Velo Club Don Logan

By Velo Club Don Logan

Sports & Recreation Amateur

What's Velo Club Don Logan about?

A loose discussion of all things cycling & fitness related. Pro cycling and mountain biking news and analysis.

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Velo Club Don Logan episodes:

10.16.2014
Episode 74 - This Pod Should Be Played Loud
Gary & Graham bid a tearful farewell to Sausage Roll Studios with extra helpings of rambling nonsense. Thanks, listeners - it's been great fun.
09.04.2014
Episode 73 - Diplomatic Immunity
We are half way through the Vuelta, so what better time to express ill-founded opinions on Frome's performance & Dan Martin's riding style. We look at the final round of the MTB World Cup and indulge in idle speculation surrounding...
08.21.2014
Episode 72 - Just blow into this bag, sir.
In this episode we break the mould by bringing you our Vuelta preview before the race has even started. Gary brings you the MTB news since Graham was too lazy to even bother watching it. We discuss JTL's epic bender...
08.07.2014
Episode 71 - J Geils Band
In this episode we wrap up the last few stages of the Tour. We chat about the latest round of the MTB World Cup and round up the biking action from the Commonwealth Games. Danny's PR faux pas (what's French...
07.24.2014
Episode 70 - Nudge, nudge, wink, wink - say no more!
We're well into the 3rd week of the Tour - what better time to bring you our preview of Week 3 and to tie up the standings on the second rest day, which was 3 days ago. Yup, business as...
07.03.2014
Episode 69 - Tour Preview (or TUE Preview)
Yup, it's Tour time and in a break with tradition we bring you our Tour preview show - before the race has even started! Beer is drunk, nonsense is spouted, rash predictions are made. We also tackle yet another "gate"....
06.25.2014
Episode 68 - TUE, Brute?
Ahead of the Tour, what did we learn from the Dauphine & the Tour de Suisse? What does the departure of Belkin as a sponsor tell us about the marketing benefits of sponsoring a cycling team? What could the UCI...
06.19.2014
Episode 67 - Media Mountain Stage
It's film night & book night here at VCDL Towers as we review Marco Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist and Steve Peat: Won't Back Down. We go old skool with a couple of good, old-fashioned, paper-based books, the...
06.11.2014
Episode 66 - Manager's Special
We decide to add our voices to all the static surrounding the great Wiggins/Froome debate. We look at what we learned from the last week of the Giro and as is now the norm, we preview the Dauphine after it...
05.28.2014
Episode 65 - Werewolves of London
A Giro-centric episode looking at the first 2 weeks of the race and looking forward to a mental final week. We discuss the Stage 16 controversy & ask whether this was a race or a freak-show (or whether the riders...
05.14.2014
Episode 64 - It was fine when it left here.
In this episode, given that the race has already started, it seems like a perfect time for our Giro preview. Rash predictions about riders & stages abound. We also reflect on Ireland's relationship with the race in its opening stages. There is...
04.29.2014
Episode 63 - PDCST
Really? So soon? Yes - barely 2 weeks after unleashing our last ramblings, we bring you more nonsense in the shape of an Ardennes round-up, the latest from the MTB World Cup in Cairns, and a review of Faster by...
04.16.2014
Episode 62 - Tramadol Nights
Having forgotten to record any new episodes due to watching the cobbled classics, we finally get around to catching up with all the action so far. We apologise to the entire population of Norway & we bring you a round-up...
03.13.2014
VCDL Extra - Balint Hamvas & Rowan Mackie
In this edition of VCDL Extra, Graham chats with renowned cyclocross photographer Balint Hamvas and reviews the recently completed season. Meanwhile, Gary hooks up with Rowan Mackie of the Scottish Bike Show to hear about his exciting plans for this...
03.05.2014
Episode 61 - Classics Nouveaux
So much racing to catch up on that Graham mixes up his Stijn Vandenberghs with his Sep Vanmarckes whilst recalling previous Classics. A quick roundup of Oman, Andalucia & Algarge before we dive headlong into Openings Weekend & some Boonen-love....
02.10.2014
Episode 60 - Teething Troubles
In this episode we look back at the Tour Down Under & the recently completed Dubai Tour. Is it still too early to predict how the season will pan out? We look back at the life & legacy of Marco...
01.20.2014
Episode 59 - A Pod Lesser Known
We start 2014 with a look at the Tour Down Under & the first full-on sightings of this year's team kit. Despite being utterly unqualified to do so, we comment on their style (or lack of it.) We look ahead...
12.05.2013
Episode 58 – It’ll Probably Go Rubbish for a Bit
Our latest 5-Star iTunes review suggested of the pod that since it's the off-season, "It'll probably go rubbish for a bit." Just to prove the reviewer right, we bring you a pod full of off-season rubbish. A cloak of mediocrity...
11.11.2013
Episode 57 - Nescafe Handshake
Fight! Fight! Fight! Gary & Graham have a square go over the Hesjedal / Garmin debacle. We calm down enough to discuss Rod Ellingworth's Project Rainbow in the VCDL Book Club & we give our thoughts on the 2014 Tour...
10.16.2013
Episode 56 - Keep Your Receipt
In this episode we are all over the place like a Grand Tour winner avoiding the dope testers. We start out by looking at the World Championships - what do they really mean, and were we right to liken Team...
09.23.2013
Episode 55 - You Hear Me Knocking
Lifted from our post-Tour funk by a wonderful Vuelta, and brilliant Tour of Britain & the prospect of a great World Championships, we find enough aimless & ill-informed waffle to fill a whole 100 (yes 100, count them) minutes. We...
09.04.2013
Episode 54 - Back in Time
Venga, venga, venga! It's Vuelta time and we spend part one discussing the race so far & just why we're not huge fans of the 86 year old chris Horner. Part two see us round up the mountain bike World...
08.15.2013
Episode 53 - We Didn't Inhale
In this episode, we discover that Contador doesn't still ride for Astana! We bring you our views on the doping "revelations" from the French Senate report & preview the forthcoming Vuelta. In mountain biking news we cover the season so far...
07.24.2013
Episode 52 - A Tale of Two Sundays
After sitting on our backsides watching the Tour for 3 weeks we felt it was time to sit on our backsides and talk about the Tour. So in the middle of an alpine-like thunderstorm in Sausage Roll City we bring...
06.25.2013
Episode 51 - That Difficult 51st Album
