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The road.cc Podcast aims to target a wide range of cyclists, with segments that will appeal to commuters, leisure cyclists, road racers and everyone in between. It brings to life the hugely diverse content you all will have become accustomed to on road.cc, including discussions of the most popular and/or controversial recent stories in our news and live blog sections of the site. There will also be tech news, reviews and interviews.

We’ll have special guests and all your fave members of the road.cc team appearing regularly. With a new episode landing every two weeks, you can find the road.cc Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. If you have an Alexa, you can even tell it to play the road.cc Podcast. Subscribers will also get direct download links in the road.cc subscriber’s newsletter.

Podcast episodes:

“Get that bike back in the van!” Tour de France tech tales from the Dauphiné, Factor’s radical bike, and the backlash to new UCI rules + Does Cycle to Work still… work?

Super-wide forks, narrow bar debates, UCI-bashing, and the future of Cycle to Work – there’s plenty going on in this week’s episode of the road.cc Podcast

Fri, Jun 20, 2025 15:47

Should brands stop claiming gravel bikes “can go anywhere”? Lawyer discusses £4.5m Planet X fork failure case, its implications for the cycling industry, and the need for honest, transparent marketing

On this week’s episode, lawyer Julian Chamberlayne calls for the introduction of specific gravel bike testing regulations, while we ask whether Simon Yates’ epic Giro d’Italia win makes him one of Britain’s all-time cycling greats

Fri, Jun 06, 2025 15:42

Why do we keep trying to turn cycling into other sports? Formula Fixed founder on reinventing bike racing for the TikTok generation, “trampling on tradition”, and why “big swings” are better than marginal gains

Is racing with no brakes on a tight, twisting indoor circuit the “future of cycling”? Formula Fixed founder James Grady thinks so – he talks to the road.cc Podcast about shaking up the sport and putting viewers, not riders, first

Fri, May 30, 2025 17:31

“TNT price hike is two fingers to cycling fans”: Ex-WorldTour pros Harry Tanfield and Sophie Wright on going gravel, the future of British bike racing, and why Manchester’s cycle lanes are rubbish

“What can you do? It’s big corporates, they can do what they want, they’ve got the monopoly,” Ribble Outliers’ roadie-turned-gravel racer Tanfield tells the road.cc Podcast

Fri, May 16, 2025 15:59

“Driving a car is just too easy”: Bikehangar inventor on theft, the need for safe cycle storage, and why “there are too many cars on our streets”

“People see that space as belonging to the driver, and that’s a mentality we have to change,” says Cyclehoop founder Anthony Lau, who reckons SUV-shaped bike storage could be the future…

Fri, May 02, 2025 14:50

What do Donald Trump’s tariffs mean for cycling? We chat to an industry insider about price rises and why the tariffs present a post-Brexit opportunity for UK brands

On episode 102 of the road.cc Podcast, Dominic Loh of Funn and Granite Design discusses the reaction to the US president’s trade war, staying positive (and nimble) among the doom and gloom, and why the world is big enough to cushion the tariffs

Fri, Apr 25, 2025 15:59

“We’ve made huge strides, but there’s still a long way to go”: Double Olympic champ Kristen Faulkner on Paris, being an outsider, and the growth of women’s cycling + Rainbows, frites, and sunburn at the Tour of Flanders

On episode 101 of the road.cc Podcast, we chat to American champion Kristen Faulkner and recap an eventful, chaotic day on the Oude Kwaremont at the Tour of Flanders

Fri, Apr 11, 2025 17:25

“I’m impartial on everything – except my own safety”: Jeremy Vine on his cycling “radicalisation”, Twitter trolls, the “gaslighting of cyclists”, and why bad streets and bad drivers cause road danger

The broadcaster, camera cyclist, and road safety advocate joins the podcast for its 100th episode to chat about his late conversion to cycling, social media toxicity, and why cyclists shouldn’t just “take what we’re given”

Fri, Mar 28, 2025 16:45

Is this the UK’s worst city for cycling? Riding around Belfast’s abysmal bike network (and why drivers should be cycling campaigners’ best friends) + Do cycling culture war stories harm the bike industry?

On this week’s podcast episode, we jump on the bike for a freezing wet tour of Belfast’s, ahem, variable cycling infrastructure, and take a deep dive into the state of the industry five years on from Covid (and why anti-cycling tabloid stories don’t help)

Fri, Mar 14, 2025 20:02

“Ineos tried to fit a square peg in a round hole”: Tom Pidcock’s new teammate Rory Townsend on how “maverick” Olympic champ has lifted Q36.5 and why transfer saga “stressed me more than my own contract”

On the latest episode of the road.cc Podcast, the former Irish champion discusses Pidcock’s Ineos exit and his instant impact on the in-form second-tier team, as well as his own bumpy path to the pro ranks and plans for 2025

Thu, Feb 20, 2025 14:46