Look mum no hands! workshop mechanic Keith Hicks rode this year's The Transcontinental Race, a self-supported bicycle race across Europe. Hosted by ultra-endurance cyclist Laura Scott, Keith has curated a panel of cyclists to discuss their shared experiences of tackling this 4000km ride to the finish line. This is a live recording of the panel held at 49 Old St. EC1V 9HX on Wednesday 19th September.

Read about The Transcontinental Race: https://www.transcontinental.cc/

PHOTO by Sam Khamtonwong: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000902961440

~ Panel ~

Vi Kuczaj https://www.instagram.com/wiesiakuczaj/

Megan Pugh https://www.instagram.com/megkpugh/

Rory Bear Kempers https://www.instagram.com/cycling_bear/

Will Armitage https://www.instagram.com/willarmitage/

Keith Hicks https://www.instagram.com/hicksyfixbikes/

~ Host ~

Laura Scott https://twitter.com/Laura_Scott

~ Support ~

To show your support we kindly ask if you are able, to make a donation to Anna Haslock's JustGiving page here: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/mikehall2018.

She is raising money go to Australia to be present at the inquest into the death of Mike Hall. Anna is the Race Director for the Transcontinental Race having taken over the role when Mike died. You can read more about Mike Hall here: https://www.transcontinental.cc/mikehall/

~ Intro Track ~

Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis: Bike Horn Cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUamHEvVQy0Sounds

~ Work handles ~

Look mum no hands! www.lookmumnohands.com/

London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk/

~ Our personal handles ~

Alex Davis twitter.com/Singyamatokun

Jenni Gwiazdowski twitter.com/money_melon

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Ned Boulting climbed into the hot seat and survived our LIVE Wheel Suckers Podcast experience in front of a cafe audience. This is a lightly edited interview recorded at Look mum no hands! 49 Old St. on Thursday 5th September. Watch the Facebook live video here: https://www.facebook.com/1ookmumnohands/videos/1071857869651974/ Buy tickets to Tour de Ned now: https://www.nedboulting.com/live/ ~ Guest ~ Ned Boulting https://www.nedboulting.com https://twitter.com/nedboulting ~ Topics ~ Jenni’s apology: https://twitter.com/emilychappell/status/1037409459725905921 The race we’re watching at 14:40 is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXZlJGoK78A Jenni reads from Ned’s Book: “How I won the Yellow Jumper” https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-i-won-the-yellow-jumper/ned-boulting/9780224083362 Tour de Ned! https://www.nedboulting.com/live/ Ned quit the metro A moment with Richard Ballantine Yes we played Pass the Parcel! ~ Intro Track ~ Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis: Bike Horn Cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUamHEvVQy0Sounds ~ Work handles ~ Look mum no hands! www.lookmumnohands.com/ London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk/ ~ Our personal handles ~ Alex Davis twitter.com/Singyamatokun Jenni Gwiazdowski twitter.com/money_melon ~ Follow us ~ Twitter twitter.com/WheelSuckersPod Instagram www.instagram.com/wheelsuckerspod/

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Ned Boulting climbed into the hot seat and survived our LIVE Wheel Suckers Podcast experience in front of a cafe audience. This is a lightly edited interview recorded at Look mum no hands! 49 Old St. on Thursday 5th September.

Watch the Facebook live video here: https://www.facebook.com/1ookmumnohands/videos/1071857869651974/

Buy tickets to Tour de Ned now: https://www.nedboulting.com/live/

~ Guest ~

Ned Boulting https://www.nedboulting.com

https://twitter.com/nedboulting

~ Topics ~

Jenni’s apology: https://twitter.com/emilychappell/status/1037409459725905921

The race we’re watching at 14:40 is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXZlJGoK78A

Jenni reads from Ned’s Book: “How I won the Yellow Jumper” https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-i-won-the-yellow-jumper/ned-boulting/9780224083362

Tour de Ned! https://www.nedboulting.com/live/

Ned quit the metro

A moment with Richard Ballantine

Yes we played Pass the Parcel!

