Month: July 2023

  • Save the Mamils

    0:00 Trash Talk: A recent listener email objected to Bike Talk’s interview with Bike Mapper Jaimy Fisher because she didn’t use Strava data that included MAMILs (Middle Aged Men in Lycra). Original interview at: on.soundcloud.com/XEC1y. This, according to our listener, constituted “Trash Talking MAMILS.” Cohosts Taylor, Lindsay, Madeleine, Seamus & Nick do some introspecting, and…

  • Bike Your Way

    0:33 https://on.soundcloud.com/zpXmy Lucas Rowton, mountain bike racer and bike mechanic, gives some advice on chains and flats. 10:44 https://on.soundcloud.com/ixYFS LA Times Art and Design Columnist Carolina Miranda on her article, “Build less housing for cars and more for people,” with Taylor Nichols. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-07-07/build-less-housing-for-cars-and-more-for-people-how-cities-of-the-past-can-guide-the-future 26:00 https://on.soundcloud.com/bts1X State of the art thinking about safety from two Pittsfield,…

  • Bikecentric

  • Tactical Urbanism the Bicycle

    0:29 on.soundcloud.com/xwxnTMoney Talks: Truck sideguards are proven to save lives; the League of American Bicyclists’ Deputy Executive Director Caron Whitaker tells cohost Taylor Nichols how the USDOT chose the trucking industry over lives. 10:33 on.soundcloud.com/Le7gyAdvocacy Roots: A recent Bike Talk forum covered the past, present, and future of Bike Advocacy in Los Angeles at the…