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/montreal-new-york-city-part-two/ http://thebikeshow.net/montreal-new-york-city-part-two/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:44:57 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/?p=934 http://thebikeshow.net/montreal-new-york-city-part-two/feed/ 8 29:19 The cycle camping tour continues into the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, through Vermont and into Massachusetts. Struggles with thunderstorms and flying insects and ... The cycle camping tour continues into the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, through Vermont and into Massachusetts. Struggles with thunderstorms and flying insects and a visit to the Crane paper mill where US dollar bills are made. Picture above shows the view back down the road from the summit of Whiteface Mountain. Play on links below. There is an online map of the route here. Podcast,,Rides,,Touring,,United,States Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/montreal-new-york-city-by-bicycle-one/ http://thebikeshow.net/montreal-new-york-city-by-bicycle-one/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:34:53 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/montreal-new-york-city-part-one/ http://thebikeshow.net/montreal-new-york-city-by-bicycle-one/feed/ 3 29:06 The first of two features on a north American cycle tour undertaken over the summer. Starting in cycle-friendly Montreal and Quebec's routes vertes and camping ... The first of two features on a north American cycle tour undertaken over the summer. Starting in cycle-friendly Montreal and Quebec's routes vertes and camping on the shores of Lake Champlain, this episode ends with a mildly disturbing encounter with an over-talkative former NYPD officer and child abuse investigator. Plus more from Paul Fournel's Need for the Bike. This week he turns his attention to the question of the cyclist's tan. If you buy the book online from Amazon using the link (left) Resonance gets some of the money. If you'd rather buy it from a shop, then choose the excellent Calder Bookshop in Waterloo. Music from Sharon Jones and the Daptones, Willie Nelson and R. Crumb and his Cheap Suit Serenaders. Play on links below. Podcast,,Rides,,Touring,,United,States Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/9-february-2009-british-cycling-bikesnobnyc/ http://thebikeshow.net/9-february-2009-british-cycling-bikesnobnyc/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:54:10 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/?p=401 http://thebikeshow.net/9-february-2009-british-cycling-bikesnobnyc/feed/ 9 29:14 This week's show features Dave Brailsford, Performance Director of British Cycling, explaining how his team achieved a record medal haul at the Beijing Olympics. We ... This week's show features Dave Brailsford, Performance Director of British Cycling, explaining how his team achieved a record medal haul at the Beijing Olympics. We also discover that Shanaze Reade (pictured left, racing in the team sprint with Victoria Pendleton) has never heard of fixed gear freestyling despite being a world champion cyclist in both BMX and track racing. Someone who is all too familiar with the fixed wheel phenomenon is BikeSnob NYC, who regularly wins gold medals for "systematically and mercilessly disassembling, flushing, greasing, and re-packing the cycling culture". Over a few ales, the BikeSnob offers his reflections on 2008 and his hopes and fears for the coming year. We talk penny farthings, the Opinionated Cyclist and how to survive the New York winter on two wheels. Photo credit: knackeredhack Play on links below (MP3). Other file formats (e.g. Ogg Vorbis) over here. Bicycle,music,,Fixed,wheel,,People,,Podcast,,Politics,,Sport,,United,States Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/22-september-2008-grant-peterson-on-overnight-trips-and-a-visit-to-londons-anti-bike-shop/ http://thebikeshow.net/22-september-2008-grant-peterson-on-overnight-trips-and-a-visit-to-londons-anti-bike-shop/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:32:20 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/?p=228 http://thebikeshow.net/22-september-2008-grant-peterson-on-overnight-trips-and-a-visit-to-londons-anti-bike-shop/feed/ 4 31:12 22 September 2008: Grant Petersen on overnight trips and a visit to London#8217;s #8216;anti-bike shop#8217; 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. Bicycle,music,,England,,Gear,,History,,Italy,,London,,People,,Podcast,,Politics,,Rides,,Rolling,interview,,Sport,,Style,,Touring,,United,States Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/are-cargo-bikes-the-future-of-urban-transport/ http://thebikeshow.net/are-cargo-bikes-the-future-of-urban-transport/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:53:03 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/?p=217 http://thebikeshow.net/are-cargo-bikes-the-future-of-urban-transport/feed/ 1 32:43 Do the rising oil price, the growing concern about man-made climate change and breakthroughs in cycle design mean we're on the verge of a pedal-powered ... Do the rising oil price, the growing concern about man-made climate change and breakthroughs in cycle design mean we're on the verge of a pedal-powered cargo revolution? Discussing the past, present and future of cargo bikes and pedicabs is Leslie Wacker, a Chicago native who placed second in the cargo bike race at this year's World Cycle Messenger Championships, Buffalo Bill author of Moving Target Zine and controller at Creative Couriers. We also hear from Mark, controller at from Zero Couriers, London's first and only dedicated cargo bike courier company about the challenges his company has faced convincing potential commercial clients to choose pedal-powered cargo delivery. 