and Phil's pre-race warm-up routine.
With six years of material to work with-including his incredible rise into the pro ranks, the devastating loss of his contract for 2015, and his bold return to the Big League-Gaimon covers every possible topic, from the team dinner table to the toilet, with plenty of stops along the way.
Gaimon wields his outsider's wit to cast a cock-eyed gaze at the peculiar manners, mores, and traditions that make the medieval sport of cycling so irresistible to watch. Ask a Pro includes new resources from Gaimon, too, including dubious advice on winning the race buffet, a cautionary guide for host housing, and Phil's pre-race warm-up routine.
Author
Phil Gaimon
Phil Gaimon is a cyclist, writer, and entrepreneur who retired from laziness and computer games in 2004 in favor of riding a bike to lose weight. On a whim, he started racing and soon discovered that he was a natural. Phil advanced rapidly through the amateur ranks and turned professional in his second full year, still ignorant of a century of cycling etiquette. He slowly learned the rules and clawed his way to the top of the American pro ranks, joining Garmin-Sharp in 2014. He maintains a website where he chronicles his ceaseless pursuit of the best cookies and milk in America.
More audiobooks from Phil Gaimon
Draft Animals: Living the Pro Cycling Dream (Once in a While) Pro Cycling on $10 a Day: From Fat Kid to Euro Pro Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related to Ask a Pro
Related audiobooks
Mountain Biking: The Ultimate Guide to Mountain Biking For Beginners MTB Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ten Marathons: Searching for the Soft Ground in a Hard World Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The United States of Adventure: A life-changing journey by bike through every state of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Limitless: An Ultrarunner's Story of Pain, Perseverance and the Pursuit of Success Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRelentless: Secrets of the Sporting Elite Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You CAN Run Pain Free!: A Physio’s 5 Step Guide to Enjoying Injury-free and Faster Running Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Your Pace or Mine?: What Running Taught Me About Life, Laughter and Coming Last Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Year of Running Dangerously Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Laura Trott and Jason Kenny: The Inside Track Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dottir: My Journey to Becoming a Two-Time CrossFit Games Champion Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Race of Truth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRunning: A Love Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Break: Life as a Cycling Maverick Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow Bad Do You Want It?: Mastering the Pshchology of Mind over Muscle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Do You Know What?: Life According to Freddie Flintoff Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What a Flanker Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5First: What It Takes to Win Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kicksology: The Hype, Science, Culture & Cool of Running Shoes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hate Mail from Cheerleaders: And Other Adventures from the Life of Reilly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chicken Soup for the Soul: Runners - 39 Stories about Pushing Through, Where It Takes You, and Triathlons Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Icons: My Inspiration. My Motivation. My Obsession. Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Call of the Road: A Complete History of Cycle Road Racing Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Obsessive Compulsive Cycling Disorder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tour Fever: The Armchair Cyclist's Guide to the Tour de France Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Faster Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Three Weeks, Eight Seconds: Greg Lemond, Laurent Fignon, and the Epic Tour de France of 1989 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Just Ride: Racing 2,725 Miles to Mexico Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5End of the Road: The Festina Affair and the Tour that Almost Wrecked Cycling Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shut Up, Legs!: My Wild Ride On and Off the Bike Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Humor & Satire For You
A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Killing the Guys Who Killed the Guy Who Killed Lincoln: A Nutty Story About Edwin Booth and Boston Corbett Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Harold Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Soulmate Equation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Big Swiss: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anxious People: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Stay Married Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nothing to See Here Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love and Other Words Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Librarianist: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Young Doctor Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary: Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel by Bonnie Garmus: Key Takeaways, Summary & Analysis Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Britt-Marie Was Here: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sh*t My Dad Says Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Happy People Are Annoying Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We’re All in This Together Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Really Good, Actually: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tidy the F*ck Up: The American Art of Organizing Your Sh*t Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Spoiler Alert: You're Gonna Die: Unveiling Death One Question at a Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Is this Anything? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mary Jane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
Sally McRae on Cocodona 250 Lessons, Choosing Strong, and Race Strategy 0% found this document usefulTraining Essentials for Ultrarunning 2nd Edition | Koopcast Episode 107 0% found this document usefulEpisode 89 - Interview with Crash and Steve of the Cafe Racer Podcast 0% found this document usefulEpisode 110 - Interview with Richard Hatfield of Lightning Motorcycles 0% found this document usefulEpisode 99 - Interview with the West Coast Wanderer Glen Baker 0% found this document useful77. Baking it Down - Bakers and Bikers 0% found this document usefulEpisode 92 - Interview with Asa Murray of Harley Davidson of Ocean County 0% found this document usefulEpisode 96 - New Hampshire, Laconia and Asshole 0% found this document useful208. Andrew Simmons: Success Has A Lot Of Flavors 0% found this document useful1078 | Socialising Your Horse To Riding In a Group: Daily Strides | Podcast 0% found this document usefulEpisode 91 | Ken Rideout: “Many times I’ve woken up and thought, ‘Oh, what … 0% found this document usefulEpisode 186 | Ken Rideout: “I think that that’s one of the most important or… 0% found this document useful
Related articles
The Wisdom of Running a 2,189-Mile Marathon The AtlanticArticle
The Wisdom of Running a 2,189-Mile Marathon
May 13, 2018
8 min readIT’S Okay TO DFL Trail RunArticle
IT’S Okay TO DFL
May 9, 2022
4 min readYou’re Not Born To Run (Here’s How To Learn…) Men's Fitness South AfricaArticle
You’re Not Born To Run (Here’s How To Learn…)
