A luxurious training camp in the south of France quickly descends into chaos. Watch the Stool Aid squad navigate rival riders, club kids, and a surprise police raid in Chapter Nine.
Browsing: Striking the Sun
Is the pro peloton run by mastermind geniuses, or just fragile egos and cheap sponsors? In this chapter deep dive, we analyze Chapter 8 of Striking the Sun, dissecting the banality of capital, corporate incompetence, and why the hardest part of the pro dream is paying your own baggage fees.
Corporate vanity projects, missing wages, and a disastrous new sponsor. Susan and Dominic both face the grim realities of their chosen careers in Chapter Eight.
The grand, heroic narrative of elite professional cycling is a heavily mediated corporate lie. In our latest deep dive into Chapters 6 and 7 of Striking the Sun, we strip away the romantic illusions of the peloton to expose the brutal, unglamorous reality of physical degradation, corporate hazing, and penny-pinching team management.
A disciplinary meeting at The Globe pushes Susan into hiding, while Dominic learns a gross but essential lesson about the reality of riding in the pro peloton. Read Chapter Seven.
A viral video from the Tour, a disastrous first meeting with the LaxRelief squad, and Susan nursing a seven-can hangover. Read Chapter Six of Striking the Sun.
Dismantling the fragile performance of “becoming.” We dive deep into Chapter 5 of Striking the Sun to analyze the striking structural parallels between an amateur indie filmmaker playing the auteur and Dominic’s shaky early steps toward a professional cycling career.
A dark church in East London sets the scene for a bizarre DIY film premiere, while Dominic recounts the early days of his cycling career and signing with LaxRelief. Read Chapter Five.