Wheel Suckers Podcast

London Bike Kitchen
Wheel Suckers Podcast

Hop on board our tandem pod: It's Captain Alex and Jenni the Stoker! Join us as we navigate the wild and wonderful world of wheels. Comin atcha from London Bike Kitchen's DIY Bike Workshop, we're here to pull back the curtain on the industry and showcase a glorious smorgasbord of hidden cycling delights. Coz cycling's not just for roadies...or MAMILS...or Freds...plum smugglers...lycra louts..... ~ Work handles ~ London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk/ ~ Our personal handles ~ Alex Davis twitter.com/Singyamatokun Jenni Gwiazdowski twitter.com/money_melon ~ Illustration ~ Korinna Mei Veropoulou https://korinnamei.myportfolio.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Crumb Culture & Bike Medicine with Christina Torres of Cyclista Zine

    18/04/2022

    Crumb Culture & Bike Medicine with Christina Torres of Cyclista Zine

    An interview with the one and only Christina Torres of Cyclista Zine! This episode was recorded in the summer of 2021 - due to circumstances beyond our control (i.e. LIFE) we are releasing it now. Listen along as we discuss chocolate chip cookie activism, the Land Back Movement, performative activism, and zines as tools for freedom. Things we mention: Name the Change Campaign: https://www.change.org/p/dirty-kanza-name-the-change-dk Name the Change article: https://www.cxmagazine.com/campaign-petition-launched-to-change-dirty-kanza-gravel-race-dk200 Birb TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/discover/Bird-tiktok?lang=en BrattyXBre tiny zine earrings: https://www.brestinyprintshop.com/ https://www.instagram.com/brattyxbre_/ Muchachas fanzine: https://www.muchachafanzine.com/ No more Patreon, get a subscription via the Cyclista Zine website: https://www.cyclistazine.com/ Insta: @cyclista_zine Jenni Gwiazdowski: @money_melon Alex Davis: @singyamatokun This episode was edited by Mathew Jones: mgjprofessional@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 33m

  2. 13/10/2021

    Save The Rim Brake - Maintenance Minisode

    Do you trust your brakes? The poor, neglected rim brake deserves your full attention - ignore at your peril! Listen to Jenni and Alex for a full "brake" down on how to care for your rim brakes. #savetherimbrake Wanna get motivated for regular maintenance? Join London Bike Kitchen's Hex Club! Hex Club is an online weekly fix-a-long, where we tackle maintenance as a team. Join a small group of students under the care and guidance of Jenni Gwiazdowski as we navigate the wonderful world of home maintenance. Every week we will be building good habits, making maintenance second nature, keeping our bikes in top condition, saving money, and feeling empowered. https://lbk.org.uk/collections/online-fix-a-longs This episode is brought to you by our 3rd Wheels - wanna support the Wheel Suckers? You too can be a 3rd Wheel and keep us going! Click here for more >> https://www.wheelsuckerspodcast.com/ You'll be in good company with these 3rd Wheels: Aurelija Venclovaite! Kerena Fussell! Kirsty Chestnutt! Sally Bremner! Jonathan Rothwell! Aine MacCarthy! Max Maier! Bence Balla! Luc Rocher! Jenny Raphael! Cyclista Zine! Ella Borrie! Kirwan Lyster! Benjamin Irving Fields! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    44 min
  3. Cycling for All with Isabelle Clement

    19/09/2021

    Cycling for All with Isabelle Clement

    Isabelle Clement is the director of Wheels for Wellbeing, a disability led charity in London challenging people to think "beyond the bicycle". Guest Isabelle Clement Twitter: https://twitter.com/IsabelleClement Wheels for Wellbeing https://wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wheels4Well Support us and become our 3rd Wheel! Give us a little push today: https://www.wheelsuckerspodcast.com/support-us Recorded via Clean Feed: https://cleanfeed.net/ Edited by Wardour Studios Elisha! Thank you! http://wardourstudios.co.uk   Women of Colour Cycling Collective UK https://womenofcolourcycling.org/ The London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk Intro Track Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis: Bike Horn Cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUamHEvVQy0Sounds Work handles London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk Our personal handles Alex Davis twitter.com/Singyamatokun Jenni Gwiazdowski twitter.com/money_melon Follow us Twitter @WheelSuckersPod Instagram @wheelsuckerspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    53 min
  4. Constant speed and long distances with Vedangi Kulkarni

