Outspoken Cyclist

You may have noticed a different “intro” theme to this episode and that is because this is our first “side story,” – a short conversation that highlights and compliments another ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 10/7/2026

I’m really excited about this episode because it’s an approach to safety that could truly wake up the public to a concrete reason for watching out for us on the ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist Podcast 9/17/2026

My guest says she is “one gear short of normal.” In fact, that’s the title of her Substack and, after our conversation, I can see why she might think that. ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 9/7/2026

This week’s “safety” episode is focused in Ohio but has broad implications about the laws around bikes on the road. My guest is Ohio Bike Lawyer Steve Magas. Steve and ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 8/27/2026

Yes, this episode quickly follows on the heels of my conversation with Raul Avelar from the IIHS. But, there are so many great safety conversations getting ready to stack up ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 8/6/2026

This is the second in our series about safety. And, while it isn’t a long conversation, it’s an important one because it helps to set the context for how safety ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 8/1/2026

My guest is Rachael Maney. Rachael is the managing director of Bike Law, a network of independent bicycle crash attorneys. I was supposed to speak with her last month, but ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 7/24/2026

I’ve had this conversation archived for way too long and in re-listening while editing it today, I thought – how interesting that we are at this strange place with the ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 7/16/2026

While we will be celebrating our 250th Anniversary here in the States, the Grand Departe of the 113th Tour de France will lead off with a team time trial in ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 7/1/2026

This episode brings together a long and sorrowful history and a bicycle tour that commemorates it. We are all familiar with rides that have meaning such as fund raisers for ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 6/19/2026

Seven years ago, Melissa and Chris Bruntlett gave up their cars, moved to the Netherlands, and have been exploring urban transformations around the world. The last time I spoke with ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 5/31/2026

This is the next episode in our series of great rides around the U.S. for spring and summer 2026. Today, we visit Maine. Lung diseases affect 35 million people in ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 5/18/2026

I don’t think I’ve met a more fascinating person than adventurer Laura Killingbeck. For example, how many of us know from a very young age who we are and what ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 5/7/2026

I don’t know how you feel about trees, but I for one think they may be vastly underrated and WAY more important than people might give them credit for. Although, ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 4/29/2026

As we wrap up our third and final episode on eBikes, Ash Lovell and Matt Moore from People for Bikes take us into some of the legal issues and possible ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 4/18/2026

Before we get to our guest, I want to give a HUGE shoutout to our very own Bike Cleveland Executive Director, Jacob VanSickle. Jacob was named Professional Advocate of the ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 4/9/2026

This episode of the show is Part I of a series about eBikes and the ongoing issues surrounding their definition, usage, regulation, and legislation – all topics of controversy and ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 3/31/2026

I really love having the chance to talk with my NYC friend and colleague John Surico – Professor Surico actually. Today, John joins me from his local coffee shop, so ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 3/13/2026

I wanted to get this episode up before Omloop- the first European One-Day Classic this coming Saturday. Indeed, it’s Spring Classics time and as always, I turn to my bike ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 2/25/2026

I have a bit of housekeeping before we get to our two great guests today. First – it’s WJCU’s annual fundraiser – RADIOTHON! This year’s theme “Carrying the Torch for ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist Podcast – 2/8/2026

My guest today is an old friend and perhaps someone many of you might consider your friend too. If you subscribed to Winning Magazine or Velo News back in the ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 2/2/2026

As many of you know, I have a real soft spot for traditional steel frame bikes and so I always feel somewhat justified in my “curmudgeonly-ness” when I have the ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 1/10/2026

In my Substack post about Tucker Schwinn’s new book, Closure – The Final Days of the Waterford Bicycle Factory – I said I had hoped to be able to speak ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 12/23/2025

I’m really pleased to welcome two great guests to the show today. The first is not new to TOC, and in fact has been someone I’ve not only spoken with ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 12/17/2025

Every time I think our issues with cars vs cyclists are getting so much worse, which of course they are, I come across something that is even more dreadful! Seems ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 12/04/2025

This episode was going to be an audio with commentary for my Substack. But, as often happens when I speak with Joe Lindsey from the Escape Collective, the conversation becomes ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 11/20/2025

