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Entries from June 2007

25 June 2007: Flandrien

June 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Preview of a new exhibition of stunning photographs by internationally acclaimed photojournalist Stefan Vanfleteren that capture the essence of Flemish cycle racing. Interviews with Vanfleteren and with British former world champion Tony Doyle and three times Paris-Roubaix winner Johan Museeuw aka ‘The Lion of Flanders’. Live music from the sensational Orchestre International du Vetex. If [...]

 
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Tags: Art and design · Podcast · Sport

18 June 2007: Style on two wheels

June 19th, 2007 · 3 Comments

T’ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it. Andrea Casalotti of Velorution and Jean-Marie Orhan (Frenchman-about-town and founding member of the Tweed Cycling Club) offer sartorial advice to urban cyclists. Tribute is paid to the stylish riders of the golden era of professional bicycle racing, including a pilgrimage up Le Mont Ventoux [...]

 
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Tags: Podcast · Sport · Style · Tour de France · Touring

The Bike Show featured in Momentum Magazine

June 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Alongside articles on bikes at Burning Man, Cherokee spoke cards and a penny farthing race, the summer edition of the excellent Momentum Magazine features an interview with Jack Thurston, presenter of the Bike Show. Momentum (the magazine for self-propelled people) comes out of Vancouver in Canada but is read around the world. It is free [...]

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11 June 2007: ‘Slow Bicycling’ in Italy; on two wheels in Provence

June 11th, 2007 · 6 Comments

The Bike Show this week has a distinctly Mediterranean and gastronomic feel. Kieron Yates reports from northern Italy, the world capital of the Slow Food movement, on a ’slow bicycle’ ride along the length of the River Po (for more on ABICI bikes, look here) Meanwhile, Jack Thurston is joined by William Greswell in the [...]

 
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Tags: Food · France · Italy · Podcast · Tour de France · Touring

Tweed Cycling Club featured in The Chap magazine

June 5th, 2007 · 9 Comments

Bike Show presenter Jack Thurston is a founding member of the Tweed Cycling Club. Several members of the Club feature in a photo story in the summer edition of The Chap magazine, out on June 8th.

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4 June 2007: To Paris for La Fête du Vélo // Unicycling in South Dakota

June 4th, 2007 · No Comments

The Bike Show visits Paris’s 11th Fête du Vélo. Among the subjects discussed are Paris’s growing love affair with the Brompton folding bicycle, how Cannondale are marketing the latest urban bikes in France, a new puncture proof Dutch tyre and Les Dérailleurs, France’s gay and lesbian friendly cycle touring club. We also discuss unicycling with [...]

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Tags: Podcast · Politics · Sport · Touring · United States