The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast

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Episode #208 – Working Hard To Get Nowhere Feb 11, 2019

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Episode 208

Working Hard To Get Nowhere

Monday, 11th February 2019

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HOST: Carlton Reid.

GUESTS:
Donna Tocci
Jim Moss
Tim Jackson

TOPICS:
Sexism in cycling. Again. The Deceuninck–Quick-Step debacle at the Vuelta a San Juan in Argentina.

Colorado Classic going to be a women’s only race

SRAM's product launch tweet by @AngryAsian James Huang with Yewande Adesida

The most dangerous cities to cycle in America: 409-page Benchmarking Report from League of American Cyclists

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Episode #207 – Dream Dutch job for Canadian bike advocate Jan 15, 2019

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Episode 207

Dream Dutch job for Canadian bike advocate

Tuesday, 15th January 2019

HOST: Carlton Reid.

GUESTS:

Chris Bruntlett, author and co-principal of Madacity, speaking from Vancouver, Canada.

Mirjam Borsboom, Director, Dutch Cycling Embassy speaking from Delft in the Netherlands.

SPONSOR: Jenson USA.

TOPIC:
Chris Bruntlett of Vancouver, author of "Building the Cycling City: the Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality" is moving to the Netherlands with his wife Melissa and two young kids to start a new life. He is to start work as international comms manager for the Dutch Cycling Embassy. Also on today's show is his future boss, Mirjam Borsboom.

Episode #206 – There is no such thing as a blind-spot on a truck, says truck driver Jan 09, 2019

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Episode 206

There is no such thing as a blind-spot on a truck, says truck driver

Wednesday, 9th January 2019

HOST: Carlton Reid.

GUEST: Clive Matthews

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TOPIC:
Truck driver Clive Matthews contends there’s no such thing as a blind spot on trucks. He sat me in his cab and walked around his truck (with my bicycle) as I watched him in his many mirrors. Look out for a story on this on Forbes.com soon.

Episode #205 – London’s Five-Year Cycling Action Plan – in conversation with Will Norman Dec 17, 2018

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Episode 205

London’s Five-Year Cycling Action Plan – in conversation with Will Norman

Monday, 17th December 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid.

GUEST: Will Norman

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TOPIC:
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has today joined London’s cycling and walking commissioner Will Norman at a new-build protected cycleway in the Outer London borough of Enfield for the launch of the capital’s Cycling Action Plan. This five-year plan sets out the timescale for tripling the number of protected cycleways since Khan came to office and also reveals new quality standards for cycling infrastructure. Last week, for a news story on Forbes.com published today, I recorded an interview with Will Norman previewing today’s launch.

Episode #204 – Farts, darts and stalwarts. Or, The Road Book, and yet more helmets Nov 26, 2018

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Episode 204

Farts, darts and stalwarts – or, The Road Book, and yet more helmets

Monday, 26th November 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid.

GUESTS:
Jim Moss
Donna Tocci
Ned Boulting
Dr. Ian Walker

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TOPICS:

Carlton, Jim and Donna chat with Ned Boulting about The Road Book. After the break we hear from Dr. Ian Walker and his latest helmet research.

LINKS:

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Farts and darts.

Kryptonite vs Bic, 2004.

Donna’s Linkedin page

The Road Book.

Video of Ned discussing the book.

Tough at bike retail – ASE collapse, and the equivalent in the UK, Evans Cycles.

Dr Ian Walker interviewed in The Psychologist magazine.

Motorists Punish Helmet-Wearing Cyclists With Close Passes, Confirms Data Recrunch.

Episode #203 – Most cycle helmets do NOT protect against concussion Nov 05, 2018

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Episode 203

Most cycle helmets do NOT protect against concussion

Monday, 5th November 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid.

GUEST: Jim Moss.

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TOPICS:
Today’s episode features Carlton and Jim talking about cycle helmets. Jim sits on a bunch of helmet committees for ASTM, and a tweet of his went a little viral when he wrote that cycle helmets do not protect against concussions. This was a tweet in response to this Forbes article, “I Do Not Wear A Helmet.” (In fact, he does.)

LINKS:

ASTM cycle helmet standards.

Jim’s helmet articles on Recreation-law.com.

6D helmets – protection from concussions?

Helmets called for to prevent injury to golf players and spectators.

In 2005, BikeBiz reported that three US dental associations called for mandatory use not just of cycle helmets to protect against facial injuries but also mouthguards. “The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and the American Association of Orthodontists advocate the use of mouth guards for children and adults when cycling,” said a joint press release at the time.

Sweden's Hovding airbag "helmet".

Kali helmets: concussions and real-world data.

MIPS (Multi-Directional Impact Protection System) helmet technology.

Ted Talks: David Camarillo: Why Helmets Don’t Prevent Concussions.

Episode #202 – Riding through London on the front seat of Pedal Me's e-cargobike Oct 16, 2018

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Episode 202

Riding through London on the front seat of Pedal Me's e-cargobike

Tuesday, 16th October 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Benjamin Knowles, Pedalme.co.uk

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

TOPICS:
Today's episode features a rolling interview with Benjamin Knowles of Pedal Me, a new Uber-style cycle-courier/taxi-service in London. There's some loud traffic noise in the first half of the interview and then all goes calm as we descend into Pedal Me's underground lair where we discuss crowdfunding – the company is seeking £150,000 from micro investors on Crowdcube. That campaign goes lives soon.

Episode #201 – Slap on that cannabis chamois cream Oct 08, 2018

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Episode 201: Slap on that cannabis chamois cream

Monday, 8th October 2018

HOST:
Carlton Reid

PANELIST:
Jim Moss

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

TOPICS:

Carlton Reid won transport journalist of the year in Press Gazette's British Journalism Awards for Specialist Media.

Marc Sani back as Editor of BRAIN; Carlton leaves BikeBiz for pastures new.

Floyd Landis is creating a cycling development team and may be taking Floyd's of Leadville public

E-bike tariffs trouble Trek, and other manufacturers.

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Episode #200 – Best-of episode celebrating 12 years of the show! Sep 16, 2018

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Episode 200

Best-of episode celebrating 12 years of the show!

Sunday 16th September 2018

HOSTS: Carlton Reid and David Bernstein

GUESTS: Tim Jackson, Donna Tocci, Rich Kelly, Neil Browne, Jim Moss, Anna Schwinn, Chris Garrison, Nicole Formosa, Jacquie Phelan, Julie Kelly, Ayesha McGowen, Laura Laker, Anna Luyten, Phil Liggett, Ned Boulting, Chris Boardman, Bob Roll, Floyd Landis, Christian Prudhomme, Jens Voigt, Gary Fisher, Joe Breeze, Charlie Kelly, Ed Zink, Peter Darke, Cerri Dipple, Jeremy Vaught, Tim Grahl, Jonathan Maus, Michael Colville-Anderson, Adrian Kokk, Dr Rachel Aldred, Professor Bert Blocken, Peter Norton, Melody Hoffman, Chris and Melissa Bruntlett, Donny Perry, Christian Wolmar, Rick Vosper, and Jay Townley.

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TOPIC:

This is our 200th show! The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast was first aired in August 2006. This episode is a compilation of some of the best bits from our first 12 years.

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Episode #199 – Designing for Cycle Traffic Sep 03, 2018

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Episode 199

Designing for Cycle Traffic

Monday 3rd September 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid.

GUEST: Professor John Parkin, author of "Designing for Cycle Traffic".

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TOPIC: Interview with Professor John Parkin, author of new book "Designing for Cycle Traffic" from ICE Publishing, Institution of Civil Engineers.

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