I realized recently that all of the podcasts I listen to are all about how shitty the world is getting. I need to find a podcast that injects joy into my life and am wondering if there are any podcasts out there that talk about bike stuff (keeping that description vague so I don’t exclude something that I might not expect)
The Paceline. Seems to focus mainly on mountain biking of late, but does have gear reviews and if it’s paid shilling it’s not obvious (but you can never be sure). It’s pretty open-ended and sometimes delves into philosophy and the casters talking about their kids, for better and worse.
Sprocket Podcast. A recent addition to my library, focus seems general with commuting, bike gear, climate, bike shops. It’s ended recently though, however.
If we’re including urbanism: The Urbanist Agenda (notJustBikes) and The War on Cars. Maybe not the entirely positive vibe you’re hoping for, however.
Check out The Wild ones podcast.
These guys have more of consumer approach to bike stuff than racing. There are news, gear reviews, overrated and underrated stuff, talks with bike mechanics…
I like the wild ones! It’s so refreshing having men and women in the same podcast together. Emily is so thoughtful and brings a different point of view to the conversations.
The Wild Ones The Nero Show
It’s YouTube, but Shifter out of Calgary.
Well it was recently discontinued but I really enjoyed feeding off each other and there’s a 112 episode backlog.
If you follow road racing: Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast For trivia around technical advancements - also mostly racing related: Marginal Gains Podcast (sponsored by Silca)
I like one called “Bike Talk” as well as “The War on Cars” (more of an urbanism podcast, but very cycle focused".
Even though Bike Talk is based out of LA, and many of the stuff they talk about are focused on happenings in the LA area, I find the topics interesting enough to listen to (from Canada).
If you’re looking for specific themes: touring, training, etc., there definitely are more focused podcasts.
I’ll have to check out Bike Talk! I’m a HUGE war on cars fan, I donate to their patreon and have merch haha.
I also live in Canada so the fact that it still feels relevant to you is great.
If you are in a position to be able to pay for Escape Collective they have a whole bunch of podcasts, as well as incredible high quality written articles mostly focused on road riding and racing, but have other stuff too.
Look up Iain Treloar he had done some amazing investigative journalism into all kinds of things, such a great writer.
This is amazing, thank you!
GCN probably, it’s the popular one.
