The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast

13th December 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 316: Milan to banish cars, Mayor promises manager of Eroica Caffe SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Andrea Benesso TOPICS: Eroica cycling cafe in Milan. LINKS: https://www.ternbicycles.com https://www.the-spokesmen.com/ https://twitter.com/CarltonReid https://eroica.cc/en

8th December 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 315: World Champion Transportation Cyclist Beryl Burton — Book Chat With Author Jeremy Wilson SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Jeremy Wilson TOPICS: The amazing LINKS: https://www.ternbicycles.com https://www.the-spokesmen.com/ https://twitter.com/CarltonReid https://twitter.com/JWTelegraph https://profilebooks.com/work/beryl-winner-of-the-william-hill-sports-book-of-the-year-award-2022/

17th November 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 313: Tour de Luxe — riding with legends on Ibiza with upscale Leblanq SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: TOPICS: Balcony views, posh food, drafting behind legends — listen up for what guests think of their luxury bike break with LeBlanq in Ibiza. Carlton Reid also interviews Mark Cavendish and Johaan Museeuw while riding with them on the party island, and Leblanq cofounder Justin Clarke reveals why c-suite execs love rolling with world champions. LINKS: https://www.ternbicycles.com https://www.the-spokesmen.com/ https://twitter.com/CarltonReid https://www.leblanq.com

4th November 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 312: Good Move: How Bicycles Could End the Occupation of Cars in the EU capital of Brussels SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Elke Van den Brandt, mobility minister for Brussels; Luxembourg councillor and EU Committee of the Regions rapporteur for mobility Linda Gaasch; Alison Abrahams from the Casual Cycling Club; Philip Amaral, policy directer of the European Cyclists' Federation; Kim Smelter of the European Network Against Racism; and Philip Cerny, author of the European Mobility Atlas. TOPICS: The burgeoning of bicycling in Brussels LINKS: https://www.ternbicycles.com https://www.the-spokesmen.com/ https://twitter.com/CarltonReid

30th October 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 311: You don't have to be horrible to win SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Donna Tocci, Jim Moss TOPICS: Roundtable discussion on Cav's chances of winning a stage of the 2023 Tour de France, Musk's takeover of Twitter, Mario Cipollini's three year prison sentence for domestic abuse, and will Denver's super popular e-bike rebate program reduce car trips? LINKS: https://www.ternbicycles.com https://www.the-spokesmen.com/ https://twitter.com/recreationlaw https://twitter.com/DonnaTocci https://twitter.com/CarltonReid https://www.leblanq.com https://www.bicycling.com/racing/a41806102/mark-cavendish-new-team-has-already-won/ https://www.denverpost.com/2022/09/07/e-bikes-denver-rebate-program-data-replacing-car-trips/ https://www.bicycling.com/racing/a41690004/mario-cipollini-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison/ https://www.bicycleretailer.com/opinion-analysis/2022/10/25/how-can-state-farm-sue-bicycle-manufacture-e-bike-fire#.Y165rC-l1qs

27th October 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 310: Cycling legends roundtable with Mark Cavendish, Oscar Freire, Adam Blythe, Johan Museeuw & Matt Stephens SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Mark Cavendish, Oscar Freire, Adam Blythe, Johan Museeuw & Matt Stephens TOPIC: This roundtable discussion was recorded at LeBlanq's Joyride in Ibiza LINKS: https://www.ternbicycles.com https://www.the-spokesmen.com/ https://www.leblanq.com

10th October 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 309: SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: David Bernstein GUESTS: Tim Jackson, Donna Tocci, Jim Moss, Carlton Reid TOPICS: Actual Topics Covered: 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

6th October 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 308: In conversation with Legion's Justin Williams SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Justin Williams TOPIC: On today's show, six days into Black History Month, Carlton talks about the inspirational 19th century black American professional cycle racer Major Taylor with his modern equivalent, Justin Williams. Like Major Taylor, Justin raced in Europe but unlike Major Taylor he's entreuprenial, using his Los-Angeles-based Legion racing team, which he founded with his equally fast brother Cory, to increase the diversity of cycling. In this 45-minute chat they talk about Justin's cycling mad dad and the crazy popular cycling scene of Belize. LINKS: https://www.ternbicycles.com https://www.the-spokesmen.com/ https://www.instagram.com/juswilliamz/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/l39ion.la/ https://www.l39ionla.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Taylor http://majortaylorassociation.org https://www.cyclekids.org https://www.instagram.com/nationsnumber1beast/ https://www.rapha.cc/gb/en/stories/legion-of-los-angeles https://www.instagram.com/ayesuppose/?hl=en https://www.the-spokesmen.com/the-spokesmen-137-your-dreams-are-valid/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hook_Crit https://www.therabody.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK7WkUfrr28 #BlackHistoryMonth

