Kim West Radio Cycling Show
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#95-cars vs bikes, part whatever...
i am joined by moose and bsox, the hosts of a morning radio show on LAZER 103.3, to continue talking about how best to have cars and bikes really share the road.
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#94-a junior, a pro, & a NUT CASE??
SO SORRY ABOUT THE DELAY IN POSTING THIS PODCAST!! but here it is: up-and-coming des moines junior racer TYLER RUSHING talks about his plans for 2010, as does pro cyclist TIM FARNHAM. we might be paid a visit from LAZR 103.3 morning jock BSOX to explain how he REALLY feels about bicyclists. listen to learn why that even matters.* * * * * as it turned out, only one of my guests appeared. but i had a wonderful chat with tyler. listen in...
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#93-4 juniors look to 2010 & beyond
i speak with four junior bicyclists from central iowa--vance fletcher, theo loo, rory loo, & dana loo--about their careers so far, their winter training efforts, and their goals for 2010 and beyond.
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#92 - an hour with "the explainer"
we spend what i hope will be the first of many episodes with charles pelkey, a guy who, like me, has done a whole lot of different stuff during his life. we'll be talking about some of them tonight, and in weeks to come. check him out at velonews; he's "the explainer." that's a pretty cool title, i think. i'm just "the mostly reverend" or "the devil" or some other mischievous monikers. "the explainer" seems like a guy you'd run into in a science lab, not on the #1 radio cycling show in...
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#91 - TOM ZIRBEL
i spend the hour talking with pro cyclist tom zirbel, discussing a remarkable year that has--thus far--resulted not only in some of the best results of his career, but also to a screeching halt that may--may--delay or prevent him from making that big leap to the european peloton.
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#90-JASON McCARTNEY & PRC bike show
just days from the start of the 2010 professional cycling team, i talk with jason mccartney, arguably one of the country's most successful professional cyclists. back in the johann bruneel/lance armstrong stable, jason leaves for australia for the tour down under on what is likely to be another long, varied and successful season for the rider from iowa city by way of burlington. what motivates the quintessential worker of the pro peloton? and jon severson, another former iowan, talks a bit...
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#89 - i KNEW this was gonna happen!
an intro to psychi suz's appearance NEXT week, and a whole lot about other stuff. would you believe a lot of stuff about a FEW other things? how about a half-hour about not much?
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#88 - tyler hamilton, part 2
we continue talking with tyler hamilton, one of the best and most talked-about cyclists of the day. we continue talking about tyler's struggles with depression, and how it affected the course--and conclusion--of his professional cycling career. will we actually get to talking about the tyler hamilton foundation and tyler's coaching career? time will tell: listen and learn...* * * * [hint: tyler will be back on the show in a week or two...]
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#87- an hour with eddy gragus
as we wind down our observance of zappadan 2009, celebrating the life, death, music and words of frank zappa, we are honored to have eddy gragus as our guest. eddy has lived a life of cycling, from riding to high school and chasing a collegiate racing team to find out what the heck they were doing to training and racing in europe as an amateur and as a professional, as leader of some of the best american professional teams of the day. from his roots as a student of the legendary "eddie b" to...
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#86- a word about zappadan
a gas leak and the vagaries of the schedule of professional cyclists results in a show that is, frankly, thin.
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#85-big wheels, nick & rebecca
the 2009 big wheel rally, a chat with neo-pro nick frey, and leadville 100 winner and 3-time 24-hour champion rebecca rusch are ALL on this episode.
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#84-jingle cross rock wrap-up
a seat-of-the-pants, fresh-from-the-freeway review of the season conclusion, jingle cross rock 2009. more to follow in special podcasts.
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#83 - todd wells
a first: a LIVE show before a crowd estimated at nearly 1000 at the kim west amphitheatre in downtown des moines. our guest: TODD WELLS. it's a good one, i tell ya! and no one was arrested.
