Old crew is back

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

My truck last night bringing 19 bikes back from the BSA Camporee.

Josh Reid https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvtrjFpGvwkihRfAQxlywYg