Cycling in Alignment with Colby Pearce
Colby Pearce has been a Steve Hogg Certified expert bike fitter for the past 10 years and has worked with elite athletes and WorldTour teams, including EF Education First. He is also an elite cycling coach and has been passing along his wisdom to the riders he coaches for decades. Pearce’s repertoire of knowledge spans 30 years, five continents, hundreds of races, and countless miles in the saddle. The minutiae of cycling and riding technique are just part of the story that Colby shares. Alignment with nature, foundational principles of health, and treating the sport as a practice are some of the philosophies he shares. Cycling in Alignment features a diverse guest list, including those who may or may not be familiar names in the cycling world. Prepare to have your belief systems shattered.
Episodes
Nathan Hass: SBTGRVLRDX - Ep170
What the heck does NHSBTGRVLRDX stand for?
Why, it stands for Nathan Haas Steamboat Gravel Redux of course. I thought that would be obvious.
I am sure you will be captivated stupendified by our post race banter on the 2025 Steamboat Gravel race, where vowels are so 2018.
Fun was had and gravel cornering shall be discussed.
Enjoy.
Nathan Haas: Cycling is like Fishing - Ep169
In this episode of Cycling in Alignment Nathan Haas and I drive to Steamboat for the SBT GRVL race. As a former World Tour professional and seasoned gravel veteran, Nathan has some great perspectives to offer on the newest addition to the cycling world. In cased you missed the memo, this is gravel [no, e-bikes don’t count].
We do speak a bit about the upcoming SBT race, and also take a ...
A Centered Experience - Ep168
In this walking podcast I tie together the concept of physical center with energetic center.
By understanding this relationship, it helps us keep the perspective that sport is training for life.
I hope this collection of thoughts is helpful in your evolution as a person and athlete.
The Great Illusion: Dr Scott Frey and Brent Bookwalter - Ep167
In this episode my discussion with Dr Frey and former World Tour rider Brent Bookwalter is about training the mind to better handle the demands of sport. Rather than simply leaving race day flow state or a high level of motivation to chance, Dr Frey has developed tools that athletes can use to condition their minds in a way that cultivates a state of high performance wi...
The Coin Part 2 - Ep166
In this walking podcast I unpack more about the concept of The Coin and the influence of our emotional state on our riding and racing.
In medical QiGong, we understand that the emotions reside in the organ system. If we are unaware of this, it can be problematic. The first rule of athletics is to Know Thyself and this means understanding your own emotional state. Witnessing emotions is the first step in cla...
The Coin - Part 1 - Ep165
In this walking podcast I discuss how the psyche influences riding posture and spiral patterns while cycling.
It’s not a topic you will find in your average post about climbing better or improve your FTP.
Enjoy.
Thoughts on the Teeter Totter of Cadence and Torque - Ep 164
Most often, riders associate making power with pushing harder on the pedals. The sensation of the bottom of the shoe providing resistance against the plantar surface [bottom] of the foot is how the sensation of “going hard” is processed.
However, speed on a bicycle is dictated by the complex interaction of weather [including wind, temperature, pressure and humidity], ter...
A Conversation with Brendan Housler: Bits and Pieces about Bicycle Practice - Ep163
This is a conversation with Brendan Housler of EVOQ.BIKE. It’s a friendly game of verbal ping pong in which we discuss many topics that seem to bounce around in cycling at the moment. These include what FTP is, the challenges with ERG mode when indoor training, how group rides impact your training program, and figuring out whether a rider might bene...
Austin Einhorn: Thinking Critically - Part 2 - Ep161
This is part 2 of this discussion. In this episode, Austin and I continue to slay some sacred cows in the fitness world such as “shoulders down and back” and “brace the core”. Austin explains why he doesn’t agree with these platitudes.
We also discuss at length the concept of standards of strength for all athletes.
We agree that cycling is fundamentally biomechanically similar t...
Austin Einhorn: Thinking Critically - Part 1 - Ep161
In this discussion with strength coach Austin Einhorn,
Along the way, we slay some sacred cows in the fitness world such as “shoulders down and back” and “brace the core”. Austin explains why he doesn’t agree with these platitudes.
