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Hosted by long-time road.cc reviewer George Hill, 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.

“You need a billionaire to say ‘I’ll save the sport’. But that won’t happen”: Matt Holmes on why British cycling needs a reset and his journey from WorldTour pro to the “world’s most reluctant YouTuber”

After retiring at the end of 2022 disillusioned with cycling, Holmes made an unlikely return this year riding for himself. On the road.cc Podcast, he discusses the challenges of DIY racing and why he’s optimistic for the future of Britain’s domestic scene

Fri, Dec 13, 2024 12:24

“A lot of it was caused by greed”: Factor’s CEO on navigating “self-inflicted” bike industry chaos, Chris Froome’s set-up complaints and why rim brakes are never coming back

In a bike industry podcast special, Factor chief Rob Gitelis looks back over his 30 years of building bikes, the company’s “business as usual” approach to the Covid pandemic and its aftermath, and how he made the Aussies go three seconds faster in Paris

Thu, Nov 28, 2024 17:30

“The idea is to create a positive out of a negative”: Cancer My Arse’s Kev Griffiths on living with stage four cancer, Sir Chris Hoy, and why he’s encouraging everyone to ride out of the saddle for charity

Cyclist and charity campaigner Kev chats to the road.cc Podcast about his unique out-of-the-saddle fundraising challenge and his aim to change the public perception of terminal cancer through cycling

Fri, Nov 15, 2024 19:05

“The Tour is the only race that matters. And that’s gone now”: Ned Boulting on the end of free-to-air Tour de France coverage in the UK and his “deep sense of loss”

“The Tour is going to go into a place where, in the UK media landscape, you normally find biathlon and hockey,” ITV’s lead cycling commentator told the road.cc Podcast

Fri, Nov 01, 2024 15:58

Are the cycling culture wars back? And did they ever go away? Plus: What’s next for Tom Pidcock after dramatic Ineos Grenadiers fallout?

On the latest episode of the road.cc Podcast, transport journalist Carlton Reid and campaigner Simon Munk dissect why cycling continues to prove a steady source of culture wars content (featuring a brief review of a certain ex-PM’s new book)

Thu, Oct 24, 2024 16:30

Is Tadej Pogačar the greatest cyclist who’s ever lived? Plus we ask: What’s going on with cycling media in 2024?

In the latest episode of the road.cc Podcast, we dive headfirst into the GOAT debate before going all meta with a chat about the current cycling media landscape, why it’s changed (and changing), and whether we should be worried about the future

Wed, Oct 09, 2024 11:49

20 years of Rapha: Co-founder Simon Mottram on tiffs with Team Sky, MAMILs and cycling’s skin-suited future

To mark two decades of the storied cycling apparel brand he co-founded, Mottram tells us about a particularly uncomfortable meeting with Dave Brailsford, highlights and lowlights over the years and Rapha's humble beginnings

Thu, Sep 19, 2024 17:26

“If you’re not wearing aero socks, you’re not getting a KOM”: The painstaking prep that went into bagging the ultimate Box Hill Strava KOM

How hard is it to secure the KOM on one of Britain’s most famous climbs? According to Dom Jackson and Tobias Dahlhaus, two of the cyclists behind one of the most ambitious (and successful) Strava KOM attempts of all time, very hard indeed…

Fri, Sep 13, 2024 17:09

“I’ve rediscovered my love of cycling”: David Millar and James Carnes of CHPT3 on appealing to every cyclist and designing a commuter shoe you can wear with a suit… and down a Swiss mountain

To mark the launch of the CHPT3 Transit 2.0, we sat down with the brains behind the commuter shoe that claims to possess the “power of a pro cycling shoe and the comfort of a luxury sneaker”. But do the shoes work when you’re mountain biking down an Alp?

Fri, Aug 30, 2024 16:19

“The Tour de France needs to do a proper security review”: Academic behind Shimano electronic gears hacking study on why “it’s hard to tell” if wireless doping has taken place in pro cycling – and why us amateurs shouldn’t be worried

“I find it very hard to believe that on my Saturday group ride, someone is out to get me by hacking my shifters”

Fri, Aug 23, 2024 16:24