8Freight photo thanks to BikeFix. To donate to Resonance FM, follow this link. Play on links below. Other file formats (64kb MP3 and Ogg Vorbis) over here. Bicycle,messengers,,England,,London,,Podcast,,Politics,,Rolling,interview,,United,States,,Women Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/1-september-2008-around-the-world-the-hard-way-part-two/ http://thebikeshow.net/1-september-2008-around-the-world-the-hard-way-part-two/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:43:51 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/?p=211 http://thebikeshow.net/1-september-2008-around-the-world-the-hard-way-part-two/feed/ 12 27:42 Alastair Humphreys has cycled round the world 'the hard way': four years, sixty countries and forty-six thousand miles. In the second of a two part ... Alastair Humphreys has cycled round the world 'the hard way': four years, sixty countries and forty-six thousand miles. In the second of a two part special he tells the story of his epic adventure: from Mexico to Alaska, through Siberia, Japan, China and central Asia. Thunder and Sunshine, the second volume of his travelogue is out now, published by Eye Books. Play on links below, other file formats (e.g. Ogg Vorbis) over here. Literature,,People,,Podcast,,Politics,,Rides,,Rolling,interview,,Sport,,Touring,,United,States Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/21-july-2008-sublime-nights-dunwich-dynamo-16-and-s24o-with-grant-peterson/ http://thebikeshow.net/21-july-2008-sublime-nights-dunwich-dynamo-16-and-s24o-with-grant-peterson/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:42:36 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/?p=203 http://thebikeshow.net/21-july-2008-sublime-nights-dunwich-dynamo-16-and-s24o-with-grant-peterson/feed/ 4 29:50 This year's Dunwich Dynamo was perfect: a dry, moonlit night, a tail wind and a hot sunny morning on the beach. Around 500 people enjoyed ... This year's Dunwich Dynamo was perfect: a dry, moonlit night, a tail wind and a hot sunny morning on the beach. Around 500 people enjoyed the sixteenth edition of the classic British night ride that covers some 120 miles (190 kilometres) through north east London, Essex and Suffolk. But you don't have to wait until the next Dunwich Dynamo on 4 July 2009 for a sublime overnight bicycle experience, as Grant Peterson of Rivendell Bicycle Works explains. Play on links below. Other file formats (e.g. Ogg Vorbis) here. Some photos from the DD 16 are on the flickr. England,,Events,,London,,People,,Podcast,,Rides,,Touring,,United,States Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/pay-your-tributes-to-the-mighty-sheldon-brown/ http://thebikeshow.net/pay-your-tributes-to-the-mighty-sheldon-brown/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:37:42 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/2008/02/05/pay-your-tributes-to-the-mighty-sheldon-brown/ http://thebikeshow.net/pay-your-tributes-to-the-mighty-sheldon-brown/feed/ 18 http://thebikeshow.net/3-december-2007-fixed-fever/ http://thebikeshow.net/3-december-2007-fixed-fever/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:50:24 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/2007/12/04/3-december-2007-fixed-fever/ http://thebikeshow.net/3-december-2007-fixed-fever/feed/ 2 30:16 Over the past five years a craze for riding bicycles with only one gear and no freewheel has taken off, in New York, London, Sydney ... Over the past five years a craze for riding bicycles with only one gear and no freewheel has taken off, in New York, London, Sydney and cities all around the world. We take a long hard look at the merits and excesses of the scene. Featuring an extended interview with the mystery man behind the Bike Snob NYC blog, Roxy Erickson of London's Trixie Chix and Gabriel Nogueira, one of the prime movers in the small but growing fixed wheel crowd in Curitiba, southern Brazil. MP3 #124; Other file formats (Ogg Vorbis etc) This week's show also features the soundtrack of the fantastic short film Bicycle Samba, by Sophie Clements and John Hendicott. Fixed Links: London Fixed Gear Forum Fixed Gear Gallery Sheldon "Coasting is bad for you" Brown Fixed Wheel UK London Bike Polo Update (5 December): 'DVD extras' from the Bike Snob NYC for podium finishers: On why he came