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Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Plenty of drama to kick off the Vuelta Aug 28, 2023

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Ruth Winder joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to discuss the many talking points in the early goings of the Vuelta a España, a strong showing by Annemiek van Vleuten and a gutsy performance by Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig at the Tour of Scandinavia, and more.

Placeholders: Trouble in Rwandan cycling Aug 24, 2023

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Iain Treloar and Dane Cash join Caley Fretz on this week's Placeholders to discuss news out of the Rwandan cycling scene, the Tour de l'Avenir, Jumbo-Visma's recent doping positive, and more.

Plus, this Weekly Pain quiz comes down to the wire ...

Overnight Success: Building CyclingTips Aug 24, 2023

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This month's episode of Overnight Success is a bit different. For a long time now, we've been asked to share the origin story of CyclingTips in this podcast, but we always knew there was more to come in this journey. But now that the story is complete, we figured this is a good time to tell it.

Instead of this being a monologue, Wade asked Mitch Docker (from the Life in the Peloton podcast) to host this episode. Mitch's journey with Life in the Peloton is similar to my own in many ways, and I'm enjoying seeing him take his own path and making a success out of it.

It's hard to say if CyclingTips was a success or not. It depends on how you measure it. Like countless other media brands, CyclingTips is no longer in existence. But at one time it was a daily destination for cycling enthusiasts around the globe, and had a strong place within the cycling community that everyone involved was proud of.

The version of CyclingTips that died a quick death was a very popular one. Each year millions of people visited the site. There were thousands of paying members. We ran events. We supported local events whenever we could. We contributed to charitable and social causes. We tried to give a voice to those who didn’t have one. We weren’t the biggest, but we liked to think that we made an impact in our little corner of the world.

From the outside, it might have looked like a straightforward path, but as you'll hear it was anything but...

Wheel Talk: Transfers, relegation, and women’s football Aug 22, 2023

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Abby Mickey, Loren Rowney, and Gracie Elvin answer some listener questions and go on some tangents in this latest episode of the Wheel Talk Podcast.

Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Can anyone beat Vingegaard and Roglič at the Vuelta? Aug 21, 2023

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Abby Mickey joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to cover some interesting talking points after an intriguing finale at the Bemer Cyclassics and then to preview the route and favorites for the Vuelta a España and the Tour of Scandinavia.

Placeholders: Transfer corner and a start order kerfuffle Aug 17, 2023

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Dane Cash and Kit Nicholson join Caley Fretz to discuss Mikel Landa, Fabio Jakobsen, and other big transfers, the MTB race start order kerfuffle at Worlds, and Richard Freeman. And of course, there's also another riveting edition of the Weekly Pain quiz.

Geek Warning: Ask a handful of Wrenches Aug 16, 2023

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This week's Geek Warning episode is a little different. With James off racing bikes, and Dave travelling (for work), the Geeks instead gathered to answer a bucket full of tech questions from Escape Collective members.Joining James and Dave are former MTB World Cup mechanic Brad Copeland and dream bike builder Zach (of Boulder Grupetto).

Don't worry, the regular weekly show will return soon! In the meantime, enjoy and please let us know what you think of this format

Wheel Talk: The strongest woman won in Glasgow Aug 15, 2023

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The band is back together! This week, Abby Mickey, Matt de Neef, Loren Rowney, and Gracie Elvin chat about the ITT and road race at the Glasgow World Championships.

Buckle up! It was a wild race!

Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Super Worlds comes to a close Aug 14, 2023

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Ruth Edwards and Kit Nicholson join Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to break down the action from the time trials and the women's road race at Glasgow Worlds.

Wheel Talk: Getting ready for the Glasgow finale Aug 11, 2023

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Abby Mickey, Matt de Neef and Loren Rowney are joined once again by Matilda Raynolds to preview the women’s elite and U23 road race at the Glasgow World Championships.

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