In this episode we are live from the British National Road Race Championships in Glasgow. We also bring you our factually-suspect Tour de France preview and we bring the mountain bike season bang up to date.
06.03.2013
Episode 50 - Still Crazy After All These Pods
We made it to 50 & in this episode we round up the Giro & discuss the "hard questions" which, it seems, have to be asked after every Grand Tour win these days. We add nothing of value to the...
05.13.2013
Episode 49 - Arthur Fowler
In this episode we look at the opening week of the Giro & ponder who are the real men and who are the big girl's blouses (not wanting to disrespect women, of course!) We are growing slightly weary of the...
04.15.2013
Episode 48 - Everybody Knows this is Nowhere
In this episode we demonstrate some unabashed man-love for Fabian Cancellara & his successes on the cobbles. We sound a note of caution about writing off Sky's attempts at the Classics & Gary demonstrates some motherly concern for Andy Schleck....
03.25.2013
Episode 47 - Steely Dan
In this episode we are jam-packed with races. Between one day Classics & stage races, there is an incredible amount to talk about. We also hook up with Scottish Bike Show organiser, Rowan Mackie, who tells us about the show's...
03.04.2013
Episode 46 - Nephew of my Uncle
Enthusiasm levels are definitely rising in Sausage Roll Studios as Classics season starts in earnest. We discuss what was left of "Openings Weekend" after a Europe-wide snowfall put paid to Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, leaving us with Het Nieuwsblad alone. We look at...
02.28.2013
VCDL Extra - Balint Hamvas
It's a 'cross special with photographer Balint Hamvas who gives us his insight into the recently ended season, the World Championships & his work following the sport. Ceck out his brilliant work at http://cyclephotos.co.uk/ where you can pre-order his 2012/2013 book.
02.14.2013
Episode 45 - Ain't No Love
In a show broadly devoid of any talk of pharmaceutical malfeasance, we discuss the departure of Rocky Roads (who?) as the title sponsor of the MTB World Cup, Gary's frustration with Paul Kimmage and yes, some actual bike racing!
01.20.2013
Episode 44 - Chat Show Queens
In this episode we avoid the subject of Lance completely.....well, after the first 50 minutes or so. We express a degree of lethargy towards the Tour Down Under & visit the VCDL Book Club.
12.11.2012
Episode 43 - Surreal Peloton
In this episode, we temporarily crawl out of our off-season funk and Night-Nurse induced drug haze to bring you all manner of nonsense currently swirling around in our brains. In the purest example of self-generating content, we talk about what happened...
11.12.2012
Episode 42 - Witchcraft
In this episode we have a roundup of the season & nominate our rider, team & race of the year. We have some more discussion about Sky's zero-tolerance policy & finally, we have in interview with Mike Jardine of rare...
11.05.2012
VCDL Extra - Brian Smith Part 2
Part 2 of our interview with Brian Smith where he tells us about his own career, from his early days at ACBB to his time with Motorola in 1994.
10.30.2012
VCDL Extra - Brian Smith Part 1
In this episode of VCDL Extra we bring you Part 1 of our interview with Brian Smith of Endura Racing, recently merged with Net App. Brian tells us about his work with Cervelo Test Team and subsequently Endura Racing, and...
10.22.2012
Episode 41 - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
In this episode, we bring you a farce based on evidence from serial perjurers and those who were coerced through threats & sweetheart deals. Yup, with only one story in town, we just couldn't ignore it. We also discuss how...
10.10.2012
VCDL Extra - Tracy Moseley
In the first of our Extras, Gary speaks to mountain biking superstar Tracy Moseley about her somewhat varied 2012 season.
10.01.2012
Episode 40 - Jazz Odyssey
To celebrate 2 years of the VCDL Pod, we have tweaked our format a bit. Fear not though, it's still the same cosy, fireside fan-chat between Gary & Graham as this week they discuss the UCI Road World Championships, Tyler...
09.10.2012
Episode 39 - Drug is the Love
In this episode we wrap up the Vuleta and we preview both the World Championships & the Tour of Britain. We do our best not to avoid the unavoidable subject of Lance Armstrong's recent USADA sanction and the release of...
08.20.2012
Episode 38 - Kinky
There is SO much cycling going on at the moment - where to start? Well, we start by wrapping up the Olympic track results & move on to the Vuelta. Can Sky support Froome? Is he truly a pure climber?...
07.30.2012
Episode 37 - Above Us Only Sky
Breathless & slightly inebriated after 4 weeks of wall to wall cycling action, we bring you our Tour de France final thoughts. We also chat about the Men's & Women's Olympic Road Races and as many irrelevant side issues and...
07.10.2012
Episode 36 - Letter Bombs
It's the first rest day of the 2012 Tour de France. Find out how wrong our pre-race predictions were and see if we can make any more wrongerer ones!
06.24.2012
Episode 35 - Incrediboy
It's our 2012 Tour de France preview, jam-packed with ill-informed opinion, reckless predictions & downright anti-Spanish racism. You would expect no less from us!
06.18.2012
Episode 34 - The Monkey Shot
In this episode, we round up the Dauphine & the Tour de Suisse. We have a great interview with the official photographer of Team Sky, Scott Mitchell. We also bring you all the mountain biking news from our great weekend at...
06.03.2012
Episode 33 - Ryde yer Pony!
In this episode we round up the Giro with talk of Thomas de Ghent's stunning breakaway victory on the Stelvio & Hesjedal's win in the overall. We ask whether Garmin have come of age as serious Grand Tour contenders. We also...
05.15.2012
Episode 32 - Back from Cali
In this episode we discuss the continuing transformation of Wiggo in relation to his performance in Romandie. We also get ourselves up to date with the Giro and admit that, despite what other think, we really don't hate the Tour...
04.21.2012
Episode 31 - Major Tom
In this episode, we discuss (what else) Tom Boonen’s rampant victory in Paris-Roubaix against a field of nobodies (if you believe certain cycling fans and/or Roger de Vlaeminck). We discuss the Ardennes Classics & chuck out some rash (but not really...
04.02.2012
Episode 30 - A Bit Poggio
In this episode we are out and about. We attended an exhibition of work by the excellent cycling artist Richard Mitchelson, held in Ronde, a bike shop with a difference, in Edinburgh. We also had a chat to Rowan Mackie of...