We also discuss at length the concept of standards of strength for all athletes.
We agree that cycling is fundamentally biomechanically similar to r...
Pre-50, Post-50 Relationship to Cycling - Ep160
In this walking podcast, I unpack my thoughts on training and how it might differ for athletes younger than 50 vs older than 50. On a previous podcast, I spoke to Phil Cavell about his book The Mid Life Cyclist, which also covers this topic. My thoughts are around Intensive training vs extensive training, but perhaps not in the typical sense they are discussed in cycling lexicon.
Co...
Thomas McDaniel: Knowledge is Horizontal (Part 2) - Ep159
This the second part of a conversation is with Thomas McDaniel, who has been in the cycling world for many years. He is currently completing his PhD at CU Boulder in Advanced Biomechanics. In the past, Thomas has been a PT, a bike mechanic, a bike fitter, and worked at Specialized, BMC and Trek.
Thomas and I are aligned in that we prefer to educate rather than treat our...
Thomas McDaniel: Knowledge is Horizontal - Ep158
This conversation is with Thomas McDaniel, who has been in the cycling world for many years. He is currently completing his PhD at CU Boulder in Advanced Biomechanics. In the past, Thomas has been a PT, a bike mechanic, a bike fitter, and worked at Specialized, BMC and Trek.
Thomas and I are aligned in that we prefer to educate rather than treat our clients and the people in our...
The Inner Self - Ep157
In this walking podcast I share some of my thoughts about how you can be your own medicine and claim authority over your life. In this day and age we have access to so much information, it can be simultaneously overpowering and also paralyzing.
What I offer is a perspective on the difference between knowledge and understanding, and how each of these serve us in our lives.
Think critically, pedal consciously...
Tyler Benner: It Feels Easy When you do it Right - Ep156
This episode is a conversation with Tyler Benner from Strong Feet Athletics. Tyler was a member of the US National Archery team for about a decade, and a lifelong athlete.
He has spent the last 10 years making the world’s first barefoot style cycling shoe that is mass produced. They just started shipping the first model, The Leviathan, about a week ago as of the time of this...
Lore: Creating Unicorns - Ep155
This podcast is a conversation with Lore CEO and founder Stephan Drake and lead engineer Rob Horacheck. If you haven’t seen or heard of Lore shoes, come out from under the rock you are living under and see the future of cycling footwear. Lore is a fully custom 3D printed carbon fiber shoe. Let that sink in for a moment. It’s a complete departure from any how any cycling shoe has been made in the hist...
Ben Serotta: Where Does Responsibility Begin and End? - Ep154
This conversation is with legendary bike builder Ben Serotta.
Ben has been building bikes since the year I was born [1972!]. He is also one of the pioneers of bike fitting, founding the Serotta International Cycling Institute in the late 90’s, and creating the Size Cycle, so fitters could start from scratch to build a custom bike for a given athlete.
We discuss some of...
Menachem-Brodie (Part 2) - Ep153
Greetings Well Dippers.
This is the second part of my conversation with Strength and Conditioning coach Menachem Brodie. If you missed part 1, feel free to start here but you won’t have the full picture until you listen to the first part of our discourse.
Hopefully this conversation reminds you to move consciously.
You may have heard Menachem on the Fast Talk Labs podcast, or read some of his writi...
Menachem Brodie – Part 1 – Ep 151
Happy New Year Spartans and Archadians.
This conversation is with strength and conditioning coach Menachem Brodie. This podcast was recorded for his channel, The Strong Savvy Cyclist & Triathlete Podcast, and I thought my listeners might enjoy our conversation as well so it is republished here. We recorded two podcasts and this is the first round..
We wander into various aspects of strength a...
Relationship to Cycling - Ep151
In this final walking podcast for this year, I ask you to consider what your relationship is to cycling, and does this relationship serve you? I unpack a few archetypes of riders I have worked with and raced with over the years.
Everyone has their own relationship to the sport. From my perspective, there is no “right” or “wrong” way to relate to cycling, this is a child’s perspective. We can think p...
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