The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast
Episode 215
Tuesday 21st May 2019
SPONSOR: Jenson USA
HOST: Carlton Reid
GUESTS:
Pepe Para of 2Heads & his nominated charities
Mark Beaumont
TOPICS:
Land’s End to John O’Groats ride by a long-distance cycling novice.
Round the World by Bike in 80 Days.
PLUS: Virtual Velo-city Kickstarter
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Episode 214
Monday 13th May 2019
SPONSOR: Jenson USA
HOST: Carlton Reid
GUESTS:
TOPICS:
How We Talk About Drivers Hitting Cyclists – it’s crash not accident
British Cycling’s “mutual respect” campaign.
Carlton and Laura’s Virtual Velo-city Kickstarter
The Stoner as Gym Rat – People who use cannabis work out more. Do they cycle more?
Aggressive motoring on Laura’s group ride in Epping Forest
Team Ineos fracking protests
Boating the Grand Canyon: A “How To” for Private Boaters
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Episode 213
In Conversation With Marjut Ollitervo
Wednesday 1st May 2019
SPONSOR: Jenson USA
HOST: Carlton Reid.
GUEST:
Marjut Ollitervo, vice-chair, Finnish Cycle Federation
TOPICS:
Helmets, hi-vis vests for chickens, and the differences between cultural safety and actual, measurable safety.
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Episode 212
In Conversation With Danny Cowe and Zak Pashak
Thursday, 25th April 2019
SPONSOR: Jenson USA •
HOST: Carlton Reid.
GUESTS:
Danny Cowe, Mountain Bike Centre of Scotland
Zak Pashak, Detroit Bikes, USA
TOPICS:
Danny talks about plans for the world’s first MTB Innovations Centre, soon to take shape in the Tweed Valley town of Innerleithen, a Mecca for mountain bikers.
Zak discusses why he moved from Canada to found Detroit Bikes in Motown, USA. Sparrow Kickerstarter.
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Episode 211
In Conversation With Nathan Hughes of Restrap and Tom Barras of Spatzwear
Thursday, 18th April 2019
SPONSOR: Jenson USA •
HOST: Carlton Reid.
GUESTS:
Nathan Hughes, Restrap, Leeds, Yorkshire. Forbes.com piece on Restrap.
Tom Barras, Spatzwear, Leeds, Yorkshire
TOPICS:
Interviews with two young business founders. Restrap makes bikepacking gear; Spatzwear designs roadie overshoes and other foul-weather kit.
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Episode 210
In Conversation With Urban Sharing’s Axel Bentsen
Thursday, 28th February 2019
SPONSOR: Jenson USA •
HOST: Carlton Reid.
GUEST:
Axel Bentsen, Urban Bike Sharing, Oslo.
TOPIC:
Axel Bentsen is founder of Urban Sharing, the Norwegian technology startup powering Oslo City Bike, one of the world’s most efficient bike sharing schemes and which will soon roll out a trial of cargobikes.
Urban Sharing isn’t a Nordic version of Mobike, it’s operated on very different lines, and is expanding around the world on a slower but more financially sustainable timescale.
The conversation started with Axel reminding me I rode a pre-launch version of the bike when I visited Oslo in 2016 – I was giving a book talk at Peloton, a bike shop cafe …
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Episode 209
In Conversation With Paralympic Gold Medallist Mark Rohan
Sunday, 24th February 2019
SPONSOR: Jenson USA •
HOST: Carlton Reid.
GUESTS:
Mark Rohan, The Bike Shed, The Campus, Quinta do Lago, Algarve, Portugal
TOPIC:
Gold medal winning Paralympian Mark Rohan on sunny climes, the crash that crushed his spine and the cycling potential of the Algarve.
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Episode 208
Working Hard To Get Nowhere
Monday, 11th February 2019
SPONSOR: Jenson USA •
HOST: Carlton Reid.
GUESTS:
Donna Tocci.
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.
Report drivers and anything else blocking Denver’s bike lanes.
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Episode 207
Dream Dutch job for Canadian bike advocate
Tuesday, 15th January 2019
SPONSOR: Jenson USA •
HOST: Carlton Reid.
GUESTS:
Chris Bruntlett, author and co-principal of Modacity, speaking from Vancouver, Canada.
Mirjam Borsboom, director of Dutch Cycling Embassy, speaking from Delft, The Netherlands.
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.
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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
SPONSOR: Jenson USA •
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. Full story on Forbes.com.
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