Wed, 22 December 2021
22nd December 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 289: Two Volcano Sprint winner and bike entrepreneur Andrew Phillips SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Andrew Phillips LINKS: https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://www.sinewavecycles.com |
Mon, 13 December 2021
13th December 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 288: Why is anti-roads campaigner John Stewart against LTNs? SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: John Stewart, Chair of Campaign for Better Transport and UK Noise Association and a long time anti-roads campaigner TOPICS: Anti-road campaigner John Stewart is anti-LTN: why? LINKS: https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://twitter.com/JohnJohnStewart/status/1469989872995905538?s=20 |
Mon, 22 November 2021
22nd November 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 287: Chris Froome and Hammerhead CEO Pieter Morgan SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Chris Froome and Pieter Morgan TOPICS: Chris Froome's investment in Pieter Morgan's Hammerhead. LINKS: https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://nextventures.com/team/ https://www.hammerhead.io/ |
Sun, 14 November 2021
14th November 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 286: COP26 SPECIAL: The Transition to Zero Cars SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: US Congressman Earl Blumenauer of Oregon; Greater Manchester’s transport commissioner Chris Boardman and the city region's mayor Andy Burnham; the UCI's Advocacy and Development Manager Isabella Burczak; Susan Claris and Stephen Edwards of Living Streets; Ed Miliband, UK Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Mohamed Mezghani, Secretary-General of the global public transit organization UITP; European Cyclists’ Federation president Henk Swarttouw; Heather Thompson, CEO of the New-York-based Institute for Transportation and Development Policy; Bronwen Thornton, chief executive of pedestrian organization Walk 21 and European Cyclists’ Federation CEO Jill Warren. TOPIC: COP26 LINKS: https://www.the-spokesmen.com |
Fri, 29 October 2021
29th October 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 285: Ride For Their Lives SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Childrens' health professionals on the Ride for Their Lives ride. TOPICS: 30 or so childrens' health professionals are riding from London to Glasgow to deliver a letter to world leaders at COP24. I joined them on day six between Newcastle and Carlisle. LINKS: https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://www.climateacceptancestudios.com/ridefortheirlives |
Mon, 4 October 2021
4th October 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 284: Birmingham to become a super-sized low-traffic neighbourhoodSPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Cllr Waseem Zaffar TOPICS: 45-minute interview with Birmingham's city council's transport lead Waseem Zaffar on a day the council launched its radical and potentially transformative transport plan. The UK's motorway city is to prioritise people over cars, including adding more protected cycleways. If Britain's Detroit can do it, any city can do it! This interview was used for a news story of mine which appeared in The Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/04/birmingham-to-become-a-super-sized-low-traffic-neighbourhood |
Sun, 19 September 2021
19th September 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 283: Autonorama SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Peter Norton TOPICS: US academic Peter Norton, author of the classic "Fighting Traffic," talks about his new book "Autonorama" which details the historically-resonant threat to pedestrians and cyclists from driverless vehicles.