to write the blog (MP3: 1'44") On his true identity(MP3: 2'18") Fixed,wheel,,London,,Podcast,,Style,,United,States Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/4-june-2007-to-paris-for-la-fete-du-velo-unicycling-in-south-dakota/ http://thebikeshow.net/4-june-2007-to-paris-for-la-fete-du-velo-unicycling-in-south-dakota/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:00:07 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/2007/06/04/4-june-2007-to-paris-for-la-fete-du-velo-unicycling-in-south-dakota/ http://thebikeshow.net/4-june-2007-to-paris-for-la-fete-du-velo-unicycling-in-south-dakota/feed/ 0 http://thebikeshow.net/resonance-fm-the-bike-show-14052007-road-peace-floyd-landis/ http://thebikeshow.net/resonance-fm-the-bike-show-14052007-road-peace-floyd-landis/#comments Tue, 15 May 2007 00:06:51 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/2007/05/15/resonance-fm-the-bike-show-14052007-road-peace-floyd-landis/ http://thebikeshow.net/resonance-fm-the-bike-show-14052007-road-peace-floyd-landis/feed/ 0 00:01:01 Returning for the summer season, The Bike Show turns to the trials of US cycling star Floyd Landis, whose sensational victory in the 2006 Tour ... Returning for the summer season, The Bike Show turns to the trials of US cycling star Floyd Landis, whose sensational victory in the 2006 Tour de France was thrown into doubt after he failed a test for the banned drug testosterone. We also hear an extended talk on road danger in a global context by Dr Ian Roberts, Professor of Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine. Dr Roberts was addressing an event organised by Road Peace, the UK national charity for road crash victims. See also Moving Target Zine for excellent coverage of road danger issues London cyclists, plus top tips for all you fakengers out there. The 'def track' is by ex-bike messenger MC Abdominal who has given up being a courier in order to rap about being one. Is he serious?? To follow the latest twist and turns of the Floyd Landis doping affair, I recommend Trust But Verify, whose authors, devoted fans of Landis, have digested an ungodly amount about the science and law of anti-doping in cycling, and present their coverage in an honest, straightforward way. Cycling Post maintains a Landis Dossier. The launch of Graeme Fife's new book, The Beautiful Machine, is at Velorution on Thursday evening, 17 May. Downloads: MP3 (128 kbs) --- MP3 (64kbs) --- Ogg Vorbis --- Bicycle,music,,Podcast,,Politics,,Road,safety,,Tour,de,France,,United,States Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/12-march-2007-the-word-from-san-francisco-and-a-singing-bicycle-prototype/ http://thebikeshow.net/12-march-2007-the-word-from-san-francisco-and-a-singing-bicycle-prototype/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:07:35 +0000 Jack http://thebikeshow.net/2007/03/12/12-march-2007-the-word-from-san-francisco-and-a-singing-bicycle-prototype/ http://thebikeshow.net/12-march-2007-the-word-from-san-francisco-and-a-singing-bicycle-prototype/feed/ 3 28:41 We test out Andy Cox's prototype singing bicycle, for use in the performance of Godfried Willem Raes's Second Symphony. Down the line from San Francisco, ... We test out Andy Cox's prototype singing bicycle, for use in the performance of Godfried Willem Raes's Second Symphony. Down the line from San Francisco, Jon Winston fills us in on Bay Area cycle culture and his own Bikescape bicycling podcast. This is the last in the current season of the Bike Show. Thanks to everyone who made it happen, and to everyone who's tuned in. We'll be back in the early summer. Update (November 2007): The Symphony was performed in July 2007. You can hear a recording in this show. MP3 Download Ogg Vorbis Download Bicycle,music,,Fixed,wheel,,Podcast,,United,States Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/9-october-2006-mississippi-tales-part-two/ http://thebikeshow.net/9-october-2006-mississippi-tales-part-two/#comments Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:47:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=65 http://thebikeshow.net/9-october-2006-mississippi-tales-part-two/feed/ 3 00:01:01 Second half of Kieron Yates's ride down the Mississippi. He crosses the Mason-Dixon line and enters the realm of the South. On the way ... Second half of Kieron Yates's ride down the Mississippi. He crosses the Mason-Dixon line and enters the realm of the South. On the way he encounters juke joints, folk art, learns about the role of bicycles in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and has an fascinating encounter with The Voice. MP3 DOWNLOAD Ogg Vorbis DOWNLOAD Fixed,wheel,,Podcast,,Touring,,United,States Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/2-october-2006-mississippi-tales-part-one/ http://thebikeshow.net/2-october-2006-mississippi-tales-part-one/#comments Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:33:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=64 http://thebikeshow.net/2-october-2006-mississippi-tales-part-one/feed/ 1 00:01:01 This