King Of The Ride

Already America's mountain biking sweetheart, Kate Courtney took the world of mountain biking by storm by taking the title at this year's World Championships. Just 22 years old and with a penchant for waffles and inspiring the next generation of cyclists -- while clearly kicking butt herself -- Kate is a bright, shining, smiling force to be reckoned with for a long time to come.

Despite Joe’s young age and being a bit later than some to the sport, he’s already had a storied career. Joe is one of the more thoughtful cyclist out there, so between chatter of winning the Baby Giro, his issues with iliac artery endofibrosis, the nuances of a fine Belgian beer, and lots more, there’s plenty about this conversation that you’ll enjoy.

Dr. Kevin Sprouse is one of the more interesting folks on the WorldTour. Lead team physician for EF Education First Drapac powered by Cannondale, Ted and Kevin go deep on this podcast, talking about cycling but much much much more beyond the two wheeled circus. This hour is definite one of the best King of the Ride pods.

Our first female guest, acclaimed sports journalist Bonnie Ford and Ted sit down in a park in beautiful Quebec City, amid the namesake UCI race, Grand Prix Quebec City, to catch up on life and cycling, then delve much deeper into the disparity between sexes in sports, sports journalism, and much more.

If you watched this year’s Tour de France, then undoubtedly you saw a whole lot of Lawson Craddock. He hung out at the back of the peloton for the entire first half of the race as he was reeling from a broken scapula suffered on stage one. If you know anything about me, you may remember I did the same thing on stage one of my first Tour de France. How he soldiered through July and what Lawson did afterwards to bring positivity to cycling and especially his local Texan community as outstanding.

Cycling meets How I Built This podcast, today’s guest loves bikes, is a spunky lifelong entrepreneur, and co-owns the smashingly successful Greek frozen yogurt company, Yasso. Ted sits down with Drew Harrington and talk shop after another outstanding summer ride through the mountains of Vermont.

Journalist, writer, unintended comic, Jason Gay is a sports columnist and editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal. You don't crack into the WSJ and expect a chuckle unless you're reading something penned by Jason. Ted visited the Big Apple and the two of them sat down in an actual sound studio for the most crisp and lively of podcasts covering topics on two wheels and many more outside of cycling.

Scott Speed is one of the most dynamic car racers of all time. Jumping from karting to Formula 1 to NASCAR to Rallycross -- with a smattering of championships thrown into the mix -- the guy is a jack of all trades on 4-wheels. Heck, he can mow a lawn faster than you! Scott and Ted ripped a ride, then caught up off the coast of Maine, before setting off north to continue their #tourXnewengland.

On the eve of Stephen Hyde’s final mountain bike race of the season, Ted and Stephen sit down to catch up on the goings-on of this well travelled, multi-faceted cyclist. Talking cyclocross in Florida, playing the guitar internationally, and his top tip to aspiring pros!

Want to see more people on bikes? Billy Starr has discovered the magic formula, bringing 6,315 into the 39th annual Pan-Mass Challenge! The event has raised just shy of $600 million for the Jimmy Fund and the Dana Farber Institute. Starting this podcast with a little final 2018 Tour de France summary and analysis, Ted and Billy talk shop, the past, present, and future of the entire sport of cycling.