Bike Talk
Summary: A weekly talk and call-in show on BSR. Join the conversation about all aspects of biking and cycling culture, with a focus on the Providence scene. Mondays, 9:30pm on bsrlive.com
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- Artist: Dani, John, and Ryan
Podcasts:
biketalkbsr: Those hills did hurt me / you want to know how it feels? (Tune in!) If only we could make a deal with the Transportation Committee… Us bikers got some hills to climb. John exchanges his weekend experience and we chat about the D.C. challenge to pedestrian and biking infrastructure. Listen Here!
Tonight, the Bike Talk crew talks about digging in and clipping in. What are all of those goofy pedals, and how do they work? Listen Here!
Tonight’s Bike Talk tells some stories about snow riding from last weekend. Also, Dani tells stories about biking around Hotlanta. Whoo! Listen Here!
Bike Talk returns for the start of the 2012 season tonight! We’ll talk about freezing our fingers off in the arctic weather the past few days and an exciting street sign that just went up downtown. Tune in to find out what it means! Listen Here!
Tonight, we look back on the past year of riding our bikes, in Providence and far afield. It’s also the half year anniversary of the return of Bike Talk (maybe a week or two late…). Ring your holiday bells on your handlebars with Dani, John, and Ryan! Listen Here!
Tonight, a scene report from the East Bay about the construction affecting the East Bay Bike Path and how the detour might actually make the ride better, and a report from last month’s Better World by Design conference on bike machines Listen Here!
Holiday season is coming, so get ready by shopping on Craigslist (oh, the horrors) and maybe by doing a food-drive alley cat. Will one come to Providence? Tune in and see! We’ll also chat about Campy’s new meh-lectronic shifitng. Listen Here!
Tonight, we discuss the different things you need to ride as efficiently and safely as you want- strong and sturdy tires and bright lights. Ride forth, blinking beacons of vibrating rubber! Listen Here!
Whoa, winter’s here already, with snow and ice coating the Providence streets this weekend. Tune in to find out how to stay on your bike this winter— that is, how to keep riding and how not to fall off! We also run a segment on the origin of ghost bike memorials. Listen Here!
Today, we talk about a concept bike that introduces an energy-storing flywheel into the drivetrain, and a discussion about the politics and economics of bike lanes. Listen Here!
Irate drivers, biking DJs, and Beardman Bicylces! Listen Here!
We recap a crazy cycling weekend, from Critical Mass on Friday to two days of cyclocross! Also, we encounter an “ordinary bicycle” at the Veloswap. What that means might surprise you… We didn’t forget about Friday’s Builder’s Ball either, just didn’t have time. Catch it, as well as some more stuff from the Veloswap, next week! Listen Here!
Tonight, we look at a Wall Street Journal article that examines a spate of recent studies examining the supposed dangers of bicycling. Are their claims true or bogus? Also, tune in for audio from parts of the Better World by Design conference held at Brown University last weekend, where there were some crazy bike-based machines. Listen Here!
Today, we talk about a mysterious new drive system from a company named Dynamic Bikes that uses a shaft drive in place of a chain, as well as an internal hub gear, to essentially hide all of the drive mechanisms within the hub and a post running along a chainstay. We’ll also chat about the pending return of Critical Mass to Providence, due to hit the streets on Friday, October 7th at 6pm from Burnside Park by Kennedy Plaza. Why not on the last Friday of the month? And why is there a raindate? Let’s discuss! Listen Here!
We check in with some of the organizers of last week’s Courteous Mass ride in Boston to see how the ride went and to explore the differences between that and the other CM. We’ll also hear about the Woonie Ride this weekend. Listen Here!