http://thebikeshow.net Podcast, programme notes and audio archives from Resonance FM's bicycle radio show. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:54:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 2006-2010 bikeshow@resonancefm.com (Jack Thurston) bikeshow@resonancefm.com (Jack Thurston) bicycle, podcast, resonance, london, bike 1440 bicycle, cycling, bike, london, resonance, tour de france, podcast, radio, Resonance 104.4fm\'s bicycle radio show, in a podcast format. SInce 2004, The Bike Show has covered cycling, creativity and society from Kraftwerk to Critical Mass, from Le Tour de France to cycle touring in France, from bicycle poetry to bicycle maint... Resonance 104.4fm\'s bicycle radio show, in a podcast format. SInce 2004, The Bike Show has covered cycling, creativity and society from Kraftwerk to Critical Mass, from Le Tour de France to cycle touring in France, from bicycle poetry to bicycle maintenance. Jack Thurston Jack Thurston bikeshow@resonancefm.com No no http://thebikeshow.net/images/bikeshowlogo-144.jpg http://thebikeshow.net 144 144 http://thebikeshow.net/velocios-7-commandments-for-the-wise-cyclist/ http://thebikeshow.net/velocios-7-commandments-for-the-wise-cyclist/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:26:29 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/?p=1231 http://thebikeshow.net/velocios-7-commandments-for-the-wise-cyclist/feed/ 1 http://thebikeshow.net/talking-le-tour-with-paul-fournel/ http://thebikeshow.net/talking-le-tour-with-paul-fournel/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:26:39 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/?p=1222 http://thebikeshow.net/talking-le-tour-with-paul-fournel/feed/ 5 62:35 An extended, hour long edition of the show featuring French writer, poet, cyclist and cultural ambassador Paul Fournel (pictured). We stroll from the French House ... An extended, hour long edition of the show featuring French writer, poet, cyclist and cultural ambassador Paul Fournel (pictured). We stroll from the French House in Soho to the Rapha Cycle Club in Clerkenwell, to visit an exhibition of a hundred years of racing bicycles. The exhibition runs for two more weeks and is well worth a visit. Paul Fournel's book Besoin de Veacute;lo is one of the loveliest pieces of writing about cycling and is available in English translation as Need for the Bike. If you buy it after clicking through on the link, Resonance FM gets a few pennies. Rob Ainsley of the Real Cycling blog reports on the launch of London's two new cycle superhighways. Advocacy,,France,,Gear,,History,,Literature,,London,,People,,Podcast,,Sport,,Tour,de,France Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/reading-and-riding-christmas-books-special/ http://thebikeshow.net/reading-and-riding-christmas-books-special/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:30:31 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/reading-and-riding-christmas-books-special/ http://thebikeshow.net/reading-and-riding-christmas-books-special/feed/ 16 32:46 Tim Dawson, cycling columnist for the Sunday Times, runs the Cycling Books website, the most compendious review website for cycling books. He joins me in ... Tim Dawson, cycling columnist for the Sunday Times, runs the Cycling Books website, the most compendious review website for cycling books. He joins me in the studio to discuss the literature of cycling, from Tour de France to cycle touring. Paul Fournel reads another extract from Need for the Bike. Below is a list of the books discussed in the show. If you'd like to buy them, follow the links to Amazon and Resonance FM will get a share of anything you buy, even if it's stuff not on the list. What a nice way to help your favourite bicycling art radio station! The Classics The Rider by Tim Krabbeacute; The Escape Artist by Matt Seaton Need for the Bike by Paul Fournel Tour de France Bad to the Bone by James Waddington Sweat of the Gods by Benjo Masso Wide-eyed and Legless: Inside the Tour De France by Jeff Connor Le Tour: A History of the Tour De France by Geoffrey Wheatcroft My Comeback: Up Close and Personal by Lance Armstrong and Elizabeth Kreutz Cycle touring travel Thunder and Sunshine by Alistair Humphreys The Hungry Cyclist by Tom Kevilll-Davies French Revolutions by Tim Moore Full Tilt ndash; Ireland To India With a Bicycle by Dervla Murphy Transylvania and Beyond by Dervla Murphy Blue River, Black Sea by Andrew Eames A Bike Ride by Anne Mustoe Advocacy, philosophy Richard's Bicycle Book by Richard Ballantine Those we didn't get time to talk about Tomorrow We