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The Bike Show Podcast

Podcast devoted to the art, science, politics and transcendental pleasure of cycling, in London and beyond. Presented by Jack Thurston the show has been running since 2004, initially as a radio show on Resonance FM. It covers the intersections of cycling, culture, society and creativity from a variety of perspectives. From Tour de France to roller-racing, from Brompton commuters to bicycle messengers, from Kraftwerk to hip hop, from urban design to countryside trips. Literature, history, travel,

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16 February 2009: Cycling and the recession

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2009/02/17

With the UK mired deep in recession, unemployment on the rise, the value of the pound going down and consumer confidence at an all time low, we ask what effect this is having on the cycling business. We hear from … Continue reading → The post 16 February 2009: Cycling and the recession first appeared on The Bike Show.

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9 February 2009: How British Cycling conquered the...

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2009/02/10

This week’s show features Dave Brailsford, Performance Director of British Cycling, explaining how his team achieved a record medal haul at the Beijing Olympics. We also discover that Shanaze Reade (pictured left, racing in the team sprint with Victoria Pendleton) … Continue reading → The post 9 February 2009: How British Cycling conquered the Olympics first appeared on The Bike Show.

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26 January 2009: Cycling the Northumberland Coast

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2009/01/27

Riding the Northumberland coast from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Newcastle-upon-Tyne with Daniel Start, author of the best-selling Wild Swimming, a guide to natural swimming spots in Britain. Wild Swimming Coast (the salt-water version) will be published in the late spring. To enter … Continue reading → The post 26 January 2009: Cycling the Northumberland Coast first appeared on The Bike Show.

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20 October 2008: Inventing the perfect folding bicycle

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2008/10/20

The latest on moves by the London Assembly to reduce the dangers posed by lorries to cyclists. Plus an extended talk by Andrew Ritchey, inventor of the Brompton, the folding miracle that is the toast of London’s bicycle-train commuters. The … Continue reading → The post 20 October 2008: Inventing the perfect folding bicycle first appeared on The Bike Show.

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13 October 2008: Emergency – Lorries Killing Cyclists

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2008/10/14

After a summer of fun on two wheels, we turn to more serious matters. The entire show this week is devoted to the problem of lorries killing cyclists in London. With Barry Mason of Southwark Cyclists and Cynthia Barlow, chairwoman … Continue reading → The post 13 October 2008: Emergency – Lorries Killing Cyclists first appeared on The Bike Show.

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6 October 2008: The Moulton Story (part two)

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2008/10/06

The concluding episode of a two-part feature on the story of Dr Alex Moulton and the reinvention of the bicycle. We pick up the story with the launch of the Moulton space frame design (pictured left) in the early eighties. … Continue reading → The post 6 October 2008: The Moulton Story (part two) first appeared on The Bike Show.

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29 September 2008: The Moulton Story (part one)

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2008/09/29

The first of a two-parter telling the story of Moulton bicycles: the radical reinvention of the bicycle by Dr Alex Moulton that, despite some commercial setbacks along the way, continues to push the boundaries of cutting edge engineering. Moultons have … Continue reading → The post 29 September 2008: The Moulton Story (part one) first appeared on The Bike Show.

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27 September 2008: Bicycle Film Festival comes to town

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2008/09/27

The Bicycle Film Festival comes to London from 1-5 October. Laura Fletcher is the BFF’s London ambassador and she previews a handful of highlights from the seven screenings at the Barbican Cinema plus all the parties, art shows, polo matches … Continue reading → The post 27 September 2008: Bicycle Film Festival comes to town first appeared on The Bike Show.

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22 September 2008: Grant Petersen on overnight trips...

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2008/09/22

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15 September 2008: Are cargo bikes the future of...

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2008/09/15

Do the rising oil price, the growing concern about man-made climate change and breakthroughs in cycle design mean we’re on the verge of a pedal-powered cargo revolution? Discussing the past, present and future of cargo bikes and pedicabs is Leslie … Continue reading → The post 15 September 2008: Are cargo bikes the future of urban transport? first appeared on The Bike Show.