24th September 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 307: Kidical Mass: How, Why, Where, When SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Kat Heath TOPIC: Hundreds of "Kidical Mass" rides are taking place across the UK and Europe this weekend. A more family-friendly version of Critical Mass, these rolling demos show decision makers – with an abundance of cuteness — that children need safe space to cycle and that roads are theirs too. Kat Heath of Reading's ride explains more. LINKS: https://www.ternbicycles.com https://www.the-spokesmen.com/ https://kidsonbike.org/ https://twitter.com/KidicalMassRead #KidicalMass

22nd September 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 306: Eco Adventure on Proposed Sail-powered Bike and Foot Ferry From Dover to Boulogne SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Andrew Simons, Brandt Williamson, Robert Tickner, Tom Treasure, Caroline Tyndall, Wayne Godfrey TOPIC: A pioneering wind-powered cross-channel ferry for cyclists and pedestrians from Dover to Boulogne operated by startup SailLink had a series of test runs earlier in September, and Carlton Reid was on the first crossing to northern France. SailLink plans to commission a bespoke craft for its 12-passenger service, but the demonstration crossings used a smaller vessel, the Mago Merlino, a 12-metre catamaran certified to carry six paying passengers and two bicycles. LINKS: https://www.ternbicycles.com https://www.the-spokesmen.com/ https://saillink.co.uk

10th August 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 304: In conversation with e-bike guru Ed Benjamin SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Ed Benjamin TOPICS: The growth of electric bikes since the 1990s and their future, with e-bike guru Ed Benjamin. LINKS: https://www.ternbicycles.com/ https://www.the-spokesmen.com/ http://www.ecycleelectric.com/

20th July 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 303: How five US cities built 335 miles of separated cycleway networks in two years SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Sara Studdard and Zoe Kircos TOPICS: Urbanists Sara Studdard and Zoe Kircos of Denver-based nonprofit City Thread discuss how the Final Mile project and People for Bikes enabled five US cities to build 335 miles of separated and often protected cycleway networks in only 24 months, several years ahead of schedule. LINKS: https://www.ternbicycles.com/ https://www.the-spokesmen.com/ https://www.citythread.org/team/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSeKNYNb_Qc&t=315s&ab_channel=PeopleForBikes

18th July 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 302: Three ultracyclists explain how and why SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Kabir Rachure, Josh Reid, Ruth Sutherland TOPICS: Kabir Rachure was the first Asian to podium at the Race Across America, or RAAM, which finished a couple of weeks back. Ruth Sutherland was a rookie rider at this year's 620 mile All Points North race in northern England. Josh Reid also rode All Points North but in preparation for the Transcontinental, a 2500 mile unsupported race across Europe from the cobbles of Flanders to the shores of the Black Sea. LINKS: https://www.ternbicycles.com/ https://www.the-spokesmen.com/ https://www.raceacrossamerica.org/raamx/rcrank.php?s_N_Year_ID=47 https://www.ultrahuman.com/m1/?currency=usd&utm_source=main-web https://bikepacking.com/event/all-points-north-2022/ https://www.transcontinental.cc/

1st June 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 299: In conversation with Marco te Brömmelstroet SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Fietsprofessor Marco te Brömmelstroet of University of Amsterdam's Urban Cycling Institute TOPICS: This show is a conversation with Fietsprofessor Marco te Brömmelstroet of University of Amsterdam's Urban Cycling Institute LINKS: https://www.ternbicycles.com https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://twitter.com/carltonreid https://twitter.com/fietsprofessor https://www.waterstones.com/book/movement/thalia-verkade/marco-te-broemmelstroet/9781911344971

28th May 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 298: Why Are Cyclist Numbers Dropping in the Netherlands? SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Aya Achaboun, Simón Alvarez Belon, Lucas Boer and Maud de Vries TOPICS: BYCS, bicycle mayors and the shocking fact that a Dutch NGO felt the need to create a program to stop the drop in cyclist numbers in … the Netherlands. LINKS: https://www.ternbicycles.com https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://twitter.com/carltonreid https://twitter.com/bicyclefuturist https://bycs.org https://www.dfds.com/ https://www.eyefilm.nl/en

8th May 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 296: Explore Your Boundaries SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Marcus Stitz and Mark Beaumont TOPICS: This show is 45 minutes with round the world cyclists Marcus Stitz and Mark Beaumont discussing their "explore your boundaries" bike-boat-ferry tour of Argyll, Scotland. LINKS: https://www.ternbicycles.com/uk https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://twitter.com/carltonreid https://twitter.com/mrmarkbeaumont https://twitter.com/reizkultur

55-minute conversation with Professor Kim Nicholas, co-author of a new study which ranks the 12 best ways to reduce car dependence in cities.

