Restricted Performance explores other forms of transportation this week with a discussion about cycling and its mutual benefits to both car enthusiasts and non-car enthusiasts.

With the help of our resident cycling expert, Toby Kessler, we uncover why we love cycling, how it represents truer freedom than driving in 2024, and outline a brief buyers guide for bicycles.

Come join us on a two-wheeled episode of Restricted Performance!

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In a more freewheeling episode of the podcast, Ross and Maddox discuss why the abandonment of congestion pricing is a bad thing, which leads to a broader discussion on car dependency, car enthusiasm, and why enthusiasts should advocate for better public transit.

Finally, we talk about Ralph Gilles’ incredible career, how to exercise your special car and failed attempts at clutchless manual transmissions.

Maddox and Ross host one more episode from the Tail of the Dragon (and surrounding roads) in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina/Tennessee. Joining us this week will be our friends Ryan Yee and our first repeat guest, Alex Farmer. Ryan will profess his love for modifying cars (with mixed results) and discuss his recently completed BMW E38 740iL manual swap. The four of us also discuss what cars we've seen here and our takeaways from spending a few days in driving nirvana.