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Cycle Systems Online

Cycle Systems Online

Cycle Systems Online

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Frequency: 1 episode/16d. Total Eps: 208

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Cycle Systems Academy is a leading bike mechanic training school in Devon, UK and Online with https://www.cyclesystemsonline.com/ our pod has been a search for entertaining ways to educate all lovers of bike tech, with interviews, mechanical expertise and a bit of humour thrown in.
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Episode 205: Our Summer of Love

lundi 26 août 2024 • Duration 57:14

In this episode, Sean and Julia discuss their recent bikepacking adventure in the Swiss Alps, focusing on the experience of using an e-bike for such a trip. They also delve into Julia's personal journey with cycling, from her early struggles with asthma and a lack of confidence in sports to discovering the joy and possibilities opened up by e-bikes. This episode explores the unique challenges and triumphs of e-bike bikepacking and offers listeners an engaging story of overcoming physical and psychological barriers.

Want to immerse yourself in community and a year long learning programme in bike maintenance? Check out our Team Camp membership program.

Episode 204: David vs Goliath - Small Biz in 2024 with David Darby from Red Chili Bikes

lundi 19 août 2024 • Duration 53:39

In this podcast episode, the discussion centers on the evolution and impact of cycling technology, featuring David Darby of Red Chilli Bikes. They explore how the high costs of advanced materials and technologies, such as electronic group sets and internal cable routing, have made premium bikes less accessible. The conversation highlights the challenges of maintaining modern bikes and the industry's shift towards integrated designs, driven by both technological advances and pandemic-induced price hikes.

You can grab the full show notes HERE.

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Episode 195: The UK bike industry with Raleigh's Managing Director, Lee Kidger

lundi 10 juin 2024 • Duration 40:35

In this episode of the Cycle Systems Online Podcast, we are joined by Lee Kidger, a prominent figure in the cycling industry who recently transitioned from his role as Managing Director at Raleigh UK to embark on new and exciting ventures. Lee shares his career journey, starting from his early days in a health food store to leading roles in the bike industry, and discusses his latest projects, including his work with The Electric Bike Shop and various consulting and charitable endeavors. 

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Episode 100 : 100 Years of Bike Tech

Episode 61

lundi 18 janvier 2021 • Duration 01:41:00

As you may have noticed this is our 100th episode of our podcast. From early days on steam powered internet in Devon, to broadcasting from Cycle System’s new Bond villain lair in Switzerland we have had quite a fun ride with these shows.To create a nice symmetry, the first thirty episodes, which we thought were lost, have been sent to us by longtime listener, Roger Stilwell. We have now got them uploaded, in order on the feed. Just scroll back to find some real gems. What is interesting is that even in five years, these early shows are time capsules in many ways.We’ll get them uploaded to the website, with some shownotes soon.Anyway, we wouldn’t let ep 100 pass us by without doing something special right? Beginning on the idea of covering, ‘100 Years of Bike Tech’ we firstly talk to the wonderful @thecampagkid of Twitter and Insta fame. https://www.instagram.com/the_campagkid I’m sure you’ll agree that this conversation just gets us started on Campagnolo history, so loojk out for a follow up episode or two!We then leap into the 21st Century with Dave Roam from www.cyclingtips.com Dave has a stunningly empirical knowledge of bike tech and especially tools. Here is a sample of Dave’s work, probably the ultimate article on chain efficiency. https://cyclingtips.com/2019/12/the-best-bicycle-chain-durability-and-efficiency-tested/If you think you know your Torx from your Torque, listen on.

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099: And Indoor Cycling For All

Episode 62

lundi 11 janvier 2021 • Duration 59:50

In a week rocked by tumultuous world events, Sean and John are joined by Scott Purchas from https://girodilento.com to talk about the world changing topic that is, riding your bike indoors...Inspired by a few comments on twitter by Sean, as he noticed some tweeters were not even tough enough to ride their turbo trainers in the garage as it was a bit cold (!) we decided to take a look at the reasons for riding your bike without going anywhere.As ever we delve into the tech, useful mods and hacks and insult half the world’s population on the way.Hopefully this will be part 1 of 2 as we plan to research and then produce a deeper show on this topic covering the digitalisation of exercise and society as a whole and what this means for our lives on and off the bike.

