Outspoken Cyclist Podcast

Dec 18 2024 10 ep. 58 mins 28

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Show #661- December 18, 2024

Dec 18 2024 70 mins

Guests: Leah Missbach Day; Bill McGann The holidays are literally around the corner and today, I wanted to offer up one of my favorite year-end opportunities for giving. Leah Missbach Day is one of the founders of WBR, and World Bicycle Relief is about to turn 20. In the years since its inception, it has grown from aiding 20,351 people in Sri Lanka after the 2004 Tsunami to 850,00

Show #660 – December 7, 2024

Dec 07 2024 58 mins

Guests: Tom & Deb Gardner; Jenn Dice Yes, it’s been a minute – well, maybe a bit longer – since the last episode, but I’m back and today’s show is the first in our year-end series highlighting gift-giving opportunities. That’s not all though. My first guests are husband and wife Deb and Tom Gardner. They live in Indianapolis and have such a great story t

Show #659 – October 6, 2024

Oct 06 2024 74 mins

Guests: Brendan Quirk; Bruce Donald Brendan Quirk is the CEO of USA Cycling. Brendan fell in love with bike racing as a teenager and throughout his young adulthood and beyond, has immersed himself in everything from owning his own shop and developing a thriving online business to his present position – imbuing USA Cycling organization with his passion for the sport. Brendan

Show #658 September 2, 2024

Sep 02 2024 43 mins

Guest: Professor Wes Marshall This episode of our show was intended to highlight another great riding trail along with a conversation with renowned traffic engineer and planner Professor Wes Marshall at the University of Colorado in Denver. My conversation with Wes happened the day after the news of the deaths of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau were announced and when we logged in to

Show #657 – August 23, 2024

Aug 23 2024 52 mins

Guests: Laura Moulton; Cassie Brandt As August comes to a close we are beginning to wrap-up our series on great riding trails. This episode, we take a ride down the Katy Trail in Missouri with trail manager Cassie Brandt. We’ve had clients tell us how much they enjoy the Katy and listening to Cassie, you might just want to add it to your bucket list. Before we get to the tr

Show #655 July 30, 2024

Jul 31 2024 69 mins

Guests: Chris Morris; Joe Lindsey In our ongoing series on favorite riding trails, I took Jim Sayer’s advice and contacted the Empire State Trail’s Chris Morris for a look at New York’s 750 miles of cycling and walking paths through the State. Chris is the Empire State Trail Program Manager, living a short distance from one of the trailheads as well as having traversed many a

Show #654 July 22, 2024

Jul 23 2024 51 mins

Guests: Leah Goldstein; Jim Sayer Last time, we began our series on favorite bike trails with the Ohio to Erie Trail and today, we’ll be exploring the Mickelson Trail in South Dakota. A couple of years ago, Jim Sayer, who was with the Adventure Cycling Association for many years, was riding cross country and stopped in to stay with Brian and me for a night. We got to talkin

Show #653 – July 13, 2024

Jul 14 2024 45 mins

Guests: Tom Bilcze; Sela Musa Finally, we will begin our series on cycling trails and paths. I did hear from quite a few of you about your favorites and we will begin the series here in my home state, Ohio. Tom Bilcze is the president of the Ohio to Erie Trail Foundation and he has ridden almost every inch of the 326 mile route from The Ohio River to Lake Erie. Tom will

Show #652 June 13, 2024

Jun 13 2024 58 mins

Guests: Carla Francome interviews Diane On my last show, I spoke with London cycling advocate and the truly delightful Carla Francome. Not a moment after we ended our conversation, Carla sent me a note asking if SHE could interview ME. Carla had many questions for me, and I hope I didn’t bend her ear too much. She asked me about my childhood, how I got into the bike busines

Show #651 May 28, 2024

Guests: Carla Francome; Dave Wilkinson I’m not sure how I ended up with two guests who exhibit almost identical traits – they’re gutsy, funny, and passionate about everything they do. And yet, they are completely different from one another. Guest #1 is Carla Francome. She lives, works, and rides in London. She’s a TV producer and a cycling advocate extraordinair