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Podcasts on bicycling by Carlton Reid, editor of BikeBiz.com, Bikeforall.net and Quickrelease.tv. If cycling is your passion, you'll love these podcasts. They are not tribal: there's content on all aspects of cycling, from BMX to trials, from road to MTB, from cycling with children to cycling fast around a bunch of wooden boards. From the Tour de Fat to the Tour de France. Most of the podcasts - released regularly but not on a set schedule - are video shorts. Check out the most popular videos at the 'Top Ten vodcasts' article at www.quickrelease.tv/?p=475
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CleanNORMAN BAKER: Saving Bikeability (but ditching Cycling England?) | Transport minister Norman Baker opened the Leeds CyclePoint on September 27th and, in passing, revealed that Bikeability would survive the 'bonfire of the quangos' that would likely see the abolition of Cycling England. | 10/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCHRISTIAN WOLMAR: Batting for Cycling England | At the launch of Leeds Cyclepoint on 27th September, Cycling England board member Christian Wolmar hijacked his own speech to plead for the rescue of Cycling England. He aimed his barbs at transport minister Norman Baker, who sat stony-faced throughout the attack on the Coalition Government's expected abolition of Cycling England. | 10/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Scorcher 1897 | The Scorcher, 1897. Played by Greg Johnston. http://www.gregjohnstonmusic.co.uk | 4/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | CleanVideoStrict Liability | Whenever 'strict liability' is mooted, UK motorists react with horror. Yet it's normal in the Netherland for cyclists (and pedestrians) to be given this sliver of protection. Who is at fault in bike v car smashes? In the Netherlands, it's always the motorist at fault. In this very short video, Hans Voerknecht, International coordinator, Fiets Beraad ('Bicycle Council'), explains how this works in practice. 'Strict liability' it doesn't mean 'terrorist cyclists' smashing into static cars for compensation payments: motorists are not liable in these cases. But, when moving, motorists have a duty of care not to hit vulnerable road users. The UK is only one of four Western European countries that doesn’t have 'strict liability' to protect cyclists and pedestrians. Strict liability entitles a crash victim to compensation unless the driver can prove the cyclist or pedestrian was at fault. In the case of children and the elderly, or those with physical or mental impairments, motorists would be liable irrespective of the victim’s actions. Strict liability encourages more careful driving (and cycling, because a cyclist would be deemed to be at fault for crashing into a pedestrian). Strict liability would be a matter of civil rather than criminal law so would not affect criminal prosecutions. Strict liability is supported by The Environmental Law Foundation Safer Streets Coalition Play England Roadpeace CTC http://www.roadpeace.org/index.asp?PageID=157 http://www.ctc.org.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=4686 http://www.roadpeace.org/index.asp?PageID=126 For more on strict liability, read what Roadpeace and CTC have to say. There's also an excellent 2007 article in New Statesmen by Mark Lynas. The comments section after the article contains poignant contributions from the families of some 'road victims'. http://www.newstatesman.com/environment/2007/04/lynas-motorists-dangerous-road Sadly, the comments were later added to by unfeeling motorists. As is almost always the case, there was a 'get orfff my road, I pay for it' comment. 'Rixington' wrote: "Motorists pay for the roads so if you don't drive then don't complain about the cost (we pay more than the government spends on roads so we subsidise public transport)." | 2/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | CleanVideoiPayRoadTax.com presents: Hidden History of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. | http://iPayRoadTax.com From the James Bond connections to a 2002 homage-to-the-original TV advert featuring authentic 1910 'DVLA Road Tax Camera'. Advertiser: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, 2002 Agency: D'Arcy Dick Van Dyke actor: Kris Kyer In the opening sequence, the four races seen are the "1907 British Grand Prix", the "1908 French Grand Prix", the "1908 German Grand Prix" and the "1909 British Grand Prix". However, there were no British or German Grand Prix until 1926, in Germany the precursor to the Grand Prix was called the "Prinz-Heinrich-Fahrt" in 1908. | 1/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | CleanVideoBike Across Italy trip | In October I rode coast-to-coast across Italy with US bike holiday company Ciclismo Classico. Dang, it was unseasonably cold, but still a great journey. Enjoy this six minute video record of the trip. | 11/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | CleanVideoPress Camp 09 (iPhone/iPod) | Four minute video of the first ever Press Camp, Sun Valley, Idaho. | 6/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | CleanVideoHOME: the movie by Yann Arthus-Bertrand | This is HOME, a 1.5 hour movie about Planet Earth. It's eye-candy, but it's