Cycling Fashion Week

This week, we welcome cycling designer and creative Alonso Tal to talk about breaking away from bland kit and discuss all things design, SoCal cycling, and his new OMAC collection. Plus, we finally bring back We Rate Your Bike For Free™.

1:52 - Welcoming back Jake
2:48 - Recap of the Attaquer x CFW group ride
6:32 - The cliché cycling influencer photo angle
8:45 - Introducing Alonso Tal
9:27 - How he got into cycling, fashion, and photography
13:07 - Founding CNCPT Team with Bobby Endo (of Endo Customs) and Justin Williams
16:06 - What he and the team are up to lately
17:37 - Similarities between fixie and CX communities?
21:57 - The inspiration behind the designs of CNCPT’s stand out kits
25:34 - His new OMAC collection with Endo Customs in reaction to the “stifling sameness” of current kit designs
31:45 - Photographing the collection differently from standard cycling marketing
35:17 - Brands and kit he finds interesting right now
37:08 - The L.A. and SoCal cycling scene
40:39 - What’s next
41:38 - Rapid Fire
44:33 - Alonso’s Canal (an extremely hot take)
53:26 - Into The Canal
1:05:56 - DM us to hire Skyler as your Strava Mule
1:06:49 - We Rate Your Bike For Free™: Alejandro’s CAAD10

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After six months, Tony returns to... defend cars? Plus we announce our partnership with our good friends Attaquer for the Time Attack Challenge Toronto group ride and throw the Vuelta into the canal.

0:08 - What is this?
0:45 - This is a minisode?
1:10 - Tony goes on a rant
7:20 - Tony invites you to goad him into a bikes vs. car debate
11:51 - Attaquer Time Attack Challenge x Cycling Fashion Week Group Ride
22:20 - Join us Saturday September 7th for the legendary BOW Wednesday route
31:20 - The Annual Vuelta Canal

RSVP for the Attaquer x CFW Group Ride on Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/22528/group_events/1763030 

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We took a break, but our hot takes didn't. We're back to talk about the 2024 Olympics cycling kits and, more importantly, the greatest (and the worst) country inspired kits of all time.

0:10 - We are so back
2:40 - Olympic Cycling
3:54 - Is Pas Normal trying to get bought by private equity?
5:08 - The Mike Woods kit that inspired this episode
7:26 - Were we silenced by Big Mountain Bike™?
10:46 - The Best & Worst National Team & Champ Cycling Kits of All Time
12:00 - Best: Vincenzo Nibali’s Italian Champ kit with Astana
15:50 - Best: Nigerian cycling team kit
17:52 - Best: Fabian Cancellara’s Swiss National Champ it with Saxo Bank
20:32 - Best: Any national champ on EF in the last few years
23:36 - Best: Alexander Vinokourov’s Kazakhstan champ kit with T-Mobile
27:07 - Best: Dean Downing’s Great Britain crit champ kit
29:02 - Best: Eddy Merckx’s Belgian champ kit with Moltini
30:31 - Belgium’s Olympic cycling team kit in 2024 (Did Remco make it iconic?)
31:06 - Best: Paolo Bettini’s Italian champ kit with Quickstep
34:20 - Best: Afghanistan’s womens team at the 2024 olympics, Yulduz and Fariba Hashimi
37:17 - Best: Evita Muzic, French Champ, FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 2022
39:32 - Worst: Tyler Hamilton’s US National Champ Kit with Rock Racing 2009
43:11 - Worst: Freddie Rodriguez US National Champ Kit with Sports Beans (Jelly Belly) 2013
45:30 - Worst: JJ (Jose Joaquin) Rojas Spanish national champ kit with Movistar
46:39 - Worst: Nearly every Canadian national team or national champ kits ever
49:30 - Worst: This year’s US Olympic cycling team kit
51:16 - Into The Canal

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We have a very special episode this week, with two new guest hosts joining Warren. Unfortunately, one turns out to be a SRAM apologist and possibly a mole implanted by Trek and Big BOA Dial. Will the takes even be hot?

0:20 - Introducing two new guest hosts, Jake and Nick
3:22 - Our CX team Lantern Rouge (not the podcast!)
4:38 - What is Italian Alex’s FTP?
7:35 - News
7:48 - SRAM brake lever recall
10:58 - What’s up with EF’s POC aero helmets?
16:35 - Assos’ $7,000 Fenoq Skinsuit
20:53 - Do we have to buy new shoes to use with Ekoi’s new pedal system?
27:34 - Into The Canal

• The Aeropod
• Trucknuts
• The EF team photoshoot
• Steve Tilford Foundation CX Team PNS Kit
• Double Boa Shoes

45:07 - We Rate Your Bike For Free™: John’s CAAD9

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The podcast that only talks about kit is back to... talk about some new releases, new World Tour team kits, and what we want to see next year in cycling fashion.

1:22 - We hope you didn’t do the Festive 500
4:39 - Nero Show shoutout
6:06 - What do we want to see more/less of in cycling for 2024?
6:22 - Less photos and more enjoying the ride
7:54 - Strava making everything premium
11:00 - Can brands use less influencers/ambassadors? Or do they need them?
15:10 - How brands vet influencers’ follower counts?
16:34 - The race/event pricing is too damn high
22:16 - Shoutout to the Vegan Cyclist (aka VC Adventures)
23:42 - The weather in 2023 sucked
25:02 - News
25:58 - MAAP x UNIMATIC Quattro UT4-T-M watch
40:38 - UCI bans angled in brake levers
45:12 - The new Decathlon AG2R kit
50:58 - The new Bora Hansgrohe kit
54:31 - The new Visma Lease A Bike kit
1:05:11 - Into The Canal

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This week, we talk about some new extremely expensive bike releases, Black Friday Sales, debate if cycling should become even more elitist, and announce our new Cycling Fashion Masterclass. 

