The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast
The Cycling Roundtable Podcast

Wednesday 30th December 2020

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EPISODE 263: Loading close pass videos to the cloud with a smart bike dashcam that looks like a cute Pixar character

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Crispian Poon and Liz Yu of Pelation, maker of the Rebo smart bike light and dash cam.

TOPICS: Pelation is a UK-government backed start-up that is to soon produce for real the Rebo smart bike light and dashcam video combo — it looks like a Pixar character and has been trialled successfully by a courier company Pedal and Post of Oxford. 

LINKS:

https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://www.jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://www.pelation.co.uk/rebo

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_263.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:06pm MST

#GivingTuesday 1st December 2020

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EPISODE 262: Baron Bird: Bikes are the future

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Big Issue publisher Baron Bird of Notting Hill in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

TOPICS: The Big Issue publisher Baron Bird of Notting Hill loves bicycling. He lives 7 miles from Cambridge and when visiting he cycles there. His latest Big Issue project is a docked bike share scheme for smaller cities using electric bikes fettled and hired out by unemployed people and others who may be vulnerable and in need of a way of improving their lives. Lord Bird has had a fascinating life so far — a life enriched by art and what he calls social kindness — and he's clearly not ready to put his feet up under his ermine robes just yet. The Big Issue is still sold by those living in poverty but, because of Covid, no longer from the street. Lord Bird discusses the various other ways you can now help out Big Issue vendors but first we talk about Giving Tuesday and Taking It Away Wednesday, with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea set to dismantle the well-used cycleway on Kensington High Street. Lord Bird slammed this decision saying "bikes are the future."

LINKS:

https://twitter.com/johnbirdswords

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bird,_Baron_Bird

https://www.bigissue.com

https://www.the-spokesmen.com

https://www.jensonusa.com/thespokesmen

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_262.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:27pm MST

Thursday 26th November 2020

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EPISODE 261: Faster, smaller, cleaner: data analysis shows why delivering by cargobike makes sense

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Ben Knowles and Nicolas Collignon of Pedal Me, London

LINKS:

https://www.the-spokesmen.com

https://pedalme.co.uk/why-cargo-bikes/

https://twitter.com/nccollignon

https://twitter.com/pedalmeapp

https://www.jensonusa.com/thespokesmen

 

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_261.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:24am MST

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EPISODE 260: Say It With Flowers — My Guardian article's LTN interviews

“When you see a bike like mine, filled with flowers, even the most steely, cantankerous Grinch will smile, because it’s a business that spreads joy."

Four interviews rescued from the cutting-room floor.

Monday 16th November 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA — https://www.jensonusa.com/thespokesmen

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Newbie cyclist Sarah Berry, bottle shop owner Liam Plowman, cargobike florist Victoria Clasen and cycle campaigner Giles Gibson.

SHOWNOTES: https://www.the-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_260.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:41pm MST

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EPISODE 259: Cyclist Detection Tech With Tome Software CEO Jake Sigal And History of Road Equity With Historian Peter Norton

Monday 26th October 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Jake Sigal and Peter Norton

TRANSCRIPT/SHOWNOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_259.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:41am MST

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EPISODE 258: "This is a transport revolution" In conversation with Chris Boardman

Thursday 1st October 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Chris Boardman. Greater Manchester's walking and cycling commissioner

SHOW NOTES: the-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_258.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:23am MST

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EPISODE 257: What's the Plural of Moose: Moose, Meese, or Mooses?

Sunday 13th September 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: David Bernstein and Jim Moss

SHOW NOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_257.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:51pm MST

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EPISODE 256: In Conversation with Two Ians

Saturday 5th September 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Environmental psychologist and ultra-endurance cyclist Ian Walker.

SHOW NOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_256.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:07am MST

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EPISODE 255: Canyon Creates Concept Car (And Releases Utility e-Bikes)

Tuesday 1st September 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Sebastian Wegerle, Jack Noy and Roman Arnold of Canyon.

SHOW NOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_255.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:00am MST

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EPISODE 254: From the Tour de Trump to the Tour de France via Arkansas

Monday 24th August 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: David Bernstein and Jim Moss.

SHOW NOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_254.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:01pm MST

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EPISODE 253: Tern's Josh Hon Unveils 2nd Generation Of The Iconic Compact Electric Cargobike, GSD

Monday 10th August 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Josh Hon, team captain, Tern Bicycles

SHOWNOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_253.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:12am MST

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EPISODE 252: Let's Not Be Stupid With Snot Rockets

Monday 3rd August 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOSTS: Carlton Reid & David Bernstein

GUEST: Jim Moss

TOPICS: We talk about Strade Bianche, the bike boom, all things Covid-19, the likelihood of the Tour de France being staged. And this show is also available as a video on YouTube. See: www.the-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_252.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:07pm MST

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EPISODE 251: Riding High — Preview of the UCI Road World Championships Course, Switzerland

Saturday 25th July 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Swiss Cycling guide Christian Paul, Verbier tourism's Elise Farquet and Adam Sedgewick of Haut Velo

SHOW NOTES: the-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_251.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:47pm MST

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EPISODE 250: In conversation with the rock star of parking, Donald Shoup

Saturday 18th July 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Donald Shoup, distinguished research professor of urban planning at University of California at Los Angeles, and author of the groundbreaking 2005 booking The High Cost of Free Parking.

SHOWNOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_250.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:10am MST

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EPISODE 249: This is not white gentrification, this is active travel infrastructure for everybody

Sunday 5th July 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Clyde Loakes, deputy leader, Waltham Forest Borough Council

SHOWNOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_249.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:18pm MST

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EPISODE 248: Speed

Tuesday 30th June 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Professor Rachel Aldred, Superintendent Andy Cox and Chris Boardman

SHOWNOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_248.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:26pm MST

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EPISODE 247: In conversation with Leo Rodgers

Saturday 20th June 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Leo Rodgers

THANKS TO: Bicycling writer Peter Flax and photographer James Luedde

SHOWNOTES: the-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_247.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:44am MST

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

Sunday 7th June 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Jay Townley

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_246.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:48am MST

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EPISODE 245: In Conversation With Callum Skinner

Sunday 31st May 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Olympian Callum Skinner

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_245.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:41pm MST

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EPISODE 244: Cycling Is Left Wing—You'll Never See Donald Trump On a Bicycle

Monday 11th May 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Jack Thurston, author of "Lost Lanes" series of cycle touring books and owner of The Bike Show podcast.

TOPIC: All about Jack, including his background and his views on whether cycling is a left wing thing

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_244.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:35am MST

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EPISODE 243: Cycling Palestine with Sohaib Samara, Malak Hasan & Julian Sayarer

Thursday 16th April 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS:

Sohaib Samara and Malak Hasan, co-organisers of advocacy group Cycling Palestine.

Travel writer and cycle tourist Julian Sayarer, author of "Fifty Miles Wide" a harrowing account of his recent cycling trips in Israel and Palestine, meeting with people on both sides of the divide.

TOPIC: Cycling in Palestine.

LINKS & TRANSCRIPT: Available on the-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_243.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:42am MST

Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast

EPISODE 242: A Different World, A Better World, A Bicycling World

Thursday 9th April 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS:

Sydney's manager of cycling strategy Fiona Cambell.

Robin Chase, founder of Zipcar and the New Urban Mobility Alliance of Washington, DC.

Tim Blumenthal, president of People for Bikes, USA.

PLUS: An audio interview with Automobile Association president Edmund King.

TOPICS: The future for cycling in a post coronavirus world. PLUS: the president of Britain's Automobile Association muses that, if car use doesn't recover after the end of the COVID-19 lockdown, it would be best not to splash £27 billion on building more roads for motorists.

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_242.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:38pm MST

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FRUSTRATED PURPOSES

Sunday 29th March 2020

SPONSORS: Jenson USA, Sport Suds

HOSTS: David Bernstein & Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Jim Moss, Donna Tocci, Richard Masoner & Tim Jackson

TOPICS: Some of original Spokesmen members discuss the Covid-19 lockdown and cycling. Also includes the return of "show tips."

SHOWNOTES: The-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_241_LOCKDOWN_SPECIAL.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:16pm MST

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In Conversation with Tori Fahey of Apidura

"We don't use Facebook or Google, we support the bikepacking community"

Tuesday 10th March 2020

SPONSORS: Jenson USA, Sports Suds

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Tori Fahey, Apidira bikepacking bags

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_240_Apidura.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:10pm MST

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Segregation of South African Cyclists, Then and Now

Monday 17th February 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Njogu Morgan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

NOTES: the-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_239_NjoguMorgan.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:19am MST

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EPISODE 238: Meet the Bicycle Mayor of Coventry, Britain's "Motor City"

Monday 10th February 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOSTS: Carlton Reid & Laura Laker

GUESTS:

Adam Tranter of Fusion Media, the new Bicycle Mayor of Coventry.

Maud de Vries, Bicycle Mayor programme, BYCS, Amsterdam.

Satya Sankaran, Bicycle Mayor of Bengalaru, India.

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_238__Bicycle_Mayor_of_Coventry___10_02_2020_13_55.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:36am MST

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EPISODE 237: In conversation with Peter Harrison on 30-mile bike ride in Northumberland

Sunday 9th February 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Peter Harrison, Cyclone Festival of Cycling

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_237_PeterHarrison.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:27am MST

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EPISODE 236: San Francisco To Wymondham

Thursday 6th February 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Geeti Silwal of Perkins Will, one of the prime movers behind getting cars off Market Street in San Francisco; "Dr. X" — the cyclist who was swerved into by a Norfolk motorist for not using a duff cycle path, a road rage incident captured by a following motorist's dash cam.

News stories available at www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid

SHOWNOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_236__San_Francisco_To_Wymondham.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:48pm MST

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

Wednesday 29th January 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Rémi Clermont, co-founder Café du Cycliste.

NOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com

Direct download: The_Spokesmen_235___Remi_Cafe_du_Cycliste.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:35am MST

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Time Space Elongation, Marxist Geographers, Biking While Black: In Conversation With John Stehlin

Episode 234

Saturday 11th January 2020

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: John Stehlin, assistant professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA, author of "Cyclescapes of the Unequal City."