also eye-opening, even though you already know all the Al Gore/climate change stats. HOME is bad for cars, Las Vegas, Dubai, Israel, cows. Good for greenies and fans of HD gyroscope cameras. Forget about the ragtrade sponsor, that's how the movie is going to go viral: it's free. Yann Arthus-Bertrand, GoodPlanet Fundation President and photographer of 'Earth From the Air', produced the movie and he says: "We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate. "The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being. "For this purpose, HOME needs to be free. A patron, the PPR Group, made this possible. EuropaCorp, the distributor, also pledged not to make any profit because HOME is a non-profit film." http://www.youtube.com/homeproject http://www.goodplanet.org/en | 6/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | CleanVideoHow to Lock Your Bike (so it won't get stolen) | Using real CCTV footage of a bike being stolen, and with the help of Northumbria Police's anti bike theft squad, this two and a half minute video could keep your bike safe. Tips in great detail here: http://tinyurl.com/yplzou | 5/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | CleanVideoKnockin' noggins | After CTC members wrote to complain, the UK's Department for Transport has pulled a online game encouraging online users to hit unhelmeted kids! Here's the game...I think I might have been playing it wrong. | 5/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGary Fisher: Klunkerz Q&A, Otley 2009 | Gary Fisher audio recorded in Otley Town Hall, 14th March 2009. Gary was in Yorkshire for a Chevin Cycles organised screening of MTB history doc 'Klunkerz'. Keywords: George Lucas. Grateful Dead. BMX cruiser class. 29er bikes. Panasonic 32lb bikes. Gearboxes. Girls looking good on bikes. Copenhagen Cycle Chic. Steel v alumunim v carbon. New tech: 10 years of failures. Dashing Tweeds. Living in the same shack as W. C Fields. Carved tokers. Avenue of the Giants trail, California. | 3/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGary Fisher on bikes as transport | This is the Bike to Work podcast hosted by Quickrelease.tv. Here's an audio interview with cycling legend Gary Fisher, one of the founding fathers of mountain biking. Gary was in the UK to lead some rides at Chevin Cycles of Otley. He rode his trademark 29er, but earlier that morning I grabbed Gary at breakfast and dragged him into a hotel ballroom to record this audio. We didn't talk about wheel sizes, we talked about transport bikes. | 3/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFreestyle BMX in Olympics, teases British Cycling boss | NOTE: Click on file to play the MP3 or download via iTunes here. There's always lots of great cycling content on the Quickrelease.tv audio and video podcast At an All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group reception in the House of Commons, MPs, peers and bike big-wigs heard from British Cycling's performance director Dave Brailsford and BMX racer Shanaze Reade. Brailsford revealed that freestyle BMX is likely to be introduced at the London Olympics; talked about an aborted scheme to make Ed Clancy faster; and revealed the Beijing Olympics skinsuits have all been shredded for protection from industrial espionage. This is one of two audio podcasts from the reception. The other features Kulveer Ranger, Boris Johnson's transport chief, and David Brown, managing director for Surface Transport at Transport for London. Subscribe to the podcast for free in iTunes. | 2/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMPs and peers hear about London's cycling renaissance | NOTE: Click on file to play the MP3 or download via iTunes here. There's always lots of great cycling content on the Quickrelease.tv audio and video podcast. At an All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group reception in the House of Commons, MPs, peers and bike big-wigs heard from Kulveer Ranger, Boris Johnson's transport chief, and David Brown, managing director for Surface Transport at Transport for London. This is one of two audio podcasts from the reception. The other features Dave Brailsford and Shanaze Reade. | 2/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRide of Your Life: David Rowe | One-hour audio interview with David Rowe of http://www.ReadyToRide.biz and author of 'The Ride of Your Life', an ebook to help you ride further. | 1/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBike Fit School | In early December, Cyclefit of London ran the first European bicycle fitting course. Held in conjunction with SICI (Serotta International Cycling Institute), the course was run by Cyclefit directors Julian Wall and Philip Cavell. They were assisted by Dr David Hulse (knee specialist and sports physician to the Tour of Britain) and US-based Paraic McGlynn, SICI's Director of Applied Cycling Science. Six students - including trainer to the pros, Adrian Timmis - attended the three-day course. This audio programme interviews the course leaders and two of the students. Listen out for lots of advice on why a professional bike fit is such an investment: an investment that brings performance and comfort benefits. There are also little snippets of info that can squeeze out a smidgen of extra performance. For