As a lovely Christmas treat, the legends that are Ryan Flinn & Gus Burrell from CURVE headed back to the UK one last time to surprise you all on this oh so festive podcast! In town for the Famous G!RO Christmas Party, the boys sat down with Jordan, Jamie & Danny to record this catch up!  We hear from Rhino himself on his experiences of the Rhino Run Race... not only as race organiser, but also as a racer... and his battles to get to the finish! And Gus tells us of the Curve Expeditions he has planned in 2023 in Argentina, Romania & back to South Africa!!  Curve are very ..read more

In this latest edition of the G!RO podcast, show hosts Jamie Olsson & Jordan Addison sit down with our in house mechanics Danny Roberts-Clarke & Phillip Turner to answer all your bike mechanical questions as well as share some top tips! To celebrate the first episode of this new podcast series, we are offering 10% OFF any Workshop service or repair for any new customers! Simply use the code 'intro-10' when booking online for your service! Links below  If you have any questions you want to ask our lovely mechanics, fire them over to workshop@girocycles.com! We hope you enjoy this ..read more

"Its very easy to go into these things feeling like an Imposter, but I have to stress this point, that Ultra racing is very much for anyone!" Good friend of G!RO, Tom Duncan is fresh back from completing Badlands Gravel Race in Spain... a multi day, solo, unsupported Gravel Race through the highlands of Granada, Spain... which was his first ever Ultra Race!  Having recently picked up his @CURVECYCLING Titanium Kevin, Tom had set about getting the bike and himself ready for his first gravel Ultra. In this podcast we delve into what it takes to prepare and execute the race... all whilst m ..read more

G!RO’s very own ULTRA endurance legend and ice cream extraordinaire, @b1rdmn, popped in for a quick beer and a chat (that we’ve recorded for the podcast) this week ahead of his voyage to Gerardbergen, Belgium for the start of his 5th Transcontinental Race! The podcast has just gone LIVE, and we’ve got a little bike check to go with it here Enjoy this short little reel where @danny_robertsclarke and @b1rdmn take a quick look at his bike and kit, to give us a feel for exactly what you need to tackle 5000 unsupported km’s across Europe. Onboard his stunning @curvecycling Belgie Ultra, fully set ..read more

ROAD TO RESPAIR . The OED has “respair”, both as a noun and verb, meaning the return of hope after a period of despair Long time Friend of G!RO, Nick Frendo from Ascnd.cc joins us in the Podcast Studio ahead of this week’s Mental Health Awareness Week! Nick is a Mental Health advocate, and his work with Ascnd.cc is having a real & lasting impact across the UK, Europe & beyond.  Mental Health Awareness Week - May 9th-16th - is an annual event when there is an opportunity for the whole of the UK to focus on achieving good mental health. The Mental Health Foundation started the eve ..read more

“From the famous cols of the Grand Tours, hitting the Roubaix cobbles, exploring the Atlas Mountains, to riding through game farms in South Africa, we’ve been on some jaw dropping adventures.” This is nice overview of Hotchillee for many reasons, which we explore in this latest G!RO Podcast! Podcast host Jordan Addison, sits down with Hotchillee Founder Sven Thiele to explore the beginnings of Hotchillee, and its pioneering approach to cycling events & community. From its first London to Paris event in the early 2000s, to hosting Cycle Races & Tours all over the world, Sven shares ..read more

Sam Mutton (@mcc.elite) has spent the last year training the new breed of world class cycling talent out in Uganda, with Masaka Cycling Club. In this episode hosts Jordan Addison and Jamie Olsson sit down with Sam to find out what it's like living and working in Uganda with Masaka, the rising stars that are under his coaching such as Kato, Wasswa & Florence, and the impact that cycling is having in that beautiful country. Originally from the UK, we hear how he ended up in Uganda and working with Masaka, and what vision he has to see cycling change a nation. G!RO has been so fortunate to ..read more

In this episode, host Jordan Addison was joined by two absolute gentlemen for this episode, EF Pro Cycling team chef Owen Blandy (@chefowenblandy) and EF Pro Cycling team nutritionist Will Girling (@willgirling) to talk all things food, and cooking in the pro peloton and on the world tour. This one is packed full of insight, information and plenty of amazing stories from the world tour. We find out their path to the jobs and what their days look like, get stuck into some great listener questions and just end up having a really enjoyable episode - one we highly recommend you check out! As menti ..read more

Our little podcast prelude to the year ahead, where we look ahead at 2022, and talk about all things cycling, G!RO and what we’ve got coming up here at the cafe and on the podcast! There’s lots to look forward to in the year ahead, and having the podcast making its comeback was certainly top of the list for us - which we’ll be aiming to bring you monthly this year. Before we crack into the exciting guests and stories, we wanted to get our little team together to update you all on where we’ve been, what we’ve got going on and tease you with lots of exciting previews for the stuff we’ll be brin ..read more

#tourdefrance   THE BIG ONE, THE WORLD FAMOUS GRAND TOUR. In this episode of Breakaways and Breweries we preview the race that transcends cycling, famous beyond lycra wearing riders like ourselves and the most viewed annual sporting event in the world. The Tour De France. We take a look at this years route, riders to watch in the various jersey competition, our favourite memories of tours gone by and a rather incredible announcement from the day of recording regarding a Womens Tour De France from 2022!!!!  This episode also see’s us joined by a live studio audience who throw in som ..read more