We read or hear about corruption from a lot of places and when I came across a story from Kevin Duggan from Streetsblog NYC about a prominent family in Brooklyn ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist Podcast – 11/11/2025

Scott Tong is one of my favorite NPR hosts. Most days, along with Robyn Young and several other Here and Now folks, I listen to Scott on WKSU, our local ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 10/16/2025

This episode of the podcast offers up a short discussion with Bicycle Retailer’s EIC Steve Frothingham about U.S. Customs and the seizing of containers from Taiwan manufacturer Giant. Earlier this ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 9/26/2025

Shannon Binns didn’t make a plan to come to Charlotte, NC and stay; yet here he is more than 15 years after starting his not-for-profit organization “Sustain Charlotte.” Shannon started ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 9/16/2025

It’s kind of a special episode for TOC because on September 4th, I will celebrate 15 years of TOC podcasting. From my very first guest, frame builder Ben Serotta, until ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 8/30/2025

I’m a huge believer in print – magazines, newspapers, books. I prefer to turn pages and read from them, so when a client of ours mentioned this new magazine FAUSTO, ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 8/11/2025

This episode of the podcast covers good news for cyclists in PA and a look at what’s happening in NYC – from the mayoral election to Central Park. Ed Blazina ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 7/16/2025

Today, my guests are Mark Van Tongeren from Michigan Adventure Racing and Professor Jim Martin from the Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and Neuromuscular Function Lab at the University of Utah. ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 6/2/2025

My guest is not new to the show, and he is certainly not new to U.S. cycling or to the custom bike business. In fact, Toby Stanton – Mr. Hot ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 05/03/2025

How’s your heart? Do you regularly keep tabs on the highs and lows of your heart rate? Have you noticed any irregularities? My guest today is Dr. Tamanna Singh. She ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 4/21/2025

I wanted to get this episode out right away as it is time sensitive. It isn’t always my great good fortune to be able speak with one of the iconic ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 4/10/2025

She really wanted to wear skirts and get her nails done, but Alison Tetrick, while remaining ever the fashionable girl, is a feisty competitor – in all sorts of ways. ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 4/7/2025

I love talking about bike racing with Escape Collective’s Joe Lindsey because he has such a superb grasp of the sport – for both men and women. Today, our conversation ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 4/2/2025

My guest today is Professor Alex Karner from the U. of Texas in Austin. I learned about Alex and his work in an article by Magdalena de Valle written for ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 3/13/2025

My guests today are NYC’s Professor John Surico and the bike fitter’s bike fitter, Paul Swift. John is one of my favorite repeat guests as those of you who are ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 2/25/2025

It is a tough day for the Outspoken Cyclist Podcast as well as the many shows and most of the staff of WJCU – the radio station at John Carroll ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 2/13/2025

The holidays are literally around the corner and today, I wanted to offer up one of my favorite year-end opportunities for giving. Leah Missbach Day is one of the founders ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 12/18/2024

Hello and welcome to TOC. I’m your host Diane Jenks. Thanks for tuning in today. Yes, it’s been a minute – well, maybe a bit longer – since the last ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 12/7/2024

Brendan Quirk is the CEO of USA Cycling. Brendan fell in love with bike racing as a teenager and throughout his young adulthood and beyond, has immersed himself in everything ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 10/6/2024

This episode of our show was intended to highlight another great riding trail along with a conversation with renowned traffic engineer and planner Professor Wes Marshall at the University of ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 9/2/2024

As August comes to a close we are beginning to wrap-up our series on great riding trails. This episode, we take a ride down the Katy Trail in Missouri with ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 8/23/2024

Back in April, 65 members of the European Cyclists Federation, representing 40 countries, signed the EU Declaration of Cycling. Founded in 1983, the European Cyclists’ Federation is a Brussels-based independent ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 8/14/2024

In our ongoing series on favorite riding trails, I took Jim Sayer’s advice and contacted the Empire State Trail’s Chris Morris for a look at New York’s 750 miles of ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 7/30/2024

Last time, we began our series on favorite bike trails with the Ohio to Erie Trail and today, we’ll be exploring the Mickelson Trail in South Dakota. A couple of ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 7/22/2-24