instance, if you have too much cable showing on your bike, you could be losing three watts of power. And talking about power measurement, bike fitting is now a science, it doesn't have to be subjective or down to using 'the eye'. Better bike fits can be measured by increases in power output. | 12/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | CleanBike to Work Book sampler PDF | 45-pages of pure, unadulterated bicycling goodness. The Bike to Work Book is aimed at getting more people commuting by bicycle. If you're already biking to work forward this PDF to any waverers or would-be bikers you may know. The sampler contains a chapter listing pretty much every known excuse for not cycling to work. | 11/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPeter Lensink of Ned Railways, a Bike to Work Book interview | Last week I was at at cycle conference in London which was sponsored by a Dutch railway company. I managed to grab a ten minute interview with Peter Lensink of Ned Railways. He rides his Dutch roadster in London, in a suit, and often with his girlfriend on the back rack, and he believes cycling to work is at a tipping point. | 10/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanInterbike 2008: Bike to Work Book Show | An interview with Josh Hon of Dahon and Ellen Hall of Cateye at Interbike Las Vegas 2008. | 10/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTyler Hamilton interview: Tour of Britain, 7th Sept. 2008 | Sorry for the audio quality on this file. 1. A generator on the team bus next to the Rock Racing bus came on just before the interview took place. 2. Nothing to do with this, but my digital recording device died at the same time. I therefore had to use my diddy video camera. Not perfect. | 9/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | CleanVideo'Motor Mania' (1950) | Starring Goofy as Jekyll and Hyde character Mr. Walker/Mr. Wheeler. Watch it and weep. | 8/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean02 BikeToWorkBook.com show with Dr Ian Walker, Tim Grahl and Carlton Reid | Women who cycle get given more leeway by motorists than men who cycle. This was the famous conclusion of a camera-on-a-bike study carried out two years ago by Dr. Ian Walker of the University of Bath. It got a load of media attention at the time, especially as the bearded Dr Walker donned his blonde wig for the paparazzi. <br> Dr Walker's main point was that drivers don't lump all cyclists into one group, they perceive different cyclists in different ways, giving some more room than others. <br> Dr Walker talks about his findings, and other aspects of his job, on this, the second BiketoWorkBook.com podcast, recorded earlier today. He has provided a quote for the back cover of the book, and it's all about how the risks of cycling are always far outweighed by the benefits, especially health benefits. The podcast starts on these life-enhancing benefits and then meanders into blonde wig territory. <br> My co-host, Tim Grahl, also wanted to find out whether Dr Walker knew of bike-skimming research from other countries. | 7/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLaunch of Bike to Work Book Dotcom | Carlton Reid and Tim Grahl talk with Mikael Colville-Anderson (Copenhagenize.com) and Marc Woudenberg (Amsterdamize.com) about the Bike to Work Book. | 7/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | CleanVideoTour de France 2008 Team Columbia launch | Team Columbia (nee High Road) was (re)launched the day before the start of the 2008 Tour de France in Brest. MCs were Paul Sherwen and Phil Liggett. | 7/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | CleanVideoTour de France: best footage ever? Apple TV version | This is a higher resolution version of a 9-minute video first published last year. It has now been optimised for watching on Apple TV. It features rushes and cutting room floor material from 'Wired to Win', the IMAX film about the Tour de France. More info here http://quickrelease.tv/?p=509 | 6/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCycling to Timbuktu...with Graeme Fife | Graeme Fife is the author of numerous books, including Tour de France history tomes. This bit of audio was first broadcast on the UK's Radio 4. | 6/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanInterview with Dan Lyons aka Fake Steve Jobs | Dan Lyons, a senior editor at Forbes Magazine in the US, is in Britain at the Thinking Digital conference in Newcastle upon Tyne. I spent an hour and a half with him earlier today. Here's a one-hour MP3 podcast of the conversation. Also available on iTunes. <br> There are some surprises. I assumed Steve Jobs would be a fan of the Fake Steve Jobs blog, but not a bit of it. We also talked about Bike Helmet Girl, Bike Snob New York City, skiing in New England, the new iPhone, rising gas prices in America and raising healthy kids. <br> Dan and his wife have bikes stashed away in their garage but he promises he's going to dig them out when he gets home. He must be a closet cyclist: he let slip he'd recently been flicking through Dirt Rag magazine... HIGHLIGHTS <br> 21:00 "Oh, dude, everybody at Apple reads your blog." <br> 22:30 iPhone 2.0 <br> 24:35 "Jobs is a genius, I just wouldn't want to work for him, or live near him." <br> 28:40 