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.
Episodes
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...
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 ...
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
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 kni...
We talk to our first three-peat guest, discussing intersectionality and gender in cycling with Tiffany Lam.
Guest: Tiffany Lam
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:
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/lu...
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!
~ Support us and become our 3rd Wheel! ~
Give us a little push today: https://www.wheelsuckerspodcast.com/support...
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 ...
We’re in the studio *recorded before the lockdown* interviewing gravel nerd, back-packer and off road cyclist Katherine Moore.
Recorded at Wardour Studios http://wardourstudios.co.uk/
~ Guest ~
Katherine Moore
https://www.instagram.com/katherinebikes
Check out Katherine's Bags!
https://www.instagram.com/katherine_makes_
Listen to her new podcast with Tom, the Unpaved Podcast!
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.
Today's topic: Lubrication!
Recorded at Wardour Studios www.wardourstudios.co.uk
Listen to our previous Maintenance Minisode: Pumping up Tyres: https://play.acast.com/s/wheel-suckers-podcast/tag%3Asoundcloud%2C2010%3Atracks%2F658536002
*Please note, ...
Back at it again! We discuss intersectional feminism, the problem with autonomous cars and owning the city with Tiffany Lam.
~ Guest ~
Tiffany Lam https://www.tiffanyflam.com
Listen to our previous interview! https://play.acast.com/s/wheel-suckers-podcast/tag%3Asoundcloud%2C2010%3Atracks%2F445774218
Buy Tiffany’s zines!
Mind the Cycling Gender Gap issue 1 and 2: https://www.tiffanyflam.com/zine
Jenni interviewed Therese! An inspiring mechanic living the dream, fighting for the future of bicycle education in Santa Cruz. "Empower people. It’s better to learn if you can."
~ Guest ~
Therese Kilpatrick
~ Topics ~
Project Bike Tech https://projectbiketech.org/
Santa Cruz Bikes https://www.santacruzbicycles.com/en-US
Mosquito Bikes http://mosquito-bikes.co.uk/
London Field Cycles
We interviewed our dads! Listen to a short and sweet 2019 review from our pops.
Listen to previous Popcasts
https://play.acast.com/s/wheel-suckers-podcast/tag%3Asoundcloud%2C2010%3Atracks%2F382253885
~ Guests ~
Jenni’s Dad
Alex’s Dad
~ Topics ~
Coming soon
~ Work handles ~
Look mum no hands www.lookmumnohands.com/
London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk/
~ Our personal handles ~
Alex Davis twitter.com/Singyamatokun
Jenn...
Former (ish) rower turned Track Racer and Sram ambassador Yewie Adesida rolled into the glorious world of cycling via a very unusual gateway drug...Hint. It's in the title ;) We debate indoors vs outdoor cycling, weight lifting, the Women of Colour Cycling Meetup group and more in our first episode of 2020. Please enjoy!
~ Guest ~
Yewie Adesida
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/yewie_a
Recorded at Wardour Studios ht...
This is a LIVE RECORDING of the official launch event celebrating the 2020 edition of the Transcontinental Race TCRNo8, recorded at Look mum no hands! 49 Old Street, EC1V 9HX on Saturday 23rd November 2019. Presented and organised by the LOST DOT team.
~ TCRno8 ~
Read more and register now: https://www.transcontinental.cc/
~ The Launch and Panel ~
Discover the route, learn more about the Controls and what’s ...
This is a LIVE RECORDING of Emily Chappell's panel discussion; "Telling new stories about cycling" featuring:
- Jools Walker - author of Back In The Frame
- Max Leonard - author of Lanterne Rouge and Higher Calling
- Kat Jungnickel - author of Bikes And Bloomers
Hosted as part of the launch party for new book: Where There's A Will: Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race Ac...
Books, bikes, politics, grief, periods and the Chappetite with Emily Chappell.
~ Guest ~
Emily Chappell http://thatemilychappell.com/about
Twitter @emilychappell https://twitter.com/emilychappell
Instagram @emilyofchappell https://www.instagram.com/emilyofchappell/
~ Buy Emily’s new book ~
Where There’s a Will: Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race Across a Continent https://www.amazon.co.uk/Where-Th...
This is a LIVE recording of the #TCRno7 Transcontinental Race Debrief held at Look mum no hands! on 49 Old Street. EC1V 9HX on Saturday 21st September.
The Transcontinental Race is the definitive self-supported bicycle race across Europe. Each year riders cover around 4000km to reach the finish line. In collaboration with TCR we presented an evening with a collection of riders from this year's race!
Cycling journalist Laura Laker lays down the (multiple) problem with cars, the power of ebikes, shorthand and Lindy hopping.
Recorded at Wardour Studios wardourstudios.co.uk
~ Guest ~
Laura Laker https://www.lauralaker.com/
Twitter https://twitter.com/lakerlikes
Read her Guardian articles https://www.theguardian.com/profile/laura-laker
~ Topics ~
Shorthand tweet https://twitter.com/laura_laker/status/1098539500630917120
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