Outspoken Cyclist

Today, my guests are Mark Van Tongeren from Michigan Adventure Racing and Professor Jim Martin from the Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and Neuromuscular Function Lab at the University of Utah. ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 6/2/2025

My guest is not new to the show, and he is certainly not new to U.S. cycling or to the custom bike business. In fact, Toby Stanton – Mr. Hot ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 05/03/2025

How’s your heart?  Do you regularly keep tabs on the highs and lows of your heart rate? Have you noticed any irregularities? My guest today is Dr. Tamanna Singh.  She ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 4/21/2025

I wanted to get this episode out right away as it is time sensitive. It isn’t always my great good fortune to be able speak with one of the iconic ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 4/10/2025

She really wanted to wear skirts and get her nails done, but Alison Tetrick, while remaining ever the fashionable girl, is a feisty competitor – in all sorts of ways. ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 4/7/2025

I love talking about bike racing with Escape Collective’s Joe Lindsey because he has such a superb grasp of the sport – for both men and women. Today, our conversation ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 4/2/2025

My guest today is Professor Alex Karner from the U. of Texas in Austin.  I learned about Alex and his work in an article by Magdalena de Valle written  for ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 3/13/2025

My guests today are NYC’s Professor John Surico and the bike fitter’s bike fitter, Paul Swift. John is one of my favorite repeat guests as those of you who are ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 2/25/2025

It is a tough day for the Outspoken Cyclist Podcast as well as the many shows and most of the staff of WJCU – the radio station at John Carroll ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 2/13/2025

The holidays are literally around the corner and today, I wanted to offer up one of my favorite year-end opportunities for giving. Leah Missbach Day is one of the founders ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist 12/18/2024

Hello and welcome to TOC.  I’m your host Diane Jenks.  Thanks for tuning in today. Yes, it’s been a minute – well, maybe a bit longer – since the last ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 12/7/2024

Brendan Quirk is the CEO of USA Cycling.  Brendan fell in love with bike racing as a teenager and throughout his young adulthood and beyond, has immersed himself in everything ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 10/6/2024

This episode of our show was intended to highlight another great riding trail along with a conversation with renowned traffic engineer and planner Professor Wes Marshall at the University of ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 9/2/2024

As August comes to a close we are beginning to wrap-up our series on great riding trails.  This episode, we take a ride down the Katy Trail in Missouri with ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 8/23/2024

Back in April, 65 members of the European Cyclists Federation, representing 40 countries, signed the EU Declaration of Cycling. Founded in 1983, the European Cyclists’ Federation is a Brussels-based independent ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 8/14/2024

In our ongoing series on favorite riding trails, I took Jim Sayer’s advice and contacted the Empire State Trail’s Chris Morris for a look at New York’s 750 miles of ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist 7/30/2024

Last time, we began our series on favorite bike trails with the Ohio to Erie Trail and today, we’ll be exploring the Mickelson Trail in South Dakota. A couple of ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist 7/22/2-24

Finally, we will begin our series on cycling trails and paths.  I did hear from quite a few of you about your favorites and we will begin the series here ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 7/13/2024

On my last show, I spoke with London cycling Advocate and the truly delightful Carla Francome.  Not a moment after we ended our conversation, Carla sent me a note asking ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist 6/13/2024

I’m not sure how I ended up with two guests who exhibit almost identical traits – they’re gutsy, funny, and passionate about everything they do. And yet, they are completely ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 5/28/2024

We have two great conversations today. My first guest is Christian Sander, the producer and writer of Hard Miles, a full-length feature film starring Matthew Modine as Greg Townsend, a ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist 5/5/2024

The world of bike racing, from the high school through pro levels, has been predominantly male and predominantly white, so when I saw Ian Dille’s article in Outside Online about ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 4/23/2024

This episode features two incredibly thoughtful and knowledgeable guests. First is someone I would term a renaissance man – at least he’s a modern renaissance man. Adam Rogers is curious ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 3/27/2024

Today’s episode features two very accomplished guests. First up is Mike Lydon – and where to begin! Well, let’s see.. Mike is an internationally recognized planner, writer, speaker, and advocate ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist – 3/15/2024

Today’s episode is about one man and his life as told in a new documentary as well as a new biographical novel.  Marshal Major Taylor is a name so many ... Read more Outspoken Cyclist 2/25/2024