Brian Megens

Episode 27, we sit together with Peyman Almar, a unique bike traveler who was born in Azerbaïdjan and grew up in Lapland – Finland. In this episode we talk about his way of life, being in nature and free, his first bikepacking trip across Europe to Portugal, living on a budget of 5 € per day, how his gear improved over time, his experience being active on youtube and much more.Enjoy the episode !Support the show

We sit together with Jan Eric Schwarzer a German former pro cyclist living on one if not the most popular Island for cyclist Mallorca.In this episode we talk about his self-tough entrepreneurship, starting with renting some spare rooms of his apartment to pro cyclists back in 2011 to developing a dream guest house for cyclist called MA 13.Eric offers a unique vibe with a home feeling away from home.Along the way his love for coffee brings him toward serving coffee in a retro Renault car to opening a cozy specialty coffee bar named SA MOLA13.We also talk about his collaboration with Standert Bikes from Berlin and much more !Support the show

In this episode we sit together with Jamie Anderson a Australian cyclist living in Belgium. He is a father, business academic, speaker, entrepreneur and co owner of the Flandrien Hotel in Brakel in the heart of the Flemish Ardennes.As a master athlete he won 6 uci Grand Fondo world series achieve victories in the European Master games in time trial and road as well as several podiums.Today Jamie is focused in the future development going into year 2 of the Flandrien Hotel.In this episode we talk about his journey as an business academic, his Ted Talks, the Flandrien Hotel, some of his races and more.Enjoy the chat !Support the show

In episode 24 we sit together with Bastien Gason, local cycling fanatic, pro photographer and adventure seeker.Based in Theux in the Ardennes he jumped back on his bike during the pandemic and discovered a passion for photography, and more precisely in the Women Elite scene.Less than a year later he quits his day job to be fully present in cycling while doing some bike adventure here and there.In this episode we talk about his journey entering cycling as a rider and photographer, his move going full focus on his passion, some of his crazy festive attempts and more !Enjoy the chat !Support the show

Episode 23,We sit together with Rick Zabel, 28 year old pro cyclist riding for the Israel Pro Cycling Academy world tour team, host of PLAN Z podcast and son of sprint king of the 90 and 2000’s Erik Zabel. In this episode we talk about his early days in cycling riding for Rabobank and BMC, the youngsters in the pro peloton, his creative projects, briefly about his team mate Chris Froom and much more !  Enjoy the chat ! Support the show

Welcome to episode 22 of season 2.We sit together with Stefan Bolt also known as @steviethunderbolt, co-host of the well-known Dutch Live Slow Ride Fast Podcast !  Stevie as he is called is a cycling enthusiast who started the show with former pro cyclist Laurens ten Dam back in March 2018.  Very quickly their innitiative grew to the top list of Podcast in the Netherlands combining the love of suffering on the bike with the good things of the bike.   In this episode we talk about the recent world championships in Leuven and Paris Roubaix, how Stevie and Laurens met each other,  where the name live slow ride fast came from,  how the project evolved into a proper media company combining events, apparel and racing, their adventure in the migration gravel race in Kenya and much more !  Enjoy the chat ! Follow us on Instagram @steviethunderbolt@liveslowridefastltd@the_creative_cyclist_podcast@le_coffee_ride & @lecoffeerideapparel@jeroen_van_schelvenSupport the show

For episode 21, season 2, we went to Maastricht to a fellow cycling café called Fixed Gear Coffee. We sit together with Brian Megens a 31 year old dutch rider, entrepreneur and coffee lover. We talk about his recent participation at the professional Dutch national time trial championships , his two cycling cafes co owned with his partner Shivani, his know how and passion for speciality coffee and some nice things along the way ! Enjoy the Episode.Support the show

In episode 20 we sit together with Sigfrid Eggers a Belgian professional photographer who besides is own projects has worked very closely with the Deceuninck Quick Step Team and still today follows every step of Julian Alaphilippe in his world champion rainbow jersey.Sigfrid started his career in photography straight after school and came in close contact with the sport for the first time shooting a portrait of a young Tom Boonen lying in a bad filled with beans the same year he became world champion. He stayed in good contact with the team and ended up following them for 2 years bringing out the Wolfpack book in 2019 and 2020. On this episode we talk about this and much more, enjoy the chat !Feel free to follow Sigfrid on Instagram @sigfrid_eggers  If you feel like following some of my rides around the Ardennes check out my personal Instagram page @jeroen_van_schelven.Thank you for listening and see you in the next episode !Support the show

Welcome to episode 19 !We sit together with Simon Mottram CEO and Founder of the iconic cycling brand Rapha! Simon is a determinate entrepreneur who founded Rapha in 2004 bringing a new approach to the cycling fashion industry, celebrating the sport with minimalistic styles at that time while promoting the culture through extraordinary content. The brand sponsored team Sky from 2013 wining the Tour de France with Chris Froome before supporting the Education First team nowadays. Besides making great products and content the brand also opened club houses in major cities around the world . Today Simon still owns a part of the company and leads as the CEO aiming to make cycling the sport number one in the world.  We touch base on the creation of the brand, his vision during the early days, his strength and assets making it such a success, some of his best memories of the past few years, the challenges lying ahead and much more. Enjoy the chat ! Feel free to follow Simon on Instagram @simonmottramrapha   if you feel like following some of my rides around the Ardennes check out my personal Instagram page @jeroen_van_schelven,All links can be found on the podcast web page on Le Coffee Ride website.Thank you for listening and see you in the next episode !Support the show

Welcome to season 2, episode 18 !We sit together with Dutch cyclist Cyril Chermin @serialcee, a creative soul who combines his work as a freelance copyrighter with his passion for bike traveling while writing cycling related content for brands such as Shimano and Brooks but also for the well known Dutch cycling blog called ‘ Racefietsblog to name a few.We touch base on his experience in cycling, especially about bike packing for months riding from Amsterdam to Tokyo, how to prepare, how to stay safe camping in the middle of nowhere, how he organize his work in combination with his cycling adventures and much more,Enjoy the chat !Follow Cyril on Instagram @serialcee Instagram account about the Amsterdam Tokyo trip @team_oufti Amsterdam Tokyo website click here Cyril wrote a book @zowerktdatdaar Cyril talked about a book about travelers riding accross Asia in 1890, find more info hereSupport the show