Outspoken Cyclist

In my Substack post about Tucker Schwinn’s new book, Closure – The Final Days of the Waterford Bicycle Factory – I said I had hoped to be able to speak ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 12/23/2025

I’m really pleased to welcome two great guests to the show today. The first is not new to TOC, and in fact has been someone I’ve not only spoken with ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 12/17/2025

Every time I think our issues with cars vs cyclists are getting so much worse, which of course they are, I come across something that is even more dreadful! Seems ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 12/04/2025

This episode was going to be an audio with commentary for my Substack.  But, as often happens when I speak with Joe Lindsey from the Escape Collective, the conversation becomes ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 11/20/2025

We read or hear about corruption from a lot of places and when I came across a story from Kevin Duggan from Streetsblog NYC about a prominent family in Brooklyn ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist Podcast – 11/11/2025

Scott Tong is one of my favorite NPR hosts. Most days, along with Robyn Young and several other Here and Now folks, I listen to Scott on WKSU, our local ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 10/16/2025

This episode of the podcast offers up a short discussion with Bicycle Retailer’s EIC Steve Frothingham about U.S. Customs and the seizing of containers from Taiwan manufacturer Giant. Earlier this ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 9/26/2025

Shannon Binns didn’t make a plan to come to Charlotte, NC and stay; yet here he is more than 15 years after starting his not-for-profit organization “Sustain Charlotte.” Shannon started ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 9/16/2025

It’s kind of a special episode for TOC because on September 4th, I will celebrate 15 years of TOC podcasting. From my very first guest, frame builder Ben Serotta, until ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 8/30/2025

I’m a huge believer in print – magazines, newspapers, books.  I prefer to turn pages and read from them, so when a client of ours mentioned this new magazine FAUSTO, ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 8/11/2025