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The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast

The Spokesmen Podcast is a roundtable discussion of all of the issues and events surrounding the world of cycling. It features cycling insiders including those from the media, marketing, manufacturing, racing, and advocacy. The show has been produced since 2006 by David Bernstein and Carlton Reid.

Episode #262 – Baron Bird: “Bikes are the future”

60 hours 0 mins; December 01, 2020

Episode #261 – Faster, smaller, cleaner: data analysis shows why delivering by cargobike makes sense

29 mins; November 26, 2020

Episode #260 – Say It With Flowers — My Guardian article's LTN interviews

51 mins; November 16, 2020

Episode #259 – Cyclist Detection Tech With Tome Software CEO Jake Sigal And History of Road Equity With Historian Peter Norton

104 hours 55 mins; October 26, 2020

Episode #258 – "This is a transport revolution" In conversation with Chris Boardman

27 mins; September 30, 2020

Episode #257 – What's the Plural of Moose: Moose, Meese, or Mooses?

75 hours 0 mins; September 12, 2020

Episode #256 – In Conversation with Two Ians

87 hours 38 mins; September 03, 2020

Episode #255 – Canyon Creates Concept Car (And Releases Utility e-Bikes)

59 mins; September 01, 2020

Episode #254 – From the Tour de Trump to the Tour de France via Arkansas

66 hours 14 mins; August 24, 2020

Episode #253 – Tern GSD MKII

43 mins; August 10, 2020

Episode #252 – Let's Not Be Stupid With Snot Rockets

60 hours 0 mins; August 03, 2020

Episode #251 – Riding High — Preview of the UCI Road World Championships Course, Switzerland

39 mins; July 25, 2020

Episode #250 – In conversation with the rock star of parking, Donald Shoup

84 hours 11 mins; July 19, 2020

Episode #249 – This is not white gentrification, this is active travel infrastructure for everybody

52 mins; July 05, 2020

Episode #248 – SPEED

56 mins; June 30, 2020

Episode #247 – In conversation with Leo Rodgers

26 mins; June 20, 2020

Episode #246 – "The bike world has never seen anything like this": Jay Townley on Bike Boom 2020 vs Bike Boom 1970-4

101 hours 57 mins; June 07, 2020

Episode #245 – In Conversation With Callum Skinner

43 mins; May 31, 2020

Episode #244 – Cycling Is Left Wing—You'll Never See Donald Trump On a Bicycle

96 hours 42 mins; May 11, 2020

Episode #243 – Cycling Palestine with Sohaib Samara, Malak Hasan & Julian Sayarer

132 hours 50 mins; April 16, 2020

Episode #242 – A Different World, A Better World, A Bicycling World

97 hours 2 mins; April 09, 2020

Episode #241 – LOCKDOWN SPECIAL: FRUSTRATED PURPOSES

82 hours 51 mins; March 29, 2020

Episode #240 – In Conversation with Tori Fahey of Apidura

55 mins; March 10, 2020

Episode #239 – Segregation of South African Cyclists, Then and Now

52 mins; February 17, 2020

Episode #238 – Meet the Bicycle Mayor of Coventry, Britain's "Motor City"

69 hours 42 mins; February 10, 2020

Episode #237 – In conversation with Peter Harrison on 30-mile bike ride in Northumberland

54 mins; February 09, 2020

Episode #236 – San Francisco To Wymondham

54 mins; February 06, 2020

Episode #235 – In Conversation With Rémi Clermont Co-founder of Apparel Brand Café du Cycliste

38 mins; January 29, 2020

Episode #234 – Time Space Elongation, Marxist Geographers, Biking While Black: In Conversation With John Stehlin

88 hours 31 mins; January 11, 2020

Episode #233 – $100,000 For A Bicycle? In Conversation with Michael Moureček of Festka

54 mins; December 23, 2019

Episode #232 – Bike Share & Transportation Planning — With Andy Boenau

55 mins; December 17, 2019

Episode #231 – ”I Accidentally Ate Horse Cheese": Josh Reid On His Gravel Bike Ride From China To The UK