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098: Hacking your eBike’s transmission w/ Mike…

Episode 63

lundi 4 janvier 2021 • Duration 01:02:22

Hello, and welcome back to another year with Sean, John and a raft of wonderful guests at the Cycle Systems Academy podcast.We kick off with a cracker, recorded on New Years Eve (it wasn’t as if we were off to a party!) with Mike Stead from www.road.cc In this episode, Mike discussed the new D1X retro fit wireless shifting system from https://archercomponents.com/ it may or may not be for you, but it does open up a realm of possibilities for the creative bike mechanic.We also discuss the https://www.hopetech.com/ road brake callipers and the contrast between a Kiwi and Stopfordian (Yes, that Is a word!) New Years Eve.

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097: The very 2020 Christmas drinks party

Episode 64

lundi 21 décembre 2020 • Duration 01:05:55

To round off the tumultuous 2020 we shall try to lift your spirits with a round table, ‘virtual Christmas drinks’ with some of our and hopefully your favourite cycling tech people. Featuring, Caroline Stewart of https://cscyclecoaching.wordpress.com/ Troy Laffey from https://www.sram.com/en/sram Scott Dedenbach and David Palan from https://wideanglepodium.com/bike-shop-cx/ John Galloway from https://velocast.cc/ and of course Sean from CSA, we take a look at everyone’s life in 2020 and try to make sense of it all.Have a tipple of booze or herbal tea with us as we get as close as most of us can to a good old knees up down the pub. Enjoy, thanks for your company this year and we’ll all see you soon.Sean, Julia and the Cycle Systems team!

Want to immerse yourself in community and a year long learning programme in bike maintenance? Check out our Team Camp membership program.

096: Wheel and spoke technology with DT Swiss …

Episode 65

lundi 14 décembre 2020 • Duration 52:49

https://www.dtswiss.com/en are a very well established brand in the busy wheel market. In this superb gear head pod we get down and not very dirty (it IS Switzerland after all) into the technology behind world beating wheels.Here is the factory tour video Sean mentions https://www.dtswiss.com/enSo tune in and find out why aluminium nipples are not so bad, steel is most definitely real and women are the best wheel builders!You can check out the DT Swiss Academy Martin mentions herehttps://www.dtswiss.com/en/dtswiss/business-partner/dt-swiss-academyThis pod will be the first of two, with the next one to focus on DT Swiss’ suspension development and design coming in the New Year.

Want to immerse yourself in community and a year long learning programme in bike maintenance? Check out our Team Camp membership program.

95: A chat with Cycling Tips Editor in Chief, Caley Fretz

Episode 66

lundi 7 décembre 2020 • Duration 01:04:12

https://cyclingtips.com despite sounding like a beginners guide, is in fact one of the most interesting cycling media platforms of the moment. Including traditional racing coverage, in depth reportage and superb tech content and a successful and engaged Membership subscription to help to pay for it all, the Veloclub. https://cyclingtips.com/veloclub-welcome-page/Their weekly podcast is a mainstay for many people’s engagement with the cycling world and has sprouted equally entertaining offshoots, such as Sean’s favourite, the Nerd Alert tech pod. https://cyclingtips.com/tag/nerd-alert/Sean chat’s to Caley Fretz, editor-in-chief about his background in cycling, how Cycling Tips found it’s unique voice and a few small topics such as diversity and corruption in cycle sport!

Want to immerse yourself in community and a year long learning programme in bike maintenance? Check out our Team Camp membership program.

094: Touring with eBikes

Episode 67

lundi 30 novembre 2020 • Duration 01:03:28

Sean is joined again by Mike Stead from www.road.cc to discuss the growth of touring by eBikes and the rise of infrastructure that supports this. Mike has particular insight into this as he has facilitated four new Bosch charging stations on the www.Perthshiregravel.com route he has been instrumental in creating.Other charging stations can be found here https://www.bosch-ebike.com/en/service/powerstations/Of course it wouldn’t be a new genre of cycling without new bikes, right? The German manufacturers in particular have been heads down for a few years working on just this, the ‘Trekking eMTB’. With models as radical as the Nikolai G1 Eboxx e14 https://en.nicolai-bicycles.com/bike/g1-eboxx-e14/ through to the similar but more sedate Reise und Muller Delite https://www.r-m.de/en-gb/bikes/delite/ this genre looks to appeal to hardcore shredders and a completely new market too.Of course, we always come across a few funny gems along the way. Here’s the electric trailer we mentioned. https://ridekick.com/Here’s the cargo eBike trip with a dog Mike mentions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX_uhdP3SM0&ab_channel=THESEARCH A nice film by Marcus Stitz about the Perthshire Gravel routeshttps://youtu.be/r29PQeOjtZ8Ed Oxley’s European odyssey on a freight eBike https://ebiketips.road.cc/content/news/video-900-miles-across-europe-on-an-e-cargo-bike-1389

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