Dec 31, 2018
8 min readReview Of The Year 2021 ProcyclingArticle
Review Of The Year 2021
Nov 26, 2021
10 min readToughen Up Men's Fitness UKArticle
Toughen Up
Jun 26, 2020
7 min readCol du Glandon Cyclist MagazineArticle
Col du Glandon
May 17, 2023
4 min read26 Reasons You Should Join A Tri Club ! 220 TriathlonArticle
26 Reasons You Should Join A Tri Club !
Jun 9, 2022
6 min read26 Reasons You Should Join A Tri Club ! 220 TriathlonArticle
26 Reasons You Should Join A Tri Club !
Jun 9, 2022
6 min readOn The Right Track Attitude MagazineArticle
On The Right Track
Nov 4, 2021
6 min readFreeriding Fandom Dirt ActionArticle
Freeriding Fandom
Jan 6, 2022
7 min readCarlee Taylor Bicycling AustraliaArticle
Carlee Taylor
Apr 21, 2021
6 min readAccess. Australian Motorcycle NewsArticle
Access.
Mar 27, 2024
5 min readLetters Motorcycle Sport & LeisureArticle
Letters
Nov 3, 2021
Whilst, as usual, I agree with every word and sentiment that our learned sage records in his column, I feel there is room for observation. I note he records that ‘we’ don’t do all the inconsiderate actions he describes when ‘we’ drive, and I hope tha
5 min readAccess. Australian Motorcycle NewsArticle
Access.
Jul 5, 2023
5 min readTHE REINVENTION OF Matt Moss Australasian Dirt Bike MagazineArticle
THE REINVENTION OF Matt Moss
Jun 3, 2023
9 min readWhat Say You? Australian MotorcyclistArticle
What Say You?
Oct 15, 2020
WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, the letters are among the most keenly read parts of the magazine. Please try and keep letters down to no more than 300 words. Then you can read many, not just a couple. We do reserve the right to cut them and, unless you ide
4 min readLetters Motorcycle Sport & LeisureArticle
Letters
Jun 8, 2018
Maynard’s article about us ‘more mature’ riders is very true. I have been saying the same things to my friends and fellow riders just to have them say to me ‘surely not, you have years in you yet’. Maybe so, but my faculties tell me otherwise. To giv
6 min readOpinion Cycling WeeklyArticle
Opinion
Feb 10, 2022
3 min readThe Right Ride Ultimate Adventure BikeArticle
The Right Ride
Aug 14, 2019
6 min readAccess Australian Motorcycle NewsArticle
Access
Oct 7, 2020
7 min readDr Hutch Cycling WeeklyArticle
Dr Hutch
Apr 2, 2020
The only comfort in these difficult times is that at least cyclists are better adapted to deal with them than the average. Most of us have been socially distancing for years anyway. Hell, time trialling might as well have been invented by someone who
2 min readI’m Gonna Win Next Year The Big IssueArticle
I’m Gonna Win Next Year
Dec 13, 2021
6 min readButton Up The RakeArticle
Button Up
Jun 10, 2021
7 min readBrodie Chapman Cyclist AustraliaArticle
Brodie Chapman
Oct 3, 2023
7 min readSd-work Worker ProcyclingArticle
Sd-work Worker
Dec 29, 2021
8 min readThe Good Old Days! Classic Motorcycle MechanicsArticle
The Good Old Days!
Feb 15, 2021
Yes, it’s true: I’ve finally become a miserable old git – perhaps thanks to my ‘rose-tinted’ recollections that I get whenever I ride a classic bike… Perhaps it’s also 2021’s arrival (and seeing the back of an awful 2020) that’s encouraged me to get
5 min readAccess. Australian Motorcycle NewsArticle
Access.
Sep 13, 2023
5 min readAuf Wiedersen Australian Mountain BikeArticle
Auf Wiedersen
Jul 4, 2021
2 min readThe Truth About Bike Reviews Australian MotorcyclistArticle
The Truth About Bike Reviews
Aug 23, 2023
6 min read‘I Hate Cheesy Inspirational Quotes’ Horse & HoundArticle
‘I Hate Cheesy Inspirational Quotes’
Nov 25, 2021
2 min read
Related categories
Reviews for Ask a Pro
Rating: 4.333333333333333 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
30 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great fun. Informative. Irreverent. I don’t wanna race, I just wanna ride. This is great insight into the Pros, who are Endurance Gods ??♂️??♂️
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5This guy claims natural and is pushing more than Lance Armstrong watts up Norton Summit. No respect for people like that.