weekacirc;euro;trade;s show is the story of a long, long ride from Fargo, North Dakota to New Orleans, Louisiana following the Mississippi River. Kieron Yates ... This weekacirc;euro;trade;s show is the story of a long, long ride from Fargo, North Dakota to New Orleans, Louisiana following the Mississippi River. Kieron Yates made this journey over the summer just passed, on a fixed wheel bike with just a saddlebag for all his worldly possessions. Safely back home, he joins me in in conversation and we play music and interviews from along the way. The journey took in frozen Mormons, naked yoga, Klan-survivors, sweat and heat, roadkill, cheap motels and plenty of down home blues. Second half next Monday the 9th October. MP3 DOWNLOAD Ogg Vorbis DOWNLOAD Fixed,wheel,,Podcast,,Touring,,United,States Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/24-july-2006-remembering-major-taylor-the-fastest-man-on-the-planet/ http://thebikeshow.net/24-july-2006-remembering-major-taylor-the-fastest-man-on-the-planet/#comments Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:07:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=61 http://thebikeshow.net/24-july-2006-remembering-major-taylor-the-fastest-man-on-the-planet/feed/ 4 00:01:01 In this week's show we remember 'Major' Marshall Taylor, a world champion cyclist from the 1890s and the first black American sports superstar. Kieron Yates ... In this week's show we remember 'Major' Marshall Taylor, a world champion cyclist from the 1890s and the first black American sports superstar. Kieron Yates talks about Major Taylor's life with Lynne Tolman of the Major Taylor Association. We also ride the 2006 Etape Du Tour with Alex Murray. MP3 Download Ogg Vorbis Download MP3 Stream (lo fi) History,,Podcast,,Sport,,United,States Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/26-june-2006-extreme-cycling/ http://thebikeshow.net/26-june-2006-extreme-cycling/#comments Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:27:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=56 http://thebikeshow.net/26-june-2006-extreme-cycling/feed/ 2 00:01:01 This week's show has an extreme flavour. Kieron Yates visits Sheldon Brown for advice on fixed gear touring and Alex Murray tells us about his ... This week's show has an extreme flavour. Kieron Yates visits Sheldon Brown for advice on fixed gear touring and Alex Murray tells us about his preparations for taking on this year's Etape Du Tour. Plus Dominic Gabellini on the new Rapha-Condor cycle racing team and a 43 inch bunnyhop by Rich Johnson, Britain's leading trick/stunt rider. MP3 DOWNLOAD OGG VORBIS DOWNLOAD Fixed,wheel,,London,,Podcast,,Sport,,Touring,,United,States Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/17-april-2006-cycling-in-new-york-city-part-two/ http://thebikeshow.net/17-april-2006-cycling-in-new-york-city-part-two/#comments Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:54:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=50 http://thebikeshow.net/17-april-2006-cycling-in-new-york-city-part-two/feed/ 4 00:01:01 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 ... 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. MP3 Ogg Vorbis MP3 (64kb) Bicycle,messengers,,Fixed,wheel,,Podcast,,Rolling,interview,,Style,,United,States Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/10-april-2006-cycling-in-new-york-city-part-one/ http://thebikeshow.net/10-april-2006-cycling-in-new-york-city-part-one/#comments Tue, 11 Apr 2006 03:50:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=72 http://thebikeshow.net/10-april-2006-cycling-in-new-york-city-part-one/feed/ 2 00:01:01 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 ... 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. MP3 DOWNLOAD OGG VORBIS DOWNLOAD Podcast,,Rolling,interview,,United,States Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/27-february-2006-bicycles-on-trains/ http://thebikeshow.net/27-february-2006-bicycles-on-trains/#comments Wed, 01 Mar 2006 18:57:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=43 http://thebikeshow.net/27-february-2006-bicycles-on-trains/feed/ 0 30:38 In this week's show we discuss the growing problems cyclists are experiencing in putting bikes on trains. In the studio is Dave Holladay of the ... In this week's show we discuss the growing problems cyclists are experiencing in putting bikes on trains. In the studio is Dave Holladay of the Cyclists' Touring Club (CTC) which is running a campaign to improve cycle-rail integration. We also catch up with Tom Kevill-Davies aka The Hungry Cyclist on his epic ride around the Americas in search of the perfect meal. MP3 DOWNLOAD England,,Food,,London,,Podcast,,Politics,,Touring,,United,States Jack Thurston no No http://thebikeshow.net/archive-2-may-2005-the-hungry-cyclist/ http://thebikeshow.net/archive-2-may-2005-the-hungry-cyclist/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2005 11:41:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=13 http://thebikeshow.net/archive-2-may-2005-the-hungry-cyclist/feed/ 0