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The Honest Bicycle Program
by Honest Bicycle Program
By bike racers, for bike racers and really for anyone who loves to ride, The Honest Bicycle Program is where friends discuss cycling topics: silly, serious, ridiculous or practical. Come ride with us!
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HBP 2018 Volume 7
HBP 2018 Volume 7 Honest Bicycle Program Download Also, Frances makes a GLORIOUS RETURN to the show so we can discuss an incident with a misogynistic Masters racer (#notallmasters) shared recently on Twitter by Frank Cundiff. From there, we discuss how all of us can not just support women's bike...
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HBP 2018 Volume 6
HBP 2018 Volume 6 Honest Bicycle Program Download Welcome to Volume 6! This month: why we're not that stoked on the Tour de France this year, plus a lot more besides. Maybe we do complain a little bit too much about the annoying things other people in bike races do. Closing music by Chris Norton.
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HBP 2018 Volume 5
HBP 2018 Volume 5 Honest Bicycle Program Download Volume 5 is here! We try to talk about a few different things but mostly end up focused on what it means to try too hard. That's the good stuff. There's also a long meander through Greg's attempt at the Six Gaps route in Vermont, which is also...
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HBP 2018 Volume 4
HBP 2018 Volume 4 Honest Bicycle Program Download We're back! An all-new episode for you, now that #roadishere. A little bit of the pros, a little bit of our own racing, a lot of the usual silliness. Brought to you by HealthIQ. Get a free quote over at HealthIQ.com/honestbicycle. Opening/closing...
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HBP 2018 Volume 3
HBP 2018 Volume 3 Honest Bicycle Program Download At last! We're back to discuss the Cyclocross World Championships, and a whole lot of other stuff as well. Subbing in for mattio this week is Bill Schieken of cxhairs.com. Brought to you by HealthIQ. Get a free quote over at...
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HBP 2018 Volume 2
HBP 2018 Volume 2 Honest Bicycle Program Download We're back, this time to talk the USA Cyclocross National Championships, the upcoming World Championships, and apparently a whole lot of other stuff along the way. We're joined by local Philly hero Dan Chabanov, who shares his views on topics...
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HBP 2018 Volume 1
HBP 2018 Volume 1 Honest Bicycle Program Download It's 2018 and the Honest Bicycle Program is here for you! Greg and mattio sat down on January 1st to do a little year-in-review Hot Or Not. Plus, a draft of cycling brands we love and/or consider important. Intro/Outro music by Chris Norton
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Honest Bicycle Program #88 - I've Been Watching A Lot Of Bojack Horseman
88 - I've Been Watching a Lot of Bojack Horseman Honest Bicycle Program Download Welcome to a packed episode of HBP! We go deep on what's most important to us in our cycling lives. Plus, some news on the future of the show, as HBP goes into hibernation for a bit. Episode Links iTunes (Subscribe!...
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Honest Bicycle Program #87 - Honest AF
87 - Honest AF Honest Bicycle Program Download It's the offseason! For one of us anyway. So there's a little bit from Column A, a little from Column B… just a JRA chit-chat from your HBP friends. Episode Links iTunes (Subscribe! Leave us a review!): The Honest Bicycle Program mattio Twitter:...
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Honest Bicycle Program #86 - Non-Ironic Ironic Mullet
86 - Non-Ironic Ironic Mullet Honest Bicycle Program Download #cxishere, new routines, the benefits of strength training, some pro cycling chitter-chatter. Episode Links iTunes (Subscribe! Leave us a review!): The Honest Bicycle Program mattio Twitter: @_mattio Frances Twitter: @Francestastic…
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Honest Bicycle Program #85 - Extremely Affirming Screed
85 - Extremely Affirming Screed Honest Bicycle Program Download We discuss the worst conditions we've raced in and how to deal with it, cycling style and The Rules, and Cannondale-Drapac's crowdfunding of their team. Episode Links iTunes (Subscribe! Leave us a review!): The Honest Bicycle Program...
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Honest Bicycle Program #84 - I Don't Wanna Be A Brand
84 - I Don't Wanna Be A Brand Honest Bicycle Program Download This week, Dan Chabanov of the Richard Sachs Cycling Team joins us over the airwaves! We follow-up on our discussion of race and opportunity in cycling from the previous episode, then we talk some Red Hook Crit and, of course,...
