Brandon McNulty just took the Rainbow bands for the USA, and the Packfiller crew is celebrating by bringing in a medical professional to fix our creaking knees.

Tonight on Ep. 545, we are joined by Dr. Eric Anderson, MD—US Air Force Veteran, Board-Certified Sports Medicine physician at Ridgepoint Performance Medicine, and a former Cat 1 cyclist who knows exactly how much aging athletes lie to their doctors. We discuss the catastrophic reality of "Carbon Spines" from ultra-stiff frames, the psychology of refusing to rest, and whether modern gravel racing is vibrating our teeth out.

Plus: A breakdown of Vollering's triple, McNulty's historic ride, and Pat delivers a "Satire 101" Pulpit segment for the keyboard warriors who took last week's Perspective video a little too literally.