What's Velo Club Don Logan about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Velo Club Don Logan episodes:

Episode 74 - This Pod Should Be Played Loud

Episode 73 - Diplomatic Immunity

Episode 72 - Just blow into this bag, sir.

Episode 71 - J Geils Band

Episode 70 - Nudge, nudge, wink, wink - say no more!

Episode 69 - Tour Preview (or TUE Preview)

Episode 68 - TUE, Brute?

Episode 67 - Media Mountain Stage

Episode 66 - Manager's Special

Episode 65 - Werewolves of London

Episode 64 - It was fine when it left here.

Episode 63 - PDCST

Episode 62 - Tramadol Nights

VCDL Extra - Balint Hamvas & Rowan Mackie

Episode 61 - Classics Nouveaux

Episode 60 - Teething Troubles

Episode 59 - A Pod Lesser Known

Episode 58 – It’ll Probably Go Rubbish for a Bit

Episode 57 - Nescafe Handshake

Episode 56 - Keep Your Receipt

Episode 55 - You Hear Me Knocking

Episode 54 - Back in Time

Episode 53 - We Didn't Inhale

Episode 52 - A Tale of Two Sundays

Episode 51 - That Difficult 51st Album

Episode 50 - Still Crazy After All These Pods

Episode 49 - Arthur Fowler

Episode 48 - Everybody Knows this is Nowhere

Episode 47 - Steely Dan

Episode 46 - Nephew of my Uncle

VCDL Extra - Balint Hamvas

Episode 45 - Ain't No Love

Episode 44 - Chat Show Queens

Episode 43 - Surreal Peloton

Episode 42 - Witchcraft

VCDL Extra - Brian Smith Part 2

VCDL Extra - Brian Smith Part 1

Episode 41 - Sweetheart of the Rodeo

VCDL Extra - Tracy Moseley

Episode 40 - Jazz Odyssey

Episode 39 - Drug is the Love

Episode 38 - Kinky

Episode 37 - Above Us Only Sky

Episode 36 - Letter Bombs

Episode 35 - Incrediboy

Episode 34 - The Monkey Shot

Episode 33 - Ryde yer Pony!

Episode 32 - Back from Cali

Episode 31 - Major Tom

Episode 30 - A Bit Poggio