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A Spokesmen Special
Carlton Reid visits the 2016 Scottish Mountain Bike Summit, with the following interviews:
Developing Mountain Biking in Scotland
Author: David Bernstein
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A Spokesmen (Spooksmen?) Special:
Off Peak celebrates the true tales and secret stories that happen between Point A and Point B in Southern California and beyond. Challenging the traditional car-centric narrative of Los Angeles, Off Peak explores the rich history and future of rail, bus, cycling, walking and all manner of getting around in L.A.
Off Peak Episode 2: Roads Were Not Built for Cars (sound familiar?)
Hosted by Barbara Bogaev
Produced by The Glue for Metro
Featuring our own Carlton Reid
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Today’s Spokespeople:
PANELISTS:
TOPICS:
Retraction & Correction: Hemoglobin tester
Pro Cycling / Racing / MTB/Doping News
- Peter Sagan – 2016 UCI World Tour— and now World— Champion
- UCI Road World Championships – Doha, Qatar
- Steve Tilford injury/skull fracture/no helmet
Industry News
- Interbike 2016: In Memoriam
- Eurobike Planning Move to July
- Volagi Co-founder Seriously Injured
- Update: Condition Improving
- Specialized donates US$10,000 for medical expenses to the owner of a company they sued for $41,500 in royalties just two years ago.
Advocacy
- Traffic jams are not caused by more and more motor vehicles but by cycleways. Who knew?
Other
Tips, Hints, Best Practices
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Today’s Spokespeople:
PANELISTS:
TOPICS:
Pro Cycling / Racing / MTB/Doping News
- Vuelta a España 2016 Wrap-up
- The Fancy Bear hack of WADA data
- Release of medical data supplied to WADA by Chris Froome and Sir Bradley Wiggins
- Froome says this
- Wiggins says this
- WADA says this
- Ninth in London gets weightlifter a delayed gold medal
- Armstrong ban on racing is over
Industry News
- Bike Industry Trade Show Evolution
- Kiss goodbye to the pedal-powered bicycle
- Printing a graphic of a TV on a bike box massively reduces transit damage
- Ember Hemoglobin Tracker
Advocacy
- Close-pass motorists can expect prosecution, say these UK traffic cops
Tips, Hints, Best Practices
- Carlton: Buy from your local bike shop!
- Tim: Recycle old cycling socks. Put ‘em in your saddle bag.
- David: Relive.cc (more interesting than Strava Flyby), and Chris suggests Made with SISU for Strava posters
- Chris: Cleat replacement on same shoes: Sharpie outline of position of old cleat before removal
- Jim: Inflation chart, download and put on your workbench
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Today’s Spokespeople:
Topics – Eurobike Special
- Zeppelin Flights
- Ashmei
- BikeBiz Ashmei Zeppelin flight story
- Steven Fleming
- Mikael Colville-Anderson (copenhagenize.eu)
- Cyclespace.nl
- Andrea Held-Hikone
- BikeBiz article on Amsterdam’s Bicycle Mayor
- Mark Bickerton
- Tern
- Bob Margevicious
- Kevin Mayne – European Cyclists’ Federation Cycling Industry Club
- BikeBiz.com industry ride
- Saskia Kluit – Fietserbond
- Ruth oldenZiel – cycling cities BikeBiz article
- Marcus Storck
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Today’s Spokespeople:
- Carlton Reid
- Josh Reid
- Gary Fisher (check this out for a brilliant Linkedin profile!)
Topics
Pro Cycling / Racing / MTB/Doping News
- Mountain biking at Olympics
- Joberg2c mountain bike stage race, South Africa
- MTBing The Untold British Story documentary film
Industry News
Advocacy
- Would-be US politician suggests – and then, after a tweetstorm, swiftly rejects – that cyclists should be licensed to ride to “put skin in the game”.