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Honest Bicycle Program #83 - Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose
83 - Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose Honest Bicycle Program Download Race in bike racing, money in bike racing. For once we touch on some actual hot topics in cycling. Also, mattio went to Track Natz. How did that go? It's the Wide Angle Podium Donation Drive! Please help support our show and...
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Honest Bicycle Program #82 - Giro de California
82 - Giro de California Honest Bicycle Program Download For a change, we talked mostly about pro cycling this week. What?? Episode Links iTunes (Subscribe! Leave us a review!): The Honest Bicycle Program mattio Twitter: @_mattio Frances Twitter: @Francestastic Greg Twitter: @grolby Email us at...
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Honest Bicycle Program #81 - Take Note of Some Guy On A Podcast
81 - Take Note of Some Guy On A Podcast Honest Bicycle Program Download This episode is about the Tour de France. And the Giro Rosa. Definitely not about cyclocross. Tour. Giro Rosa. No ‘cross here. No sir/ma'am. Episode Links iTunes (Subscribe! Leave us a review!): The Honest Bicycle Program...
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Honest Bicycle Program #80 - We Love Our Old People
80 - We Love Our Old People Honest Bicycle Program Download After an unplanned hiatus (sorry!!!) HBP is back! And we're fired up. This week, we go deep on a payout fiasco at the Nutmeg State Games Criterium, and chat about the Hammer Series and what that all means. Greg talks kind of a lot on…
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Honest Bicycle Program #79 - The Campy Parts Affair
79 - The Campy Parts Affair Honest Bicycle Program Download It's a jam-packed HBP this week! First mattio fills Greg in on the various scuttlebutt going around the world of cycling, before settling in to a discussion of illness and allergies, and how a little bit of structure in your life can…
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Honest Bicycle Program #78 - A Hard Month
78 - A Hard Month Honest Bicycle Program Download This week it's just Greg and mattio while Frances is on sabbatical. We take a rummage through mattio's parts bin, share some revelations about racing while short, and talk about Caley Fretz's great piece on The Little 500 in VeloNews. We also talk...
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Honest Bicycle Program #77 - Forever Old
77 - Forever Old Honest Bicycle Program Download In the 77th episode of HBP, we talk a bit about the Tour of Flanders (an American winner!!), the significance of tactics in bike racing and early spring bikes (ugh). Plus, 80's one-hit wonder megahits! Episode Links iTunes (Subscribe! Leave us a...
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Honest Bicycle Program #76 - Politics, Pro Cycling Edition
76 - Politics, Pro Cycling Edition Honest Bicycle Program Download We unzip our flies and take aim at that third rail: disc brakes are back on the agenda! We talk about yet another controversy, and consider the role of facts and reason in this debate (spoiler: it's minimal). Also, some new rim…
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Honest Bicycle Program #75 - A Bag of Ham
75 - A Bag of Ham Honest Bicycle Program Download This episode is our Omloop preview! Just in time! What? Also, crash stories. This episode of the Honest Bicycle Program is brought to you by Health IQ. Episode Links This guy didn't crash! This guy did crash. iTunes (Subscribe! Leave us a…
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Honest Bicycle Program #74 - Flooding the Tubes
74 - Flooding the Tubes Honest Bicycle Program Download This week we put on our serious pants and discuss recent revelations about sexual, emotional and physical abuse of riders in women's cycling. We cover the recent Ella CyclingTips podcast interview with Genevieve Jeanson, as well as the Outer...
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Honest Bicycle Program #73 - New England Tire Pressure
73 - New England Tire Pressure Honest Bicycle Program Download Greg recommends some bourbon, and the team dives deep into the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships in Hartford, CT. This episode of the Honest Bicycle Program is brought to you by Health IQ.com/honestbike. Check out Blinders...
