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EPISODE 311: You don't have to be horrible to win Oct 30, 2022

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30th October 2022

The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast

EPISODE 311: You don't have to be horrible to win

SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Donna Tocci, Jim Moss

TOPICS: Roundtable discussion on Cav's chances of winning a stage of the 2023 Tour de France, Musk's takeover of Twitter, Mario Cipollini's three year prison sentence for domestic abuse, and will Denver's super popular e-bike rebate program reduce car trips?

LINKS:

https://www.ternbicycles.com

https://www.the-spokesmen.com/

https://twitter.com/recreationlaw

https://twitter.com/DonnaTocci

https://twitter.com/CarltonReid

https://www.leblanq.com

https://www.bicycling.com/racing/a41806102/mark-cavendish-new-team-has-already-won/

https://www.denverpost.com/2022/09/07/e-bikes-denver-rebate-program-data-replacing-car-trips/

https://www.bicycling.com/racing/a41690004/mario-cipollini-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison/

https://www.bicycleretailer.com/opinion-analysis/2022/10/25/how-can-state-farm-sue-bicycle-manufacture-e-bike-fire#.Y165rC-l1qs

EPISODE 310: Cycling legends roundtable with Mark Cavendish, Oscar Freire, Adam Blythe, Johan Museeuw & Matt Stephens Oct 27, 2022

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27th October 2022

The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast

EPISODE 310: Cycling legends roundtable with Mark Cavendish, Oscar Freire, Adam Blythe, Johan Museeuw & Matt Stephens

SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Mark Cavendish, Oscar Freire, Adam Blythe, Johan Museeuw & Matt Stephens

TOPIC: This roundtable discussion was recorded at LeBlanq's Joyride in Ibiza

LINKS:

https://www.ternbicycles.com

https://www.the-spokesmen.com/

https://www.leblanq.com

EPISODE 309: Old crew is back Oct 10, 2022

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10th October 2022

The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast

EPISODE 309: Old crew is back

SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles

HOST: David Bernstein

GUESTS: Tim Jackson, Donna Tocci, Jim Moss, Carlton Reid

TOPICS:

What is everyone up to these days?
The Hour Record
UCI Gravel Worlds
Cycling Tips Reporter Disallowed From Worlds in Australia
UCI Changes Rule to Combat Aero Advantages in Time Trials
Official at Finishing Line Gets Handsy with Lorena Wiebes
National Cycling League
Electric Bikes
David says:

Filippo Ganna’s Hour Record
Excellent WSJ Article “How Far Can You Ride a Bike in an Hour? Start With An Aerodynamicist”
The Armstrong $30,000 ride? I don’t know if I want to touch this one. Up to you all. (How about LA allegedly getting “weird” with women/ woman at a wedding he supposedly crashed?
Central Park Activist
Tim says:

UCI Gravel Worlds
UCI is “sport washing” some bad actors, still/ again/ as always … (link?)Can’t I just rail, as always? (TIM- part of a Twitter dialog, with Joe Lindsey, I’ll try to find. Lapartient gave a tepid response to reporter’s question about risk of sportwashing- basically, “we need the money.”)
Bike market is auguring like a lawn dart. (???)
e-Bikes are here to stay, even as Rad Power Bikes is getting sued into extinction, battery fires are making the news, Florida hurricane Ian e-bikes represent a huge fire risk through the damage/ flood zones … (David loves his eMTB) ?
Jim Says:

Video of Lorena Wiebes Riding Away from Handsy Official Goes Viral
Professional cycling coming back to Colorado with $1 million on the line
UCI changes rule to combat aero trickery of TT support cars

EPISODE 308: In conversation with Legion’s Justin Williams Oct 06, 2022

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6th October 2022

The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast

EPISODE 308: In conversation with Legion’s Justin Williams

SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Justin Williams

TOPIC: On today’s show, six days into Black History Month, Carlton talks about the inspirational 19th century black American professional cycle racer Major Taylor with his modern equivalent, Justin Williams. Like Major Taylor, Justin raced in Europe but unlike Major Taylor he’s entreuprenial, using his Los-Angeles-based Legion racing team, which he founded with his equally fast brother Cory, to increase the diversity of cycling. In this 45-minute chat they talk about Justin’s cycling mad dad and the crazy popular cycling scene of Belize.

LINKS:

https://www.ternbicycles.com

https://www.the-spokesmen.com/

https://www.instagram.com/juswilliamz/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/l39ion.la/

https://www.l39ionla.com

https://markbeaumontonline.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Taylor

http://majortaylorassociation.org

https://www.cyclekids.org

https://www.instagram.com/nationsnumber1beast/

https://www.rapha.cc/gb/en/stories/legion-of-los-angeles

https://www.instagram.com/ayesuppose/?hl=en

https://www.the-spokesmen.com/the-spokesmen-137-your-dreams-are-valid/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hook_Crit

https://www.therabody.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK7WkUfrr28

#BlackHistoryMonth

EPISODE 307: Kidical Mass: How, Why, Where, When Sep 24, 2022

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24th September 2022

The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast

EPISODE 307: Kidical Mass: How, Why, Where, When

SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Kat Heath

TOPIC: Hundreds of "Kidical Mass" rides are taking place across the UK and Europe this weekend. A more family-friendly version of Critical Mass, these rolling demos show decision makers – with an abundance of cuteness — that children need safe space to cycle and that roads are theirs too. Kat Heath of Reading's ride explains more.

