The Outspoken Cyclist

Young track phenom Josh Hartman and I talk about his rise to fame and his dreams of Olympic gold. J. Allard from Project 529 gives us a lot of reasons to download his free app.

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Guests this week are Russ Rader, VP of Communications for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Officer Wren Nealy. President of the International Police Mountain Bike Association, and Dr. Albert Rizzo Senior Medical Advisor, American Lung Association and Section Chief, Pulmonary Medicine, Christiana Care Health System.

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Colin O’Brien talks with me about his new book The Beautiful Race; Eric Heiden’s encore interview from November, 2010.

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Richard Schwinn tops by the station to chat about Waterford, steel tariffs, disc brakes, and more. 718 Cycles’ Joe Nocella offer up his philosophy about bike shops and how he’s managed to tweak his business model to attract great clients, staff, and events.

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Jim Sayer, executive director of Adventure Cycling Association talks Bike Summit, Adventure Cycling for 2018, and his 2017 cross country trip with his daughter. Phil Taylor, owner of Bespoked Handmade Show in the UK talks about this year’s event.

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Paragon Machine Work’s Mark Norstad talks about his history, the work his company does, his induction in the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, and his advocacy. Colleen Kelly Alexander tells us her story – from sitting in her Dad’s bike shop as a child to the horrific crash that put her in a coma for 5 weeks and has led to 29 surgeries. Her new book, Gratitude in Motion – beautifully details it all.

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Cyclocross icon Katie Compton on her career, her health, and her future. Lennard Zinn in a 2-part conversation – first it’s tech and then it’s health.

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Design architect Sarah Morkos from Walker Consultants in Boston talks with me about the options that many of her clients are looking to for bicycle parking – whether it be in a closed parking structure, outside on a surface lot, at a campus, or when there needs to be facilities for thousands of card and […]

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Bike Law’s Peter Wilborn talks about road hazards, new laws for cyclists, and more. Chicago Tribune reporter Mary Wisniewski fills us in on her story about the disparity in black vs white neighborhoods and ticketing for cycling infractions by the police. And, an encore interview with frame builder Rody Walter.

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Cycling in Italy with an American Chef? Why not? Heather Dowd and Beppe Salerno of Tourissimo Bike Tours talk about their Chef Bike Tours. Thenm, Chris Gillemet from VeloFix explains the mobile repair business through his franchise operations. Finally, it’s a nice chat with Craig Calfee about Cuba, bamboo bikes, and some of the other projects he’s working on right now.

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