Author: Carlton Reid

June 24, 2018 / / Podcasts

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The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast

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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June 19, 2018 / / Podcasts

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The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast

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.

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

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

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May 21, 2018 / / Blog

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The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast

Episode 189

Monday 21st May 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid.

GUEST: Ed Zink

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

TOPIC:
Interview with Ed Zink, co-owner of 50-year-old Mountain Bike Specialists of Durango, Colorado.

Colorado Governor named a day for veteran bike-shop owner Ed Zink.

The tale of a long-lost banner and a bike shop’s 50th birthday.

Google Streetview tour of Mountain Bike Specialists.

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May 11, 2018 / / Blog
April 16, 2018 / / Podcasts

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The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast

Episode 187

Monday 16th April 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS:
James Durbin, CEO, Madison Sports Group, organiser of Six Day Cycling
Alistair Carr, Head of Business Development, Madison Sports Group
Track world champion Kirsten Wild, Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling team

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

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TOPIC:
Thanks to Iberostar hotels (and a bike from Huerzler Bicycle Holidays) I get to ride the world-famous Sa Calobra climb in Mallorca and then go trackside at the finale of the Six Day series at the Palma Arena.

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April 9, 2018 / / Blog

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Episode 186

Monday 9th April 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST:
BikeBiz Woman of the Year 2018 Ceri Dipple owner of Twenty3c of Stony Stratford

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

TOPIC:
Ceri Dipple opened road bike shop Twenty3c of Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes, at the tender age of 22. We discuss that as well as the future of bike retail, going Bianchi-only, whether Women Specific Design is snake-oil, and why Ceri went through the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Programme. There’s also mention of Team On Form and Writtle University College’s WUC Cycling Performance degree.

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March 31, 2018 / / Blog

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Episode 185

Saturday 21st March 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS:
Roger Geffen of Cycling UK
Chris Star of Australia’s 3CR community radio station
Technology writer Max Glaskin
Lloyd Alter of Treehugger.com
Caspar Hughes of Stop Killing Cyclists.

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

TOPIC:

Episode two in a two-part series looking at adding driverless-car friendly sensors to bicycles, people, lamp-posts and animals. (Here’s part one.)

This follows a talk given at the Geneva Motor Show by a bike industry organisation boss – he called for all bicycles to have beacons so they can be seen by the semi- and fully-autonomous cars of the near feature. On the previous show istorian Peter Norton – author of “Fighting Traffic” – discussed the historical, ethical and mobility-centre issues that such a call raises.

On this show five other experts give their points of view on this technology and whether the bike industry should be talking to the automotive and telecommunications industries who believe the “connected car” future could be one where no cyclists or pedestrians get killed on the roads.

Will a beaconised future be one of unalloyed freedom for cyclists and pedestrians, or the very opposite?

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March 26, 2018 / / Blog

 

 

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The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast

Episode 184

Monday 26th March 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Peter Norton.

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

TOPIC:

Episode one in a two-part series looking at adding driverless-car friendly sensors to bicycles, people, lamp-posts and animals. (Here’s part two.)

This follows a talk given at the Geneva Motor Show by a bike industry organisation boss – he called for all bicycles to have beacons so they can be seen by the semi- and fully-autonomous cars of the near feature. Historian Peter Norton – author of “Fighting Traffic” – discusses the historical, ethical and mobility-centre issues that such a call raises.

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February 27, 2018 / / Podcasts

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Episode 183

Tuesday, 27th February 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUEST: Aaron Naparstek.

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

TOPIC:

Giro, Bell, Camelbak and more face consumer boycott because owner supports NRA.

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February 26, 2018 / / Podcasts

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Episode 182

Monday, 26th February 2018

HOST: Carlton Reid

GUESTS: Jim Moss and Chris Garrison

SPONSOR: Jenson USA

TOPICS:

Cav falling cos of pedestrian/cyclist avoidance tech (plus car companies to introduce anti-dooring sensors).

Giro, Bell, Camelbak and more face consumer boycott because owner supports NRA.

Use us or lose us – is there a future for bike shops?

The cycle industry doesn’t do enough to attract women, members of the LGBT community, and black and Asian customers.

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