Bike Helmet Girl <br> 33:50 Gasp, Bike Helmet Girl is not a real cyclist <br> 39:30 Stuff White People Like <br> 40:10 Bike Snob NYC <br> 41:44 Trainspotting = an English hobby <br> 44:05 Obsessive males <br> 46:50 Bike geekery <br> 47:05 Power measurement <br> 49:00 Dirt Rag magazine mention. <br> 49:15 Kona Ute or equivalent <br> 49:40 Skiing <br> 54:08 Gas at $4 a gallon <br> 59:05 The bicycle culture of Portland, Oregon | 5/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | CleanVideo1 CHAIN GANG Mass v custom build, Raleigh v Dave Yates | In 1994 I was the presenter on CHAIN GANG, a Tyne Tees TV magazine series on cycling. This is a segment from the archive. | 4/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | CleanVideo2 CHAIN GANG Wax or shave? | In 1994 I was the presenter on CHAIN GANG, a Tyne Tees TV magazine series on cycling. This is a segment from the archive. | 4/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | CleanVideo3 CHAIN GANG Aston Martin bike versus Aston Martin sportscar | In 1994 I was the presenter on CHAIN GANG, a Tyne Tees TV magazine series on cycling. This is a segment from the archive. | 4/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | CleanVideo4 CHAIN GANG Malawi bicycle tour | In 1994 I was the presenter on CHAIN GANG, a Tyne Tees TV magazine series on cycling. This is a segment from the archive. | 4/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | CleanVideo5 CHAIN GANG Behind the scenes | In 1994 I was the presenter on CHAIN GANG, a Tyne Tees TV magazine series on cycling. This is a segment from the archive. | 4/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | CleanVideo6 CHAIN GANG Jason McRoy MTB superstar (RIP) | In 1994 I was the presenter on CHAIN GANG, a Tyne Tees TV magazine series on cycling. This is a segment from the archive. | 4/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | CleanVideoiPod: Jason McRoy, 1994 TV appearance | In 1994 I was the presenter of CHAIN GANG, a six part magazine series on cycling, produced for Tyne Tees TV and Yorkshire Television. One of the show's interviewees was Jason McRoy, Britain's first truly global MTB superstar. This extract contains footage - with permission of Tyne Tees and Rose McRoy - of Jason more than a year before he starred in the famous MBUK video, Dirt. Unbelievably, Jason died in 1995 but his memory lives on... | 4/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | CleanVideoAPPLE TV: Jason McRoy, 1994 TV appearance | In 1994 I was the presenter of CHAIN GANG, a six part magazine series on cycling, produced for Tyne Tees TV and Yorkshire Television. One of the show's interviewees was Jason McRoy, Britain's first truly global MTB superstar. This extract contains footage - with permission of Tyne Tees and Rose McRoy - of Jason more than a year before he starred in the famous MBUK video, Dirt. Unbelievably, Jason died in 1995 but his memory lives on... | 4/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBong. Psst. Twang. Whirr. Psst. | This is the bike music created for the Bicycle Anatomy for Beginners video. Enjoy. | 4/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | CleanVideoiPod: Bicycle Anatomy | This is the iPod and video media player version of the Bicycle Anatomy video, with 'bespoke' music made from twanging bikes. A higher res version for Apple TV is also available, as is an iPhone ringtone. | 4/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | CleanVideoAPPLE TV: Bicycle Anatomy for Beginners | This is a five minute video which lovingly zooms into bike parts, and names them. "Want to know your dropout from your downtube? And your seat collar from your seatpost? Watch this guide and you'l be talking bike in 5 minutes." The soundtrack was made using bike parts (spokes, gear shifting, disc brake rotor twanging), recorded in my garage and then made into music by Greg Johnston. http://www.quickrelease.tv | 4/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | CleanVideoAPPLE TV: How to get kids to fix bicycles | The kids of Newcastle Phoenix get shown some bike tech basics by Jeff Beach of Weldtech. MUSIC: Starship Earth by DJ Markitos, Magnatune. http://www.quickrelease.tv | 2/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTeam Halfords Bikehut: press launch audio | Audio and interviews from 8th January launch of Team Halfords Bikehut. Audio features interviews with Chris Boardman (talking about new elite, time trial frame etc) and Paul McClenaghan on Halfords, plus the press conference speeches of Nicole Cooke and Dave Brailsford, performance director of British Cycling. | 1/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | CleanVideoSMIDSY | SMIDSY: Sorry, mate, I didn't see you. Even when smothered in LEDs? Video short of a conspicuous cyclist, set to Tchaikovsky's Sugar Plum Fairy from the Nutcracker Suite. | 1/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | CleanVideoTeam Halfords Bikehut launch | At London Zoo, with Nicole Cooke, Rob hayles and Chris Boardman. | 1/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBelt drives on bikes | Interview with David Arthur, senior engineer at Gates Corporation, and Michael Bonney of Orange Bikes. | 11/14/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 44 | CleanVideoInterbike TV show | 25-minute video news show broadcast via Cycling.tv at Interbike, Las Vegas, 2007. Host: Carlton Reid. Guests: David Bernstein of The Fredcast, Uwe Weissflog; Interbike's European PR officer; John Denson and Allen Richburg MD of Serfas. Topics: the growing popularity of urban cycling in the US and the UK, plus the Serfas electronic saddle testing units for bike shops. | 10/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 45 | CleanVideoCycle 2007 (London) pix | Mick Jagger's bike. Disco Stu. Charge's Trainspotting-style kitchenette. Best British bike show for years. Here's a tiny (!) selection of 78 pix. | 10/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMarcus Storck at Interbike | After the end of Outdoor Demo Day Two at Interbike I hitched a lift back to Vegas with German bike designer Marcus Storck. While his SUV was getting a flat fixed, I grabbed an interview. There's all the expected bits about high modulus carbon fibre, but I most loved Herr Storck's family background. The Storck family have long been steeped in bike culture... | 10/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 47 | CleanVideoBelt drives on bikes | Orange & Gates Corp. | 9/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 48 | CleanVideoBelt up! | Spot and Gates. Belt drives for bikes. See BikeBiz.com. | 9/13/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 49 | CleanVideoPhil Liggett and friends go cycling | This was the seventh Phil and Friends Challenge Ride, led by Phil Liggett, the 'voice of cycling'. The ride takes place in the Peak District each year and benefits the CTC Charitible Trust. | 8/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 50 | CleanVideoBIKE THIEVES: know thine enemy | In 2006, the design competition Reinventing the Bike Shed commissioned a video short on how bike thieves operate. This animated short was placed on the competition website in Real format but here it is in MP4 format. The short was produced by design and research company Bold Creative of London. Greg Villalobos, Creative Director of Bold Creative, said: "We managed to track down a thief willing to spill the beans and set an animated illustration to his words." http://www.reinventingthebikeshed.com/ http://www.boldcreative.co.uk | 8/7/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 51 | CleanVideoCoals to Newcastle, bikes to Gateshead | "I abhor the Barrattification of Britain, this defacing of green and brownfield sites by identikit boxes...Let’s plan new-builds with variation, greenery, ecology and community in mind." WAYNE HEMINGWAY The Independent, April 2001 Following the publication of this article, property development company George Wimpey called Wayne Hemingway's bluff. Would he and his wife Gerardine, the other half of iconic 1980s clothing brand Red or Dead, help design a new housing development in Gateshead? The Staiths South Bank was the result. It's Britain's biggest HomeZone and it now has a bike pool facility for residents. HomeZones aim to promote a more balanced relationship between pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles. Rather than prioritising cars, they encourage environments where the spaces between the houses are safe for children to play and for adults to meet their neighbours. George Wimpey North East is hoping to boost the number of residents who cycle with the introduction of the Cycle@Staiths Initiative, launched on Wednesday by Hemingway. This is a pool of ten bikes for residents’ use. The bikes are free to use. Every household has also been supplied with a £57.50 Halfords voucher to spend on bike kit. | 8/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 52 | CleanVideoKinda saucy: woman in shorts on bike from Oz comedy | The Paul Hogan Show was aired in the mid-1980s. This clip features a woman cyclist in tight shorts distracting blokes in a sub-Benny Hill-style. Trivia: the woman who gets earth in her bag is Jason Donovan's mum. | 7/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 53 | CleanVideoTOUR DE FRANCE 07: Dirty stinkin' rats? Guilty until proven innocent? | A TV debate on the latest Tour de France debacle. This debate was shown on the France24 English-language news channel, Thursday 26th July. www.france24.com Andrea Sanke, France24 Andreas Evagora, deputy head of news, Eurosport, Paris Philip Turle, journalist, Radio France 1 Carlton Reid, editor, BikeBiz.com Danny Nelisson, former Tour de France rider, Eurosport Benelux commentator | 7/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 54 | CleanVideoMust. Eat. Goat. | Every cyclist needs to eat. And lots, too. But, for some, this can sometimes come with a weight penalty...Watch this animated short from 13-year old Shadow Scythe, the son of The Fat Cyclist. www.fatcyclist.com | 7/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 55 | CleanVideoTour de France: dog v wheel | Is this the weirdest moment of the '07 Tour so far? A weighty Golden Labrador waddles in front of T-Mobile's Marcus Burghardt. Upon impact the rider's wheel folds, and the dog walks away, nonplussed. It happened on Stage Nine and is worth watching again and again. | 7/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 56 | CleanVideoOut for a cushy spin: Cyclists Special, 1955 | From London to Rugby by