Jack talks with founding father of the mountain bike Gary Fisher about his life in cycling, the subject of his new book “Being Gary Fisher”, published by Blue Train Publishing. After talking with Gary, Jack chats with Guy Andrews and … Continue

Are Modern Bikes Rubbish?

Mar 30th, 2021 54m 27s

Bike technology is changing at a dizzying pace. There’s a bike for everything, from road racing and time trialling to gravel grinding and bikepacking to heavyweight touring and every shade of mountain biking. And that’s not to mention electric

Planning Your Next Bike Adventure

Jul 17th, 2020 1h 47m

As we emerge from coronavirus lockdown, is there a better summer holiday, a better way to get a change of scene, than heading out on your bike to explore the country where you live? This episode of the podcast is … Continue reading →

The Bike Show

Jul 17th, 2020 1h 47m

Rough Stuff in the North York Moors

Apr 26th, 2020 48m 47s

A ride report from the time before coronavirus. Jack heads into the wild uplands of the North York Moors on an audax event organised by Dean Clementson and hosted by Mike Metcalfe. “Don’t Keep to the Road” promises gravel tracks, … Continue rea

From Usk to Wye with Dr Ian Walker

Mar 28th, 2020 54m 17s

Jack goes for a ride with Dr Ian Walker, an environmental psychologist from the University of Bath and long-distance bike racer. Ian found global fame about fifteen years ago with an experiment he did to measure how close he was … Continue read

A life in cycling with Isla Rowntree

May 13th, 2019 1h 5m

As a bike racer Isla Rowntree took on almost every discipline in cycling, rode professionally for the Raleigh MTB team and won the British national championships in cyclocross on multiple occasions. But it is as a bike designer and entrepreneur

So you want to go cycling in… WW1 battlefields?

Feb 4th, 2019 1h 19m

Tom Isitt has spent the past few years cycling around the battlefields of the first world war. He talks about his experiences on the Western Front and the mountainous border between Italy, Austria and Slovenia and tells the story of the extraor

This Is Not A Tour

Oct 25th, 2018 54m 38s

Jack takes on his longest ever ride, as part of a weekend of audax events in memory and celebration of the late, great Mike Hall. Mike was the leading light in the current revival of self-supported long distance bike racing, twice winner of the

Cycletouring the Tour de France

Jul 5th, 2018 1h 9m

This year’s Tour de France starts on the island of Noirmoutier, on the Atlantic coast of western France. Jack rides the route of Stage one, in a touring style, taking in the rich landscape of sand dunes, beaches, tidal lagoons and salt marsh an

Preston by Bike with Gavin Renshaw

Jul 2nd, 2018 1h 1m

Jack goes to Preston, Lancashire to ride with artist Gavin Renshaw. They ride out on some of the City of Preston’s bicycle infrastructure before heading for the wild uplands of the Forest of Bowland. Along the way they talk about … Continue rea

When Podcasts Collide

Apr 23rd, 2018 46m 55s

Find out what happens when The Bike Show collides with its hipper and funnier younger sister the Wheelsuckers podcast, presented by Alex Davis from Look Mum No Hands! and Jenni Gwiazdowski from London Bike Kitchen. And hear frame-builder and cy

When Podcasts Collide

Apr 23rd, 2018 46m 55s

When Podcasts Collide

Apr 23rd, 2018 46m 55s

Higher, Faster, Rougher, Wilder with Max Leonard

Mar 15th, 2018 1h 5m

The return of The Bike Show sees Jack chewing the fat with Max Leonard, author of Higher Calling: Road Cycling’s Obsession with the Mountains. They talk a lot about climbing, about the evolution of cycling towards exploring and traveling to new

Can Cycling Save the World? with The Guardian’s Peter Walker

Apr 27th, 2017 49m 54s

Peter Walker is a political reporter at the Guardian newspaper. He set up the Guardian's bike blog and his new book puts the case for a healthier, safer and more people-friendly nation. In short, a Bike Nation. In conversation with Jack Thursto

200 Years of Cycling

Apr 6th, 2017 38m 51s

This year marks 200 years since Karl Drais invented a two wheeled 'running machine'. Since then all sorts of people have ridden all sorts of bicycles for all sorts of reasons. Looking back at two centuries of cycling and cyclists is Dr Michael

The Indian Pacific Wheel Race: Overlanders of the 21st Century

Mar 24th, 2017 44m 32s

The Indian Pacific Wheel Race is a gruelling 5,500 km coast-to-coast bicycle race across Australia. The race features the two leading long distance bike racers in the world as well as dozens of other cyclists determined to push themselves to th

Under Monmouthshire Skies: Riding with Mike Parker

Feb 16th, 2017 1h 12m

Mike Parker is the author of the best-selling Map Addict, an affectionate history of Ordnance Survey maps and the people who can’t get enough of their beautiful maps. He’s an accomplished guidebook writer, a former stand up comedian and has pre

Decoding the Landscape with Mary-Ann Ochota

Dec 15th, 2016 39m 33s

Every weekend many tens if not hundreds of thousands of people ride their bikes in the British countryside. But are we taking the time to really understand and appreciate the things we see and places we ride through? Or is it all day dreaming a

Bikelash!

Nov 20th, 2016 50m 12s

fter the big victories for London cycle campaigners and the construction of two new fully segregated bike lanes in the centre of the city, the bikelash has begun. Lead by newspapers like the Daily Mail as well as a raft of celebrity commentato

Riding the Iron Curtain, with Tim Moore

Oct 28th, 2016 39m 19s

The Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold is comic travel writer Tim Moore's third bicycle-based escapade, and perhaps his craziest. He attempts to ride the length of the Cold War's Iron Curtain, from the north of Finland to the Black Sea coast. It'

Transcontinental Race Wrap-Up

Oct 12th, 2016 54m

Wrapping up The Bike Show's coverage of this year's Transcontinental Race, Jack Thurston talks to race organiser Mike Hall and women's race winner Emily Chappell. Mike also tells the story of his record-breaking ride in the Tour Divide race ear

Transcontinental Race Update Special

Aug 2nd, 2016 39m 22s

Three days and three nights since setting out from Belgium, riders in the Transcontinental Race are deep in the Swiss Alps, en route for the finish in Turkey. The Transcontinental is one of the world's most extraordinary and compelling bicycle

Pushing the Limits

Jul 29th, 2016 56m 38s

The Transcontinental Race is a test of body, mind and spirit. The format is simple. It’s a single stage race that begins on one side of the European continent (in Belgium) and ends on the other (in Turkey). Riders must plan their own routes and