Half Wheelin' Podcast

Scotty and Rosco recently sat down with a cyclist who knows the inner workings of what it takes to cross the line first in a bike race - Tommy Nankervis. 
This episode is Part 1 in their discussion and it covers the time honoured Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic, a race Tommy knows well and one in which he will be taking part in for 2021, riding for the Stitch & Dart team. 
We hope you enjoy Part 1 of the chat and that you're enthralled in the views that Tommy has of the race and the experiences he's had racing to win because we tell you what...he bloody well knows how to do that!

The 2020 cycling extravaganza that had us salivating at every turn has sadly come to a head. Scotty and Rosco reminisce on some of the best moments and nominate their best riders, teams, domestiques, races and they take a look at which rider might be set for a big 2021. Scotty has some questions and queries for some of the more established superstars and even has a crack at attempting to "straighten-up" Thibaut Pinot. There's an intriguing discussion about Movistar vs Carapaz at La Vuelta, a couple of listener questions - one of which asks where the hell does Hugh Carthy get his strength from?! Scotty also drops a bombshell regarding Half Wheelin's Internal Affairs Department...what it is investigating will leave you gasping. 
Sit back, grab a cold cup of cordial, relax and enjoy Episode 9 of Half Wheelin...

Ever seen a race that was so bloody good that you can't stop re-living it? 
That's exactly what happened to Scotty and Rosco when they watched Brugge-De Panne this year. It was a race that had everything and it was choc full of riders that are fair dinkum hard bastards...just the way we like 'em at Half Wheelin! The boys go through the highlights from that race as well as a look at the Giro and what has come to be known as Jacket-Gate, Scotty reminisces about his experience of riding the mythical Stelvio, Rosco does some pretty piss-poor impersonations of Lance Armstrong and Patrick Lefevere and the boys take you into the Sunweb rider development meetings. There's some Vuelta analysis, a regulation 'Darth' Brailsford reference and Scotty takes us through the inner workings of a recent training session. All this and more...so long as you just stop...and put your jacket on!!!

Dear Santa, 
We don't need anything for Christmas, what we have been given this cycling season will keep us happy for an eternity. 
Yours, 
Half Wheelin

Nah, stuff that...keep it coming!
In Episode 7 the boys cover off on the sensational racing that was on display at both Flanders and Gent-Wevelgem where it was Cobbles-a-go-go. The MVDP-white knicks debate is opened up and Rosco brings up the prospect of a Wout Van Aert gel-propelled shit.  Scotty confesses to some Giro guilt and highlights Arnaud Demare and his team's piss-taking racing thus far. Also, they chat about the freak that is Peter Sagan, Kwiatkowski and how we'd like to see him at the business end in the one-day classics. There's some new bike talk, a calculation of the Giro's vertical metres and some very juicy news about a scandal that our private investigators have uncovered at the Italian 3 week Grand Tour. 
How do we fit all that in?
Have a bloody listen and you'll find out...

With the cycling extravaganza in full swing, there is a shit load for Scotty and Rosco to chat about...
They discuss the World Championships and Rosco asks "why work your arse off and then sit up?"
Fleche Wallone and the Mur de Huy gets a good going over, Scotty brings up MVDP's 'Coolangatta Gold' shoulders and wonders out loud...I mean really out loud...if the new TT World Champion is packing some heat of the golden variety?!?!
The boys also bring up love triangles, drama queens and Adam Hansen's career move as well as a little bit of the mental application to cycling in their own riding. All this and more in Half Wheelin...

That's a wrap for the Tour de France of 2020 and Scotty and Rosco review the final 6 stages in all their glory. They pay homage to the stars of this years 'lap around France' and examine who they thought were the riders or teams that could hold their heads high or perhaps those that would be licking their wounds. 
Scotty reveals that Tadej Pogacar may have been given a recording of Episode 4 of Half Wheelin prior to his glorious Stage 20 time trial and Rosco opens a discussion on how the very public bad-days of some riders this tour, were at the same time perversely beautiful to watch!
There's also a preview of this weekends Road World Championships and some high-brow chat about anything they could think of cycling wise... a real Half Wheelin style operation!

As another rest day on the 2020 Tour de France rolls around, Scotty and Rosco re-cap the stages since the last break the riders had and dive into a few topical items to come out of that. I'm not talking your normal topical items either...think Jonathon Vaughters in Speedo's...wait, what?!?! 
You need to listen to Scotty as he takes a learned look at riding by numbers and asks whether it leaves riders falling short of their capabilities, Rosco retreats a little in his criticism of Sunweb and starts to fan-boy the shit out of them, the boys analyse why Richie is up and about, the two Slovenian's get a mention and Roglic's yellow kit gets a drive-by. All this and a fair bit more in Episode 4 of Half Wheelin!

As Rosco puts it, we're balls deep in the Tour de France at the moment so him and Scotty dissect the action so far, as well as putting their Half Wheelin spin on some things that have grabbed their attention. They re-visit the predictions they made before Stage 1, the stage where "the man with 4 kids" Kristoff took the chocolates. There's a close look at the ins and outs of the sprints, how Astana are dodgy bastards, the sheer brilliance of Wout Van Aert, why Thibaut Pinot can't be trusted, Fabio Aru's public capitulation and Scotty asks the question that perhaps we all ahould ask ourselves sometimes - what would Patrick Lefevere say? All that and more in Half Wheelin'...oh shit how could I forget...The Crosswinds, my god The Crosswinds!
*You may notice that Scotty's sound isn't quite 100% in this episode and there's a good reason for that. He was bunkered down in the Deceuninck-Quick Step toilet on the team bus, trying to listen out for what Patrick Lefevere would say to the riders after a stage. He was in the toilet after Tim Declercq, who had just disposed of 8 gels, 4 bars and 6 bidons from his guts after a big day, so that impacted on the audio. We'll have it fixed for next time!

Scotty and Rosco immerse themselves in all things Tour de France for 2020.
They take a look at a few of the squad selections from various teams, give their respective jersey selections in each category and in this year's pandemic delayed roadshow they double down on some of the measures that teams may have to go to in an attempt to stay healthy...which as the episode title suggests, includes some rather left-field ploys. 
Scotty digs into the mystique surrounding the man that he likes to refer to as "The Killer" and what that individual's TDF may look like. 
The boys also indulge us as to what their winter riding regime has consisted of and the driver behind their motivation for doing so. 
Some poor name pronunciation, wise opinions and all-round half-wheelin' antics...what more do you want in from your cycling podcast?!?!
Vive la France!

Is half-wheeling a dominance thing? A lack of cycling etiquette? Perhaps ignorance or even arrogance?! 
Join your hosts Scott Barrow and Ross Hill for this prologue episode as they give their insights and take on the world of cycling in its many forms. The heroes, the villains, the tech, the tactics and the beauty...my god the beauty!
There's a half-wheeler in all of us isn't there...?