The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast

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Episode #291 – Bike bubble has popped, says industry analyst Rick Vosper Jan 16, 2022

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16th January 2022

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EPISODE 291: Bike bubble has popped says industry analyst Rick Vosper

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Industry veteran Rick Vosper

TOPICS: Any bursting of the bike boom bubble will reverberate widely and could destabilise global bicycle advocacy efforts. This is therefore of potential concern to cyclists in general, argues bike industry veteran Rick Vosper.

LINKS:
https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen

https://www.the-spokesmen.com

https://twitter.com/carltonreid

https://www.bicycleretailer.com/opinion-analysis/2022/01/09/vosper-sound-one-bubble-popping#.YeQM3ljP1qs

https://www.bicycleretailer.com/rick-vosper

https://www.bicycleretailer.com/opinion-analysis/2021/11/15/vosper-hidden-big-picture-pon-dorel-story#.YeQND1jP1qs

https://www.bicycleretailer.com/opinion-analysis/2021/10/13/vosper-perfect-competition-part-one-why-bike-business-has-it-and-what%E2%80%99s#.YeQNHVjP1qs

https://rvms.com

https://twitter.com/rick_vosper

Episode #290 – Launch of Gravel Grinding Hall of Fame with Guitar Ted Jan 11, 2022

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11th January 2022

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EPISODE 290: Launch of Gravel Grinding Hall of Fame with Guitar Ted

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Mark Stevenson aka Guitar Ted

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LINKS:

https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen

https://www.the-spokesmen.com

https://twitter.com/carltonreid

https://twitter.com/guitarted1961

https://www.ridinggravel.com/gravel-news/gravel-grinder-news-gravel-cycling-hall-of-fame-announced/

https://www.gravelcyclinghof.com/

Episode #289 – Two Volcano Sprint winner and bike entrepreneur Andrew Phillips Dec 22, 2021

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22nd December 2021

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EPISODE 289: Two Volcano Sprint winner and bike entrepreneur Andrew Phillips

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Andrew Phillips

LINKS:

https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen

https://www.the-spokesmen.com

https://twitter.com/carltonreid

www.orb.bike

www.Zolla.cc

sinewavecycles.com

Episode #288 – Why is anti-roads campaigner John Stewart against LTNs? Dec 13, 2021

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13th December 2021

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EPISODE 288: Why is anti-roads campaigner John Stewart against LTNs?

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: John Stewart, Chair of Campaign for Better Transport and UK Noise Association and a long time anti-roads campaigner

TOPICS: Veteran anti-road campaigner John Stewart is anti-LTN: why?

LINKS:

https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen

https://www.the-spokesmen.com

https://twitter.com/JohnJohnStewart/status/1469989872995905538?s=20

Episode #287 – Chris Froome and Hammerhead CEO Pieter Morgan Nov 22, 2021

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22nd November 2021

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EPISODE 287: Chris Froome and Hammerhead CEO Pieter Morgan

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Chris Froome and Pieter Morgan

TOPICS: Chris Froome's investment in Pieter Morgan's Hammerhead.

LINKS:

https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen

https://www.the-spokesmen.com

https://nextventures.com/team/

https://www.hammerhead.io/

Episode #286 – COP26 SPECIAL: The Transition to Zero Cars Nov 14, 2021

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14th November 2021

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EPISODE 286: COP26 SPECIAL: The Transition to Zero Cars

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: US Congressman Earl Blumenauer of Oregon; Greater Manchester’s transport commissioner Chris Boardman and the city region's mayor Andy Burnham; the UCI's Advocacy and Development Manager Isabella Burczak; Susan Claris and Stephen Edwards of Living Streets; Ed Miliband, UK Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Mohamed Mezghani, Secretary-General of the global public transit organization UITP; European Cyclists’ Federation president Henk Swarttouw; Heather Thompson, CEO of the New-York-based Institute for Transportation and Development Policy; Bronwen Thornton, chief executive of pedestrian organization Walk 21 and European Cyclists’ Federation CEO Jill Warren.

TOPICS: COP26

LINKS:

https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen

https://www.the-spokesmen.com

Episode #285 – Ride For Their Lives Oct 29, 2021

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29th October 2021

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EPISODE 285: Ride For Their Lives

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Childrens' health professionals on the Ride for Their Lives ride.

TOPICS: 30 or so childrens' health professionals are riding from London to Glasgow to deliver a letter to world leaders at COP24. I joined them on day six between Newcastle and Carlisle.

LINKS:

https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen

https://www.the-spokesmen.com

https://climateacceptancestudios.com/ridefortheirlives

Episode #284 – Birmingham to become a super-sized low-traffic neighbourhood Oct 04, 2021

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4th October 2021

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EPISODE 284: Brum to kick out cars

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Cllr Waseem Zaffar

TOPICS: 45-minute interview with Birmingham's city council's transport lead Waseem Zaffar on a day the council launched its radical and potentially transformative transport plan. The UK's motorway city is to prioritise people over cars, including adding more protected cycleways. If Britain's Detroit can do it, any city can do it! This interview was used for a news story of mine which appeared in The Guardian.

LINKS:

https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen

https://www.the-spokesmen.com

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/04/birmingham-to-become-a-super-sized-low-traffic-neighbourhood

Episode #283 – Autonorama Sep 19, 2021

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19th September 2021

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EPISODE 283: Autonorama

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Peter Norton

TOPICS: US academic Peter Norton, author of the classic "Fighting Traffic," talks about his new book "Autonorama" which details the historically-resonant threat to pedestrians and cyclists from driverless vehicles.

LINKS:

https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen

https://www.the-spokesmen.com

https://islandpress.org/books/autonorama

Episode #282 – Veloforte Sep 12, 2021

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12th September 2021

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EPISODE 282: Veloforte

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Marc and Lara Giusti