60 hours 1 min; December 04, 2019

Episode #230 – Rags To Riches: Head to Head with Le Col's Yanto Barker

60 hours 1 min; November 24, 2019

Episode #229 – Riding a Brompton Along A Belgian Bike Path In Germany

18 mins; November 12, 2019

Episode #228 – Move Over Mallorca, Cambrils Is Coming

23 mins; October 29, 2019

Episode #227 – Gino Bartali's Secret Heroism & The Cycling School Inspired By It

23 mins; October 08, 2019

Episode #226 – Nearly Live From One Very Wet World Championships and Interview with the Top Fundraiser for Help For Heroes

38 mins; September 29, 2019

Episode #225 – TEACHING OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS IN EPIC BIKEPARK LEOGANG

27 mins; September 15, 2019

Episode #224 – Council's Injunction To Stop Cyclists Assembling At Cycle Cafe Could Go National

38 mins; August 11, 2019

Episode #223 – Re-Opening Of Britain's Best Cycleway

19 mins; August 07, 2019

Episode #222 – What a Tour! Tour de France 2019 recap special

71 hours 38 mins; July 28, 2019

Episode #221 – In conversation with Kyle Ranson and Jeremy Rider of Showers Pass

34 mins; July 18, 2019

Episode #220 – CrankTank's Intent Media Summit and Outerbike, Sun Valley, Idaho

112 hours 57 mins; July 08, 2019

Episode #219 – "USA! USA! USA"

53 mins; July 07, 2019

Episode #218 – "When I am on a bike, I still get chill bombs"

24 mins; July 04, 2019

Episode #217 – Bikes and more from the UITP Global Public Transport Summit (part 2)

83 hours 22 mins; June 14, 2019

Episode #216 – Bikes and more from the UITP Global Public Transport Summit (part 1 of 2)

124 hours 26 mins; June 12, 2019

Episode #215 – "There's no wrong way to ride your bike, just ride your bike"

78 hours 37 mins; May 21, 2019

Episode #214 – Journalists: it's "crash" not "accident"

71 hours 11 mins; May 13, 2019

Episode #213 – In Conversation With Marjut Ollitervo

46 mins; May 01, 2019

Episode #212 – In Conversation With Danny Cowe and Zak Pashak

71 hours 54 mins; April 25, 2019

Episode #211 – In Conversation With Nathan Hughes of Restrap and Tom Barras of Spatzwear

67 hours 3 mins; April 18, 2019

Episode #210 – In Conversation With Urban Bike Sharing's Axel Bentsen

38 mins; March 28, 2019

Episode #209 – In Conversation With Paralympic Gold Medallist Mark Rohan

50 mins; February 24, 2019

Episode #208 – Working Hard To Get Nowhere

78 hours 7 mins; February 11, 2019

Episode #207 – Dream Dutch job for Canadian bike advocate

40 mins; January 15, 2019

Episode #206 – There is no such thing as a blind-spot on a truck, says truck driver

35 mins; January 09, 2019

Episode #205 – London’s Five-Year Cycling Action Plan – in conversation with Will Norman

20 mins; December 17, 2018

Episode #204 – Farts, darts and stalwarts. Or, The Road Book, and yet more helmets

64 hours 48 mins; November 26, 2018

Episode #203 – Most cycle helmets do NOT protect against concussion

60 hours 38 mins; November 05, 2018

Episode #202 – Riding through London on the front seat of Pedal Me's e-cargobike

32 mins; October 16, 2018

Episode #201 – Slap on that cannabis chamois cream

32 mins; October 08, 2018

Episode #200 – Best-of episode celebrating 12 years of the show!

105 hours 1 min; September 16, 2018

Episode #199 – Designing for Cycle Traffic

91 hours 21 mins; September 03, 2018

Episode #198 – Death by dangerous cycling law nears the statute books

44 mins; August 12, 2018

Episode #197 – "You saved that cyclist's life!"