    06/06/2021

    Constant speed and long distances with Vedangi Kulkarni

    In 2018 Vedangi Kulkarni was the youngest woman to attempt circumnavigating the globe by bicycle. We discuss confidence, visas and cycling adventures. Guest Vedangi Kulkarni https://www.vedangikulkarni.com/ “Wheels and words” https://www.instagram.com/wheelsandwords/ https://twitter.com/wheelsandwords Founder of The Adventure Shed https://www.theadventureshed.com/ !Content warning! from 9:48 Vedangi talks about being mugged at knife point  Support us and become our 3rd Wheel! Give us a little push today: https://www.wheelsuckerspodcast.com/support-us Topics The Adventure Shed https://www.theadventureshed.com/ The Silk Road mountain race https://www.silkroadmountainrace.cc/ Visas It happens when it happens  1,000km bike ride in the southwest UK Sponsorship  Marc Randolph “That will never work” https://twitter.com/mbrandolph Adventure Traveller Eva zu Beck https://www.youtube.com/c/EvazuBeckOfficial https://www.instagram.com/evazubeck/?hl=en Recorded via Clean Feed: https://cleanfeed.net/ Edited by Wardour Studios Elisha! Thank you! http://wardourstudios.co.uk  Women of Colour Cycling Collective UK https://womenofcolourcycling.org/ The London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk Photo of Vedangi by @woodark https://www.instagram.com/woodark/?hl=en Intro Track Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis: Bike Horn Cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUamHEvVQy0Sounds Work handles London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk Our personal handles Alex Davis twitter.com/Singyamatokun Jenni Gwiazdowski twitter.com/money_melon Follow us Twitter @WheelSuckersPod Instagram @wheelsuckerspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    44 min
  5. Ciclovía! Open the streets and cycle with your cat with Tiffany Lam

    20/05/2021

    Ciclovía! Open the streets and cycle with your cat with Tiffany Lam

    We talk to our first three-peat guest, discussing intersectionality and gender in cycling with Tiffany Lam. Guest: Tiffany Lam https://tiffanylam.me/ https://twitter.com/tiffany_frances Listen to previous interviews with Tiffany: The Right to the city: https://www.wheelsuckerspodcast.com/podcast/episode/200f89ce/the-right-to-the-city-with-tiffany-lam Mind the cycling gender gap: https://www.wheelsuckerspodcast.com/podcast/episode/c1684827/mind-the-cycling-gender-gap-with-tiffany-lam Recorded via Clean Feed: https://cleanfeed.net/ Edited by Wardour Studios Elisha! Thank you! http://wardourstudios.co.uk  Support us and become our 3rd Wheel! Give us a little push today: https://www.wheelsuckerspodcast.com/support-us Women of Colour Cycling Collective UK https://womenofcolourcycling.org/ The London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk Topics! Kimberle Crenshaw The Study of Gender and Cycling in Bogota, using the Ciclo Alameda de Medio Milenio as a pilot “Currently, only 25% of cyclists in Bogota are female”  The CAMM - the new Ciclo Alameda Medio Milenio - CAMM cycle lane.  “Women make up 26% of cycling trips in London”  Ciclovía https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciclov%C3%ADa Independent workers of Great Britain The rise of Uber Eats gang masters is tearing the gig economy apart https://www.wired.co.uk/article/uber-eats-italy The forgotten frontline  https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/02/britains-other-frontline LTN! Low traffic networks! Milly we love you! Jun’s kitchen:  Stephanie Kelton's Twitter handle: @StephanieKelton  Kate Raworth's Twitter handle: @KateRaworth The Reductress Minute: https://reductress.com/podcasts/  BUY Mind the Cycling Gender Gap Zine! Online via Microcosm Publishing https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zines/9549 In London at Pages of Hackney https://pagesofhackney.co.uk Artwordss Shoreditch + Broadway Market https://www.artwords.co.uk/ Broken Spoke Co-op http://bsbcoop.org/ Intro Track Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis: Bike Horn Cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUamHEvVQy0Sounds Work handles London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk Our personal handles ~ Alex Davis twitter.com/Singyamatokun Jenni Gwiazdowski twitter.com/money_melon Follow us Twitter @WheelSuckersPod Instagram @wheelsuckerspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    53 min
  6. Sacrificial Chain - Maintenance Minisode