~ Intro Track ~

Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis: Bike Horn Cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUamHEvVQy0Sounds

~ Work handles ~

Look mum no hands! www.lookmumnohands.com/

London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk/

~ Our personal handles ~

Alex Davis twitter.com/Singyamatokun

Jenni Gwiazdowski twitter.com/money_melon

~ Follow us ~

Twitter twitter.com/WheelSuckersPod

Instagram www.instagram.com/wheelsuckerspod/ For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Ayesha McGowan aka A Quick Brown Fox is our first returning guest! She’s on phase two of her mission to be the first African American Pro female racer, working on education and advocacy within the cycling industry to support more POC and especially WOC. In this episode we catch up on what Ayesha’s been up to, we play the Representation Game, and learn a killer recipe for coconut recovery ice cream. ~ Sponsors ~ Katusha Sports http://katusha-sports.com Wardour Studios http://wardourstudios.co.uk ~ Guest ~ Ayesha McGowan www.aquickbrownfox.com http://twitter.com/ayesuppose ~ Additional listening ~ Listen to our LIVE PANEL recording "An evening with Ayesha McGowan and Jools Walker" https://soundcloud.com/wheelsuckerspodcast/live-panel-an-evening-with-ayesha-mcgowan-and-jools-walker Last year’s interview with Ayesha https://soundcloud.com/wheelsuckerspodcast/a-quick-brown-fox ~ Additional reading ~ It’s awkward to talk about race. Let’s do it anyway http://www.nxtbook.com/mercury/bikeleague/BFA_Summer2018/index.php#/10 Diversity is cycling’s most urgent problem - here’s how to fix it https://www.bicycling.com/culture/a19702179/diversity-is-cyclings-most-urgent-problem/ Implicit bias at work ‘Resume whitening’ doubles callbacks for minority job candidates study finds https://www.forbes.com/sites/hbsworkingknowledge/2017/05/17/minorities-who-whiten-resumes-get-more-job-interviews/ Privilege explained Please people stop using bikes to whites plain privilege https://grist.org/cities/please-people-stop-using-bikes-to-whitesplain-privilege/ Tokenism in Nonprofits 8 ways people of colour are tokenised in nonprofits https://medium.com/the-nonprofit-revolution/8-ways-people-of-color-are-tokenized-in-nonprofits-32138d0860c1 Cultural competency training the brown bike girl http://www.pedalista.org/the-brown-bike-girl.html ~ Topics ~ Colorado Classic https://www.coloradoclassic.com/ The Crash ! https://www.instagram.com/p/BkaJB3XBnO2/?hl=en&taken-by=ayesuppose Emily Chappell - Chappetite https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chappetite?src=hash Recipe Coconut Protein Ice Cream https://thebigmansworld.com/2017/08/05/healthy-no-churn-workout-protein-ice-cream-paleo-vegan-gluten-free/ POWER BRAID Are you willing / keen to help us start a WOC cycling group? It’s awkward to talk about race. Let’s do it anyway http://www.nxtbook.com/mercury/bikeleague/BFA_Summer2018/index.php#/10 Diversity is cyclings biggest problem here’s how to fix it https://www.bicycling.com/culture/a19702179/diversity-is-cyclings-most-urgent-problem/ The Representation Game. Visit the websites or social media of most bike brands, and play this game: a. How many clicks or images until you spot a POC? b. What’s the ratio of POC to white folks? c. Repeat a and b with WOC. Japanese Women sliding in https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-self-portraits-kimiko-nishimoto-89-year-old/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic Matt the Mountain Biker https://www.instagram.com/beautyandthetour/ https://beautyandthetour.bigcartel.com/ Learn wheel building with LBK https://lbk.org.uk/collections/classes Sopo - Atlanta http://sopobikes.org/ Outside Magazine https://www.outsideonline.com/ Stay Focussed App https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stayfocusd/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji?hl=en James Huang’s Article "JRA with the Angry Asian: Fun isn’t a four-letter word" https://cyclingtips.com/2018/02/jra-angry-asian-fun-isnt-four-letter-word/ ~ Track ~ Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis: Bike Horn Cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUamHEvVQy0Sounds ~ Work handles ~ Look mum no hands! www.lookmumnohands.com/ London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk/ ~ Our personal handles ~ Alex Davis twitter.com/Singyamatokun Jenni Gwiazdowski twitter.com/money_melon ~ Follow us ~ Twitter twitter.com/WheelSuckersPod Instagram www.instagram.com/wheelsuckerspod/

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Ayesha McGowan aka A Quick Brown Fox is our first returning guest! She’s on phase two of her mission to be the first African American Pro female racer, working on education and advocacy within the cycling industry to support more POC and especially WOC. In this episode we catch up on what Ayesha’s been up to, we play the Representation Game, and learn a killer recipe for coconut recovery ice cream.

