CyclingTips Podcast

The 5 stars is to hopefully boost the morale of the crew. I’ve been a longtime listener and overtime it seems they get more and more miserable every episode. Complaining about life and work in every intro and Abby always annoyed at everyone else. I understand the podcast isn’t the main part of your job and can get a bit redundant but no one wants to listen to a podcast with a “When it rains it pours” attitude.

While the hosts often remind us of their bona fides as former racers and journalists, this nominal podcast, about a dying sport ruled by white men, is remarkable for its lack of insights, painful jokes, and the struggles of host Abbe Micke to use English in a coherent manner (she makes up at least three words per episode). Cannot recommend to anyone in good faith.

I will give Nerd alert all my attention and five stars if James Huang stays as helming it. With Caley as the face of this podcast, it was mediocre at best. There were often times where this podcast is aimless rambling with bad sound quality and people who’s voices are so compressed it’s hard to understand. I’m frankly glad Johnny has left the podcast as I didn’t feel he brought much to the podcast other than ANOTHER British voice to cycling.. if you fire someone, maybe you should take their face off of your podcasts.. just saying.

The equipment reviews are objective and fair. The Paris-Roubaix episode was really good, the sounds of the race captured are very cool. This podcast has a lot to offer. It’s uncanny but true that Caley, Fred Dreier and Fran Drescher are, in fact, one in the same person: Thrace-Face. Are Abby & Taylor also one & the same? Who’s swifter on a bike? What’s up with the faces? Jose is the press officer for Lefevre??? Ya’ll had the best Tour de France podcast of 2022, well done! Oh man, this is a good podcast…. I will miss Caley et all. Since the big employment purge you all have gotten 65% funnier.