    29/04/2021

    Sacrificial Chain - Maintenance Minisode

    Maintain your bike and your bike will maintain you. Absorb essential bicycle maintenance advice thanks to your Captain Jenni, Director of the London Bike Kitchen. Watch how to take your chain off thanks to the LBK Online Class membership: https://lbk.org.uk/pages/online-class-library Today's topic: How to clean your chain! Part of our bike maintenance minisodes, listen to more! Lube https://play.acast.com/s/wheel-suckers-podcast/lube-ydube-ydo-maintenanceminisode How to pump up your tyres https://play.acast.com/s/wheel-suckers-podcast/pumpinguptyres-maintenanceminisode Recorded via Clean Feed: https://cleanfeed.net/ Edited by Wardour Studios Elisha! Thank you! http://wardourstudios.co.uk  ~ Support us and become our 3rd Wheel! ~ Give us a little push today: https://www.wheelsuckerspodcast.com/support-us You'll be in good company with these friends Aurelija Venclovaite! Kerena Fussell! Kirsty Chestnutt! Kate Thompson! Sally Bremner! Jonathan Rothwell! Ella Green! Áine MacCarthy Max Maier! "The chain is a sacrificial part. Bless the chain so we may ride again."  Clean before you lube! Prolong the life of your bike! What is a chain? Diagram! Rough prices 8 speed chain £13 11 speed £20 8 speed cassette £30 11 speed cassette £50 Chainrings a pound a tooth A brief moment with Richard. We welcome to return of our beloved bicycle guru Richard Ballentine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ballantine The sock on the hand! We love you! Intro Track Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis: Bike Horn Cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUamHEvVQy0Sounds Work handles London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk Our personal handles ~ Alex Davis twitter.com/Singyamatokun Jenni Gwiazdowski twitter.com/money_melon Follow us Twitter @WheelSuckersPod Instagram @wheelsuckerspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    30 min
  7. The Custom Service with Judith Rooze

