The Backside Poddy

Welcome back to The Backside Poddy, this week we have all kinds of tours in store, the big one is upon us and we talk through our favorites and what we are looking forward to the most at this years Tour de France!  Our good italian friend Michele joins us as he previews the great escape which friebs and Johnny are joining him on, it will be a trip of a lifetime! And we debrief all the action from...

This week on The Backside Poddy, we debrief the events that unfolded at The Tour of Auvergne (Dauphine) and give a quick preview into the TDF with it all kicking off with our favourite discipline, a TTT. Friebs is busy banking his credits, and Johnny has a bike dilemma. The shopping cart is back, with an American mule in there, will we see it rolling around Muzz at Nightshift by Blacksheep this we...

This week on The Backside Poddy, we say a brief goodbye to Joshy as he embarks on European summer, Seano debriefs an eventful 2 weeks, Friebe has a new toy and the boys chat about The Giro so far! We hope you enjoy!

This week on The Backside Poddy, we debrief the first few stages of the Bulgarian Giro, where it has been a crash fest! We also touch on the Vuelta Femenina with a side of some local racing! The big excitement this week is Johnny hijacking Friebe's shopping cart, and boy it is a good one! We hope you enjoy.

This week on The Backside Poddy we wind it back and have an OG poddy. We have a think tank session and throw some ideas around on how we can leverage the participation numbers of Tour de Brisbane into local racing. We debrief the spring classic and the domination of Pogi, and the Giro is just around the corner! It's been a long time between shopping carts and Friebe has something pretty specia...

This week on The Backside Poddy we are joined by Australian Triathlete Ellie Hoitink! We chat about her progress through the sport, her biggest achievements, some of the low lights of her career and how she has also recently competed in the Q Tour round of the ProVelo and got a spot on the podium at Oceania's. This is a great lighthearted chat that everyone will enjoy! On top of this Johnny de...

This week on The Backside Poddy we are joined by Australian Track legend Lauren Perry, a proud Tasmanian born in Launceston, we go all the way from her days on a tricycle racing the boys in the street, to some very interesting and funny stories on the world stage and everything in between. How she managed the transition from track endurance to track sprint and the highs and lows of the sport we al...

This week on The Backside Poddy we are joined by Rob and Alex from Ridewest, they set off on their biennial ride from Brisbane to Longreach on the 24th of April covering 1311km over 8 days, all supporting mental ill health in Western Queensland through the help of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. We discuss the logistics involved in such an event and some of the highlights of the adventure! Joshy...

What an episode we have this week! We are joined by our co-host and recently crowned winner of the Melbourne to Warrnambool race, Josh Beikoff!! He talks us through everything that happened in the race and his story of what lead him to this momentous day. This is one you don't want to miss!

This week on The Backside Poddy we are joined by the one and only Ben Carman! He has had a cracking start to the year and he talks us through what the next few weeks look like for him in the ProVelo and also gives us a run down on his cycling career, from the highs to the very lows and some good stories along the way! We hope you enjoy and good luck to all of the athletes competing in Tasmania thi...

This week on The Backside Poddy, the lads recap the Aussie summer of cycling, all things TDU, Pro Velo, Radl Gravel and Cadel's road race. Joshy talks about his experiences at pro Velo and all of the excitement from the carpark climb. The fact the year has only just started and there has already been this much action, 2026 is looking like a big one! We hope you enjoy.

This week on The Backside Poddy, Friebs and Sean are down at the TDU and got the opportunity to chat with the founder of Styrkr - Christian Sanderson. He talks us through how Styrkr started up and how it has evolved into the success it is now! Christian also gives us a few tips on how best to fuel your training for the maximum gains.

This week on The Backside Poddy, the lads are debriefing an exciting and eventful Aussie Road Nats! We also preview The Tour Down Under and ProVelo Adelaide and what stages excite us the most. Friebs and Sean will be down at TDU this year, so if you see us around, come up for a chat! We hope you enjoy!

Welcome back to The Backside Poddy! This week we are very fortunate to be joined by Michael Hepburn, who very recently announced is retirement from the World Tour, we cover so much in this episode about the wonderful career he had! The great memories has, how fast the peloton has gotten over his career due to a number of factors, one being the change he saw pre and post covid! We quiz him on his d...

This week on The Backside Poddy, we wrap up the year that was, and we have a debrief from our first commentary experience at Muzz Champ of Champs where Friebs and Johnny channeled their inner keeno and provided great entertainment for everyone at a great event put on by Balmoral Cycling Club. There was an onslaught on the mountain this week by the Cobra 9 crew and we go through all the stats from...

This week on The Backside Poddy the boys are running on a reduced crew and reduced content, but we chat about some exciting TDU news, our first commentary gig and we are doing a Backside Bunchy on Friday the 19th of December! RSVP on the Strava event. Seano’s got a new bike that is drool worthy and we come up with some whacky ideas. Hope you enjoy!

This week on The Backside Poddy we are joined by Brodie Chapman, current National TT champion and TTT mixed relay World Champion. She chats us through her progression from the Paddo skate bowl to the World Tour and everything in between. She provides some great advice for anyone who wants to get into cycling or is trying to climb the ranks into professional cycling. This is a great chat that is th...

This week on The Backside Poddy we are joined by the one and only Dan Bigham, we talk all about the optimum coot-tha setup and how to best attack it, Dan also talks us through what it took to get the hour record and he gives the crew some friendly feedback on their TT positions. This is an episode you don't want to miss!

This week on The Backside Poddy, we talk all things Hotdog crit's, with the most famous one being The Noosa Super Saturday Crit, Nicko was there and gives us all the goss. We also run through the race calendar for next year, the good and bad. We hope you enjoy!

WE’RE BACK! This week on The Backside Poddy we have a full rundown of gran fondo worlds, Friebs is back on the podium and is Johnny still looking for his van? Tune in as the lads have a good laugh.

This week on The Backside Poddy we celebrate the Lions AFL Grand final victory, we run through the Gran Fondo Worlds program and parcours. The latest elite world champions have been crowned and what a show Rawanda put on, proving to be one of the hardest world champs in recent history, with some good success for Australia and our juniors also shone brightly on the world stage! Friebes shopping car...

This week on The Backside Poddy, the boys are all pumped to see Joshy kicking goals and being back on the podium, world champs has kicked off with a bang and we give you a run down on what to expect from our local juniors. The masters and juniors nationals have been run and won and what a great event it was. And there has been a hijack of Friebe's shopping cart! What do the lads have in store?...

This week on The Backside Poddy, the lads discuss what the latest rumours are about Pro Velo, Finn Walsh is hungry for KOM's and the domination of UAE in 2025. Plus we debrief the La Vuelta and how it all ended in protests and a few bike manufacturer swaps within teams in the coming year or two! We hope you enjoy!

This week on The Backside Poddy we are joined by Alex Grunke who heads up the logistics department at Bikestyle Tours, he runs us through what they have to offer from Grand Tour experiences through to the one day classics, and he has a nice little offer for our listeners for a new experience they have put together for a tour down in Calpe on the south-west coast of Spain with a bit of a training c...

This week on The Backside Poddy we are joined by the one and only Kat Krosch who just recently conquered and Everest of the backside of Coot-tha, she gives us the rundown on how the challenge unfolded and also her motivation for doing such a challenge. She talks us through some other crazy challenges she has conquered as well as quick rundown on what her life off the bike looks like as a Physiothe...