Half Wheelin' Podcast

In this episode, Scotty and Rosco pick the brain of Lucas Owen, who has been a Physiotherapist for 20 years and for 14 of those years has been performing bike fits for cyclists of all shapes and sizes. Lucas has done around 2,500 bike fits so he's got some real skin in the game and this chat with the boys covered off on the many things that he's seen during that time.  During the episode...

This episode was recorded just past the halfway point of the 2021 Tour de France and due to the demands placed on fervent Tour watchers like Scotty and Rosco, it is being released as the peloton enters Paris. Now the reason for this is predominantly due to sleep deprivation as they stay up until ungodly Southern Hemisphere hours soaking up every last pedal stroke, breakaway attempt, crosswind and...

Feel like whetting your appetite prior to this years lap around France?!?! We've just got the tonic for you. Scotty and Rosco examine some of the bigger players from the World Tour of the recent past, some of whom could be considered at the crossroads of their career, and suggest just what their future may hold. There is some relevance to this year's Tour, as all bar one of these riders...

Scotty & Rosco have taken the liberty of reminiscing on the cycling season as it hits the half-way mark. They each look back on the highlights that have really captured their imagination - from Cyclo-Cross Races to Spring Classics to Grand Tours and they also highlight a few riders that have taken all before them with some epic individual performances...we could list everything that they spoke...

The follow up to Scotty & Rosco's chat with "The Master of Winning" - Tommy Nankervis, has finally arrived! It almost took as long to get to you as 'Big Tex's' admission of doping !!! Nevertheless it's here and it's absolutely worth the wait.  The boys are guided through Tommy's entry to cycling and some of the good and bad coaches that he's ha...

Scotty and Rosco recently sat down with a cyclist who knows the inner workings of what it takes to cross the line first in a bike race - Tommy Nankervis.  This episode is Part 1 in their discussion and it covers the time honoured Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic, a race Tommy knows well and one in which he will be taking part in for 2021, riding for the Stitch & Dart team.  We hope you...

The 2020 cycling extravaganza that had us salivating at every turn has sadly come to a head. Scotty and Rosco reminisce on some of the best moments and nominate their best riders, teams, domestiques, races and they take a look at which rider might be set for a big 2021. Scotty has some questions and queries for some of the more established superstars and even has a crack at attempting to "str...

Ever seen a race that was so bloody good that you can't stop re-living it?  That's exactly what happened to Scotty and Rosco when they watched Brugge-De Panne this year. It was a race that had everything and it was choc full of riders that are fair dinkum hard bastards...just the way we like 'em at Half Wheelin! The boys go through the highlights from that race as well as a look at...

Dear Santa,  We don't need anything for Christmas, what we have been given this cycling season will keep us happy for an eternity.  Yours,  Half Wheelin Nah, stuff that...keep it coming! In Episode 7 the boys cover off on the sensational racing that was on display at both Flanders and Gent-Wevelgem where it was Cobbles-a-go-go. The MVDP-white knicks debate is opened up and Rosco brings up the...

With the cycling extravaganza in full swing, there is a shit load for Scotty and Rosco to chat about... They discuss the World Championships and Rosco asks "why work your arse off and then sit up?" Fleche Wallone and the Mur de Huy gets a good going over, Scotty brings up MVDP's 'Coolangatta Gold' shoulders and wonders out loud...I mean really out loud...if the new TT Worl...

That's a wrap for the Tour de France of 2020 and Scotty and Rosco review the final 6 stages in all their glory. They pay homage to the stars of this years 'lap around France' and examine who they thought were the riders or teams that could hold their heads high or perhaps those that would be licking their wounds.  Scotty reveals that Tadej Pogacar may have been given a recording of...

As another rest day on the 2020 Tour de France rolls around, Scotty and Rosco re-cap the stages since the last break the riders had and dive into a few topical items to come out of that. I'm not talking your normal topical items either...think Jonathon Vaughters in Speedo's...wait, what?!?!  You need to listen to Scotty as he takes a learned look at riding by numbers and asks whether it...

As Rosco puts it, we're balls deep in the Tour de France at the moment so him and Scotty dissect the action so far, as well as putting their Half Wheelin spin on some things that have grabbed their attention. They re-visit the predictions they made before Stage 1, the stage where "the man with 4 kids" Kristoff took the chocolates. There's a close look at the ins and outs of the...

Scotty and Rosco immerse themselves in all things Tour de France for 2020. They take a look at a few of the squad selections from various teams, give their respective jersey selections in each category and in this year's pandemic delayed roadshow they double down on some of the measures that teams may have to go to in an attempt to stay healthy...which as the episode title suggests, includes...

Is half-wheeling a dominance thing? A lack of cycling etiquette? Perhaps ignorance or even arrogance?!  Join your hosts Scott Barrow and Ross Hill for this prologue episode as they give their insights and take on the world of cycling in its many forms. The heroes, the villains, the tech, the tactics and the beauty...my god the beauty! There's a half-wheeler in all of us isn't there...?