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8 September 2008: Ian Hibell – Paying respects to a...

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2008/09/08

Remembering Ian Hibell, the world’s most accomplished and intrepid long-distance cyclist and adventurer, who was run down and killed on a road in Greece last month, aged 74. He’d been on a ‘training ride’ which began in Hull (England) in … Continue reading → The post 8 September 2008: Ian Hibell – Paying respects to a legend first appeared on The Bike Show.

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1 September 2008: Around the world the hard way (part...

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2008/09/03

Alastair Humphreys has cycled round the world ‘the hard way’: four years, sixty countries and forty-six thousand miles. In the second of a two part special he tells the story of his epic adventure: from Mexico to Alaska, through Siberia, … Continue reading → The post 1 September 2008: Around the world the hard way (part two) first appeared on The Bike Show.

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11 August 2008: Around the world the hard way (part one)

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2008/08/11

Alastair Humphreys has cycled round the world ‘the hard way’: four years, sixty countries and forty-six thousand miles. In the first of a two part special he tells the story of his epic adventure from Yorkshire to South Africa and … Continue reading → The post 11 August 2008: Around the world the hard way (part one) first appeared on The Bike Show.

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4 August 2008: Cycling, politics and ideology

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2008/08/06

On this week’s show we ask whether the bicycle and cycling are inherently left-wing or right-wing. Featuring Ruth Beale and Karen Breneman, two artists who recently rode together from London to the Institute for the Art and Practice of Dissent … Continue reading → The post 4 August 2008: Cycling, politics and ideology first appeared on The Bike Show.

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28 July 2008: Looking back at Le Tour 2008

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2008/07/28

Looking back at this year’s Tour De France, with Guy Andrews, editor of Rouleur magazine and author and broadcaster Graeme Fife. As well as discussing the racing, we go into what it means for a small towns when it plays … Continue reading → The post 28 July 2008: Looking back at Le Tour 2008 first appeared on The Bike Show.

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21 July 2008: Sublime Nights: Dunwich Dynamo 16 and...

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2008/07/21

This year’s Dunwich Dynamo was perfect: a dry, moonlit night, a tail wind and a hot sunny morning on the beach. Around 500 people enjoyed the sixteenth edition of the classic British night ride that covers some 120 miles (190 … Continue reading → The post 21 July 2008: Sublime Nights: Dunwich Dynamo 16 and S24O with Grant Peterson first appeared on The Bike Show.

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14 July 2008: Vive Le Tour // Civilised Streets

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2008/07/14

Celebrating Bastille Day and the first week of Le Tour De France plus a discussion of civilised streets with Louise Duggan, streets advisor at the UK’s Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE). Just six days until this year’s … Continue reading → The post 14 July 2008: Vive Le Tour // Civilised Streets first appeared on The Bike Show.

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7 July 2008: 50 Quirky Bike Rides

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2008/07/07

A ride along the splendid London end of the Grand Union Canal with Rob Ainsley, London cyclist and author of 50 Quirky Bike Rides, a new book about weird and wonderful places to go on bicycles in England and Wales. … Continue reading → The post 7 July 2008: 50 Quirky Bike Rides first appeared on The Bike Show.

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30 June 2008: London Lidos by Bicycle

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2008/06/30

A tour of London lidos by bicycle with Jason Cobb, a lido enthusiast, cyclist, photographer and author of Onion Bag Blog, a blog devoted to life in the Stockwell-Oval-Brixton triangle. Taking in Brockwell Lido, the ghost of Kennington Lido, the … Continue reading → The post 30 June 2008: London Lidos by Bicycle first appeared on The Bike Show.

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23 June 2008: London architecture by bike and a Rapha...

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2008/06/23

Featuring an interview with Stephen Bayley, design editor of The Observer, about his guided cycle ride around the houses and homes of celebrated London artists and architects which kicks of a fantastic programme of bicycle tours as part of the … Continue reading → The post 23 June 2008: London architecture by bike and a Rapha exclusive first appeared on The Bike Show.

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