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BONUS-"a day in the life--liquigas"
BONUS PODCAST * * the 2009 tour of missouri, a day in the life of liquigas [stage six] * * i began the day with an exclusive interview with tour de france mountain climber jersey winner franco pellizotti, along with cannondale rep and team director rory mason, in the lobby of the liquigas team. we move then to the concluding 10 kilometres of the race, with live play by play by dave towle, and finish with exclusive words from stage winner francesco chichi [and some special words from the...
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#82- TROY WELLS
another sunday, and another evening spent with some of the best bicyclists in the world. thanks to a number of glitches, we did NOT have rebecca rusch nor todd wells. we DID manage to chat with troy wells, however. we hope to have these technical problems cleared up by next sunday. sorry, but check out the franco pellizotti stuff from the tour of missouri as a bonus podcast! ________ [here's what we had planned...tonight: in her first effort at the vaunted ledville 100, rebecca rusch did...
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#81 - tyler hamilton, part 1
i spend an hour with tyler hamilton, one of the best cyclists of this generation. tonight we talk about how he got his start in cycling, and in the pro peloton, from u.s. postal to CSC and winning liege-bastogne-liege and stage 16 of the 2003 tour de france. we also begin a discussion of his dealings with depression at the end of the 2003 season. tyler will return in an up-coming episode, so if you have questions--about ANYHTING--send them to me at kimwest@kxno.com and we will send them...
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#80-jingle cross sneak peak & more
with the grand finale of the mid-west cyclocross calendar looming just three weeks away, we talk with race promoter john meehan about a little of what's in store.
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#79 - "race across the sky" wrap-up
dave and i talk about thursday night's screening of the documentary about the leadville 100 mountain bike race. PLUS, i mention next week's guest: tyler hamilton.
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#78 - DAVE WIENS & FRANK MATSON
tonight's the night we attempt the biggest give-away in the recent historyof "the kim west radio cycling show" - a bonanza of 140 FREE PASSES to thursday night's showing of RACE ACROSS THE SKY, the movie of THE epic mountain bike race held annually in leadville, colorado, and won SIX TIMES in a row by one of our guests, dave wiens. our other guest, frank matson, is the director/producer of this documentary of this year's edition of the race held JUST this past august.
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#77-oakley rob & bamboo nick
i've been around cycling for over 50 years, and have known and ridden with thousands of folks, and yet these two guys--oakley rob versteegh and nick frey--are two of the nicest guys in the sport. rob and i talk about the scheel's central iowa cyclocross series that is taking iowa by storm this fall, while later, nick and i talk about his progression from gangly local bike racer to neo-pro with colavita sutter-home for the upcoming season and owner and brains behind the hottest bike at the...
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#76-kim squeaks, others speak
hopefully, my guests will appear, because brer kim, he lay low. too much cheering at the dirty wooden shoe cyclocross race? i doubt it. but guests brian duffy and dave mable will talk about next week's honey creek fall festival, gravel race, and all sorts of fun stuff.
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#75 - bike racing around the world!
just back from a weekend of cyclocross racing, dave and i talk about the 2009 central iowa cyclocross series, an 8-race series of cross races on five weekends between now and the first weekend of november. we also touch on the up-coming honey creek resort fall bike festival coming up in a couple weeks. we also talk about the current state of affairs over at the iowa bike coalition, and whether mark wyatt will ever be on my show. it's kinda like oprah and letterman, but not really.and...
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#74 - mark wyatt must go
dave and i talk about how useless the director of the iowa bike coalition is.
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#73-LIVE TOUR OF MISSOURI WRAP-UP
at the end of a VERY exciting week of racing by some of the BEST cyclists in the world, dave & i give a quick summary, AND give away some VALUABLE prizes to lucky listeners. were YOU one?
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#71- for my friend, mark grgurich
just before air time, i learned of the deathof my friend and fellow cyclist mark grgurich, who was out on a sunday morning ride east of cumming, iowa, on county road G-14. anyone who rides a bike in central iowa has ridden that road several times, past the apple orchard into cumming. mark was heading home, eastbound, when he was struck and killed by a driver in a white pickup who continued on and left mark behind.we talk about this incident to open the show on a somber but all-too-real...
