The Bike Show

Like many hundreds of London cyclists I went along to critical mass last Friday night. I’d heard about the possible crackdown by the Metropolitan Police under the Government’s new public order legislation and I wanted to express my right to ride. I’ve been riding in Critical Mass rides in London, Oxford and San Francisco for [...]

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After interminable waiting and technical fiddling, the Bike Show is now listed in the iTunes podcast directory.
The iTunes ID number is 85585749.
And the direct link is here.
A big thank you goes to Joshua Jeremiah who rode in on a big white horse and saved the day when all was darkness and despondency.

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The Bike Show is featured in City Cycling, a new online cycling magazine edited by Anthony Robson. Issue 4 also has an article on how to build your own recumbent for less than €500 plus some photos of ridiculously dangerous-looking mountain bike aerial action.

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Bonjour, mes tres bons rouleurs,
I am in the process of migrating the BIke Show podcast files to a new home in Sunny San Francisco, courtesy of the nice people at Radio 4 All. This may take some time, so please be patient.
In the meantime, point your podcasting software at the following feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheBikeShow
Eventually all the [...]

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Unexpectedly high demand for the Podcast syndication of the Bike Show has caused me to massively overshoot the bandwidth limits on my web server.
As a result I have had to suspend the Podcast syndication facility. However, I will be looking for a way around this. In the meantime, I will continue to provide the Bike [...]

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There was an special, extended 90 minute Bike Show broadcast on Resonance FM on Monday 13th June from 12 noon to 1.30pm.
The show features footage from Sunday’s Bike Fest in Trafalgar Square, preview of other Bike Week events and a look back at the past 6 months of the Bike Show.
Guest in the studio is [...]

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If you want to access the Bike Show via podcasting, simply copy the following link into your podcast application:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheBikeShow
To find out more about podcasting, click here.
Some popular podcasts applications:
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Walking out of the bikeshop with that brand new machine… Gears all silver and shiny. Flawless paintwork sparkling in the sun….
Every bike was once a new bike. Think of this as you consider the fate of the SAD BIKES, as documented in photos on flickr

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A few listeners have emailed me asking for playlists for shows.
In future I will put up a post after each show, with the playlist.
For past shows, here is a complete list:
6 December 2004
A Bicyclette – Bourvil
Back in Black – AC/DC (Back in Black LP)
Rockin’ Bicycle – Fats Domino
13 December 2004
Bike – Pink Floyd
Wasn’t Born To [...]

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Some interesting figures on who’s listening to the Bike Show on the web via www.unstablesound.net/bike.html
More than 2500 hits so far:
Country | Hits
Unresolved/Unknown | 1010
US | 795
United Kingdom | 576
Network | 262
France | 95
Italy | 59
Belgium | 19
Lithuania | 7
Seychelles | 4
Netherlands | 2
Norway | 2
Poland | 1

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Here is where you’ll find information on shows, guests, playlists, news, links and an audio archive of past shows.
Jack

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