Ride by Jean Bobet The Passion of Fausto Coppi by William Fotheringham The Noiseless Tenor by James Starrs Golden Age of Handbuilt Bikes and Competition Bikes by Jan Heine Rouleur Annual 2009 Fixed: Global Fixed-Gear Bike Culture by Andrew Edwards and Max Leonard Amazon.co.uk Widgets To win copies of the current issues of Rouleur and The Ride Journal, send answers to the competition questions to bikeshow-at-resonancefm-dot-com. Thanks to these fine publications for donating the prizes! And if that's left you wanting more chat about cycling books, the 2007 Christmas books show is still online to listen again as is the show featuring Andrew and Philip Diprose of The Ride Journal. Matt Seaton wrote an excellent round-up over at The Guardian. France,,History,,Literature,,Podcast,,Sport,,Tour,de,France,,Touring Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/from-sublime-to-ridiculous/ http://thebikeshow.net/from-sublime-to-ridiculous/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:20:07 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/?p=709 http://thebikeshow.net/from-sublime-to-ridiculous/feed/ 1 30:23 Copenhagen is widely regarded as the world's most cycle-friendly city. I ask Copenhagen's Mayor Klaus Bondam what advice he gives to other city leaders in ... Copenhagen is widely regarded as the world's most cycle-friendly city. I ask Copenhagen's Mayor Klaus Bondam what advice he gives to other city leaders in how to emulate the Danish capital. Multitalented musician, songwriter and cartoonist Peter Blegvad reads Alfred Jarry's proto-absurdist short story "The Crucifixion Considered as an Uphill Bicycle Race". Jarry (pictured, above) was fond of cycling around Paris with a giant bell mounted on his bicycle and firing a pistol into the air to clear the road. While this is highly tempting, it may turn out to be counterproductive on today's city streets. Why not try, instead, a website where you can record bike lane violations: MyBikeLane.com. Plus reflections on a big day in Le Tour De France. Play on links below. Advocacy,,France,,History,,Literature,,People,,Podcast,,Politics,,Sport,,Tour,de,France Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/podcast-only-spring-classics-special-edition/ http://thebikeshow.net/podcast-only-spring-classics-special-edition/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:35:04 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/?p=568 http://thebikeshow.net/podcast-only-spring-classics-special-edition/feed/ 5 41:49 The Bike Show may be off air, but come with us on a trip to Belgium, home of the Flemish hard men and De Ronde ... The Bike Show may be off air, but come with us on a trip to Belgium, home of the Flemish hard men and De Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders). Along the way I get a surprise tour of the legendary showers at the Roubaix velodrome (pictured left). Don't forget to take The Bike Show's Listener Survey. Photo credit: Garmin Slipstream Play on links below. Other file formats (e.g. Ogg Vorbis) over here. France,,History,,Podcast,,Politics,,Rides,,Sport Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/riding-and-writing/ http://thebikeshow.net/riding-and-writing/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:53:11 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/?p=480 http://thebikeshow.net/riding-and-writing/feed/ 4 30:43 The Ride Journal was launched last year to widespread acclaim. Issue two is at the printers. Philip and Andrew Diprose, editor and art director, explain ... The Ride Journal was launched last year to widespread acclaim. Issue two is at the printers. Philip and Andrew Diprose, editor and art director, explain how they came to start a journal of personal stories about how bikes have changed peoplersquo;s lives. Among the articles in Issue 2 of The Ride Journal is Rediscovered by Rona Sutherland and is read by Ruby Wright. Ruby presents a fortnightly music podcast on Radio Nowhere called Ruby's Chicky Boil-Ups. It's great!. And if you want to read the article on the Highway Cycling Group from Issue 1, it's here. We also spotlight the new issue of Rouleur, the quarterly magazine from the Rapha stable, including an extract from Jean Bobet's Tomorrow We Ride, translated by Adam Berry and read by Jean-Marie Orhan. To win a copy of issue 12 of Rouleur, send the correct answer to the question by email to bikeshow@resonancefm.com. Play on links below. Other file formats (e.g. Ogg Vorbis) coming soon. Art,and,design,,France,,Literature,,Podcast,,Sport Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/summer-antics-cycle-camping-in-france/ http://thebikeshow.net/summer-antics-cycle-camping-in-france/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:23:06 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/?p=222 http://thebikeshow.net/summer-antics-cycle-camping-in-france/feed/ 3 12:33 On this week's show I promised some documentary evidence of my cycle tour in France last month. Well here it is. All filmed on a ... On this week's show I promised some documentary evidence of my cycle tour in France last month. Well here it is. All filmed on a cheap and cheerful Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX07 compact digital camera with a video mode, so please excuse some less than perfect audio quality. Part one: Part two: My route took me from Biarritz on the Atlantic coast to Brioude in the massif central via most of the big Pyrenean cols, through Cathar country to the Mediterranean coast, Narbonne Montpellier and then up across the Ceacute;vennes to Le Puy-en-Velay and the Auvergne. Train back from Brioude to Clermont Ferrand, Paris and London. Some stills: Bikely route map coming soon. Day 1: Bayonne Airport - St. Jean de Luz - Ascain - Sare - Cherchebruit - Col de Pinodieta - Esplette - Itxassou - Pas de Roland (outstanding swimming spot). Camped in a field. 45km Day 2: Pas de Roland - Bidarray - St Jean Pied de Port - Larceveau - Arros - Col d'Osquitch - Tardets - Montory - Arette. Hotel run by former tandem world champion. 92km Day 3: Arrete - Issor - N134 - Escot - Col de Marie Blanque - Bielle - Laruns - Eaux-Bonnes - Col d'Aubisque - Col du Soulor - Argeles-Gazost - Soulor. Campsite. 102km Day 4: Soulor - Lourdes - Soulor - Luz St Sauveur. Campsite. 50km Day 5: Luz St Sauveur - Col du Tourmalet - Col d'Aspin - Arreau. Campsite. 63km Day 6: Arreau - Col de Peyresourde - Bagnere de Luchon (excellent thermal spa). Campsite. 38km Day 7: Bagnere de Luchon - Col du Portillon - Bossost - St Beat - Col des Ares - Col de Portet d'Aspet - St Lary - Castillon-en-Couserans. 98km. Day 8: Castillon-en-Couresans - St. Girons - Massat (fabulous lunch at L'Hotel le Globe) - Col de Port - Tarascon - Appy. Camped in field, with donkeys. 102km Day 9: Appy - Lordat - appalling track 5km through a wood - Col de Marmares - Belclaire - Quillan - Couiza - Rennes-le-Chateau - Rennes-les-Bains. Hotel de France. 94km Day 10: Rennes-les-Bains - Col de Linas - Cucugnan - Tuchan - Vingrau - Opoul - Perillos - Fitou - La Franqui - La Palme - Port-la-Nouvelle - Narbone. Camped in a vineyard by the canal. 155km Day 11: Narbonne - La Barque - Coursan - D162 - Nissan-lez-Enserune - Lespignan - Vendres - Serignan - Canal du Midi - Vias - D192 - Agde - Sete - Frontignan Plage - Vic-la-Gardiole - Villeneuve-les-Magelone - Maurin - Latts - Montpellier. 143km Day 12: Montpellier Day 13: Montpellier - Castelnau-le-Lez - D21 - D109 - D26 - Treviers - D1 - D1e9 - Valfaunes - Pompignan - St Hippolyte - Lasalle. Lovely campsite by a waterfall. 74km Day 14: Lasalle - St Jean du Gard - Pompidou - Florac. Campsite. 73km Day 15: Florac - Le Pont de Montvert - Col de Finiels - Le Bleymard - L'Estampe - Chasserades - La Bastide - Langogne - Pradelles. Campsite. 102km Day 16: Pradelles - La Monastier-sur-Gazeille - Le Puy-en-Velay - Vorey - Retournac - Craponne-sur-Arzon - Cheyrac - St Victor-sur-Arlanc - Piers - Bonneval - La Chaise Dieu. Camped in a field with wild boar. 156km Day 17: La Chaise Dieu - Chassignoles. L'Auberge de Chassignoles. ~30km. Day 18: Chassignoles - Brioude. ~30km. Train from Brioude to Paris, Eurostar to London. Film,,France,,Sport,,Touring Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/28-july-2008-looking-back-at-le-tour/ http://thebikeshow.net/28-july-2008-looking-back-at-le-tour/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:32:33 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/?p=205 http://thebikeshow.net/28-july-2008-looking-back-at-le-tour/feed/ 3 29:20 Looking back at this year's Tour De France, with Guy Andrews, editor of Rouleur magazine and author and broadcaster Graeme Fife. As well as discussing ... Looking back at this year's Tour De France, with Guy Andrews, editor of Rouleur magazine and author and broadcaster Graeme Fife. As well as discussing the racing, we go into what it means for a small towns when it plays host to a stage of Le Tour de France. You can listen to an hour-long Tour De France themed edition of Ruby's Chicky Boil Ups on Radio Nowhere, featuring Jack Thurston and a pile of cycling tunes over here. Play on links below. Other file formats (Ogg Vorbis etc) over