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#70-uh-oh; kim's on a rant!
a little bit about alot, and sometimes quite a bit about not much. have your pick: dave and kim tear into things sacred to many bicyclists--and no sacred cows are spared.
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#69-LIVE from the state fair
cut through the noise and you'll hear some very good and interesting conversation with jed gammell about the des moines bike kollective and with doug reichart about how big business can actually get behind bicycling.
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#68-live, from california
the long-delayed but much anticipated show following my rides with mountain bike legends charlie kelly and joe breeze!
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#67- lowell kellogg, mr. cycling?
dave and i rant about idiots and misfits who don't like bicycles, about do-nothings who claim to help bicyclists, and finally with lowell kellogg, a fixture on the national and international bike racing scene for years, and who a few years ago turned his energies to coaching one of the most successful juniors programs in the nation, and who NOW wants to share some of his considerable expertise by running for the board of trustees of our governing body, usa cycling. listen and learn why...
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#66- ragby, le tour, & marco vermei
in-studio guest dave lippold talks le tour with dave and i; later, we talk on the phone with former tour rider & first-time ragbrai rider marco vermeij, who shares stories from his time in the pro peloton.
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#65-got dem ol' post-ragby blues
LIVE, from somewhere, it's ragby 2009. i attempt my second annual live episode from the greatest week on two-wheels, this year from the penthouse suite of the shortbus in some small western iowa town.
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#64 - racin' & ragby
dave and i spend some time talking about the issues of the day: the our de france, the clear lake BBQ race weekend, the papillion crit, ragbrai, the tunnel ride, and unfriendly roadies.and more?
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#63 - seems like old times
it's another live remote broadcast, this time from a pergola at the tiffin, iowa, i-80 rest area, just 30 minutes--and another world--removed from the return of bicycle racing to downtown cedar rapids. after 12 years and a 500 year flood, northtowne/HBA and the gold pointe fitness folks brought big-time racing back to the streets of cedar rapids in the form of the iowa state criterium championships, and what a comeback it was. a VERY exciting day of racing, to say the least.and that's just...
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#62-dcorn dlip & a guy from florida
imagine the scene: it's a hot, humid, windy mid-summer day in a major metropolitan city deep in the tobacco belt. our hero, an aging yet determined amateur competitive cyclist, has abondoned--for just a week--his weekly radio cycling show, hoping to gain a meager toe-hold on the upper echelons of masters cycling in the united states......gripped by a sudden wave of fear and tripidation, he calls in to his radio station during the regularly scheduled time of his show. .....what greets...
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#61-an international look @ racing
i raced five times in three days and lived to tell about it. i am joined on the line by jerry cross, vice president of the manchester wheelers, at 125 years old, the oldest cycling club in england, and nick frey, originally of des moines, and now that he's a princeton grad, he's moving to colorado. but he's in town, and the three of us talk about the cycling peloton, and the need for etiquette, smarts, skills, and knowing when to pull.
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#60 - old hands & newbies
tonight we talk about CYCLISTS, experienced ones and relatively new ones. some of the friends of the kim west radio cycling show have been racing at the nature valley grand prix, which ended today with the incredibly difficult stillwater criterium. tom zirbel, of bissell pro cycling team, and whose hometown is clear lake, had led the race since capturing the stage one time trial last week. his team worked hard all week to defend his leader's yellow jersey, but today, two-time defending...
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#59a BONUS- QC podium & MAR winners
finally! i talk with the podium winners, and the most aggressive riders, from the modern woodman bank quad cities criterium, held monday, may 25th, 2009. races covered, in order raced and presented here, are juniors 15-18, category 2/3 women, men category 3, pro women open, and the men's pro 1/2. good stuff, lots of insight to the races, and to the racers. listen and learn...
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#59 - more cycling madness
WE'RE BACK ON THE AIR!!! and to celebrate, we spend half the show slamming those idiots in madison county. we also talk about today's philadelphia international championship race, which was led for most of the event by bissell's [and iowa's] tom zirbel.
