Cyclist Magazine Podcast

Yes, we know that the men's and inaugural women's Paris-Roubaix has been postponed until October but that doesn't mean we cannot do some reminiscing about the greatest race in the cycling calendar right now. After all, with the race not taking place on April 11th like scheduled, what else do you expect us to do to fill the void?We called upon friends of the podcast, including Greg LeMond, Sean Kelly, Magnus Backstedt and more, to tell us their most memorable moments from the Hell of the North. Learn how LeMond guided Hinault to victory, why five crashes reduced Kelly to tears and what it's really like to race a wet Roubaix with Rob Hayles.If you liked this episode, please remember to leave us a review, comment and make sure to share with your cycling friends!!For more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastToday's episode is powered by Komoot, the app that lets you find, plan, and share your adventures.In homage to the best race in the cycling calendar, Cyclist and Komoot want you to plan and ride your own Roubaix-inspired route this weekend. Cobbles, gravel, byways, particularly pot-holed main roads, the lot. Once you’ve got your route and ridden, be sure to tag Cyclist Magazine on Komoot so we can see the very best rides.If you’ve never tried Komoot before, why not? Give it a go.Sign up at komoot.com and use the code CYCLISTPOD to unlock a free Region map bundle. Offer valid only for new Komoot users only, redeemable until 31/12/2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last month we gave you Greg LeMond. Today, the man who made his bikes, Mr Craig Calfee.The first bike builder to have a full carbon fibre bike raced at the Tour de France, Calfee has always been a man who is ahead of the curve. Listen as Joe and James delve into Calfee's intriguing life of building bikes, missing out on pro contracts, where the big performance gains are to be had in race bikes and how bikes can make a more sustainable world.If you liked this episode, please remember to leave us a review, comment and make sure to share with your cycling friends!In association with Sportful and Jaybird.Cyclist Podcast sponsor Jaybird Sport is offering listeners 15% off its VISTA wireless headphones with the code 'cyclist15'. Visit jaybirdsport.com for moreFor more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paris-Roubaix winner from 2004 Magnus Backstedt and Trek-Segafredo women's rider Elynor Backstedt share the same dream: to become the first father and daughter duo to have both won the 'Hell of the North'.However, for 124 years it was just that, a dream. Because while the men have been able to race the Queen of the Classics since 1896, the women have never had an equivalent race for their own pro peloton – until now.On Sunday 11th April, Covid-permitting, we will see the inaugural women's Paris-Roubaix take place and with that, the dreams of both Magnus and Elynor will have the chance to become reality.In the latest edition of the Cyclist Magazine Podcast*, James and Joe catch up with the duo from their Welsh home to talk about why it has taken so long for the women to earn their own Paris-Roubaix, how Elynor spent her childhood writing to the UCI for a women's Queen of the Classics and how some fatherly advice may help her take home her own cobble one day.* Apologies for the clicking in the introduction, Joe promises to wear fewer zips for the next episode...If you liked this episode, please remember to leave us a review, comment and make sure to share with your cycling friends!In association with Castelli.For more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joining us this week is three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, the only man to have won the Tour after getting shot!**THIS IS PART 2. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, PLEASE GO BACK AND LISTEN TO PART 1**James and Joe sat down with Greg to talk about almost everything, so much so we have split the two-hour conversation into two separate episodes.In Part 1, we talk Greg's new bike brand, 'revolutionary carbon fibre', his prior experiences in the market and being the 'most innovative professional cyclist ever'. In Part 2, Greg tells us about how he got into the sport of cycling, turning pro in Europe as an American, his legendary rivalries with Bernard Hinault and Laurent Fignon, the 1989 Tour, the current professional peloton, his worries around mechanical doping and why he thinks the peloton is biologically cleaner. If you want to see LeMond's new range of e-bikes, read Joe's write up of the range here - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/9111/greg-lemond-reveals-new-lemond-prolog-urban-e-bikeIf you liked this episode, please remember to leave us a review, comment and share with your cycling friends.In association with Castelli.For more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joining us this week is three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, the only man to have won the Tour after getting shot!James and Joe sat down with Greg to talk about almost everything, so much so we have split the two-hour conversation into two separate episodes.In Part 1, we talk Greg's new bike brand, 'revolutionary carbon fibre', his prior experiences in the market and being the 'most innovative professional cyclist ever'. In Part 2, Greg tells us about how he got into the sport of cycling, turning pro in Europe as an American, his legendary rivalries with Bernard Hinault and Laurent Fignon, the 1989 Tour, the current professional peloton, his worries around mechanical doping and why he thinks the peloton is