Honest Bicycle Program

HBP #35 – Strategically Placed Stuffed Lions

It’s the first rest day of the 2015 Tour de France, so it’s time for a show! Greg and mattio discuss the race so far and where things might be headed. And of course, the Workingman’s Fantasy Bicycle League standings! Episode Links iTunes (Subscribe! Leave us a review!): The Workingman’s Honest Bicycle Program mattio Twitter: @_mattio Greg…

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HBP #34 – Lies and Slander

We cover the first two stages of the 2015 Tour de France, Workingman’s Fantasy Bicycle League standings, and listener mail. Episode Links iTunes (Subscribe! Leave us a review!): The Workingman’s Honest Bicycle Program mattio Twitter: @_mattio Greg Twitter: @grolby Email us at honestbikeprogram@gmail.com Read more at http://twhbp.wideanglepodium.libsynpro.com/#EBPm6u13IluqtYrZ.99

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HBP #33 – Really Gooderer

Tour de France Preview Part II and our Velogames Fantasy League and Listener Contest details! Put your team together on Velogames.com and join us in the Workingman’s Fantasy Bicycle League! League Code 25205419. Episode Links iTunes (Subscribe! Leave us a review!): The Workingman’s Honest Bicycle Program Sprinter Della Casa mattio Twitter: @_mattio Greg Twitter: @grolby Email us at honestbikeprogram@gmail.com…

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HBP #32 – 3,360 KM

Summer is here, and that can only mean one thing – Le Tour de France! This is our blockbuster edition lead-in to the Tour. We discuss the big picture of how we feel about the race and what it means, before covering the Big Four contenders for this year. And then we finally tackle a subject…

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HBP #31 – State Fair Affair

Not mattio and Andrew, but it is the State Fair Affair! A special live crossover episode that mattio recorded down at the local races with Andrew Thompson of the Super Number One Cycling podcast! Andrew and mattio discuss crashing, local racing and… food co-ops? This is a little different from our usual fare, but well…

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HBP #30 – North Star

This week we are joined by elite racer and rad human Heidi Goodson to discuss the North Star Grand Prix (formerly the Nature Valley Grand Prix), and more specifically the lack of a women’s field in the race. Also up for discussion are thoughts on race and payout equality and a proposal for tying payouts…

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HBP #29 – Confessional

This is a week for Greg and mattio to unburden their consciences and be shamed for their transgressions. There’s also a fair bit of nattering on about nothing much in this one, and some Feelings about Strava. Follow us on Strava, by the way. If you want to. Episode Links iTunes (Subscribe! Leave us a…

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HBP #28 – We All Want The Same Things

Surly is great, we just thought this patch was illustrative. Click through to their website and give ’em some love. This week on WHBP, Greg and mattio start with some listener feedback on Secret Racing and their (mostly unjustified affronted feelings when someone passes them. And then they dive deep into a Serious Discussion about…

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HBP #27 – It’s Not More Complicated But It Is Stupid

This week we have a sleepy episode as newly-relocated Greg and newly-minted Master of the Universe mattio ramble their way through a discussion of the silliest internet cycling debates. Also: riding road bikes on non-roads, sort of, and a Comparative Commuting Seminar. Episode Links iTunes (Subscribe! Leave us a review!): The Workingman’s Honest Bicycle Program mattio…

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HBP #26 – I Come Not to Praise The Quick Release But to Bury It

This week, Greg and mattio share a gripe about and propose solutions for secret racers and surprise wheelsuckers. But that’s only the aperitif for a solid discussion and a little bit of ranting about Trek’s quick release recall, its implications and the problems with the humble but outmoded design of the quick release skewer. Episode…

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