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#58-QC, papillion & drake previews
it's sunday night, and i've got a studio full of guests, it seems. i'm joined by tattoo dan koenig of yankee doodle dandy tattoos, and woody, of woody's smoke shack, of the dogtown busness association, to talk about the new wednesday night cruiser nights that begin THIS wednesday night......later, i'm joined by mark stursma, promoter of the 3d annual papillion twilight criterium, being held in july in the omaha, nebraska, area, as a part of a three-race omnium, with a nine-mile time trial,...
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#57 - memorial day weekend races
kim calls in from old state highway 99, between muscatine and rock island, as he travels from the snake alley and melon city criteriums to the quad cities criterium. it's all about racing this weekend, as former u.s. postal team member-turned race announcer kenny labbe joins kim to preview monday's premier race, the 43d annual modern woodmen bank quad cities criterium.
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#56 - quad cities crit & my bmx win
a few short days before the biggest weekend of bicycle racing in the midwest, we speak with donnie miller, promoter of the 2009 modern woodsmen bank quad cities criterium, the 43d installment of this great race, held annually on the banks of the mississippi river.but before we get to that, we talk about my exciting new bmx trophy.
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#55-hillis BIKES! & plymouth county
hillis elementary IN THE HOUSE!!.....i am joined by fifth-grader cooper mortensen, who talks about this week's bike to school activities at his northwest side elementary school. and it is a full slate! later we are joined by scott reel and his kindergarten son, lightning logan reel, who talk about how this whole thing happened to come to pass.how DO you get an ENTIRE school excited and involved in a bike to school WEEK full of activities, that spills well over just one week? listen as...
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#54A - bonus: old capitol interview
the complete post-race interview with steve tilford, brian jensen, and catherine walberg, following the 32d annual old capitol criterium. the pro1/2 race was won by tilford, with jensen second; the women's open race was won by walberg.
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#54 - old cap wrap & doug smith
interivews recorded last sunday with steve tilford, brian jensen, catherine walberg, and up-and-coming junior katy antonneau following the old capitol weekend. ..... and today,we speak with doug smith, a des moines cyclist now recovering at home from what could have been a fatal run-in with madison county farmer john lynch, who ran over doug while he was on a saturday morning training ride on a rural madison county road. inflicting a broken pelvis, fractured skull, a concussion, and serious...
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#53-the old capitol weekend
with producer dave cornelison holding down the studio, an exhausted kim west phones in the show from iowa city's java house, throwing down the caffeine for the long, stormy drive home, and trying to piece together his recollections from the daytona 500 of the midwest cycling season, the old capitol weekend. from saturday's sharon center road race to teh VERY exciting and highly animated pro1,2 criterium, there was HOURS of extrememly exciting racing, and about 10 minutes to get it together....
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#52 amanda miller & anti-bike rally
we chat with amanda miller, and we spend time with local rednecks who have driver's licenses.
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#51 - the masters [& klunkerz]
my look at the masters of cycling, the queen of the classics, the hell of the north, paris-roubaix. says it all, non?.....plus, we finally get big-time hollywood filmmaker billy savage on the show to talk about the Endurance Sports award-winning 2009 Cycling Film of the Year, KLUNKERZ.good stuff, this......on a maddening note, we talk about yet another in a series of unchecked aggression against iowa bicyclists, this time, a hit-and-run by an insane farmer and his trailer, who ran over doug...
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#50 -- klunkerz & showers-UPDATE!
tonight, after a quick review of today's tour of flanders, we talk with old friend billy savage, the director of the instant classic KLUNKERZ, a movie about the birth of mountain biking featuring legends and previous guests on the kim west radio cycling show charlie kelly, gary fisher, and tom ritchey......in the second half of the show, we talk with nancy lewis and randy fay, keepers of "warm showers.org" a website with which all cyclists who hope to undertake any kind of long cycling...
