Monthly Archives: April 2006

24 April 2006 – Martin Newell and Spoke N Word in Essex

Posted on April 24, 2006 by Jack Thurston| 3 Comments

In the last of the current season of the Bike Show, Kieron Yates rides around Essex with poet, musician and horticultural assassin Martin Newell, as part of the Spoke N Word project.

Martin Newell and Spoke N Word in Essex [ 30:02 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Posted in England, Literature, Podcast

17 April 2006: Cycling in New York City (part two)

Posted on April 18, 2006 by Jack Thurston| 5 Comments

As he crosses the Hudson River into Brooklyn, things take a turn for the weird on Jack Thurston’s bicycle adventure in New York City. A visit to the drummers’ circle in Prospect Park, a one man bicycle soul machine and sociological analysis of ‘hipsters’ in Williamsburg.

Ogg Vorbis

Cycling in New York City (part two) [ 29:49 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Posted in Bicycle messengers, Fixed wheel, Podcast, Rolling interview, Style, United States

10 April 2006: Cycling in New York City (part one)

Posted on April 10, 2006 by Jack Thurston| 2 Comments

In the first of two shows devoted to cycling in the NYC, Jack Thurston takes to the streets of Manhattan on a sunny spring Sunday and meets cyclists and assorted Gotham oddballs.

Listen to Part Two.

Cycling in New York City (part one) [ 28:34 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Posted in Podcast, Rolling interview, United States

3 April 2006: Standing up for Cycling; Tall Bikes

Posted on April 4, 2006 by Jack Thurston| 3 Comments

Barry Mason of Southwark Cyclists is on hand this week to demolish all those annoying arguments used against cyclists by angry petrol-heads. Plus we witness the beginning of a 4,600 mile ride around Britain on tall bikes.