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Episode #281 – "If you look at the tree, you hit the tree": eMTBing Guiding Masterclass With H+I's Chris Gibbs Sep 05, 2021

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5th September 2021

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EPISODE 281: "If you look at the tree, you hit the tree": eMTBing Guiding Masterclass With H+I's Chris Gibbs

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Chris Gibbs and Jude Reid

TOPICS: Carlton's wife Jude rides to work on an electric bike but hasn't ridden off road for more than 20 years. Cue this three-day eMTB press trip in Cairngorms courtesy of Shimano. H+I's head guide Chris Gibbs reintroduces Jude to genuine mountain biking while talking about the passing scenery and Shimano's EP8 leg-boosting e-bike platform.

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

https://www.the-spokesmen.com

https://www.mountainbikeworldwide.com/tour-guides/chris

https://www.shimano-steps.com/e-bikes/united-kingdom/en/product-information/mtb/ep8

https://www.mountainbikeworldwide.com/e-mtb-tours

Episode #178 – Stand up for what we believe in Jan 14, 2018

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Episode 178

Sunday, 14th January 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid

PANELISTS:
Jim Moss
Donna Tocci
Caspar Hughes

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

TOPICS
Lotto-Soudal's Tim Wellens says cyclists using inhalers are cheating

Sochi doping lab now a restaurant serving ‘B Sample,’ ‘Meldonium’/

Colorado Classic is coming back to Vail & Denver.

National Bike Dealer Association hot gun Executive Director is gone after 16 months. What's up?

Did Patrick O’Grady (Mad Dog Media) get too political for BRAIN? Are bike suppliers all Republicans, and bike journalists/PR people all Democrats? Is cycling intrinsically "left wing"?

National Cyclocross Masters Champs - Sprint in last lap. All three podium finishers awarded same time.

Trek works with Ford on AI-based bicycle-to-vehicle comms system

The gym that pays you to exercise – getting fit with Deliveroo

Spokesmen #177: Dockless bike boom – the operators speak Jan 09, 2018

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Episode 177

Tuesday 9th January 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Antonia Roberts, BikePlus; Tom McGovern, Urbo; Joseph Seal-Driver, Ofo; and Steve Pyer, Mobike.

TOPIC:

The growth and growth of dockless bike share around the world.

Spokesmen #176: How to Launch a High-End Road Bike Brand Jan 05, 2018

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Episode #176 – How to Launch a High-End Road Bike Brand

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Episode 176

Friday 5th January 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Ian and Trevor Hughes of Vielo.cc

TOPIC: Industry veterans Ian and Trevor Hughes talk about the trials and tribulations of launching a high-end road bike brand. Velo has been styled in Italy, engineered in Germany, manufactured in Asia and then assembled in Vielo Sports’ Gateshead HQ in the UK.

Spokesmen #175: Dawn of the Fred Dogs Jan 01, 2018

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Episode 175: Dawn of the Fred Dogs

Monday 1st January 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: David Bernstein; Ayesha McGowan and Jim Moss.

TOPICS: We talked about our highlights - and lowlights - of 2017, and our plans for 2018.

TIPS

Elite Direto trainer

The Sufferfest training app.

Spokesmen #174: Bums on saddles Dec 13, 2017

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Episode 174

Wednesday 13th December 2017

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Dr. Rachel Aldred of the University of Westminster and Tom Maskell of Newcastle University’s OpenLab

TOPIC: We talked about cycle infrastructure, equity, academia, dockless bikes, the dominance of white faces in cycle activism and how to get more bums on bike saddles.

Spokesmen #173: Transport minister Jesse Norman and Manchester’s cycling csar Chris Boardman Nov 22, 2017

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Episode 173 of the Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable podcast

Transport minister Jesse Norman and Manchester’s cycling csar Chris Boardman

Wednesday 22nd November 2017

Jesse Norman is Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Roads, Local Transport and Devolution.

Chris Boardman is Greater Manchester’s cycling and walking commissioner

Info at BikeBiz.com.

HOST: Carlton Reid

TOPIC: Jenson USA

The Spokesmen #172 Oct 30, 2017

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Pashley factory tour to see the making of London’s new “Prospect” public cycle bike

Monday, 30th October 2017

HOST: Carlton Reid

TOPIC

Pashley factory tour to see the making of the new Prospect London public hire bike which launched at a press event today. See BikeBiz.com.

The Spokesmen #171 Oct 08, 2017

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Laudato Si’

Episode 171

Sunday, 8th October 2017

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS:
Jim Moss
Richard Wittenberg

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

TOPICS

“Icarus” on Netflix – 9.1 on Rotten Tomatoes.
Motor doping discovered in French race
Counterfeit frames – 20-article “faking it” series on BikeBiz.com
Smaller Interbike was result of “down market” says show director
London church starts prayer sessions to stop a cycleway

Episode 170: An interview with Matt Briggs of the Briggs Campaign Sep 29, 2017

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Episode 170: An interview with Matt Briggs of the Briggs Campaign

Friday, 29th September 2017

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST:
Matt Briggs

TOPIC

Matt Briggs tragically lost his wife Kim when she was involved in a road traffic incident in London in 2016. She died a week after being hit by fixie rider Charlie Alliston, whose bicycle didn’t have a front brake which is illegal. Alliston was sentenced to 18 months in youth detention. We didn't discuss Charlie Alliston directly, but we did discuss Matt’s campaign to make sure fixie retailers sell legally compliant bicycles. We also discussed Matt’s campaign for a law change, bringing cyclists into line with motorists who kill.

It’s this second part of the campaign which has generated an amazing amount of media coverage and promises of government action – there have been mentions of the campaign by Prime Minister Theresa May, the Department for Transport has said it will carry out a review of “cycle safety” and the minister for transport has sent out an extraordinary letter asking cycling organizations to police cyclists, the kind of letter that has never been sent to motoring organizations (I checked).

Matt has been on the BBC, Sky News and all over much of the rest of the media. But this is his first audio interview with a cycle journalist, and I asked questions that the mainstream media didn’t.

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