Guest: Joe Lindsey This episode was going to be an audio with commentary for my Substack.  But, as often happens when I speak with Joe Lindsey from the Escape Collective, the conversation becomes so interesting that I just couldn’t see NOT sharing it on all my platforms. Another reason I wanted to share this with …

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Guests: Kevin Duggan; Sarah Davis We read or hear about corruption from a lot of places and when I came across a story from Kevin Duggan from Streetsblog NYC about a prominent family in Brooklyn NY that bribed officials to kill a protected bike lane, I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to find out …

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Guests: Scott Tong; Tony Jordan Scott Tong is one of my favorite NPR hosts. Most days, along with Robin Young and several other Here and Now folks, I listen to Scott on WKSU, our local NPR affiliate. Over the past year or so, I’ve heard Scott talk about riding his bike, crashing his bike, and …

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Guests: Steve Frothingham; Jeremy Siegel This episode of the podcast offers up a short discussion with Bicycle Retailer’s Editor-in-Chief, Steve Frothingham, about U.S. Customs and the seizing of containers from Taiwan manufacturer Giant. Earlier this week, in a surprise move, US Customs officials seized containers from Giant, the world’s largest bike mfg, over unspecified forced …

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Guest: Shannon Binns Shannon Binns didn’t make a plan to come to Charlotte, NC and stay; yet here he is more than 15 years after starting his not-for-profit organization “Sustain Charlotte.” Shannon started out in engineering, did some overseas volunteering, and finally decided that environmental science and public policy were where his interests really lay, …

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Guests: Eloise Mavian; Scott Reigle It’s kind of a special episode for TOC because on September 4th, I will celebrate 15 years of TOC podcasting. From my very first guest, frame builder Ben Serotta, until today, when my guests are far afield from frame building, I’ve had the privilege and honor or speaking with so …

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Guests: Brad Roe & Tim Schamber; Kevin Schoenmakers I’m a huge believer in print – magazines, newspapers, books.  I prefer to turn pages and read from them, so when a client of ours mentioned this new magazine FAUSTO, I jumped right on it. The editor graciously sent me Issues #1 & #2 and I was …

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Guests: Ed Blazina; John Surico This episode of the podcast covers good news for cyclists in PA and a look at what’s happening in NYC – from the mayoral election to Central Park. Ed Blazina has been a transportation writer in Pittsburgh for over 20 years and is or was employed by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  …

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Guests: Mark Van Tongeren; Professor Jim Martin Today, my guests are Mark Van Tongeren from Michigan Adventure Racing and Professor Jim Martin from the Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and Neuromuscular Function Lab at the University of Utah. I’m not sure how I didn’t know about Michigan Adventure Racing.  The organization seems so together, and Mark …

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Guest: Toby Stanton My guest is not new to the show, and he is certainly not new to U.S. cycling or to the custom bike business. In fact, Toby Stanton – Mr. Hot Tubes, Mr. Junior Development Team Guy, and probably one of the few people in the U.S. who has watched U.S. bike racing …

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