54 mins; August 09, 2018

Episode #196 – Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Mobility

64 hours 45 mins; August 02, 2018

Episode #195 – Cycle advocates should ask for trees not just cycleways

60 hours 32 mins; July 26, 2018

Episode #194 – A to B: Aerodynamics to Bike share

53 mins; July 11, 2018

Episode #193 – The gang is back – Tour de France to E-MTBs

77 hours 34 mins; July 08, 2018

Episode #192 – High impact: riding and talking with industry folks in Sun Valley, Idaho

53 mins; July 01, 2018

Episode #191 – E-bike, M-bike, Ernest Hemingway, & Cranktank's Impact Media Summit

51 mins; June 24, 2018

Episode #190 – MESSENGER BOYS, COCAINE, SCHWINN, & THE TRAVAILS OF A PRO TRIATHLETE

18 mins; June 19, 2018

Episode #189 – Ed Zink Day

44 mins; May 21, 2018

Episode #188 – Jaffa cakes, a bike-mad billionaire and the upside of counterfeit bikes

44 mins; May 11, 2018

Episode #187 – Climbing Sa Calobra in Mallorca and then trackside at Six Day in the Palma Arena

26 mins; April 16, 2018

Episode #186 – In conversation with BikeBiz Woman of the Year 2018 Ceri Dipple

38 mins; April 09, 2018

Episode #185 – PART 2 – Will beaconising the world further promote driving and kill off cycling?

67 hours 15 mins; March 31, 2018

Episode #184 – Will beaconising the world further promote driving and kill off cycling?

67 hours 39 mins; March 26, 2018

Episode #183 – Vista Outdoor's gun business and its bike brands face consumer boycott – why?

43 mins; February 27, 2018

Episode #182 – Rabbits will be in charge of the world

69 hours 29 mins; February 26, 2018

Episode #181 – The Art of Grumpiness

47 mins; February 04, 2018

Episode #180 – MAMIL coddling

98 hours 2 mins; January 28, 2018

Episode #179 – Driverless cars won’t hit cyclists because driverless cars won’t happen

43 mins; January 24, 2018

Episode #178 – Stand up for what we believe in

71 hours 36 mins; January 14, 2018

Spokesmen #177: Dockless bike boom – the operators speak

57 mins; January 09, 2018

Spokesmen #176: How to Launch a High-End Road Bike Brand

46 mins; January 05, 2018

Spokesmen #175: Dawn of the Fred Dogs

63 hours 54 mins; January 01, 2018

Spokesmen #174: Bums on saddles

49 mins; December 13, 2017

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

56 mins; November 22, 2017

The Spokesmen #172

60 hours 0 mins; October 30, 2017

The Spokesmen #171

66 hours 51 mins; October 08, 2017

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

49 mins; September 29, 2017

The Spokesmen #169 - Oy vey, it's like Woodstock for bikes

84 hours 44 mins; September 24, 2017

The Spokesmen #168 - Talking cycle apparel with the owners of 7Mesh and Showers Pass

61 hours 19 mins; September 22, 2017

The Spokesmen #167 - “Wanton and furious driving”

58 mins; September 05, 2017

The Spokesmen #166 - Get out there and ride!

87 hours 40 mins; August 02, 2017

The Spokesmen #165 - August 2nd, 2017 – SPOKESMEN SPECIAL: A Day Out in Stratford upon Avon with Pashley’s Adrian Williams and Fran Martin of the Traditional Cycle Shop

66 hours 49 mins; August 02, 2017

The Spokesmen #164 - July 19, 2017 – SPOKESMEN SPECIAL: A visit from MTB royalty

41 mins; July 19, 2017

The Spokesmen #163 - July 11, 2017 – Going with the Flow – a Spokesmen Special from Velo-city in the Netherlands

71 hours 0 mins; July 11, 2017

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