Tracy Moseley - Chasing Rainbows

Lloyd Cole & The Commotions were one of the biggest bands of the 1980s, with hits such as Perfect Skin, Lost Weekend & Brand New Friend. Lloyd is still very much making music too - and riding bikes, naturally.Stabilisers & Stylophones, true meanings & cruel dreams, Kraftwerk & Zwift, I caught up with Lloyd a few days ago to talk riding bikes & making music.Enjoy the musical ride down memory lane, and also do check out Lloyd's website too, where you can follow along with his on-going career and ride through life.www.lloydcole.comCover pic thanks to Lloyd Cole.

British mountain bike racer Tracy Moseley stands as one of the all time greats of gravity racing. With a Downhill and 3 Enduro world titles to her name, plus 17 World Cup and many national title wins to her name, after 30 years she's still out there racing, living it - and winning too. However that doesn't even scratch the surface with Tracy, so listen in to hear more.Photo thanks to Bosch eBike

From World Cup downhill racer to Red Bull TV star, to digging for peace all over the world - meet Claudio Caluori.

Tune in for a fascinating glimpse into the inspiring world of multiple Iranian Mountain Bike Champion Faranak Partoazar, and hear all about her journey to acceptance and achieving two wheeled success against all odds, and so much more too - thanks to the Pump for Peace team. Feel free to give the podcast a follow and rating (if it's to your liking), it all helps to keep things rolling.Image thanks to Craig Kolesky

Catching up with 1990's cycling rockstar Mike Edwards, singer & song writer with Jesus Jones, the band that brought us such classics as Right Here, Right Now - Reel, Real, Real & International Bright Young Thing. During this in-depth episode we find out how he became a competitive cyclist (and still is) when the band were at their peak, as well as learning more about his iconic music ( middle third of the show), and so much more besides, plus a whole load of banter - join us for the ride.Please excuse and minor coughs along the way, we were both suffering from remote recording and throaty niggles.Jesus Jones will be touring the UK later this year, so be sure to check out www.jesusjones.com for more.If you like this one, and the show - please give it a good Spotify rating, and share it - thanks.Base cover image courtesy of Big Ed Photography & Jesus Jones.

In conversation with Christoph Sauser, 4 x MTB World Champion, Olympic medalist & 5 time Cape Epic winner turned coffee roaster.

Tune in to hear one of the great untold stories of early mountainbike downhill racing - that of Jurgen Beneke, the first ever Downhill World Cup Champion, who's still strutting his stuff and racing bikes off-road. If you enjoy the podcast please give it a rating and follow on Spotify, it helps me to know it actually works. Be sure to check to Jurgen's YouTube channel here.. https://youtube.com/@cyclingskills?si=8SET0w_8ACMBX9Hs

Tune in for an amazing and twisted ride through time with Tom Ritchey. Along the trail we'll hear fascinating tales of the evolution of the mountain bike, from the man credited with making it.

Pull up your toe straps for a rebellious ride back to the 1980's with former 7-11 pro, Tour de France rider and lifelong bicycling adventurer Nathan Dahlberg from New Zealand. Listen in for some great insights and tales from the offbeat & wild side of bike racing- and so much more besides. You can also check out Nathan's adventure videos here..

Ned Overend, the first ever official XC World Mountain Bike Champion, and a man with an incredible life story, which we but scratch the surface of in the latest podcast. Tune in for this fascinating insight into his early life and those pioneering days of off-road racing. .