The Bike Karma Bicycle and Cycling Stories Podcast

Bike Karma EP32:  Interviews and Segments -Intro  1- The Story of Abbey Bike Tools with Jason Quade https://www.abbeybiketools.com/ 2- Gregory Honn tells his story about meeting and working with Eddy Merckx  3- My First Time in Copenhagen by Nathan Durkes aka a Cyclist in a Strange Land https://www.acyclistinastrangeland.com/ 4- Thanks, Still hoping to get just one person in Greenland to Listen an...

Bike Karma EP31:  Interviews and Segments -Intro  1- What Happens When you get your kid the wrong bicycle and other collecting vintage bicycle stories with Bicycle Mike Kaplan   2- Where the streets have no cars and how the pedal to the medal ride started with Chion Wolf.  Link to PTTM 3- Cycling on an Island with Diedrict L. from St Croix.  4- Please check out Show Supporter Emory Bikes  Emory Bi...

Bike Karma EP30:  The Siren Song of Welding - Emory Bikes Kickstarter- Weis Asymetrical Bikes- Too Long a Bike Trip w Builders Ball Interviews and Segments- -Intro  1- Following the Siren Song of Welding to Building Your Own Bicycle (and Beyond) with Danielle Schön of Schön Studio...  https://www.schonstudio.com/   2- Please help show supporter Emory Bicycles (from EP 29) to share the word about t...

Bike Karma EP29:  Taking a Cat Cycling- Making a Bicycle to Last Forever - Bruce twarts a Mugging  Interviews and Segments- -Intro  1- Taking a cool cat on a Bicycle Ride - Judy Folkenberg and her cat Teddyboy Sinclair   www.instagram.com/teddyboysinclair/ 2- Making the Most Durable Bike Ever? with Clayton E. Smith of Emory Bicycles and Cmith Manufacturing  www.instagram.com/emorybicycles/ 3- How...

Bike Karma EP28:  When Velodrome Cycling was bigger than baseball - Swap Meet- Farm to Fork Fondo Touring & Tornado-  Interviews and Segments- -Intro  1- Bill Humphreys (Author of the Jersey Project) talks about the history of American Velodrome Cycling, and the fall and rebirth of American Cycling. 2- A reminder about the Wethersfield CT USA Bicycle Festival Show and Swap Meet June 10th  PLEASE S...

Bike Karma EP27:  TDF Routes and Tom Simpson - Water is Life - Pigman of VT Interviews and Segments- -Intro  1- Touring the Tour de France Routes and Following Tom Simpson's Final Ride with Nicole Marie Davidson Author of Under the French Blue Sky    http://a.co/ftDPJsq 2- How a generous water stop changed me. Water is Life! 3- Tales from Trails: The Pig Man of Devils Washbowl in Vermont, USA. wit...

Bike Karma EP26:  3rd Annual April 1st Bicycle Comedy Skit and Satire Episode **This is an ATYPICAL episode! Interviews and Segments- -Intro  Besides a suprise or two skits are as follows... 1- N+1 as a Scary Movie 2- Super Secret Strava Premium from the Dark Net - Any Leaderboard You Can Imagine 3- Velo-History Hunters - The Search for Hitler's Lost Bicycle 4- Baking Bicycles?! 5- Thanks, Still h...

Bike Karma EP25:  Bolt Together Bicycle Kit - Confessions of a MAMIL- Bicycle Headbadges - and more Interviews and Segments- -Intro  1- Alex Bell - A bolt together bicycle kit unlike any I've seen before... 2- Stephen Holly Author of Evolution of a MAMIL (Middle Aged Man in Lycra) 3- Bicycle Headbadges - Part 1 Eva Brook - Archaeologist, Part 2 Vlad Dilensky, Brian Miller, and Ryan Cargo at the NA...

Bike Karma EP24: Wood Bikes? Cold in the High Desert with the Founder of the NAHBS - Mythical Muses or Talking Bicycles   Interviews and Segments- -Intro  1- Wood Bicycles? With Max Samuelson of Woody Bicycles in Cape May, New Jersey  2- Cold in the High Desert and North American Handbuilt Bicycle Show with founder Don Walker 3- Mythical Muses and/or Talking Bicycles... Do your bikes inspire and t...

Bike Karma EP23: The Haunting Century Old Photographs of People and Their Bicycles - Winter Time Observations and Reflections from the side of the Road and Trail - A One of a Kind Bicycle Find!   Interviews and Segments- -Intro  1- Roadside Reflections :Can Exhaust be a comfort in the cold?   2- Checking out century old photographs of people and their bicycles with Brian Birkner. @carrotsnax  3- I...

Bike Karma EP22: Kevin the Turkey: Friend to Cyclists - Breaking the Cycle of Addiction with the Help of Mountain Bikes - When You Find an Orphaned Baby Opossum While Cycling    Interviews and Segments- -Intro  1- "Hey did you see that Turkey on the Corner?", was on the lips of everyone in town. But cyclists and pedestrians found an ally in this spunky bird.   2- Can the good feelings from Mountai...

Bike Karma EP21: Vintage Columbia Bikes - Bike Share Singapore - Bringing a Bike Shop Back to Main Street - Cycling on the Oldest Ferry in the USA    Interviews and Segments- -Intro  1- Schwinns were the king of the classic 1950's Tank Bicycles but waiting in the wings were many other brands making beautiful riders. We talk about collecting, restoring, and riding vintage Westfield Columbia Bicycle...