0:42 - Apologies for the audio quality this week… and most weeks
3:45 - Sign up for the CFW+ Masterclass, only $99/day
5:50 - Black Friday Sales, Wiggle failing, Rapha losing all the money
14:34 - Let’s make cycling only for the Ultra Rich
17:20 - News
17:38 - J. LAVERACK ASTON MARTIN .1R Bike
27:16 - Brief rant about Shimano crank aesthetics
28:25 - Lotus Type 136 E-Bike
39:31 - Saddlespur saddle
49:47 - Ribble Ultra SL R Spitfire/Poppy Day paint job
56:37 - Into The Canal

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We returned to Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal as Big Media™ this year, doing live interviews with brands and pros at the event. Plus, we catch up on cycling news that's happened since our last episode.

0:54 - CX is here
3:28 - Skyler racing in the crit before GP Montreal
6:44 - The end of Warren’s carbon adventure
11:07 - Shimano Recall
16:17 - Pas Normal Studios is releasing running gear
21:15 - Rueing the missed opportunity for American capitalism in the pro peloton
24:45 - Live interviews from the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
25:05 - Bruno Langlois / Velo Cartel
30:12 - Argon 18
36:35 - Specialized
44:15 - Max Davis / Rubber N’ Road
49:45 - Retired pro Antoine Duchesne
52:08 - Live in the race car
54:31 - Into The Canal

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We welcome back Ben and Steve from Attaquer to discuss their exciting new collab with Kappa. We talk about radball, the state of the cycling industry, and Italian men that like to water their sidewalks while wearing tracksuits. Plus, the hosts give a completely unbiased review of Warren's new bike. 

1:34 - Tony buys bike parts from Amazon
2:56 - The State of the Vibe this summer
10:00 - The return of Ben and Steve from Attaquer
12:49 - Their experience with the Post-Covid cycling dip
21:00 - Introducing the Attaquer x Kappa Collaboration (And how much influence did Tony have on it?)
22:10 - How the collab came about
24:45 - No tracksuits in the collection?
27:13 - Exploring the direction for this collab since 2017
28:36 - Radball, is it real?
30:34 - Why haven’t we seen more cycling and football/soccer brands collab?
34:56 - Designing for cyclists and soccer fans
37:04 - Could cycling brands take design inspo from soccer jerseys?
44:14 - What does it take to get outsider brands interested in cycling?
46:58 - How challenging was it to meld the distinct brands of Kappa and Attaquer?
51:00 - Rapid Fire
57:54 - Canals with Ben and Steve
1:01:57 - Into The Canal
1:17:02 - We Rate Your Bike For Free™: Warren’s Standert

Listen to our first interview with Attaquer.

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We sit down with Zach Lambert of BlackHeart Bike Co. and Mikey Ojeda from Bleach Design Werks to talk about their new collab with MAAP that recently blew up cycling Instagram. Plus, we finally rate a bike again.

0:25 - Italian Alex and Skyler are not fired
2:20 - The new Team Canada kit being worn at Worlds
7:50 - The Nigerian track kit
9:53 - Introducing Mikey Ojeda of Bleach Design Werks and Zach Lambert of BlackHeart Bike Co.
15:10 - Mikey’s history with skateboarding and motorcycles, and how it influences his design
17:38 - How the collaboration between Bleach, BlackHeart and MAAP happened
22:31 - Breaking the fear of getting into cycling 
25:14 - How the collab shows the real way some people ride
27:36 - Could bike brands start having “pro models” for non-World Tour type rides? How can bikes better express the rider?
33:06 - Is there overlap between motorcycle club culture and cycling club culture?
36:16 - Creating pieces like the tech tee that are less intimidating to wear 
39:52 - Is all the pink in the collab a marketing campaign for the Barbie movie? 
41:49 - Making the collab through community connections
46:02 - What’s next for both BlackHeart and Bleach?
50:40 - Into The Canal
1:02:04 - We Rate Your Bike For Free™

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We're back with an in-depth, enlightening conversation with Standert Bicycles. Max, Maxe, and Bene share their production process, design inspiration, racing heritage, and why they don't have an evil plan to takeover the world with cycling influencer marketing.

2:11 - Throwing Italian Alex and Skyler into the canal
4:42 - Shoutout to Red White Apparel
6:02 - Tony’s Dad Watts
7:53 - How we got to interviewing Standert
9:32 - How Standert got started: a cafe, a bike, and beyond
22:11 - Contrasting the welcoming fixie/skater ethos with the encroachment of elitist influencer culture
25:06 - The organic nature of the welcoming vibes of the Standert group ride
27:30 - Building the bikes they want to ride and marketing their own lifestyle
28:23 - Max shares the design inspiration for an early frame design
30:26 - Why metal bikes?
33:54 - Using the same material that’s in Fillipo Ganna’s hour record bike
34:50 - The brand’s racing pedigree 
42:28 - How their “pretty fun” frame geometry can differ from custom geometry
44:42 - Their production process, building in Italy and Taiwan
51:17 - The misconception that metal bikes have to be bespoke or inexpensive and mass-produced 
54:54 - Working with Dedacciai custom Scandium tubing
58:05 - Convincing people that aluminum and metal can still perform 
59:58 - What’s next for Standert?
1:01:38 - Rapid Fire
1:08:02 - Into The Canal

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