train; Warwickshire by bicycle, May 1955. This British Transport Films 15-minute short is snapshot of a different England. CTC members go on group rides via a 'cyclists' special' train. | 7/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 57 | CleanVideoTour de France 07: Christian Prudhomme, Tour director | What a lovely bloke! Just before the jersey ceremony after the London prologue, my kids caught up with the Tour director and asked him for his autograph. He could have refused. He could have called security. He could have signed, but vacantly, robot-like. Instead, he took the time to get down to the kids' level, asked them their names, personalised the signatures, and chatted about his own young daughter. I was impressed. | 7/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 58 | CleanVideoSir Paul Smith meets David Millar | It was the mutual admiration society as the English fashion designer met the Scottish pro cyclist before the London prologue of the 2007 Tour de France. Paul Smith is hugely into cycling and his company recently partnered with Rapha to produce an ultra-expensive merino wool jersey to celebrate the Grand Depart from Londres. Incidentally, following David Millar’s long breakaway during yesterday’s London-to-Canterbury stage it turns out the planet will be the richer. The Saunier Duval-Prodir team has pledged to plant trees in Mali: one tree per escape-kilometer. Millar therefore earned 150 trees for Africa yesterday. | 7/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 59 | CleanVideoPhil Liggett at Le Tour in London | ‘The voice of cycling’ can be seen on this (shonky) video shot at County Hall, London, on Thursday 5th July. Sorry about the sound quality and the lack of a light: the digital recorder and the spotlight died on me as I was about to do the interview. Phil Liggett was one of the guests at the opening of photographer Graham Watson’s exhibition of Tour photographs. The great and the good of cycling were there. So was Pat McQuaid of the UCI. I asked Phil about his tip for the ‘GC’ winner (GC = general classification, ie yellow jersey). I also asked for Phil’s thought’s on a lack of a No. 1 dossard. Floyd Landis has almost been written out of the Tour’s history books, and Phil’s not impressed… There will be more Quickrelease.tv video podcasts of the Tour de France in London over the next few days, thanks to the support of Ultimatepursuits.co.uk. | 7/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 60 | CleanVideoHovis: backing cycling since 1900 | As mentioned previously, Hovis has ponied up £1.5m to sponsor the London Freewheel ride. In the 1990s the bread brand supported the National Byway with £500,000. But the support goes back further... In 1900 Hovis produced a cycling map series at a scale of 5 miles to 1 inch. The maps were published by G Philip and Son, for the Hovis Bread Flour Co, Macclesfield, Cheshire, and the co-sponsor was the Cycling Components Mfring Co, Birmingham. This series continued for 25+ years. In 1973, Hovis returned to its roots with what became one of the all-time classic TV adverts, a delivery boy freewheeling down a cobbled northern hill. In fact, the ad was shot on Gold Hill of Shaftesbury, Dorset. The director was (Sir) Ridley Scott. He later went on to direct Bladerunner, Alien, Thelma & Louise, and Gladiator. However, the Geordie director's first film was 'Boy and Bicycle' (1965), starring Scott's father and Tony Scott, his brother. This was shot on a budget of £65 using a 16mm cine-camera, borrowed from the Royal College of Art in London, where Scott was a student. The film follows a boy as he decides to play truant and visits various locations around a northern seaside town on his bicycle. The film was on YoueTube last year but has been taken down for copyright reasons. It can be found on the DVD of Scott's first commercial movie, The Duellists. Scott's bike advert was once voted the favourite advertisement of all time. The original boy on the bike, Carl Barlow, then 13, is now a 48-year-old fireman. He said: "It was pure fate that I got the part as the Hovis boy. I was down to the last three, and it turned out that one of the two boys couldn't ride a bike, and the other wouldn't cut his hair into the pudding bowl style - it was the Seventies after all. As the only boy who could ride a bike and would cut his hair, I got the part." The ad is also famous for its soundtrack. In Britain at least, Dvorak's 'New World' symphony - rearranged for brass - says 'Hovis' and 'good, plain Northern values.' Like many classic adverts of the 1970s, the Hovis 'Bike' advert was produced by iconic advertising agency Collett Dickenson Pearce & Partners. | 6/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 61 | CleanVideoFreebies galore as Tour hits town | VIDEO: Aquarel pompier soaks the crowds. For Apple TV and iPods. The riders in the Tour de France whizz past at speed. But it's a spectacle all day long and it starts with the passing of the 'caravane publicitaire', a collection of 220 promo vehicles from which 11 million freebies will be disgorged The publicity caravan is a mobile carnival, with dancers, 12-ft motorised tea-pots and Aquarel 'firemen' who hose the crowd with high-pressure jets of cold water. London has never seen anything like it! Here's