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#49-the gods must be smiling
snow and ice dashed the dreams of so many budding midwestern bicycle racers this morning, who were forced to ride their bikes outside for perhaps longer than the 24 miles envisoned by the annual kent park race near tiffin, iowa. so instead of the well-polished episode i had prepared to cover this ritual of spring, we turn to ken sherman and his efforts to breathe life into bicycle legislation stalled up on capitol hill. i get on my soapbox against the farm bureau and others-mark wyatt-for...
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#48-the season begins
kim and steve fry talk about a number of things, including sportsmanship, competition, winning and losing, and other things
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#47-my dinner with duffy
i am joined in the kim west radio cycling studios tonight by the cyclist's cartoonist, cartoonist and cyclist brian duffy. many folks know duffy from his 25 years as the front-page editorial cartoonist of the once-glorious des moines register. many more of you will know him as the host of ragby for many years, one of the few in recent years who have both held the title of ragby host AND actually been a cyclist. and some of you may know brian as a member of the local cycling community. but...
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#46-bill of rights, or wrongs?
on tonight's episode, we conduct what might well be a premature post-mortem on the iowa bike coalition's bicyclist's bill of rights. the motoring public sees this piece of legislation as the worst thing to happen since the speed limit, while bicyclists are divided on what some see as the way--or the first step--to enlightenment, while others see the bill as restricting, removing, or otherwise limiting long-standing but generally ignored rights to the safe use of the roadways in iowa while at...
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#45-now, know the REST of the story
it's nearly springtime, and the idiots are in bloom.they're hassling cyclists in the tour of california,they're driving cyclists and motorists alike crazy and endangering the lives of bike riders on the roads of wisconsin [and iowa, and elsewhere], and they are making life worse for cyclists in iowa by trying to pass a so-called cyclist's bill of rights through the iowa legislature.mark wyatt, STOP IT!!!so guess what WE talk about tonight on the kim west radio cycling show?mm hm, you guessed...
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LEGISLATIVE BONUS
senate debate looms on the iowa bicyclist's bill of rights. i went to the iowa statehouse and spoke with senator matt mccoy, democrat of des moines, and the bill's floor leader, along with senator joe bolkam, democrat of iowa city, and senator brad zaun, republican of urbandale. these three have different views, opinions and misgivings about the bill and the need for such legislation. give a listen, and then contact YOUR senator to voice your opinion prior to monday afternoon's debate.
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#44 BONUS - ben jacques mayne
kim talks LIVE during the stage with bissell pro cycling team doctor john meehan as the break maintains its lead, and following the stage, i talk with "breakaway from cancer most courageous rider" ben jacques mayne, as he discusses how the break unfolded. good stuff, maynard.
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#44 - a number of guests
while kim is driving back from his team's training camp in the mountains of arkansas, dave is running the show in the kim west radio studios. the show tonight features a re-hash of the 2009 amgen tour of california, highlighted with a live interview with bissell pro cycling team doctor john meehan and his guest tom zirbel, fresh from the conclusion of the just-ended final stage. then dave's guest is bob bills, former coach of the american junior national team during the era of lance...
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#43-coaches, pies & a bday surprise
tonight is a local night here in the kim west studios: local coach dave ertl is here to discuss coaching, and salsa lady ronda hemann talks about the upcoming pieathlon, while birthday boy steve fry is just here. we get a call from our foreign corespondent stewart barker, and i yack about the daytona 500 and the tour of california.whew!
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episode 42 bonus- dave ertl, part 2
dave ertl interview part 2
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episode 42, bonus--dave ertl, pt1
dave ertl and i sit down at his fitness/coaching place, and talk about racing, training, and what to do with the things you've learned.
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#42 - tom ritchey & project rwanda
kim talks with mountain biking legend tom ritchey about an effort to put more rwandans on bicycles--good, reliable, and efficient bicycles--and how that can help strengthen a nation.
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#41b - super bowl of cycling, pt 2
i spoke with gary fisher during his appearance at bike world in west des moines. gary was in town as a keynote speaker at the iowa bike summit, and had appeared the previous evening at a showing of the movie "klunkerz." here, gary and i talk about bikes, the future of the world, and the role he sees bicycles playing in it. listen to the interactions between gary and fans, and listen to my end of the conversation with charlie kelly, who calls me while gary is pressing the flesh. all in all,...