Bike Karma EP20: The Flower Bike Movement - Hand Built Bicycles & the Builders' Ball- Unicycles    Interviews and Segments- -Intro  1- Flower Bike Man - What up with Flower Bikes? 2- Hand Built Bicycles- The Builders Ball in Boston Mass SEPT 23. Hear the story then GO THERE!  LINK TO EVENT  http://newenglandbuildersball.com/ 3- Are Unicycles Half the Fun? What's harder a Wheelie or Riding A Unicyc...

Bike Karma EP19: What is Bike Karma - 2 Years Old- Adam Got Hit- Book Recs- Slow Roll   Interviews and Segments- -Intro  1- What is "Bike Karma"? Where did the idea for the Podcast Start? What am I doing this for? 2- Cats and Bikes? LIZ ASKS WHY?!?! 3- Adam Got Hit By A Big Truck- Interview with Adam Bunger who sadly got hit by an uninsured motorist in a big truck. Hear his story and consider help...

Bike Karma EP18: Century Old+ Bikes with "The Wheelmen"- Bicycle Words List #2- The 1972 Bike McCycle   Interviews and Segments- -Intro  1- We talk with "The Wheelmen" who share their love of riding bikes and styles of bicycles that are over a century old including pennyfarthings and safety bicycles. 2- Bicycle Words List #2- Play along with Mo, Joe, Liz, Carol, Rob, and Kevin as they try to figur...

Bike Karma EP17: Fixie + Fixed Gear Bikes 101- Bicycle Words List #1- Portapotty Physics for Cyclists   Interviews and Segments- -Intro  1- Fixies and Fixed Gears 101 with "Sparky" from Brooklyn NYC, from fixedgearheroes on Instagram. Here's an onramp to finding out more about the world of fixed gear bikes. 2- Bicycle Words List #1- Play along with Mo, Joe, Liz, Carol, Rob, and Kevin as they try t...

Bike Karma EP16: Bicycle Picking- Evan Pack Touring Brazil- Who's More Surly, Me or My Bike?   Interviews and Segments- -Intro (Tarran's idea to ask folks to please give a review in the start of the show to help us rise in the searches.) 1- Bicycle Pickers Don't Always Make the Best Bicycle Flippers. - We look at hunting for bicycles, and talk about how just finding, trading, and buying bikes and...

EP15 Annual April Fool's Bicycle Comedy Show! (Shorter and different than usual.) Satire and skits- -The real reason for steel is real. -Holistic Velominati Recovery Center -Mystery- Why your bike hasn’t sold on Craigslist -The Gears are TOO DAMN HIGH! -I’ll be “that guy” on your group ride… If you like any segment or episode PLEASE follow, like, share, or even better give a positive review on iTu...

Bike Karma EP14   1) Introduction to BMX including how BMX fits into the Evolutionary Tree of Bicycle History, with BMX Racer Advocate and Enthusiasts Joe Doherty 2) Moving a Large Washing Machine during Winter by Bicycle, Just Because You Can, with Chris Brown (no relation) Cargo Bike Master. 3) Random Roadside Thoughts and Reflections: We all get lost in our thoughts on long solo rides, but let'...

Bike Karma EP13   1) Mindfullness, Flexibility, and Yoga for the Cyclist with Alice Nelson, Yoga Instructor, FL 2) Bicycle Brand Rorschach Test and Bringing Back a Beloved Brand From Extinction with Fred Thomas from A-D Bikes 3) A Cautionary Fairy Tale to Discourage Children from Growing Up to be Professional Bicycle Thieves     If you like any segment or episode PLEASE follow, like, share, or eve...

Bike Karma EP12   1) Bike Racing 101 / Cyclocross for the Curious / National Cyclocross Championships 2) App Reviews STRAVA versus POKEMON GO  3) MIND OVER BIKE - Learning to ride with Two Wheel Pickers Bike Shop Miami, FL USA    If you like any segment or episode PLEASE follow, like, share, or even better give a positive review on iTunes, Podbean, Instagram, Tumblr, etc... and share with any bicy...

Bike Karma EP11   1) FAT BIKES 2) BICYCLE SHOP - Last Day at my Favorite Local Bike Shop: Behind the Scenes     If you like any segment or episode PLEASE follow, like, share, or even better give a positive review on iTunes, Podbean, Instagram, Tumblr, etc... and share with any bicycle loving friends or people who don't like bicycles but who need to understand why you do.   To see what is mentioned...

Bike Karma EP10 1) Muscle Bikes, Krate Bikes, Choppers, Sissy Bars, Banana/Polo Seats 2) Apology for Delay / Cycling Hand Signals 3) Iceland and Bicycles If you like any segment or episode PLEASE follow, like, share, or even better give a positive review on iTunes, Podbean, Instagram, Tumblr, etc... and share with any bicycle loving friends or people who don't like bicycles but who need to underst...

Bike Karma EP09 1) Falling in and out of Love with Mountain Biking 2) Fitchburg Mass "Fitchburg Rides" Bicycle Festival - Iver Johnson Antique Bicycles 3) What is better a #bikeshopcat or a #bikeshopdog? If you like any segment or episode PLEASE follow, like, share, or even better give a positive review on iTunes, Podbean, Instagram, Tumblr, etc... and share with any bicycle loving friends or peop...

Bike Karma EP08 1) Vintage Ride Part 1: Riding Bikes Older than Me. 2) Velomobiles (read as "Bike Cars")- The Future of Human Powered Transportation? 3) The Bicycle Speakinator - New Device that picks up cycling Conversations Around the World 4) Vintage Roll Part 2: When you hit record, all hell breaks loose... If you like any segment or episode PLEASE follow, like, share, or even better give a po...