what will be handed out over the three weeks of Le Tour: 1 million bottles of Aquarel water 1 million Haribo sweets 600,000 Bouygues Telecom CDs 500,000 SeaFrance pens 400,000 Pik’Croq and Vache Qui Rit samples 300,000 Etap Hotel luminous key rings 200,000 Caisse d’Epargne key rings 15,000 Transport for London bracelets Some of the products – such as the TfL bracelets – are specific to London, and not all of the France-specific freebies will be seen in London. Many of the vehicles and promotional floats are supplied by Ideactif, France’s leading 'experiential' agency. The agency has just opened an office in London. Ideactif has designed and will be operating experiential road shows for nine brands in this year's caravane publicitaire. "Each brand’s experiential event will take place on spectacular and interactive vehicles with theatrical and magical characters and sets," says Marine de Mascarel, UK sales executive for Ideactif. The Ideactif brands are: Nestlé Aquarel, Caisse d’Epargne, Vache Qui Rit/Laughing Cow, Nesquick, Transport For London, SeaFrance, Etap Hotel-Accor, Bouygues Telecom and Haribo. http://www.ideactif.co.uk | 6/29/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 62 | CleanVideoBike washing and lubing for newbies | The washing/lubing video produced for Weldtite is the most popular of the Quickrelease.tv videos on YouTube. It's had nearly 20,000 views. By popular demand here is the Apple TV version of the video. All the 'basic bicycle maintenance' videos can be found at http://uk.youtube.com/group/bicyclemaintenance | 6/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 63 | CleanVideoThe Flying Scotsman trailer | There's a lo-res clip of this trailer on YouTube, posted by MGM, but here's a more hi-res version. Watch out for more clips from the movie on Quickrelease.tv | 6/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 64 | CleanVideoCycle Hero climate change cinema ad | Last year the CTC Charitible Trust won a grant of £295,000 from Defra’s Tomorrow’s Climate Today’s Challenge programme to produce and distribute a cinema advert extoling the virtues of cycling as a means to tackle climage change. The 60-second ad will have its premiere at a special screening at the Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square, London on Monday 18th June. The ad will be followed by Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. 'Cycle Hero' will be shown in cinemas across the UK from June 30th for six weeks, reaching an estimated audience of over 3 million people. There's lots of background info on the advert at CycleHero.com. The advert stars American actress Genevieve Love Lake as the Cycle Hero. She lives, works and cycles in London. She said: "I am a keen cyclist and it was great to film the cycling scenes along with the other stars of the ad and the hundreds of cycling extras. As a model and actress I like to keep fit, so knowing I can count calories while counting carbon helps me feel a whole lot better. Knowing that simple - and fun - things like cycling can really make a difference in tackling global warming is so cool." | 6/14/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 65 | CleanVideoFirst fixie footage c. 1899 (long-play version) | Thomas Edison, the American inventor and businessman who developed key devices such as the phonograph and a long lasting light bulb*, also worked on an early motion picture camera, the Kinetograph. More than 300 of his early films survive, starting with a camera test dated to 1891. The clip above of a trick cyclist riding a fixed wheel bike was shot in 1899 by the Edison Manufacturing Co. It's also the first moving pictures of a ‘BMX bar-spin’. This is a longer version of the YouTube clip embedded on http://www.Quickrelease.tv . It includes a second helping of the 1899 clip, set to 'No cure' by Pain Factor, available from http://www.magnatune.com * Joseph Swann of Newcastle on Tyne, my home town, invented the first light bulb. Edison patented his a year after Swann and had to later withdraw his US patent. PODCAST SPONSOR: Condor Cycles, London, http://www.condorcycles.com | 6/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 66 | CleanVideoTHE POWER OF BICYCLES: World Bicycle Relief in Zambia | THE POWER OF BICYCLES is a short film that tells the World Bicycle Relief story and highlights the work being done in the African nation of Zambia to put 26,000 bicycles in the hands of volunteer, community-based HIV/AIDS care workers. | 5/31/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 67 | CleanVideoTour de France London: Ghostriders video | This is the promo video shown at the official launch of the Grand Depart 2007 which took place on 9th February 2006. The short movie was produced for Transport for London. | 5/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTour de France London: a launch day special | With the Tour de France due to kick off in London in just a few weeks, here's a re-issue of the Quickrelease.tv podcast from the official press launch of the Grand Depart 2007. The piece was originally broadcast on 9th February 2006 (with a slightly different intro). The podcast features interviews of Phil Liggett; author and rock legend Johnny Green; Olympic gold medallist Chris Boardman; CTC chair Kevin Mayne, and a