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#41a - super bowl of cycling, pt 1
to make amends for the lost interview from january 18, i called charlie kelly back up, and we had a wonderful time talking, and talking, and talking. again, technical difficulties ensued, but i think with the marvels of the mystery mixing board at the kim west radio cycling studios, i can present you the magic of my conversation with charlie kelly, one of the fathers of mountain biking, and an all-round great guy, to boot. we cover these topics:"when charlie met gary" ... "the birth of the...
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#40 - michael's/skunk river cycling
after a personal tribute to robert burns, in-studio guest tom laughead and call-ins scott dickson, randy dickson, and jeff fields join forces to set us straight about how cycling was rejuvenated in the 70s and 80s by michael fatka's men, women and junior teams. while we don't have a complete roster, there are more than 70 noteworthy cyclists who over the years have donned the michael's, levi's/raleigh, kretchsmer wheatgerm, and other versions of SRC kits to race all over the world, bringing...
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#39 - livestrong & charlie kelly
folks, the unthinkable has happened: JUST as we were embarking upon a wonderful conversation with mountain biking legend and "father of..." the recording STOPPED......YIKES!!.....dave tells me that we CAN retrieve it from the bowels of clear channel, so PLEASE bear with me. you WON'T want to miss it. quality takes time, and so forth.the good news is that my talk with cancer survivor bill throckmorton IS here, and bill, dave and i talk about the world-wide livestrong organization, and...
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#38 - t'was a dark & lonely evening
kim steals a page from seinfeld and does a show about nothing. not that there's anything WRONG with that.
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bonus - a chat with stewart [u.k.]
a call from stewart barker, from st. ablins, just north of london. celebrating his 49th birthday, he was, and he did so by calling me to talk about cycling.how cool is THAT?stewart? your birthday present from me is your own special podcast. [you're in the full-length version, too!]
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#37-winter training w/scott dickson
listen up, kiddies! want to know the BEST way to train for next season? throw away those rollers, and take if from a guy whose crossed the finish line first 422 times. outdoors. we talk about training and many other things with scott dickson, who over the course of his career has picked up the hat trick of national championship jerseys in the time trial criterium, and road race while amassing those 400 wins, along with 33 complete years of riding his bike [that is, nary a missed day each...
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#36-you say you want a resolution?
it's approaching new year's eve, and rather than get all maudlin and teary-eyed, kim brings up the idea of our legislature adopting a bicyclist's bill of rights. damned communists!
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#35 kim's epic xmas show
"it was a dark and windy night; the thermometer was frozen at -5F at the kim west radio cycling studios, the winds were howling at between 25 and 35 miles per hour. the windchill was somewhere between east peru and st. elsewhere. and yet, the brave and daring radio show host swung by the studio during his daily ride to do the show. he claimed he was a bit over-dressed." the rant THIS week was about the overuse of "epic" to describe one's cold-weather bike ride. kim has long felt that the...
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#34 zappadan and crossin'
as another arctic blast blankets the nation, we close the books on the 2008 bike racing season with a report on cyclocross nationals featuring steve fry, of fryguy images, who calls in with the low-down. also, we play some very exciting zappa tunes.
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#33 - pearl harbor meets zappadan
your host, kim west, is full of the spirits of the season: cyclocross and zappadan. the combination of two-wheeled mud-slinging, bicycle advocacy, and the holy high season for zappa lovers is quite a potent cocktail. DRINKS FOR EVERYONE!!
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#32 - jinglecross rock & a bridge
it was a dark and stormy night in iowa. our intrepid radio show host pulls over in grinnell, while his guests, the mayor of ankeny, steve oordt, and lisa hein, of the iowa natural heritage foundation, bask in the comfort of the kim west radio cycling show studio. but the show must go on, and with the help of dave, it does.we begin this week by continuing last week's discussion of the proposed half-mile long, 13 story high bicycle and recreation trail bridge over the des moines river, a...