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Honest Bicycle Program #72 - The Triple Deuce
72 - The Triple Deuce Honest Bicycle Program Download It's a special holiday and New Year Edition of HBP! Where “special” means “somewhat behind the usual schedule.” We talk current events, some late-breaking predictions for US Cyclocross Nationals, and reflections on the previous and coming…
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Honest Bicycle Program #71 - I Just Explained Bike Racing
71 - I Just Explained Bike Racing Honest Bicycle Program Download Greg, Frances and mattio talk about Stephen Hyde's recent 10th place (!!!) at Spa-Francorchamp in Belgium, as well as more localized current events, downgrading categories and the challenge in being honest about your present...
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Honest Bicycle Program #70 - Training Wheels for Radness
70 - Training Wheels for Radness Honest Bicycle Program Download In this jam-packed blockbuster edition of HBP, we travel to the Northampton International Cyclocross in Western Massachusetts. Greg and Frances finally ride the sandpit! We interview Ellen Noble and Dan Chabanov! Back in the studio,...
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Honest Bicycle Program #68 - The Lost Episode
68 - The Lost Episode Honest Bicycle Program Download Greg and Frances recorded an episode on Halloween Night... but then it spookily disappeared! Amazingly, we found it in a run-down old cabin in the woods. Unfortunately, the arcane forces of evil magic seem to have done some bad things to the...
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Honest Bicycle Program #69 - Pour It Out Into Your Mouth
69 - Pour It Out Into Your Mouth Honest Bicycle Program Download We're back! Greg and mattio get together for a chat about appropriate pizza dough substitutions, the (men's) road world championship road race, the benefits of having a coach, and more. Also, pour one out for the sad loss of a…
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Honest Bicycle Program #67 - Legally Fall
67 - Legally Fall Honest Bicycle Program Download Greg and Frances discuss the recent Cyclocross World Cups of Cross Vegas and Jingle Cross. Mattio breaks in to tell us about what it's like to be on the ground and on the actual track at Jingle Cross. We conclude by talking about the joys of fall...
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Honest Bicycle Program #66 - Huge Blue Egg
66 - Huge Blue Egg Honest Bicycle Program Download It's a veritable smorgasboard of #podcast #content #brands as the Terrible Trio are together again! Dogs! Cyclocross in an Indian summer! The subtle nuances of World Champion kit design! Fast bike friends, new bike feels and more! Episode Links...
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Honest Bicycle Program #65 - Sorry, Rhythmic Gymnastics
65 - Sorry, Rhythmic Gymnastics Honest Bicycle Program Download This week, it's once again a duo as Frances is busy fighting grues in the Great Underground Empire. Undeterred, Greg and mattio discuss mattio's practical memento from the National Sports Center Velodrome in Minnesota, track cycling…
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Honest Bicycle Program #64 - A Kielbasa for Mr. Watts
64 - A Kielbase for Mr. Watts Honest Bicycle Program Download The Wide Angle Podium fund drive is underway for the Honest Bicycle Program! Mattio is off somewhere doing something, but Frances and Greg got it together to discuss the Olympic road races, the phenomenon of people explaining to elite...
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Honest Bicycle Program #63 - Hipster Race Name
63 - Hipster Race Name Honest Bicycle Program Download This week, we dig into the vault for a recorded-but-unreleased episode recorded in late June, between the Tour de Suisse and Tour de France. We discuss Danny van Poppel's near-crash in Stage 4 in Switzerland, race course safety more…
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Honest Bicycle Program #62 - La Hollandaise
62 - La Hollandaise Honest Bicycle Program Download The Honest Bicycle Program Tour de France sprint cast spectacular continues! Two weeks into La Grande Boucle, we give our highlights and lowlights (mostly highlights) of the race so far, and then peer into our crystal ball to predict the future....
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Honest Bicycle Program #61 - The Golden Snitch
The HBP Tour de France Spectacular Sprint Cast returns! Greg, Frances and mattio talk about what's interesting about the Tour, why they watch, how it's gone so far and what they expect from this year's edition.
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Honest Bicycle Program #60 - The Feminine Touch
60 - The Feminine Touch Honest Bicycle Program Download This week, in the wake of the Philadelphia International Cycling Classic, Frances regales us with tales of her own personal participation of this classic (and extremely scary) race. Also: Chris Horner and his famous bike throw, and Greg…
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Honest Bicycle Program #59 - The Other Cycling Podcast
59 - The Other Cycling Podcast Honest Bicycle Program Download It’s a jam-packed, hyper-caffeinated edition of HBP! Greg, mattio and Frances talk a little bit of pro racing (sort of), bike design, the politics of bicycle mode share (kind of), and the amazing new Team USA Women’s Team Pursuit bike...
