The Creative Cyclist Podcast

Welcome to season 2, episode 17 of The Creative Cyclist Podcast brought to you by Le Coffee Ride ! 

In this new episode we sit together with Spencer Canon, the founder of the Californian bicycle brand Ritte, also known in the past as Ritte Van Vlaanderen.
 
We talk about the foundation of the Ritte Brand, what made it different, why it has caught the attention in the market, the process of sourcing the first carbon frame and much more.

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In this new episode we sit together with Heinrich Haussler, Australian Pro Rider for the Bahrain Victorious World Tour team. 

Heino as he is called is a 36 year old true professional and one of the biggest talents on the bike, making a name for himself finishing second in Milan Sanremo behind Mark Cavendish and 2nd during the 2009 tour of Flanders. Later that year he wins the 13th stage of the Tour de France arriving solo in Colmar. 
Australian National champion in 2015 he is currently preparing his 2021 campain riding Cyclo Cross in Belgium.

In this episode we touch base on his move to cyclo cross, the physical benefits of it, his years at the Cervélo team in 2009 and 2010, the Bahrain country sponsoring a pro team,  the use of drugs in the peloton, his plans for the future and much more !
 
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Image credits @cauldphoto
 

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In this new episode we sit together with Stefano also known as @calamarocc host of the BroomWagon cycling podcast.

Stefano is an Italian passionate rider who currently lives in Zurich Zwitserland and has started in 2017 making over 150 episodes in three years talking with many riders about all sorts of projects around bicycles.

In this episode we talk about the BroomWagon podcast, some of his favorite episodes, why he started, gravel riding in general and much more,
 
 This podcast is part of Le Coffee Ride, a cycling apparel brand with a Belgian based cycling hotel & café dedicated to service and inspire riders out there.
Check out the latest fall & winter collection available online on www.lecoffeeride.cc or visit our headquarters in the Ardennes when you are around !
 
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In this new episode we sit together with Andrew Meo, co-founder of Rocket Espresso

Andrew founded the company together with is Italian partner Daniele back in 2007 after traveling from New Zeeland to Italy.
 Passionate cyclist himself and obsessed with perfection they created a unique coffee machine brand with a very strong connection with cycling and the pro peloton. 
 
 In this episode we talk about how he got into the coffee scene, 
 what made him move from New Zealand to Italy,
 How and when the brand Rocket Espresso came to life
 what made that strong connection with cycling
 How it grew from a 2 person project to a company with over 60 employees
 And much more 

This podcast is part of Le Coffee Ride, a cycling apparel brand with a Belgian based cycling hotel & café dedicated to service and inspire riders out there.
 Check out the latest fall & winter collection available online on www.lecoffeeride.cc or visit our headquarters in the Ardennes when you are around !
 
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In this new episode we sit together with Sanne Hitipeuw, 
a Dutch adventure seequer who has experienced in the last couple of years amazing trips challenging herself into the extreme. 
Doing so she has documented her stories on social media which got picked up by several brands and media outlets. 
 
In this episode we talk about her background, 
how she combines her traveling with her job as a layer based in Amsterdam, 
how her connection came to life with A brands such as Specialized and Rapha, 
we talk about the Komoot route application and much more.
 

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In this new episode we sit together with former American Pro rider George Hincapie, George is a world class rider who made a name for himself by being one of the main figures each year during the spring classics as well as being alongside  Lance Armstrong as one of his main team mates during their seven Tour victories. 
 
 In this episode we talk about George his background, his apparel company, his hotel domestique located in south Carolina, his friendship with Lance Armstong, the trek bikes from the US Postal squad, The Move Podcast and much more, 
 
 If you want to support us, this podcast is part of Le Coffee Ride, where besides running a hotel and cafe in the Belgian Ardennes, we develop our cycling apparel brand Le Coffee Ride Apparel that you can buy online or by visiting us.
 
 If you haven’t yet make sure to check out G Hincapie on social, his domestique boutique hotel located in South Carolina and check out The Move Podcast he is hosting together with Lance, 
 
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In this new episode we sit together with brand founder Max and head of marketing Benedict of the very cool bicycle brand Standert based in Berlin.

We talk about,
How the brand came to life,
why choosing for alloy and steel,
Their marketing and distribution strategy,
Who their customers are and why they chose for Standert
Max his worklife balance and much more !

If you want to support us, this podcast is part of Le Coffee Ride
where beside having a hotel & café in the Belgian Ardennes we develop our own cycling apparel that you can buy on our website www.lecoffeeride.cc/shop or by visiting us.

@standertbicycles

https://standert.de/

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For our 10th episode we get to chat with Australian Pro Rider Mitch Docker,
a confirmed pro cyclist and partly known for his retro looks on and off the bike and his Cycling Podcast ' Life in the Peloton ' where he talks with pro riders about their day to day lives in the sport.

In this episode we get to know Mitch and talk about his life moving to Europe, 
 his indoor racing on Zwift, 
 the Education First team and their Alternative Racing Calendar,
 the talking luft episodes and how you should where your cycling casquette, 
 the Life in the peloton podcast 
 and what lies ahead for him after his career.

Make sure to hit up Mitch on social @mitchbowen and check out his podcast ' Life in the Peloton '

If you want to support us, this podcast is part of www.lecoffeeride.cc
where beside having a hotel & café we develop our own cycling apparel brand that you can buy on our website or by visiting us once we are allowed to open our doors again.

Thanks for being around and enjoy this next chat.

Foto credits : Jered Gruber

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Delving into the day to day life of creatives, we are very excited to share their experience and road path with you and hope it will bring you any value or just some nice listening time.

In episode # 9 we get to meet a well-known Character from Social Media Mr. Sean Sakinofsky better known as Sean Sako.

I got in contact with Sean last year while working for Look Bikes for which he is one of their main ambassadors. 

In this episode we talk about how riding is like in South Africa, we share our thoughts on gravel riding, the benefits of social media for the cycling world, how Sean grew his following to what it is today, how the shift in attention moved from tv and magazines to social media, the marketing spending of brands, If you can make a living around your Instagram account and much more,

Thanks for being around I hope you will enjoy this next chat.

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We get to meet Sofiane Sehili.
One if not the best ultra-endurance bike rider of the moment, 
he can be called a world traveler, he won the Inca Devide what is called the hardest bike race in the world held in Peru, 
he also won the Atlas Mountain race this spring in Morocco.

We talk about who Sofiane is,
his back ground and lifestyle living in Paris, 
what ultra endurance bike racing scene is like, 
his victory at the Atlas Mountain race, 
the participation of Christian Meier of The Service Course,
how he managed to ride non-stop and stay awake for 3 days in a row, 
the involvement of world tour team Education First with their alternatif racing program and more. 

If you want to support the podcast you can do this by any purchase on www.lecoffeeride.cc/shop

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Foto credits @saltlake_lian

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