LINKS:

https://www.ternbicycles.com

https://www.the-spokesmen.com/

https://kidsonbike.org/

https://twitter.com/KidicalMassRead

#KidicalMass

EPISODE 306: Eco Adventure on Proposed Sail-powered Bike and Foot Ferry From Dover to Boulogne Sep 22, 2022

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22nd September 2022

The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast

EPISODE 306: Eco Adventure on Proposed Sail-powered Bike and Foot Ferry From Dover to Boulogne

SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Andrew Simons, Brandt Williamson, Robert Tickner, Tom Treasure, Caroline Tyndall, Wayne Godfrey

TOPIC: A pioneering wind-powered cross-channel ferry for cyclists and pedestrians from Dover to Boulogne operated by startup SailLink had a series of test runs earlier in September, and Carlton Reid was on the first crossing to northern France. SailLink plans to commission a bespoke craft for its 12-passenger service, but the demonstration crossings used a smaller vessel, the Mago Merlino, a 12-metre catamaran certified to carry six paying passengers and two bicycles.

LINKS:

https://www.ternbicycles.com

https://www.the-spokesmen.com/

https://saillink.co.uk

https://fairtransport.eu/tres-hombres/

EPISODE 305: Sexy Urban Bike: In Conversation with Knog CEO Hugo Davidson Aug 29, 2022

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29th August 2022

The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast

EPISODE 305: Sexy Urban Bike: In Conversation with Knog CEO Hugo Davidson

SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Hugo Davidson, CEO, Knog

TOPICS: Knog, 20 years young this year, started with a scattergun portfolio of bike products, a messy mix of messenger bags, shoes and cycling gloves, tapping into the zeitgeisty fixie-cum-singlespeed scene of the early to mid 2000s. But there was also the Tadpole, a LED handlebar light with front and rear facing LEDs. This turned out to be the Australian design company's breakthrough product, far more in demand from a global audience than the eye-of-the-beholder soft goods. But it was the next LED offering which made the company's fortune. Shaking up the technical but staid lighting market, Knog's halo product was the Frog, a silicone-covered LED that, with its much copied stretchy tail, could be easily, quickly and securely strapped and unstrapped from seat posts and handlebars. More than 10 million of these iconic bike lights been sold since 2006.

In this half-hour episode you'll hear how Hugo invested to protect the company's IP and how the edgy marketing of its early days — a punk messenger aesthetic — morphed as Knog matured.

LINKS:

https://www.ternbicycles.com/

https://www.the-spokesmen.com/

https://www.knog.com

EPISODE 304: In conversation with e-bike guru Ed Benjamin Aug 10, 2022

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10th August 2022

The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast

EPISODE 304: In conversation with e-bike guru Ed Benjamin

SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Ed Benjamin

TOPICS: The growth of electric bikes since the 1990s and their future, with e-bike guru Ed Benjamin.

LINKS:

https://www.ternbicycles.com/

https://www.the-spokesmen.com/

http://www.ecycleelectric.com/

EPISODE 303: How five US cities built 335 miles of separated cycleway networks in two years Jul 20, 2022

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20th July 2022

The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast

EPISODE 303: How five US cities built 335 miles of separated cycleway networks in two years

SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Sara Studdard and Zoe Kircos

TOPICS: Urbanists Sara Studdard and Zoe Kircos of Denver-based nonprofit City Thread discuss how the Final Mile project and People for Bikes enabled five US cities to build 335 miles of separated and often protected cycleway networks in only 24 months, several years ahead of schedule.

LINKS:

https://www.ternbicycles.com/

https://www.the-spokesmen.com/

https://www.citythread.org/team/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSeKNYNb_Qc&t=315s&ab_channel=PeopleForBikes

Episode #302 – Three ultracyclists explain how and why Jul 18, 2022

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18th July 2022

The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast

EPISODE 302: Three ultracyclists explain how and why

SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Kabir Rachure, Josh Reid, Ruth Sutherland

TOPICS: Kabir Rachure was the first Asian to podium at the Race Across America, or RAAM, which finished a couple of weeks back. Ruth Sutherland was a rookie rider at this year's 620 mile All Points North race in northern England. Josh Reid also rode All Points North but in preparation for the Transcontinental, a 2500 mile unsupported race across Europe from the cobbles of Flanders to the shores of the Black Sea.

LINKS:

https://www.ternbicycles.com/

https://www.the-spokesmen.com/

https://www.raceacrossamerica.org/raamx/rcrank.php?s_N_Year_ID=47

https://www.ultrahuman.com/m1/?currency=usd&utm_source=main-web

https://bikepacking.com/event/all-points-north-2022/

https://www.transcontinental.cc/