https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://islandpress.org/books/autonorama |
Sun, 12 September 2021
12th September 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 282: Veloforte SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Marc and Lara Giusti TOPICS: A 50-minute chat with Veloforte founders Marc and Lara Guisti. LINKS: https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://veloforte.com |
Sun, 5 September 2021
5th September 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 281: "If you look at the tree, you hit the tree": eMTBing Guiding Masterclass With H+I's Chris Gibbs SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Chris Gibbs and Jude Reid TOPICS: Carlton's wife Jude rides to work on an electric bike but hasn't ridden off road for more than 20 years. Cue this three-day eMTB press trip in Cairngorms courtesy of Shimano. H+I's head guide Chris Gibbs reintroduces Jude to genuine mountain biking while talking about the passing scenery and Shimano's EP8 leg-boosting e-bike platform. LINKS: https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://www.mountainbikeworldwide.com/tour-guides/chris https://www.shimano-steps.com/e-bikes/united-kingdom/en/product-information/mtb/ep8 https://www.mountainbikeworldwide.com/e-mtb-tours |
Sun, 22 August 2021
22nd August 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 280: In conversation with LeBlanq's foodie founders Justin Clarke and Ashley Palmer-Watts SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Justin Clarke and Ashley Palmer-Watts TOPICS: The founders of LeBlanq drill down into their upscale gastromy-based cycling getaways and why, for them, it's got to be jus, not gels. LINKS: https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://www.leblanq.com |
Sun, 15 August 2021
15th August 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 279: Bike Portland's Jonathan Maus SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Jonathan Maus TOPICS: 16 years of Bike Portland LINKS: https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://www.the-spokesmen.com http://twitter.com/BikePortland http://instagram.com/bikeportland |
Sun, 1 August 2021
1st August 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 278: Genetically redundant at 40: The Midlife Cyclist with Phil Cavell SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Phil Cavell TOPICS: Talking with Cyclefit's Phil Cavell, author of "The Midlife Cyclist."
https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://www.cyclefit.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/philcavell?lang=en https://twitter.com/bloomsburysport?lang=en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9iGDnnV6Vk https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/midlife-cyclist-9781472961389 |
Sun, 11 July 2021
11th July 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 277: Le Tour: Too Hot to Handle? SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Donna Tocci and Jim Moss TOPICS: Mostly Tour de France LINKS: www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen www.the-spokesmen.com |
Sun, 20 June 2021
20th June May 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 276: From San Fran Bike Courier to BBC Journalist Via the Great North Road SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Steve Silk TOPICS: The Great North Road. Coaching inns. Spitfires and warm beer. Wherries. Brexit. BBC impartiality. Beaming about Beamish. Forgetting about being a San Francisco bike courier. Chamois cream. Bonking. Norfolk Broads. Being a bloke on a bike but not being Alan Partridge. Cycling to work versus cycling for leisure. "THE GREAT NORTH ROAD London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway" LINKS: www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://summersdale.com/sd-book/the-great-north-road/ |
Mon, 17 May 2021
12th May 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 275: Pump for Peace with Claudio Caluori SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Claudio Caluori TOPICS: "The kids were just riding and riding and riding and riding, and I had tears in my eyes." A chat about Pump for Peace with downhill mountain biker and trail builder Claudio Caluori of Velosolutions, the world's foremost pump track construction company LINKS: www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr1dW4TzKR0 www.bartali.org.il/?lang=en |
Sun, 9 May 2021
9th May 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 274: Curbing cars with Chris and Melissa Bruntlett SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Chris and Melissa Bruntlett TOPICS: A 65-minute chat with Chris and Melissa Bruntlett, authors of "Curbing Traffic" from Island Press and published at the end of June. LINKS: http://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen http://www.the- spokesmen.com Promo codes: http://www.modacitylife.com/curbing-traffic https://mobycon.com/ |
Sat, 8 May 2021
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Tue, 20 April 2021
20th April 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 272: Revolutions: How women changed the world on two wheels SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Hannah Ross TOPICS: A one-hour chat with Hannah Ross, author of "Revolutions," a new book which explores how the world was changed by women riding bicycles, and how it's still being changed. For the better. LINKS: www.the- spokesmen.com |