~ Sponsors ~

Katusha Sports http://katusha-sports.com

Wardour Studios http://wardourstudios.co.uk

~ Guest ~

Ayesha McGowan www.aquickbrownfox.com

http://twitter.com/ayesuppose

~ Additional listening ~

Listen to our LIVE PANEL recording "An evening with Ayesha McGowan and Jools Walker" https://soundcloud.com/wheelsuckerspodcast/live-panel-an-evening-with-ayesha-mcgowan-and-jools-walker

Last year’s interview with Ayesha https://soundcloud.com/wheelsuckerspodcast/a-quick-brown-fox

~ Additional reading ~

It’s awkward to talk about race. Let’s do it anyway http://www.nxtbook.com/mercury/bikeleague/BFA_Summer2018/index.php#/10

Diversity is cycling’s most urgent problem - here’s how to fix it https://www.bicycling.com/culture/a19702179/diversity-is-cyclings-most-urgent-problem/

Implicit bias at work ‘Resume whitening’ doubles callbacks for minority job candidates study finds https://www.forbes.com/sites/hbsworkingknowledge/2017/05/17/minorities-who-whiten-resumes-get-more-job-interviews/

Privilege explained Please people stop using bikes to whites plain privilege https://grist.org/cities/please-people-stop-using-bikes-to-whitesplain-privilege/

Tokenism in Nonprofits 8 ways people of colour are tokenised in nonprofits https://medium.com/the-nonprofit-revolution/8-ways-people-of-color-are-tokenized-in-nonprofits-32138d0860c1

Cultural competency training the brown bike girl http://www.pedalista.org/the-brown-bike-girl.html

~ Topics ~

Colorado Classic https://www.coloradoclassic.com/

The Crash ! https://www.instagram.com/p/BkaJB3XBnO2/?hl=en&taken-by=ayesuppose

Emily Chappell - Chappetite https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chappetite?src=hash

Recipe Coconut Protein Ice Cream https://thebigmansworld.com/2017/08/05/healthy-no-churn-workout-protein-ice-cream-paleo-vegan-gluten-free/

POWER BRAID

Are you willing / keen to help us start a WOC cycling group?

It’s awkward to talk about race. Let’s do it anyway http://www.nxtbook.com/mercury/bikeleague/BFA_Summer2018/index.php#/10

Diversity is cyclings biggest problem here’s how to fix it https://www.bicycling.com/culture/a19702179/diversity-is-cyclings-most-urgent-problem/

The Representation Game. Visit the websites or social media of most bike brands, and play this game:

a. How many clicks or images until you spot a POC?

b. What’s the ratio of POC to white folks?

c. Repeat a and b with WOC.

Japanese Women sliding in https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-self-portraits-kimiko-nishimoto-89-year-old/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

Matt the Mountain Biker https://www.instagram.com/beautyandthetour/

https://beautyandthetour.bigcartel.com/

Learn wheel building with LBK https://lbk.org.uk/collections/classes

Sopo - Atlanta http://sopobikes.org/

Outside Magazine https://www.outsideonline.com/

Stay Focussed App https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stayfocusd/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji?hl=en

James Huang’s Article "JRA with the Angry Asian: Fun isn’t a four-letter word" https://cyclingtips.com/2018/02/jra-angry-asian-fun-isnt-four-letter-word/

~ Track ~

Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis: Bike Horn Cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUamHEvVQy0Sounds

