The Radavist Podcast

In episode 05 of the podcast, Hailey chats with longtime contributor, weird bike aficionado, and photographer Spencer Harding. Tune in for a fun one about Spencer’s long relationship with bike touring, a sneak peek at some of the Dust-Ups that he is stewing on, and some unhinged stories! Over the next few months, we’ll be mixing in more interviews with other regular contributors to The Radavist as...

Daniel Yang will be the first to admit that steel is not the best material for making bikes. But as a bike designer and engineer at Neuhaus Metalworks and the founder of his own steel framebuilding label, Artefact, he’s devoted most of his professional life to working with the material. In this episode, Daniel and Hailey talk about the liberties and limitations of steel as a framebuilding medium,...

Wende Cragg played an indelible role in the formation of the sport we now call mountain biking, but as a photographer, her presence in the sport's archives has been less visible. Over the past few years, The Radavist has collaborated with Wende on multiple storytelling projects, most notably on a film that features archival footage and a book released last year dedicated to showcasing Wende's vast...

Is riding bikes inherently political? Matt Mason thinks so. And even though he never intended to become an activist, through his creation of the 250-mile Monumental Loop around Las Cruces, New Mexico, Matt has used cycling as a tool for public lands advocacy for the past decade. Listen to Hailey's conversation with Matt to learn more about the fortuitous federal land designation that led to the Mo...

When John Watson started his blog in 2006 that would eventually become The Radavist, it was a personal site that he used to document and share photos from New York City's urban cycling scene. Over the last 20 years, that side project has grown in ways he could have never imagined—The Radavist is now an independent cycling media website with a heavy focus on covering the alternative side of the spo...