In this episode I talk with local bike bag maker David of Ridgeway Works. David quit his job in March to cycle around Europe with his wife, and then covid-19 struck and cancelled their plans. This is when David decided to turn his hobby of bike bag making into a business. Ridgeway Works was born in May 2020. I really enjoyed talking with David and found out he lives about a mile away from me. We talked about David's planned trip, the bag range, the design process and materials used, the extensive testing of the bags and his successes in cyclocross racing. He's even been a proper gent and of ..read more

In this episode I speak with Kevin who has organised the Great British Divide. The Great British Divide is a new unsupported MTB bikepacking event from one end of the country to the other. The first edition was due to start in July 2020 but sadly the 'C-word' had other ideas….. It's now moved to 2021. Kevin tells me... it’s not a race, it is an adventure to be completed in a couple of weeks. Travelling from the bottom to the top of Great Britain, at times taking a less obvious route whilst still passing through much of the most beautiful, dramatic and testing terrain the country has to offer ..read more

In this episode I talk with Michelle Brideau.  Michelle's originally from Canada but is now living in Bristol UK with her husband. Michelle started cycling after having her first flare of Chrons disease, she soon found regular cycling was helping to keep her symptoms under control.  I found our chat about how she manages her disease extremely interesting and very similar to my experiences with Ulcerative Colitis. Like many of us she fell in love with cycling pretty quickly and decided she wanted a big trip across her home country of Canada, a 4100 mile trip from one coast to the ot ..read more

In this episode I talk with Becky Gribble. Becky got into cycling in 2019 as a complimentary sport to her swimming, she fell in love with it, joined a team and started racing. That was until 2020 paused racing. In 2021 Becky will be racing for clash racing (www.clashracing.uk), an alternative racing team founded in Bristol. Go check them out, they've got a real fresh approach to cycle racing.  I started this podcast to talk to cyclists about their stories which I've personally found inspiring. Stories such as big cycling adventures, huge feats of endurance but also recovery from crashes ..read more

On the show's first episode I (Dan) talk to local hero Kev Purcell about his upcoming Absa Cape Epic mountain bike race attempt in South Africa, his training, family life and how he supports the local community.  The race is described as: '8 days. 647 kilometres. 15 550 metres of vertical ascent. Rugged mountain dual tracks and rocky singletracks through pristine fynbos. Sandy farm road between manicured orchards. Bone-rattling descents off ancient mountain ranges. This is the 2020 Absa Cape Epic route. Wild and untamed. The pinnacle of mountain bike stage racing. The Race That Measures ..read more

In this episode I talk with local hero Al Colville, who also goes by the name of the Half Arsed Racer.  In 2011 Al had an accident whilst commuting where he broke multiple bones, punctured vital organs and lost one of his glute muscles. In the years that followed he's raced multiple MTB races, has done 3 Everests in the 3 months (yikes) and on the 10th April attempted a double Everest on Zwift but didn't complete it. He's now re-attempting the double on 24th April to raise money for Mind charity. If you'd like to donate visit my instagram for more info. I had the pleasure of talking wit ..read more

In this episode I speak with Jake from Bristol Bicycles. A small independent bike brand from, you guessed it....Bristol, who make bikes that'll stand the test of time.  Bristol Bicycles have several models in the range including a touring bike, city bikes, 'explorer specific' style bikes and e-bikes. Jake's vision was to design & build bikes for people who rely on them for transport day-in-day-out. He even has a few of his bikes doing around the world tours! I speak with Jake about his change in career to follow his passion for cycling, the bike design and building process, tips on ..read more

In this first episode of Season 3 I talk with Boru McCullagh who back in December cycled the Rapha festive 500. He did it a bit different though. He cycled it in one go and around a velodrome, 1,112 laps to be exact. To make it even more challenging the velodrome, Herne Hill in London, is an outdoor one.  As it's Easter I thought what better time to release an inspiring story about riding 500kms at Christmas time, haha! It's such a cool story that created quite a buzz on social media at the time, a proper awesome film was also made about Boru (& Tim's) challenge. You can find Calvin ..read more

In the final episode of season 2 I talk with Ulrich (Uba) Bartholmoes, ultra-distance champion and current winner of many ultra races in Europe. Ulrich has a fascinating story of how he got into ultra distance cycling, purely through the love of riding his bike, and whilst in Spain on holiday in 2019 he decided to enter the Trans Pyrenees Race......and won! He won it with no prior experience of ultra racing. He's gone on to win many ultra distance races including the Trans Iberica (a 9+ day race), Three Peaks Bike Race and the Two Volcano Sprint.  In this episode we talk about how he g ..read more

In this episode I talk with Mark Beaumont who holds the world record for the fastest time around the globe by bicycle. He also happens to have been born in Swindon!  Mark has made a career of World firsts covering over 130 nations & territories, made documentaries over 15 years for the BBC, GCN & CNN, as well as publishing 5 books.  Having cycled around the World twice, he now holds this 18,000-mile record in 78 days & 14 hours – achieving the famous ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ for the first time by bicycle.  Off the bike, these record breaking journeys have bee ..read more