Preferring July holed up in the dank and dark SBS basement to summer in Europe playing festivals like Tomorrowland, we here at Cycling Central don't exactly know who #trollDJ is. When we rock up for our shift each night, #trolldj's got the door locked, cutting up the music/cycling action montages we all love.
For all we know Daft Punk could be in there. #trolldj is actually playing at your house, your house.
We always thought it was this guy. He just knew a little TOO much:
Source: SBS supplied
Until this tweet when we knew, even with the magic of television, it couldn't be him:
Some even thought it was this guy:
Or because of the aura of international mystery, this guy:
But #trollDJ says that's all just a little bit silly (#TrollDJ contacts us via emails, DMs and via notes under the door).
Source: sbs supplied
Check out #trollDJ's work so far this year:
The stuff we do know about #trolldj:
1. Is like, really popular among the #couchpeloton
The #couchpeloton is a community on Twitter who've bonded for many years over late nights watching cycling on SBS. They also talk about their food via #toursnacks and have come up with all sorts of hashtags to get through their nightly struggle.
The #couchpeloton also know what these two songs are just from micro-second gifs:
and if they - and a host of other songs - aren't played each year, SBS will receive just as much feedback - if not more - as when Paul and Phil eventually retire.
Source: SBS supplied
Source: SBS supplied
Some have also wanted #trolldj to appear for other networks' sporting events:
2. Uncharacteristically dropped a massive hint about having a sister who has been to France:
3. Loves doing this with the outtakes
4. Takes requests even from former pro cyclists
But #trolldj prefers yours. Head over to Twitter with your requests via the #trollDJ hashtag.
