The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast

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: Jus, not gels: 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 gastronomy-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.the-spokesmen.com/philcavell/

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: Marketing specialist Donna Tocci, lawyer Jim Moss and show host Carlton Reid discuss their highlights so far of the 2021 Tour de France. Plus a little bit of US trade nows. And Jim's dogs. LINKS: www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen www.the-spokesmen.com

20th June 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 www.twitter.com/greatnorthroad2 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: Sponsor: http://www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen Show notes: http://www.the-spokesmen.com Book promo codes: http://www.modacitylife.com/curbing-traffic Dutch Cycling Embassy: https://dutchcycling.nl/ Mobycon: https://mobycon.com/

8th May 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 273: Ralph Buehler and John Pucher On Cycling For Sustainable Cities SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Ralph Buehler and John Pucher TOPICS: A one-hour chat with Ralph Buehler and John Pucher, editors of "Cycling For Sustainable Cities," a new book from MIT Press which is a big fat follow-up to their 2012 classic "City Cycling" LINKS: www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen www.the-spokesmen.com

20th April 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 272: Revolutions: How women changed the world on two wheels SPONSOR: Jenson USA — www.Jensonusa.com/thespokesmen 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. SHOWNOTES: 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. https://twitter.com/KevinJKrizek Boulder, Colorado Meredith Glaser is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Amsterdam, and one of the principals of the University's Urban Cycling Institute. https://urbancyclinginstitute.com https://twitter.com/dutch_ish $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Most Radical Transport Shift Since 1950s, Says President Biden https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2021/03/31/bidens-infr

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

Friday 29th 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.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Miracle-Pill/Peter-Walker/9781471192524 https://www.jensonusa.com/thespokesmen

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/ https://tourdesstations.ch/en/ https://www.adventurecycling.org/routes-and-maps/adventure-cycling-route-network/southern-tier/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everesting https://www.dana-farber.org/how-you-can-help/events/participate-in-a-fundraising-event/dana-farbe

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.

Wednesday 30th December 2020 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast 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. I LINKS: https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://www.jensonusa.com/thespokesmen https://www.pelation.co.uk/rebo

#GivingTuesday 1st December 2020 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast 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 G