Other
- Mountain Biking in Wilderness Areas
- Bill Opening Wilderness Areas to Bikes Also Opens Debate
- Carlton’s son Josh Reid will be riding 410-miles-in-24-hours ride for Qhubeka
- Scottish Mountain Bike Conference
- Scotland’s MTB Innovations Valley
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Today’s Spokespeople:
Topics
Pro Cycling / Racing / MTB/Doping News
- Action Packed Mens’ Olympic Road Race
- Lizzie Armistead wins appeal against missed doping tests
- Tour of California earns WorldTour Status as does Strade Bianche and RideLondon
- Mountain Biking – the Untold British Story documentary now available on Vimeo
Industry News
Advocacy
- Oz trucker laughs as he soaks Oz roadies
- Rick Vosper’s Haunted by the ghosts of dead cyclists.
- “Electrification will kill the mechanical bicycle within a few years…”
Tips / Hints / Best Practices
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Today’s Spokespeople:
Topics
Rich’s new gig: Pon.bike (and an extended conversation on eBikes)
Pro Cycling / Racing / Doping News
- Tour de France
- La Course has finished on Champs Elysees – Vos didn’t win!
- Let’s discuss Ventoux (rider reactions)
- Tom Dumoulin – Rio Aspirations in Doubt
- Did Froome “Abuse the Yellow Jersey?”
- Froome’s dangerous downhill tuck ain’t so hot, scientifically-speaking
- Chris Boardman’s mother killed by motorist while cycling
- Doping in Russia Part of State Policy
- Should an entire nation (of athletes) be banned from the Rio Olympics?
Industry News
Advocacy
- Kalamazoo Follow-up
Other
- Google Talks Up Its Cyclist Detection Systems – remember the track-standing cyclist and motionless Google Car.
Tips / Hints / Best Practices
- David: Bluetooth Headphones
- Carlton: Cyclists with Earpods Hear the Same as Motorists Listening to Nothing
- Tim: Close Call Database
- Rich: Support Local Women’s Cycling
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Today’s Spokespeople:
Topics
Pro Cycling / Racing / Doping News
- 2016 Tour de France
- What was up with the sloooowww peloton on Stage 3?
- Peter Sagan’s Crusade
- Are stages too long?
- Froome fined for hitting spectator
- Froome Has Mad Skills (Don’t Try This at Home)
- Contador’s Departure from the race
- Limited relative coverage of the Giro Rosa
Industry News
Advocacy
- Columbus “Doo Dah Parade” joke – not funny
- Motorist Kills Matthew Von Ohlen in Brooklyn, New York
- Survey finds bicyclists and motorists ignore traffic laws at similar rates (rv)
- Most Common Bicycle Citation in San Diego
- First Fatality on a US Bike Share Bicycle
Tips / Hints / Best Practices
- David wants to hear from listeners: Which headphones do you like?
- Tim: Be Nice to Each Other!
- Neil: Mpow Bluetooth Headset and Do not be like Chris Froome!
- Anna: instagram.com/podiumgrilz
- Ayesha: Consider the possibility that there is something you don’t know
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Today’s Spokespeople:
Topics
Pro Cycling / Racing / Doping News
- Dauphiné Report
- Tour de France Predictions
- Broeckx in Vegetative State
- Rio Olympics
- Russian Track & Field Athletes and Weightlifters Banned from Rio Olympics
- Brazil’s Anti Doping Lab Suspended by WADA ahead of Olympics
- Carmen Small left off US Olympic team in favor of Kristin Armstrong
- Lance Armstrong Begins Weekly Podcast
- Floyd Landis Starts Marijuana Business in Colorado
Industry News
- Carlton’s Press Camp Report
Advocacy
Other
- Your Strava Data Could Be Used to Ban Cyclists from Trails
- Alleged killer of Mountain Bike Hall of Famer Mike Rust found!
- 9 News Bike Safety PSA
Tips / Hints / Best Practices
- David: Jens Voigt’s Book, Shut Up Legs!
- Donna: Get a Trail Bell! Timber! Trail Awareness MTB Bell
- Carlton: Cycling Cities book
- Tim: Send a Message to the UCI
- Jim: Use IFTTT to Track Rides
- Neil: Stretching and Core Work & “The Perfect Stretch”
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