~ Work handles ~

Look mum no hands! www.lookmumnohands.com/

London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk/

~ Our personal handles ~

Alex Davis twitter.com/Singyamatokun

Jenni Gwiazdowski twitter.com/money_melon

~ Follow us ~

Twitter twitter.com/WheelSuckersPod

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Racers from this year’s Trans Am Bike Race shared their stories and answered your questions on ultra endurance cycling at Look mum no hands! LIVE on Tuesday 31st July. The Trans Am Bike Race is based on one guiding principle: Cycle the Trans America trail end-to-end, as fast as possible in a solo, self-supported fashion. https://transambikerace.com/ *Please note I fudged up the recording at one point and there is a moment of silence while they are talking!* - Editor Alex ~ Host ~ Ultra endurance cyclist Laura Scott https://twitter.com/Laura_Scott ~ Panel ~ Darren Franks A veteran of numerous ultradistance races, Darren has always strived to make a hash of things in bold and innovative ways, in a bid to have the most interesting experiences possible. The Trans Am was intended to be boring and fast. It started well but some habits die harder than others. Twitter: @darrenfranks IG: @darren_franks www.theadventurecapitalist.wordpress.com George Driscoll George Driscoll is one half of David Beats Goliath, and indie folk band from Birmingham. George and Daniel Tovey went out and bought bikes after watching Inspired to Ride, particularly Mike Hall’s formidable yet humble attitude resonated with the pair. They found themselves at the TABR2018 start line, with the Be More Mike single they had recorded raising money in memory of Mike Hall in full swing, probably not enough miles in their legs, and definitely more than a little naivety. A few mantras and a LOT of granola got them to Astoria 35 days later. Twitter: @beatsgoliath IG: @beatsgoliath Stephen Haines A bike rider who is happy to spend time on his own, watching landscapes pass by under the wheels and listening to accents and language change. Veteran of Transatlantic Way 2016, TCRNo5 and TABR 2018. Instagram: @haines3308 Steven Pawley Disillusioned with the daily grind, Steven started his ultra endurance cycling career in 2014 by riding in an unsupported two-man team from Nordkapp, Norway to Cape Town, South Africa in 102 days - a world record attempt. Since then, he successfully completed the TCR #4 in 2016 and a 2,000 mile bike-packing tour of Australia. Despite knowing better, he then decided that North America, and specifically the TransAm Bike Race, was next. ~ Track ~ Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis: Bike Horn Cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUamHEvVQy0Sounds ~ Follow us ~ Twitter twitter.com/WheelSuckersPod Instagram www.instagram.com/wheelsuckerspod/

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Racers from this year’s Trans Am Bike Race shared their stories and answered your questions on ultra endurance cycling at Look mum no hands! LIVE on Tuesday 31st July.

The Trans Am Bike Race is based on one guiding principle: Cycle the Trans America trail end-to-end, as fast as possible in a solo, self-supported fashion.

https://transambikerace.com/

*Please note I fudged up the recording at one point and there is a moment of silence while they are talking!* - Editor Alex

~ Host ~

Ultra endurance cyclist Laura Scott https://twitter.com/Laura_Scott

~ Panel ~

Darren Franks

A veteran of numerous ultradistance races, Darren has always strived to make a hash of things in bold and innovative ways, in a bid to have the most interesting experiences possible. The Trans Am was intended to be boring and fast. It started well but some habits die harder than others.

Twitter: @darrenfranks

IG: @darren_franks

www.theadventurecapitalist.wordpress.com

George Driscoll

George Driscoll is one half of David Beats Goliath, and indie folk band from Birmingham. George and Daniel Tovey went out and bought bikes after watching Inspired to Ride, particularly Mike Hall’s formidable yet humble attitude resonated with the pair. They found themselves at the TABR2018 start line, with the Be More Mike single they had recorded raising money in memory of Mike Hall in full swing, probably not enough miles in their legs, and definitely more than a little naivety. A few mantras and a LOT of granola got them to Astoria 35 days later.

Twitter: @beatsgoliath

IG: @beatsgoliath

Stephen Haines

A bike rider who is happy to spend time on his own, watching landscapes pass by under the wheels and listening to accents and language change. Veteran of Transatlantic Way 2016, TCRNo5 and TABR 2018.

Instagram: @haines3308

Steven Pawley

Disillusioned with the daily grind, Steven started his ultra endurance cycling career in 2014 by riding in an unsupported two-man team from Nordkapp, Norway to Cape Town, South Africa in 102 days - a world record attempt. Since then, he successfully completed the TCR #4 in 2016 and a 2,000 mile bike-packing tour of Australia. Despite knowing better, he then decided that North America, and specifically the TransAm Bike Race, was next.