    14/04/2021

    The Custom Service with Judith Rooze

    We chat beer bikes, Eurostar hacks and wheel building with Judith Rooze from Stayer Cycles: https://www.stayercycles.com They’re hiring at the moment: http://www.stayercycles.com/jobs-www Recorded via Clean Feed: https://cleanfeed.net/ Edited by Wardour Studios Elisha! Thank you! http://wardourstudios.co.uk  ~ Support us and become our 3rd Wheel! ~ Give us a little push today: https://www.wheelsuckerspodcast.com/support-us You'll be in good company with these friends Claire Tayler!  Aurelija Venclovaite! Kerena Fussell! Kirsty Chestnutt! Kate Thompson! Sally Bremner! Jonathan Rothwell! Ella Green! Áine MacCarthy Max Maier! ~ Notes ~ Durney Racing Stayer / Track Racing The Beer Bike! Bespoked - the best frame builders festival imo Eurostar Hack Bike Bike Boxes are hard to find OK Balance Bikes Gravel Bikes Off the peg bike build options  Zwift bikes Leytonstone represent !! Perky Blinders  Isembard cycles  Art School was never a mistake  Clever mikes LBK Wheel Building Lacing Putting the spokes in place Bladed spoke holder  Round spoke  Dot watching rules Transcontinental is great for that Get Custom from Stayer  Ayesha McGowan - It’s awkward to talk about race: let’s do it anyway https://www.casquette.co.uk/people/its-awkward-to-talk-about-race-lets-do-it-anyway ~ Recommendations! ~ Round Boys https://www.instagram.com/round.boys/?hl=en How I build this https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this The Wild Podcast https://www.kuow.org/podcasts/thewild The Mystery Show https://gimletmedia.com/shows/mystery-show Daisy May Cooper This Country  ~ Intro Track ~ Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis: Bike Horn Cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUamHEvVQy0Sounds ~ The London Bike Kitchen ~ www.lbk.org.uk ~ Personal handles ~ Alex Davis twitter.com/Singyamatokun Jenni Gwiazdowski twitter.com/money_melon ~ Follow us ~ Twitter @WheelSuckersPod Instagram @wheelsuckerspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 10m
  8. Wheel Sucking is back! Pandemic Podcast Edition

    31/03/2021

    Wheel Sucking is back! Pandemic Podcast Edition

    Listen to Captain Alex and Jenni the Stoker catch up after *checks notes* one year *gulp*. It's the Return of the Wheel Suckers: Pandemic Podcast Edition. We'll update you on what we've been up to the and future of the show. Expect interviews with guests and maintenance minisodes. Episodes will launch every 2 weeks! ~ Notes ~ Jenni is now not so keen on The Ordinary as it is now majority owned by Estee Lauder, who test on animals and their owner Ronald Lauder is a Trump supporter. The Women of Colour Cycling Group is now the Women of Colour Cycling Collective: https://womenofcolourcycling.org/ And Hex Education is almost over! But you can sign up to our 'I Like to Watch' class library here: https://membermojo.co.uk/lbk Alex streams on Wednesday nights now (only from 20:00 gmt: https://www.twitch.tv/singyamatokun Edited by Elisha at Wardour Studios: http://wardourstudios.co.uk/ Recorded via Cleanfeed: https://cleanfeed.net/ ~ Like what we do? ~ Become a Third Wheel to support the Wheel Suckers Podcast! https://www.wheelsuckerspodcast.com/support-us You'll be in good company with these 3rd Wheels:  Claire Tayler!  Aurelija Venclovaite! Kerena Fussell! Kirsty Chestnutt! Kate Thompson! Sally Bremner! Jonathan Rothwell! Ella Green! Áine MacCarthy Thank you for supporting us and making WS happen! X  ~ Intro Track ~ Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis: Bike Horn Cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUamHEvVQy0Sounds ~ The London Bike Kitchen ~ www.lbk.org.uk ~ Personal handles ~ Alex Davis twitter.com/Singyamatokun Jenni Gwiazdowski twitter.com/money_melon ~ Follow us ~ Twitter @WheelSuckersPod Instagram @wheelsuckerspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    55 min
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Hop on board our tandem pod: It's Captain Alex and Jenni the Stoker! Join us as we navigate the wild and wonderful world of wheels. Comin atcha from London Bike Kitchen's DIY Bike Workshop, we're here to pull back the curtain on the industry and showcase a glorious smorgasbord of hidden cycling delights. Coz cycling's not just for roadies...or MAMILS...or Freds...plum smugglers...lycra louts..... ~ Work handles ~ London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk/ ~ Our personal handles ~ Alex Davis twitter.com/Singyamatokun Jenni Gwiazdowski twitter.com/money_melon ~ Illustration ~ Korinna Mei Veropoulou https://korinnamei.myportfolio.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    London Bike Kitchen
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2022
  • Episodes
    74
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
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    Wheel Suckers Podcast

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