Sun, 4 April 2021
4th April 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 271: White House Recognizes Induced Demand Exists Meaning There's Now a Bicycle-Shaped Overton Window That Needs Jamming Open SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Meredith Glaser and Kevin Krizek TOPICS: Discussing President Biden's American Jobs Plan and how Pete Buttigieg is shaping up to be the most people-friendly Transport Secretary since John Nolpe of the early 1970s. (Like, Buttigieg, Nolpe also cycled to the office.) LINKS: Kevin J. Krizek is Professor of Environmental Design at the University of Colorado Boulder. Meredith Glaser is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Amsterdam, and one of the principals of the University's Urban Cycling Institute. $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Most Radical Transport Shift Since 1950s, Says President Biden Design For Human Beings Not Cars, New U.S. Transport Secretary Says |
Sun, 21 March 2021
21st March 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 270: Streets for kids SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Alison Stenning and Sally Watson TOPICS: Play streets, cycling and the pop-up protected cycleway on the NE England coast, the Sunrise Cycleway LINKS: https://twitter.com/alisonstenning https://twitter.com/salawatson https://twitter.com/newcycling https://twitter.com/playmeetstreet https://twitter.com/sunrisecycleway https://www.jensonusa.com/thespokesmen |
Sat, 20 March 2021
20th March 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 269: Canaries in the Coal Mine: How Child-Friendly Planning and Design Can Save Cities SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Tim Gill TOPICS: For too long, we have neglected children's independent mobility. Author and play expert Tim Gill expounds on the theory that children are the canaries in the coal mine — if cities don't work for children, they don't work for anybody. LINKS: https://twitter.com/timrgill https://ribabooks.com/Urban-Playground-How-Child-Friendly-Planning-and-Design-Can-Save-Cities_9781859469293# https://rethinkingchildhood.com https://www.jensonusa.com/thespokesmen |
Sun, 28 February 2021
The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 268: Bike Freak: Being Gary Fisher SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Gary Fisher TOPICS: I walk him Gary backyards through his life, starting now and ending in 1950, the year he was born. LINKS: https://twitter.com/gary_fisher https://www.bluetrainpublishing.com/books-blog/being-gary-fisher https://www.jensonusa.com/thespokesmen |
Sun, 7 February 2021
Sunday 7th February 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 267: Put money on the table and let's get these modes moving SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Francois Bausch, Deputy Minister, Minister for Mobility and Public Works, Luxembourg Claudia Dobles Camargo, First Lady, Costa Rica Dagmawit Moges, Minister of Transport, Ethiopia Jürgen Zattler, Deputy Director General for Multilateral and European Policy, Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany Femi Oke, broadcaster TOPICS: Extracts from the closing plenary of the Transforming Transportation conference held last week. This is staged every year for the World Bank by Washington DC's World Resources Institute. LINKS: https://www.transformingtransportation.org https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/transport https://www.moderatethepanel.com https://www.jensonusa.com/thespokesmen |
Fri, 29 January 2021
The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 266: Move More With The Miracle Pill Author Peter Walker SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Peter Walker TOPICS: A one-hour long conversation with Guardian political journalist Peter Walker talking about his new book, "The Miracle Pill." LINKS: https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://twitter.com/peterwalker99
https://www.jensonusa.com/thespokesmen |
Mon, 25 January 2021
Monday 25th January 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 265: Desert Skies, Warm Showers and Church Bells SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Donna Tocci and Sylva Florence TOPICS: Solo cycle touring. Donna and Carlton chat with Sylva who — among many other bike trips — rode solo from Berkeley, California to St. Augustine, Florida on Adventure Cycling's Southern Tier Route. Carlton was in Newcastle, Donna was in Boston and Sylva was in — as you will hear thanks to some melodious bells — a small town in Italy. LINKS: https://www.jensonusa.com/thespokesmen www.thesylvalining.com https://www.instagram.com/sylvana.firenze/ https://blogs.memphis.edu/dirtysouth/2013/10/18/dirty-south/ https://eu.dahon.com/bikes/tournado/. Dahon Tournado https://tourdesstations.ch/en/ https://www.adventurecycling.org/routes-and-maps/adventure-cycling-route-network/southern-tier/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everesting https://roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/kickstarter/ |
Sat, 16 January 2021
Saturday 16th December 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 264: Bike Nerds Kyle and Sara of People for Bikes SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Kyle Wagenschutz and Sarah Studdard of People for Bikes TOPICS: Bike lanes, mobility motivations, and Mayor Pete's high-profile potential impact on transportation. |