27th March 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 294: Building a Better World — an Activist Planner's Network Analysis of Bike Lanes in Paris SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Marcel Moran TOPICS: This is a show about network analysis, specifically of the coranapistes of Paris but also how the University of Californina Berkeley has a strong history of what's known as "activist planning" where there is an acknowledgement that scholars will want to build a better world. With Marcel Moran, a PhD Candidate at the Department of City & Regional Planning University of California, Berkeley LINKS: https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://twitter.com/carltonreid https://sites.google.com/berkeley.edu/marcelmoran/home https://findingspress.org/article/33765-treating-covid-with-bike-lanes-design-spatial-and-network-analysis-of-pop-up-bike-lanes-in-paris https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GvdJ5eEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao https://twitter.com/marcelemoran

Bicycle beacons and more with Brussels-based Kevin Mayne the Chief Executive of Cycling Industries Europe, the bike industry advocacy group.

5th February 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 292: What Would Jesus Ride? An Audience with the Pedaling Pastor SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: G. Travis Norvell TOPICS: Travis Norvell is the pastor of Judson Memorial Baptist Church in Minneapolis, MN. On twitter he's the @pedalingpastor. We talk about cars, parking lots, what Jesus would ride and Church on the Move, Travis' new book LINKS: https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://twitter.com/carltonreid https://twitter.com/pedalingpastor Church on the Move print book: https://www.judsonpress.com/Products/J300/church-on-the-move.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2OahFHRz-RuJHy-h4ukgfBgTeCB0nbSEY_LkLVUG7c0bq4dlrSV4gGePA Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Church-Move-Practical-Ministry-Community/dp/0817018328/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3KXLROFRMLWE5&keywords=travis+norvell&qid=1643816289&sprefix=travis+norvell%2Caps%2C73&sr=8-1

16th January 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 291: Bike bubble has popped says industry analyst Rick Vosper SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Industry veteran Rick Vosper TOPICS: Any bursting of the bike boom bubble will reverberate widely and could destabilise global bicycle advocacy efforts. This is therefore of potential concern to cyclists in general, argues bike industry veteran Rick Vosper. LINKS: https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://twitter.com/carltonreid https://www.bicycleretailer.com/opinion-analysis/2022/01/09/vosper-sound-one-bubble-popping#.YeQM3ljP1qs https://www.bicycleretailer.com/rick-vosper https://www.bicycleretailer.com/opinion-analysis/2021/11/15/vosper-hidden-big-picture-pon-dorel-story#.YeQND1jP1qs https://www.bicycleretailer.com/opinion-analysis/2021/10/13/vosper-perfect-competition-part-one-why-bike-business-has-it-and-what%E2%80%99s#.YeQNHVjP1qs https://rvms.com https://twitter.com/rick_vosper

11th January 2022 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 290: Launch of Gravel Grinding Hall of Fame with Guitar Ted SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Mark Stevenson aka Guitar Ted TOPICS: The history of gravel riding. LINKS: https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://twitter.com/carltonreid https://twitter.com/guitarted1961 https://www.ridinggravel.com/gravel-news/gravel-grinder-news-gravel-cycling-hall-of-fame-announced/ https://www.gravelcyclinghof.com/

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.the-spokesmen.com https://www.orb.bike https://www.Zolla.cc https://www.sinewavecycles.com

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.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://twitter.com/JohnJohnStewart/status/1469989872995905538?s=20

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.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://nextventures.com/team/ https://www.hammerhead.io/

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.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://www.the-spokesmen.com

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.the-spokesmen.com https://www.climateacceptancestudios.com/ridefortheirlives

4th October 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 284: Birmingham to become a super-sized low-traffic neighbourhood SPONSOR: 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. LINKS: https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/04/birmingham-to-become-a-super-sized-low-traffic-neighbourhood

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. LINKS: https://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://islandpress.org/books/autonorama

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

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.the-spokesmen.com 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

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

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://bikeportland.org http://twitter.com/BikePortland http://instagram.com/bikeportland

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." LINKS: 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

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

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 www.the-spokesmen.com www.greatnorthroad.info https://summersdale.com/sd-book/the-great-north-road/

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.the-spokesmen.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr1dW4TzKR0 www.Velosolutions.com www.PumpForPeace.com www.bartali.org.il/?lang=en

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://dutchcycling.nl/ https://mobycon.com/

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.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen www.the- spokesmen.com

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 Can street-focused emergency response measures trigger a transition to new transport systems? Exploring evidence and lessons from 55 US cities

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.the-spokesmen.com https://www.jensonusa.com/thespokesmen

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.the-spokesmen.com https://www.jensonusa.com/thespokesmen

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

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.the-spokesmen.com https://www.moderatethepanel.com https://twitter.com/FemiOke https://www.jensonusa.com/thespokesmen