here. France,,Podcast,,Sport,,Tour,de,France Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/14-july-2008-vive-le-tour-london-street-design/ http://thebikeshow.net/14-july-2008-vive-le-tour-london-street-design/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:09:22 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/?p=201 http://thebikeshow.net/14-july-2008-vive-le-tour-london-street-design/feed/ 3 29:57 Celebrating Bastille Day and the first week of Le Tour De France plus a discussion of civilised streets with Louise Duggan, streets advisor at the ... Celebrating Bastille Day and the first week of Le Tour De France plus a discussion of civilised streets with Louise Duggan, streets advisor at the UK's Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE). Just six days until this year's Dunwich Dynamo.... Play on links below. Other file formats (e.g. Ogg Vorbis) over here. Advocacy,,Architecture,,Environment,,Events,,France,,London,,Podcast,,Rides,,Rolling,interview,,Tour,de,France Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/25-february-2008-will-velib-work-in-london/ http://thebikeshow.net/25-february-2008-will-velib-work-in-london/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:01:02 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/2008/02/27/25-february-2008-will-velib-work-in-london/ http://thebikeshow.net/25-february-2008-will-velib-work-in-london/feed/ 7 http://thebikeshow.net/11-february-2007-love/ http://thebikeshow.net/11-february-2007-love/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:10:19 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/2008/02/11/11-february-2007-love/ http://thebikeshow.net/11-february-2007-love/feed/ 2 29:06 In a special Valentine's Day edition, sultry Southwark Cyclist Miss Alex Crawford explains why cycling is so good for flirting while love goddess Venus Kamura ... In a special Valentine's Day edition, sultry Southwark Cyclist Miss Alex Crawford explains why cycling is so good for flirting while love goddess Venus Kamura tells of the fifth annual Reclaim Love 'happening' on Saturday 16 February at the Eros Statue on Piccadilly Circus. Over the past few days, all across the bicycling world, there has been an outpouring of love for the inspirational Sheldon Brown who sadly died last weekend. We play a song by Oysterband, Sheldon's all time favourite band. Plus a heads up for Wheels and Heels, a lovely bicycle fashion show on the evening of the 14th, at Columbia Road from 6pm and a chance to party 'til the break of dawn with the swashbuckling Trixie Chix, on Friday 15th February way up there in Dalston, northeast London. No excuse not to get loved up one way or another this week. Whew! MP3 #124; Other file formats (Ogg Vorbis etc) Bicycle,music,,Events,,France,,London,,People,,Podcast,,Style Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/11-june-2007-slow-bicycling-in-italy-on-two-wheels-in-provence/ http://thebikeshow.net/11-june-2007-slow-bicycling-in-italy-on-two-wheels-in-provence/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:37:58 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/2007/06/11/11-june-2007-slow-bicycling-in-italy-on-two-wheels-in-provence/ http://thebikeshow.net/11-june-2007-slow-bicycling-in-italy-on-two-wheels-in-provence/feed/ 6 http://thebikeshow.net/5-february-2007-cyclosportives-bicycle-podcasting-and-budapest/ http://thebikeshow.net/5-february-2007-cyclosportives-bicycle-podcasting-and-budapest/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:06:56 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/2007/02/08/5-february-2007-cyclosportives-bicycle-podcasting-and-budapest/ http://thebikeshow.net/5-february-2007-cyclosportives-bicycle-podcasting-and-budapest/feed/ 2 00:01:01 In this week's show we hear from Patrick Field about how to survive the grueling Paris-Brest-Paris: by riding a recumbent. Also a look at the ... In this week's show we hear from Patrick Field about how to survive the grueling Paris-Brest-Paris: by riding a recumbent. Also a look at the blossoming world of bicycle radio and podcasting and a look ahead to the best in cyclosportives in 2007. Links: Bikescape podcast from San Francisco. Rapha's 'Culture Clash' Roller Race at Shoreditch Town Hall - 10 February 2007 Dartmoor Classic Cyclosportive - 13 May 2007 Tour de France Mega-Sportive - 1 July 2007 L'Eroica Cyclosportive - 7 October 2007 (pictured above) MP3 DownloadOgg Vorbis Download France,,Podcast,,Sport,,Touring Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/29-january-2007-going-the-distance-and-the-physics-of-the-bicycle/ http://thebikeshow.net/29-january-2007-going-the-distance-and-the-physics-of-the-bicycle/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:17:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=89 http://thebikeshow.net/29-january-2007-going-the-distance-and-the-physics-of-the-bicycle/feed/ 0 00:01:01 First run in 1891 as a race designed to demonstrate the practicality of the bicycle, Paris Brest Paris has since become a four yearly event ... First run in 1891 as a race designed to demonstrate the practicality of the bicycle, Paris Brest Paris has since become a four yearly event that attracts long distance cyclists from around the world. This year is a Paris Brest Paris year and Kieron Yates - this week standing in for Jack Thurston - talks to Richard Phipps of Audax UK acirc;euro;ldquo; the British long distance cycling association acirc;euro;ldquo; about preparing for the ride and what to expect should he make it to Paris. Also on today's show Kieron tries to discover just how it is that we stay upright on our bikes as we pootle off down the road. Physicist, Dr Helen Czerski, provides the answers, describes the 'Einstein flip', and confirms the efficiency of the bicycle. Helen is a member of the NOISE network of scientists. MP3 Download Ogg Vorbis Download France,,Podcast,,Science,,Touring Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/17-july-2006-le-tour-down-le-pub/ http://thebikeshow.net/17-july-2006-le-tour-down-le-pub/#comments Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:49:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=59 http://thebikeshow.net/17-july-2006-le-tour-down-le-pub/feed/ 0 00:01:01 This week's show is a Tour De France special recorded at the Charles Lamb pub in north London. The Charles Lamb is one of the ... This week's show is a Tour De France special recorded at the Charles Lamb pub in north London. The Charles Lamb is one of the few places in London that is showing Le Tour this year. I am joined by Therese Bjorn, a former European Bicycle Messenger Champion and Matt Seaton, cycling correspondent at The Guardian newspaper. We watch the big Pyrenean stage of this year's Tour, which features the legendary Col Du Tourmalet. Insightful commentary is interspersed with food, drinks and cheery French chanson on the 45s. MP3 Download Ogg Vorbis Download Bicycle,messengers,,Food,,France,,London,,Podcast,,Sport,,Tour,de,France Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/13-february-2006-tour-de-france-in-london-in-2007/ http://thebikeshow.net/13-february-2006-tour-de-france-in-london-in-2007/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:28:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=83 http://thebikeshow.net/13-february-2006-tour-de-france-in-london-in-2007/feed/ 1 00:01:01 The Bike Show returns after a winter break to the news that the Grand Depart of the 2007 Tour De France will be in London!! Featuring ... The Bike Show returns after a winter break to the news that the Grand Depart of the 2007 Tour De France will be in London!! Featuring the formal presentation by ASO's Jean-Marie Leblanc and a press conference by London Mayor Ken Livingstone. Also in the show is Kieron Yates's impressionistic and thoughtful account of a winter brevet ride over the hills of the Chilterns in southern England. MP3 England,,France,,London,,Podcast,,Sport,,Tour,de,France,,Touring Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/archive-21-march-2005-show-pour-un-maillot-jaune/ http://thebikeshow.net/archive-21-march-2005-show-pour-un-maillot-jaune/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2005 18:22:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=29 http://thebikeshow.net/archive-21-march-2005-show-pour-un-maillot-jaune/feed/ 1 http://thebikeshow.net/archive-18-july-2005-le-tour-de-france/ http://thebikeshow.net/archive-18-july-2005-le-tour-de-france/#comments Sat, 13 Aug 2005 20:27:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=8 http://thebikeshow.net/archive-18-july-2005-le-tour-de-france/feed/ 0 http://thebikeshow.net/archive-18-april-2005-paris-roubaix-classic/ http://thebikeshow.net/archive-18-april-2005-paris-roubaix-classic/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2005 11:47:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=12 http://thebikeshow.net/archive-18-april-2005-paris-roubaix-classic/feed/ 0 http://thebikeshow.net/25-july-show-johnny-green/ http://thebikeshow.net/25-july-show-johnny-green/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:30:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=19 http://thebikeshow.net/25-july-show-johnny-green/feed/ 0