the bike show

A special edition from the German capital city and well-known haven for cyclists. Riding with Berlin blogger Maisie Hitchcock, we discuss the changing face of Berlin, the legacy of the Cold War and the achingly hip Berlin music scene, all the while finding out what a great place this is to ride a bike.
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It’s cold outside, so stay at home and turn your bicycle into a musical instrument! Featuring performances by Stephen Schweitzer’s
Bikelophone (pictured left), electro-acoustic composer David Berezan and the Tea and Toast Band.
And we set a new challenge for London’s musical cyclists in 2007, the year that the Tour de France comes to our [...]

 

 Experimental music and the bicycle: Play Now | Play in Popup

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This week’s studio guest is none other than David Thurston, my very own dad. A London cyclist since the 1970s when he lost his driving license, he explored China in the early 1980s on a Bickerton folder and is now discovering that with Parkinson’s Disease, cycling is more fun than walking.
Also featuring an interview with [...]

 

 On a Bickerton in China, the Sideways Bike and cycling with disabilities: Play Now | Play in Popup

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Just a quick post to say that contrary to rumours, the Bike Show is not going fortnightly. The observant among you will have noticed that recent service has been interrupted, and this due to:
1. A near-catastrophic flood at the Resonance fm studio which pulled
everthing off the air for a few days (hence no new [...]

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It makes perfect sense to travel to Ediburgh with a bicycle overnight on the sleeper train. Once there, I find out what it’s like on two wheels in Scotland’s capital city - watch those cobblestones! Also chatting with Ed Gillespie, who’s about to embark on a round-the-world odyssey of slow travel / low carbon travel: [...]

 

 Edinburgh by train, low carbon travel: Play Now | Play in Popup

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