biologically cleaner. If you want to see LeMond's new range of e-bikes, read Joe's write up of the range here - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/9111/greg-lemond-reveals-new-lemond-prolog-urban-e-bikeIf you liked this episode, please remember to leave us a review, comment and share with your cycling friends.In association with Castelli.For more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rob Hayles is a winner of three Olympic medals, two World titles and countless national titles on the track long before it was cool and a British National Champion on the road who then retired for a spot in the commentary booth at BBC Radio Five Live and Eurosport.He is also a man with magical hands who has long been involved in the mysterious world of carbon fibre technology and who owns his own bespoke carbon engineering and jewellery business, Carbon Concepts.We talk to Rob about his love of carbon fibre, how he helped pioneer aerodynamics in the peloton, the horrors of riding for a French team in the early 2000s, why Bradley Wiggins always broke his bikes and how to make a wine bottle holder from a Campagnolo Super Record crank.If you want to learn more about Rob's carbon business, visit carbon-concepts.co.uk.To enter the ultimate kid's cycling jersey competition, visit the entry page here - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistkidsjerseyIf you liked this episode, please remember to leave us a review, comment and share with your cycling friends.In association with Castelli.For more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest on the show this week is the King, Sean Kelly.159 career wins, nine Monuments, one Grand Tour, seven consecutive Paris-Nice, countless other big races, Kelly is one of the greatest road cyclists of all time. James and Joe talk to Sean about that immensely successful career and being ranked the second greatest cyclist ever behind Eddy Merckx, never having to pay for his own pint in Ireland and being recognised in the street, his notoriously strict eating habits including banning bread from his diet, Tour of Flanders and rainbow jersey regrets, that insane Poggio descent in 1992 and why he should have won the Tour de France.We also chat with Sean about the peloton's current crop and ask which rider from today reminds of him most and whether he really did get left behind by his team once.Joe talks about Zwift at the top of the show, we have a guide to the training app/game here - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/tutorials/4206/zwift-top-tips-on-how-to-make-the-most-of-the-virtual-appIf you liked this episode, please remember to leave us a review, comment and share with your cycling friends.In association with Castelli.For more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the show this week is Mr Fausto Pinarello.From his humble beginnings as a frame painter to worldwide domination with the Ineos Grenadiers/Team Sky and all the times he almost bankrupting the company in between, Fausto has done it all.James and Joe chat with the man behind the most successful road bike of the last decade on how his father built the Pinarello brand from nothing, the team's many successful relationships with the likes of Barnesto and Ineos, why he has respect for the Mike Sinyard and Specialized bikes and reveals the one rider he never managed to get on a Pinarello bike.To start the show, James talks about his love of gilets and Joe laments the men's WorldTour team kits of 2021.If you like the episode remember to leave us a review and share with your cycling friends.In association with Castelli.For more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is a bonafide legend of professional cycling, Brian Holm. Deceuninck-QuickStep DS, former brick layer-turned-pro rider, best man to Mark Cavendish, Copenhagen city councillor, best mates with Paul Smith and Paul Weller, Brian has lived a life.James and Joe talk to Brian about almost everything including rider safer and dealing with the Fabio Jakobsen crash, his close bond to Mark Cavendish, whether Ineos Grenadiers will continue being fun to watch, his love of London, why the sport will never have any true rockstars anymore, flirting with retirement and dealing with the pandemic. It's a bumper episode but we promise you will love it!And apologies for some of Brian's audio, we are not sure why it dropped out a few times!James talks about Quickguard mudguards. They form part of our round-up of the best mudguards on the market here - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/buying-guides/3865/buyers-guide-best-bicycle-mudguardsIf you like the episode remember to leave us a review and share with your cycling friends.In association with Castelli.For more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Christmas is going to be a bit weird with everything going on. With that in mind, Joe and James thought it would be nice to drop a little bonus episode for you to enjoy over the Festive season.In turns out that the burger-van owning Angelos Epithemiou of Shooting Stars fame fancies himself as the next Carlton Kirby/Ned Boulting. With that in mind, Angelos came on the podcast to offer us some alternative commentary to this year's Tour of Flanders.To watch the video Angelos offers alternative commentary to, click this link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDL1myTN9w4We also spoke to Dan Skinner, a man who looks suspiciously like Angelos, on life as a cyclist in Lockdown London and making ends meet as a bicycle courier in the capital.In association with Castelli.For more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.