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#31 -- thanksriding show & a bridge
kim and dave talk about things for which they are thankful. [note: kim does NOT mention roller races.]he DOES mention the bridge which is the topic of the rast of the show, the proposed landmark bridge over the des moines river at madrid, iowa. 13 stories high, a half mile long, and truly a work of art. all this, but they're still $100K shy of their $14.7M goal. you have until december 10 to help them reach their goal. the same people who have brought you wetlands andother trails in iowa,...
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#30 - kittie weston knauer
after a brief rant about crazy west side drivers and a talk about "wired to win," kim spends the rest of the show talking with kittie weston knauer, a retired school principal and a tireless energizer and motivator when it comes to people and bikes. we cover bmx racing and her upcoming [september, 2009] trikathon.TRIKATHON? yup, it's cool, it's a good thing to do, and you might as well plan on helping out, because miss kittie doesn't take no for an answer. listen and find out why.
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tour of missouri #2 post stage 1
immediately following the conclusion of stage 1 of the 2008 tour of missouri, kim chats with two members of the long break of the day, johnny sundt, of kelly benefit strategies/mediafast pro cycling team, and tom zirbel, of bissell pro cycling team. a long interview with a pre-tour johnny sundt will be posted soon.
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tour of missouri #1-- two lindseys
in an interview recorded on the eve of the tour of missouri women's criterium, on hte plaza in downtown kansas city, kim talks with two young and very talented women racers who have one very special thing in common: they were going to race in this prestigious race with because of the help of former professional cyclist michael englemann, who formed the US Women's Cycling Development Program. listen as kim talkw with24 year-old lindsey sandoval and 18 year-old lindsey meyers, as they discuss...
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#29 - kenny's garage
episode 29, in which after doing the vande cross race in moline, kim and fryguy stop in iowa city to pay a visit to kenny lefler's garage. as kim's three dogs stretch out and relax, kenny and kim talk about kenny's long and amazing involvement with bike racing, and the impact he has had not only on amateur bicycle racing in iowa, but on the highest levels of professional cycling around the world. then, kim talks with jim cochran, todd gillihan, and kenny about the iowa city cycling scene,...
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#28 - cyclocross: states and nats
episode 28, in which kim talks with jared roy, of crossmaniacs in the twin cities, about a pre-nats party they are hosting in KC thursday, december 11, to kick off the last big weekend of bike racing of 2008.after that, kim goes off on the fabulous state cross course in altoona saturday. later in the show, kim declares war on mark wyatt, the ineffectual leader of the iowa bike coalition. dave suggests that they have a roller race on the air to determine who is right and who is wrong.it MIGHT...
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#27 - racing & your head, with NLP
episode 27, in which kim and dave talk about this weekend's spooky cross cyclocross races. during the second half, traci brown talks with kim and dave about discuss NLP [neuro-linguistic programming], and how her "immediate results" approach to mental and psychological healing and training have helped kim, and how they can help others--even YOU!! frankly, it's not only pretty damned interesting, IT WORKS!!
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#26-the radio cycling show turns 6!
episode 26, in which kim gives thanks to all his sponsors and listeners for making this whole thing possible, and during which kim and dave talk about a variety of things [including the results of a google search for "mccain" and "bicycle" and for "obama" and "bicycle." oh, and some idiot from the iowa d.o.t. explains the coming state of the art for rumble strips.
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traci brown, part 2
kim west has had his first session with traci brown, a personal trainer for his mind [she can train yours, too]. in addition to an unexpected bout of house cleaning, kim has already discovered [or recovered] his ability to FOCUS on things, and to be quite a bit more efficient doing things. but you'll have to listen to this clip to learn how. i can tell you this: it's pretty cool, and it works.
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traci brown-a new kind of trainer
in which kim west conducts a brief introductory discussion about traci brown, a "personal trainer for your mind," and during which he tries his best to describe what might happen to him in the upcoming days and weeks as a result of working with traci, who uses--among other methodologies--NLP [neuro linguistic programming] to clear away your mental debris to help you perform better and achieve more, whether on the bike, in the business world, or wherever you might find yourself. you'll want...
