The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

10th August 2024

The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast

SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Mark Ames, Strategic Cities

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16th August 2024

The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast

EPISODE 360: Zsolt Schuller — Boosting cycling to National Trust properties and places

SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: National Trust's Cyclists Welcome Manager Zsolt Schuller

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8th April 2024

The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast

EPISODE 350: AA's Think Bike Redux

SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Chris Boardman, Jeremy Vine, Edmund King

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TRANSCRIPT

Carlton Reid 0:12

Welcome to Episode 350 of the Spokesmen cycling podcast. This show was engineered on Monday 8th April 2024.

David Bernstein 0:28

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Carlton Reid 1:04

I'm Carlton Reid and on today's super short show we hear from Chris Boardman and Jeremy Vine, plugging that from today, the AA is relaunching its 10 year old 'Think Bike' campaign. This nudge-like promo encourages drivers to fit small Think Bike wing-mirror stickers to remind them to look out for those on two wheels. Back in 2014 the AA printed a million of these stickers and distributed them to members promoting the giveaway with a YouTube video featuring a good-looking naked cyclist appearing in wing mirrors demonstrating that if people chose to truly look before manoeuvring, there'll be fewer casualties out there. Did the campaign save any lives? Impossible to prove either way, of course. And some might argue that 10 years down the road the feral attitude towards cyclists in particular from some motorists is worse than ever. But that a motoring organisation is still going out of its way to promote a critical road safety message is something that's to be applauded.

The concept for a wing-mirror sticker came from AA patrolman Tony Rich after his friend was killed in a motorcycle crash. The idea was then championed by AA president who's not only an arch motorist but also travels around London on a folding bike. Edmund cycles recreationally, too ... I know that because he often sends me photos of him riding his mountain bike wearing the ipayroadtax Lycra jersey that I sent him ages ago ... So before the sound bites from Chris Boardman and Jeremy Vine here's Edmund King ...

Edmund King 3:01

It is now 10 years since we launched our Think Bike sticker campaign. But unfortunately, the message is still as relevant today as it was a decade ago; far too many people are being killed and seriously injured on two wheels, whether cyclists or motorcyclists. So we will be spreading the message again, to all drivers to think bikes.

Chris Boardman 3:26

It's hard to believe the Think Bike sticker campaign launched 10 years ago, and I was there when that happened, the idea to make drivers just a little bit more aware of the vulnerable road users around them. Really glad to see that the AA is reinvigorating the campaign. And I'll be glad to join in and help.

Jeremy Vine 3:43

And I'm so pleased to see that the AA is doing this because if you're on two wheels, you do feel quite vulnerable. And I always think when you're in a car, and I drive too, you don't always see that that person on the bicycle is a mum, a sister, somebody's son, someone's grandfather, maybe even their great grandfather. So thank you AA for thinking bike.

David Bernstein 4:07

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Carlton Reid 5:06

And that's it for today's show. Thanks for listening to episode 350 of the Spokesmen podcast, brought to you in association with Tern Bicycles. Show notes and more can be found at the-spokesmen.com. The next episode, a rather longer one, will be a chat with cycling writer Andy McGrath, author of God is Dead and other cycling books .... meanwhile get out there and ride ...

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Episode 190

MESSENGER BOYS, COCAINE, SCHWINN, & THE TRAVAILS OF A PRO TRIATHLETE

Tuesday 19th June 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid.

GUEST: Chris Sweet, Information Literacy Librarian / Associate Professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, USA.

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SPONSOR: Jenson USA

TOPIC: Interview with cycle historian and former pro triathlete Chris Sweet.

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Episode 191

E-bike, M-bike, Ernest Hemingway, & Cranktank's Impact Media Summit

Sunday 24th June 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid.

GUEST: Scott Montgomery, co-owner of CrankTank & CEO of Reynolds Cycling

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

TOPIC:
Interview with industry veteran Scott Montgomery in Ketchum, Idaho, ahead of the CrankTank Media Summit with discussion of e-MTBs (electric mountain bikes) and m-MTBS (mechanical mountain bikes) and whether e-bikes will become the "normal" bicycle as mechanical bikes become niche. Also includes references to Ernest Hemingway, a long-time Ketchum resident.

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Episode 192

High impact: riding and talking with industry folks in Sun Valley, Idaho

Sunday 1st July 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid.

GUESTS: Jeff McGuane of Specialized; Jon Gantxegi of Orbea; Thomas Prehn, author of Racing Tactics for Cyclists; John Kurtz of Idaho's Bureau of Land Management; journalist Zap Espinoza; and the "Queen of Pain" Rebecca Rusch.

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

TOPIC:
Interviews with industry folks at the CrankTank Media Summit in Sun Valley, Ketchum, Idaho.

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Episode 193

The gang is back – Tour de France to E-MTBs

Sunday, 8th July 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid

PANELISTS: Jim Moss David Bernstein Dan de Visé, author of The Comeback: Greg LeMond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour de France.

SPONSOR(S): Jenson USA

TOPICS

Le Tour starts

WADA/UCI frees Froome to race

Salbutomol is on WADA’s banned list

Should Froome Have Been Allowed to Race the Giro?

What About Others Banned for Salbutomol? e.g. Petacchi

What About Others Banned for Beef? e.g. Contador

What About Hinault?

WSJ’s Jason Gay, “Another Queasy Tour de France”

Chris Froome’s Open Letter to the French Public

Eurobike starts

Interbike already outgrows Reno Convention Center, adds outside tents

WFSGI forms committee to discuss UCI allowing an e-MTB race category

E-MTB owners will just want more power, more speed, says Dave

Turner Lyft and Uber Get into Bike Sharing Business

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Episode 194

A to B – Aerodynamics to Bike share

Wednesday 11th July 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid.

GUESTS:

Aerodynamics specialist Professor Bert Blocken, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Mike Christensen, Salt Lake City's top bike share rider, University of Utah

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

TOPICS:

A show of two halves. To begin, the science of how solo breakaways are even more impressive than you may have thought, and then why bike share and transit fit together so well.

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Episode 195

Cycle advocates should ask for trees not just cycleways

Thursday 26th July 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid.

GUEST: Jon Little, principal of transport consultancy Bespoke.

SPONSOR: Jenson USA • The Latest Gear. The Best Prices. All In One Place.

TOPICS: Jon Little is one of the team behind the £28m Mini-Holland project in Waltham Forest, London.

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Episode 196

Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Mobility

Wednesday 1st August 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid.

GUESTS: Authors Chris and Melissa Bruntlett of Modacitylife.com

SPONSOR: Jenson USA • The Latest Gear. The Best Prices. All In One Place.

TOPIC: Discussing Chris and Melissa Bruntlett's new book "Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Mobility" (Island Press, 2018).

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