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Honest Bicycle Program #58 - Talisman Helmet
58 - Talisman Helmet Honest Bicycle Program Download Greg, Frances and mattio touch the third rail and argue about helmets. Also, mattio has a Public Service Announcement about air quality, and we muse on the progression of bicycle lighting technology. Episode Links iTunes (Subscribe! Leave us a...
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Honest Bicycle Program #57 - On Couches
57 - On Couches Honest Bicycle Program Download Local elite racer and New England cycling fixture Michael Wissell sits down with Greg for a wide-ranging discussion covering allergies vs. illness, the similarities between touring in a band and traveling to bike races, different race disciplines,...
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Honest Bicycle Program #56 - S.S. Honest Bicycle Program
57 - S.S. Honest Bicycle Program Honest Bicycle Program Download UGH I GUESS WE HAD TO TALK ABOUT DISC BRAKES IN PRO RACING. Also: Greg's new bike, a family-unfriendly discussion about the lack of a women's Paris-Roubaix, a Zapruderesque breakdown of the Redlands crit crash and a whole lot of...
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Honest Bicycle Program #55 - Butts in Seats
55 - Butts in Seats Honest Bicycle Program Download This week, buckle up for an in-depth discussion of the World Cycling League debut. What’s the WCL all about? What worked and what didn’t? Plus, apparently 12-speed MTB drivetrains are now a thing. Are we mad as hell about it? Listen and find…
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Honest Bicycle Program #54 - Let's Not Google This
54 - Let's Not Google This Honest Bicycle Program Download In this spring extravaganza, Greg, mattio and Frances talk about hand injuries for some reason, as well as the more prosaic elements of spring bicycling: bike cleaning, dealing with traffic on MUPs and the like. Also, they explain the...
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Honest Bicycle Program #53 - Your Butt is Going to Hurt
This week, Frances and Greg tackle the Spring Classics! We discuss how much pro racing we really watch, what mattio might be doing while out from under our close supervision, the racers and riders we're most looking forward to watching this spring, and Frances' ideal Italian vacation.
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Honest Bicycle Program #52 - The November Bicycles Interview
In this episode, Greg and mattio interview Dave Kirkpatrick of November Bicycles. In a wide-ranging discussion, we cover the origin of November and how it became a wheel company, "open mold" products in the bicycle industry, the intersection of performance and value and of course tubeless wheels...
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Honest Bicycle Program #51 - O Cyclocross, O Cyclocross
It's an episode of immense importance as Greg and mattio are joined by new regular co-host Frances Morrison! We also have a shiny new name: The Honest Bicycle Program. This week, we have a quick winter check-in before diving deep into the thrilling racing and big stories of the 2016 Cyclo-cross...
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WHBP #50 - Hashtag Limus
A discussion of sponsorship for amateur teams - expectations, "real" sponsors vs. being part of a buying club, understanding what the relationship is.
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WHBP #49 - Warm Fuzzies
In this episode: Star Wars (yeah), 20 minutes of 5 minute #cxnats2016 predictions and a discussion of cycling teams - what makes a team happy, functional and inclusive?
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WHBP #48 - Holiday Special 2015
It's a Holiday Special episode! Greg and mattio develop their own cycling gift guide, update their list of preferred gear, and share their proudest moments from 2015. Send us in your own proudest achievements from your cycling year!
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WHBP #47 - Dogs of NECX
We start this week with some news about the show - don't worry, we're not going away! After that, some chatter about our F2F at the Cycle-Smart International cyclocross race in Northampton Mass leads into a discussion of established champions and rising stars, both foreign and domestic. We talk...
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WHBP#46 - Emoji Hearts Side-by-Side
After a slight hiatus Greg and mattio are back, and because it's still fall it's still time to talk about cyclocross! We ask if anyone can beat Wout, compare the competition in the men's vs. women's European fields, and chat a bit about bike friends from the Good Ol' Days going over and racing in...
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