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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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23 October 2006: At Cycle 2006 – Eddy Merckx and a...

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2006/10/24

Jack Thurston and Jo Upton in search of the best bicycle gadget at Cycle 2006, the UK’s biggest cycling exhibition and trade fair. Glow in the dark pedals, GPS tools, bike storage, heart rate monitors and lights galore. We are … Continue reading → The post 23 October 2006: At Cycle 2006 – Eddy Merckx and a hunt for gadgets first appeared on The Bike Show.

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9 October 2006 – Mississippi Tales (part two)

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2006/10/09

Second half of Kieron Yates’s ride down the Mississippi. He crosses the Mason-Dixon line and enters the realm of the South. On the way he encounters juke joints, folk art, learns about the role of bicycles in the aftermath of … Continue reading → The post 9 October 2006 – Mississippi Tales (part two) first appeared on The Bike Show.

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2 October 2006 – Mississippi Tales (part one)

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2006/10/03

This week’s show is the story of a long, long ride from Fargo, North Dakota to New Orleans, Louisiana following the Mississippi River. Kieron Yates made this journey over the summer just passed, on a fixed wheel bike with just … Continue reading → The post 2 October 2006 – Mississippi Tales (part one) first appeared on The Bike Show.

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31 July 2006: The folding miracle: inside the...

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2006/08/01

In this last show of the current season we’re getting technical, with a visit to the Brompton factory. Bromptons are the best all round folding bicycles in the world and the invention of Andrew Ritchie, who started making them in … Continue reading → The post 31 July 2006: The folding miracle: inside the Brompton factory first appeared on The Bike Show.

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24 July 2006: Remembering Major Taylor – the fastest...

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2006/07/24

In this week’s show we remember ‘Major’ Marshall Taylor, a world champion cyclist from the 1890s and the first black American sports superstar. Kieron Yates talks about Major Taylor’s life with Lynne Tolman of the Major Taylor Association. We also … Continue reading → The post 24 July 2006: Remembering Major Taylor – the fastest man on the planet first appeared on The Bike Show.

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17 July 2006: Le Tour down le pub

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2006/07/17

This week’s show is a Tour De France special recorded at the Charles Lamb pub in north London. The Charles Lamb is one of the few places in London that is showing Le Tour this year. I am joined by … Continue reading → The post 17 July 2006: Le Tour down le pub first appeared on The Bike Show.

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10 July 2006: The Hour Record with Michael Hutchinson

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2006/07/11

This week the Bike Show is in the presence of time trial greatness and (almost) sporting immortality. Michael Hutchinson has just written a book about his recent attempt to enter the pantheon of cycling legend by breaking the record for … Continue reading → The post 10 July 2006: The Hour Record with Michael Hutchinson first appeared on The Bike Show.

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3 July 2006: Creativity, design and the bicycle

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2006/07/07

Riding with London-based desiger and artist Julia Lohmann. We begin at the Velorution bike shop in the West End, where Julia’s giant backlit illustration of animal-bicycle metamophosis is on display. We ride down through the park via the Serpentine Gallery … Continue reading → The post 3 July 2006: Creativity, design and the bicycle first appeared on The Bike Show.

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26 June 2006: Extreme Cycling

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2006/06/27

This week’s show has an extreme flavour. Kieron Yates visits Sheldon Brown for advice on fixed gear touring and Alex Murray tells us about his preparations for taking on this year’s Etape Du Tour. Plus Dominic Gabellini on the new … Continue reading → The post 26 June 2006: Extreme Cycling first appeared on The Bike Show.

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19 June 2006: It’s Bike Week!

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2006/06/20

This year’s Bike Week coincides with the London Architecture Biennale, which has got a lot of cyclists thinking about architecture and a lot of architects thinking about cycling. At the launch of the Reinventing The Bike Shed exhibition, I speak … Continue reading → The post 19 June 2006: It’s Bike Week! first appeared on The Bike Show.

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12 June 2006: A ride in the Royal Parks

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2006/06/19

London’s eight Royal Parks stretch from Greenwich in the east to Richmond in the west and make London one of the greenest big cities in Europe. Between them, the parks’ 5500 acres of land are the lungs of the capital. … Continue reading → The post 12 June 2006: A ride in the Royal Parks first appeared on The Bike Show.

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24 April 2006 – Martin Newell and Spoke N Word in Essex

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2006/04/24

In the last of the current season of the Bike Show, Kieron Yates rides around Essex with poet, musician and horticultural assassin Martin Newell, as part of the Spoke N Word project. The post 24 April 2006 – Martin Newell and Spoke N Word in Essex first appeared on The Bike Show.

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Cycling in New York City (part two)

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2006/04/18

As he crosses the Hudson River into Brooklyn, things take a turn for the weird on Jack Thurston’s bicycle adventure in New York City. A visit to the drummers’ circle in Prospect Park, a one man bicycle soul machine and … Continue reading → The post Cycling in New York City (part two) first appeared on The Bike Show.

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Cycling in New York City (part one)

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2006/04/11

In the first of two shows devoted to cycling in the NYC, Jack Thurston takes to the streets of Manhattan on a sunny spring Sunday and meets cyclists and assorted Gotham oddballs. Listen to Part Two. The post Cycling in New York City (part one) first appeared on The Bike Show.

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3 April 2006: Standing up for Cycling; Tall Bikes

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2006/04/04

Barry Mason of Southwark Cyclists is on hand this week to demolish all those annoying arguments used against cyclists by angry petrol-heads. Plus we witness the beginning of a 4,600 mile ride around Britain on tall bikes. MP3 DOWNLOAD OGG … Continue reading → The post 3 April 2006: Standing up for Cycling; Tall Bikes first appeared on The Bike Show.

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27 March 2006: Bicycle recycling

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2006/03/30

Owing to a technical meltdown at Resonance fm HQ, we have no archived version of Monday’s show on the Waltham Forest Bicycle Recycling Project. In it’s place we have a special podcast-only version of the show recorded at the Scooterworks … Continue reading → The post 27 March 2006: Bicycle recycling first appeared on The Bike Show.

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20 March 2006: Deadley Treadleys live session

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2006/03/28

This week’s show features a long-awaited live session by London’s best bike messenger band, the Deadley Treadleys. MP3 DOWNLOAD The post 20 March 2006: Deadley Treadleys live session first appeared on The Bike Show.

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13 March 2006: Bike Show Jukebox Jury – part two

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2006/03/16

Second half of the Bike Show’s ‘Jukebox Jury’. Cabaret star Sarah-Louise Young joins Alex Crawford and Jack Thurston in casting a critical ear at another cluch of bicycle-themed songs. Find out which come out top and which are the howlers… … Continue reading → The post 13 March 2006: Bike Show Jukebox Jury – part two first appeared on The Bike Show.

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6 March 2006: Bike Show Jukebox Jury – part one

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2006/03/16

Part one of the Bike Show’s ‘Jukebox Jury’, with cabaret star Sarah-Louise Young and Alex Crawford joining Jack Thurston to listen to a selection of bike-related songs. Which are hits and which are misses? MP3 The post 6 March 2006: Bike Show Jukebox Jury – part one first appeared on The Bike Show.

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27 February 2006 – Bicycles on trains

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2006/03/01

In this week’s show we discuss the growing problems cyclists are experiencing in putting bikes on trains. In the studio is Dave Holladay of the Cyclists’ Touring Club (CTC) which is running a campaign to improve cycle-rail integration. We also … Continue reading → The post 27 February 2006 – Bicycles on trains first appeared on The Bike Show.

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