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#25-a crazy guy on a bike [not me!]
epsiode 25, in which kim and dave talk with mauro heck, a photographer from iowa city, truly a crazy guy on a teasdale bike, a few days before he starts his 12,000 [yes, 12,000] MILE journey through central and south america to his homeland in brazil. after leaving iowa city, and heading south through the friendly confines of missouri, oklahoma and texas, he'll pedal through mexico and central america [somehow getting to cuba] and then on through venezuela, peru, crossing the andes and...
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#24-it's CROSS time!
episode 24, in which kim spends the hour with john meehan, whose upcoming uci-rated jinglecross rock, held in iowa city thanksgiving weekend, is in its fifth year, and with chris locke, the promoter of de stad cyclocross series in the kansas city area, a six-race series now entering its second year. we talk about how the races got started, how they've grown, and their plans for 2008 and beyond. this show is so enticing that rock star dave, my board operator, agrees to do his first cyclocross...
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#23--she blinded me with SCIENCE
episode 23, in which kim attends a college gym class and learns that much of what he was led to believe about lance armstrong and increased muscle efficiency was hoo-ey.lesson? ya just gots to work harder on the bike and in the weight room, the old fashioned way. [and yes, it's gonna be on the test!]class is taught by professors jimmy smith, of southwestern university, and brendon hale, of mississippi state.
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#22: kim, rick, and yehuda
episode 22, in which rick smith spends the hour talking about the birth--and life--of a few of his closest friends: the gang at the kickstand cyclery. you'll marvel at the heroic efforts of a mild-mannered web developer at a major metropolitan insurance corporation who labors in quiet anonymity during the day but who--on his bicycle commute home--becomes none other than YEHUDA MOON, that capped crusader who upholds all that is steel and of european origin against the onslaught of the enemies...
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#21--we talk about missouri
episode 21, in which dave and i talk abuot the tour of missouri, the vuelta, and lance?
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#20-he's got a couple of live ones!
epsiode 20, in which kim talks with liz hatch and ally brandt about the tour of missouri women's criterium, LIVE from kansas city.
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#19-more TOM pro racers
episode 19, in which i talk with matty rice of jelly belly, cesar grajales of rock racing, and cycling legend john howard, and i try like hell to give away a whole bunch of swell free stuff, including a MEET ME IN MISSOURI get away package, a felt bicycle, a bissell vacuum, and more. it's the TOUR OF MISSOURI once again, and we've got cycling stars coming out your ears, boys and girls. plus, i rant and rave about monday's illegal ride around hardin county and the DO NOTHING MAINTENANCE...
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#18: TOM pro riders & bike culcha'
WHEW! i talk with tour of missouri riders sterling magnell of rock racing and bryce mead, of jelly belly and winner of the kim west radio cycling show's most aggressive rider award at this year's rock island criterium, about the upcoming tour of missouri. listen as sterling and bryce tell us of their seasons thus far, and how they have been preparing for their team roles for the 2008 edition of the professional season's big finale in just two weeks. also, in-studio guests oakley rob ver...
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episode 17: francie larrieu smith
episode 17, in which kim begins by talking with promotions director brook watts about the upcoming tour of missouri [the kim west radio cycling show is going there, and we're giving away FREE tour stuff] and concludes by talking with 5-time olympian francie larrieu smith about her amazing, ground-breaking career at the top of her game for 20 years, and how she managed to set the stage for today's athletes. she represented the united states in the olympiads from munich in 1972 through...
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episode 16: what IS racing?
episode 16, in which a reader poses the question "do rollers and TTTs make a REAL racer?" weighing in is dan hanson who, for one, is training and planning to ride 1000 miles in five days, from vermont to niagra falls and back. why? tune in. we are then joined by dave baxter, dave lippold, jane reissen, chad bishop, and jeff cozad, in what develops into a very nice discussion about how to train and race long races, without frightening away the newbies AND without the need for rollers. [hint:...
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