bunch of bike journalists. | 5/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNational Cycling Forum 15th May | The National Cycling Forum - organised by Cycling England - took place in London on 15th May. Speakers in this audio include: Gary Shipp, Bike It officer Roger Geffen, campaings manager for CTC Christian Wolmar, Cycling England board member and transoirt journalist John Mills, Coaching, Education and Development Director of British Cycling Colin Langdo, MD of Cycling Solutions, a cycle training provider on Merseyside | 5/18/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 70 | CleanVideoBest Tour de France footage ever filmed? | Here are some 'rushes' from the IMAX movie with the production name of 'Brainpower' but which morphed into 'Wired to Win' when it was released to IMAX cinemas last year. The re-naming – and extensive reshooting of scenes – was to accommodate the removal of Tyler Hamilton from the movie. At the time he was embroiled in a drugs hearing, which he later lost. The rushes footage contains movie editing timecodes and an original score. More info at http://quickrelease.tv/?p=64 | 5/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 71 | CleanVideoJohn Burke: the Al Gore of the bike trade? | At the Taipei Cycle trade show, Trek president John Burke gave an inspiring talk about why the bicycle industry should divert cash from marketing and R&D to help advocates and politicians create a 'bicycle friendly world'. | 5/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 72 | CleanVideoBearclaw to buy boat with Qashqai cash | Here's the Quickrelease.tv video from the Nissan Qashqai Urban Challenge Freeride Event held on 4-5th May in Newcastle upon Tyne. The two-day event was won by Darren 'Bearclaw' Berrecloth of Canada. He won 8000 Euros in the process and will be buying a boat with his winnings. Twenty five invited riders took part in the event - including Kyle Strait, Andreu Lacondeguy, Gee Atherton (who knew he could 360?) and Christopher Hatton – and there were an estimated 10,000 spectators thronging Times Square, the central piazza at the Centre for Life. Check out the video for Hatton's attempted 360-tailwhip off of the drop, and his run down the ramp, nearly wiping me out... Berrecloth won by spinning off the start ramp, tailwhipping the step-up and doing a 360 off the satellite dish straight into a 360-table off the final ramp, close to the double-helix statue. 1. Darren Berrecloth 2. Paul Basagoitia 3. Kyle Strait 4. Ben Boyko 5. Christopher Hatton 6. Grant Fielder 7. Amir Kabbani 8. Greg Watts 9. Gee Atherton 10.Andreu Lacondeguy 11.Brandon Semenuk 12.Lance McDermott | 5/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 73 | CleanVideoCycling Cities Show The Way | This is a hi-res, iPod-friendly version of a 15-minute movie that's available on www.cycling.nl The film features lots of happy cyclists from the Netherlands, Denmark and Colombia, and shows how creating a bicycle-friendly city is the civilised thing to do. Scripted by Enrique Peñalosa, former mayor of Bogotá and the poster-child for city-wide bicycle advocacy, the movie was produced by the Netherlands-based Interface for Cycling Expertise (I-CE). It was made in 2004 and received a financial contribution from the Dutch Directorate General for International Cooperation (DGIS). Shimano sponsored the CD distribution of the movie. These CDs are handed out at global cycle campaigning events. www.Quickrelease.tv received permission to broadcast the film from I-CE. | 4/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 74 | CleanVideoRevolution track cycling meet | This is a six-minute video podcast of Revolution 14, staged at Manchester velodrome in November 2006. It features the dulcet tones of Phil Liggett and stars David Millar and Gilberto Simoni. | 4/20/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 75 | CleanVideoMatt Seaton's cycling keynote speech | The Guardian's cycling correspondent MATT SEATON gave the keynote speech at 'Marketing and Promoting Cycling', a conference at the University of Bolton on 3rd April 2007. What are Seaton's views on Tory leader David Cameron and jumping red lights? FROM http://www.quickrelease.tv (more) | 4/18/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLiggett on Landis: "I really want to believe him" | Tour de France commentator Phil Liggett says he’s skeptical about the whole Floyd Landis doping scandal. There are anomalies, he says, and the French lab at the centre of the scandal is not “scrupulous?. First broadcast 15th August 2006. | 12/30/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Interesting and off the beaten path...
First listen was about belt-drive systems in development for use on mountain bikes and city bicycles. Very interesting interview with the designers/engineers, but the lead and closing musical vamps are way over the level of the dialogue volume. Sounds nit-picky, but that's pretty unprofessional to lure someone into turning their volume up and then splitting their ears at the end of the podcast.
Good, however...
This has great info and Carlton Reid is a good interviewer. However, the audio has a problem. The dialog is far lower than the music. It can be painful to the ears.
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