~ Track ~

Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis: Bike Horn Cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUamHEvVQy0Sounds

~ Follow us ~

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Ninon ran the Bicycle Workshop from 1980 - 2017, she’s an expert on hub gears and a legend in the mechanics realm. Soak up her maintenance advice and ghost stories with us. Forged in the studios of Wardour brought to you by Katusha Sports. ~ Guest ~ Ninon Asuni Goodbye Bicycle Workshop: https://www.bikebiz.com/business/goodbye-bicycle-workshop ~ Sponsors ~ Katusha Sports katusha-sports.com Wardour Studios wardourstudios.co.uk ~ Topics ~ Madison https://www.madison.co.uk/ Brixton Cycles www.brixtoncycles.co.uk/ Learn how to wheel build with LBK https://lbk.org.uk/collections/classes/products/wheel-building-part-1 Stayer Cycles https://www.stayercycles.com/ Hub gears https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hub_gear Ride Bike More! RIBMO https://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/category/components/tyres/road/product/panaracer-ribmo-road-tyre-47768/ The Spoke Library info coming soon Learn about spokes with LBK! https://lbk.org.uk/collections/classes/products/1-hour-class-wheel-truing ~ Track ~ Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis: Bike Horn Cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUamHEvVQy0Sounds ~ Work handles ~ Look mum no hands! www.lookmumnohands.com/ London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk/ ~ Our personal handles ~ Alex Davis twitter.com/Singyamatokun Jenni Gwiazdowski twitter.com/money_melon ~ Follow us ~ Twitter twitter.com/WheelSuckersPod Instagram www.instagram.com/wheelsuckerspod/

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Ninon ran the Bicycle Workshop from 1980 - 2017, she’s an expert on hub gears and a legend in the mechanics realm. Soak up her maintenance advice and ghost stories with us. Forged in the studios of Wardour brought to you by Katusha Sports.

~ Guest ~

Ninon Asuni

Goodbye Bicycle Workshop: https://www.bikebiz.com/business/goodbye-bicycle-workshop

~ Sponsors ~

Katusha Sports katusha-sports.com

Wardour Studios wardourstudios.co.uk

~ Topics ~

Madison https://www.madison.co.uk/

Brixton Cycles www.brixtoncycles.co.uk/

Learn how to wheel build with LBK https://lbk.org.uk/collections/classes/products/wheel-building-part-1

Stayer Cycles https://www.stayercycles.com/

Hub gears https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hub_gear

Ride Bike More! RIBMO https://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/category/components/tyres/road/product/panaracer-ribmo-road-tyre-47768/

The Spoke Library info coming soon

Learn about spokes with LBK! https://lbk.org.uk/collections/classes/products/1-hour-class-wheel-truing

~ Track ~

Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis: Bike Horn Cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUamHEvVQy0Sounds

~ Work handles ~

Look mum no hands! www.lookmumnohands.com/

London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk/

~ Our personal handles ~

Alex Davis twitter.com/Singyamatokun

Jenni Gwiazdowski twitter.com/money_melon

~ Follow us ~

Twitter twitter.com/WheelSuckersPod

Instagram www.instagram.com/wheelsuckerspod/ For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Listen to a LIVE recording of Ayesha McGowan aka A Quick Brown Fox in conversation with Jools Walker AKA Velo City Girl. Ayesha is on mission to become the first ever African-American pro female road racer. Jools is a London cyclist, blogger, presenter, and soon-to-be published author. Recorded at Look mum no hands! 49 Old St. EC1V 9HX on Monday 23rd July. ~ Speakers ~ Ayesha McGowan http://www.aquickbrownfox.com/ Jools Walker http://velocitygirl.co.uk/ You can also WATCH the facebook live video of the night here: https://www.facebook.com/1ookmumnohands/videos/2609401702419398/ ~ Follow us ~ Twitter twitter.com/WheelSuckersPod Instagram www.instagram.com/wheelsuckerspod/ ~ Photo ~ By the Peloton Brief https://www.instagram.com/p/BllTantBjyF/?taken-by=pelotonbrief

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