45 episodes
Bicycle Talk Ron Manizza, Fran Storch
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- Health & Fitness
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3.5 • 38 Ratings
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Call-in talk show about bicycling.
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Bicycle Talk Episode 391
Bicycle Talk. Episode 391 April 17th 2024. Ron’s Rant: Even Race officials are being run over by inattentive drivers. On a positive side: Tom Pidcock win’s a classic. And 2 more monument classics to come. ‘The Bike Is the Cure’: Meet New Congressional Bike Caucus Chair Mike Thompson. Mechanical minute and cycling tips: 5 […]
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Bicycle Talk Episode 390
Bicycle Talk. Episode 390 April 10th 2024. Ron’s Rant: Oh the crashes. Pro bike circuit is just riddled with crashes. Wout Van Aert out for a while. But of course you better be wearing the right socks! On a positive side: Go Men’s UConn Basketball team! The Paris Roubaix! Did you see […]
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Bicycle Talk Episode 389
Bicycle Talk. Episode 389 April 3rd 2024 Ron’s Rant: Cars that are too quiet. The EV’s are coming, but can you hear them approaching from behind? Go Huskies again. On a positive side: College Basketball fever. Ride the East on June 8, 2024! Town of Mansfield CT. accepts the bicycle pedestrian proposal offer by Bike […]
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Bicycle Talk Episode 388
Bicycle Talk. Episode 388 March 27th 2024 Ron’s Rant: Heart medication and the frustration I am feeling right now. Ron rants about his current health dilemma and his bodies rejection of the pharmaceutical he is taking. On a positive side: The Natchaug Epic Gravel ride this past weekend. People for bikes planning to develop reasonable […]
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Bicycle Talk Episode 387
Bicycle Talk. Episode 387 March 20th 2024 Ron’s Rant: Fox News Bogus report “How e-bikes are exploding and killing people”. And a heart felt comment to Peter Sagan. On a positive side: Classics! March 16, 2024, Milan-San Remo Crazy finish. And, A New Study Proves E-Bikes Are Pretty Damn Great for the Future of […]
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Bicycle Talk Episode 386
Bicycle Talk. Episode 386 March 13th 2024 Ron’s Rant:Distracted Driving Again? The numbers keep going up. Please put down that phone. On a positive side: American rider wins Paris / Nice Classic. Town of Canton CT. Lowers the speed limit. Mechanical minute and cycling tips: Back to tire size. Yes Size matters! Content: […]
Customer Reviews
Vehicular Cycling
The show is okay. They advocate vehicular cycling. After more than 40 years of enacting the vehicular cycling idea, how well is it working to grow bicycle use as transportation? In the U.S., not at all. It's like saying that black diamond skiing is safe. It is if you are good enough and comfortable enough to ski black diamond runs, but I wouldn't send my family down those runs. Not until recently, when cities began changing the design of their streets, have we seen growth in bicycle use. Average people will use bicycles when they feel safe.
Helmet talk gets old. When we mandate helmets, we send the message that bicycling is dangerous further keeping people off bikes, yet we don't think twice about driving. And if we pass laws mandating helmets we kill bike share systems because no one walking past a bike share hub has a helmet on them.
Changing street design and getting away from vehicular cycling will add more bicycle riders making bicycle riding safer, which will reduce or even remove the need for helmets. Stop advocating vehicular cycling.
Lastly, indoor trainer talk gets old, too. How wonderful it must be to use a bicycle to go nowhere.
Stick with cycling, you know nothing about self defense
Just listened to episode 342 and thought you had a good topic going when you began talking about personal defense for cyclists and runners. But then you began an anti-gun, knife, pepper spray rhetoric, stating these things will all just “make you vulnerable” and “aggravate the situation”. You then suggested that a cellphone was the ultimate self defense weapon, indicating you could just hit record and the bad guy would run away. I’m sorry you live in such a dream world. You’ll make a great victim for someone who doesn’t care about your cellphone or your life. Seriously, get a clue before you misinform others and cause them to put their safety at risk because they believe you.
Still no good bike podcast
Every so often, I try another cycling podcast. I tried one episode of Bicycle Talk, and found the host going on for ten minutes with about thirty seconds worth of content. Still looking…