veloccino cycling podcast

This time Niels Schnadt and Gemma Felstead speak to Sam Gray who got recently diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Tune in and find out more about Crohn's, how to manage life receiving a diagnosis like this, invisible illnesses in general and the various challenges that come to cycling with an illness like Crohn's.  Thank you Sam for taking the time to chat to us. It was one of the most insightful...

In this episode of the veloccino Cycling Podcast Gemma Felstead and Niels Schnadt have the chance to speak to Phil Bingham & Fran Whyte from VeloVixen - Home of Women's Cycling. VeloVixen is a women specific online retailer, cycling platform and community. Since they have opened their doors in 2012 they have become the number one stop for women that either want to get into cycling or look for...

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In this episode Gemma Felstead has the chance to speak to Dean Kidd about his transformation process from living an unhealthy lifestyle to completing a full Ironman in Italy.  Tune in to this episode to hear more about the challenges Dean had to overcome and what had triggered the decision to turn his life upside down to conquer this journey. We learn how he had to get his whole family on boa...

In this week's episode of the veloccino Cycling Podcast, Mike Williams and Niels Schnadt have the chance to chat with Jakub Pieniazek.  Jakub is the Co-Owner of the Workshop Cafe in Palma de Mallorca and also a hugely successful cycling coach. He is the head coach of the Polish National handbike team and has helped his riders achieving stellar results on the global para stage and the Paralymp...

In this episode Gemma Felstead, Mike Williams and Niels Schnadt welcome three guests! Piotr Klin is going to attempt to brrak the Master's hour record in Mexoco in altitude. He works together on this attempt with his coach Mark Powell and a group of engineering students from the Warwick University. Hannah, one of the group of students is also a guest in this episode and helps to understand what tw...

Gemma Felstead and Niels Schnadt speak to Rick Lister from Finishline Racing. Since this season was very light on bike racing due to Covid19, Gemma & Niels felt the urge to bring a bit more racing flavour into the podcast. Since they spoke with Olly Moors in the previous episode about veganism and bike racing they thought that this time the emphasis will be put more on racing itself. How do yo...

In this episode of the veloccino cycling podcast, Gemma and Niels chat to Olly Moors from the UCI Continental Team Ribble Weldtite about all things veganism.  Olly has been racing bikes all over the globe, back as a young rider for an american team, but also in Belgium for a couple of years. Since the beginning of 2019 he chose to adapt to a vegan lifestyle. Gemma and Niels are intrigued to h...

In this episode of Veloccino Cycling podcasts, Gem, Mike and Niels are going to talk about the experience in cycling. Gem is a coach in running. So, this podcasts episode will help listeners motivate and inspire in Gem’s story. Let’s begin! Episode Timeline Gem’s racing series 4:00 Gem is halfway through this zwift Racing League. They had a course which was everything bagel in New York. It lasted...

This is the first episode of many to come that is hosted by our new team member Gemma Felstead! Gemma speaks to Alice Lethbridge about overcoming challenges in amateur cycling. They talk about previous results but also sacrifices and how juggling your aspiring cycling life with your daily day job.  Enjoy Gemma's first episode. If you have any questions or feedback please send us an email to p...

When is a van not a van? We travelled down to the Brighton area to meet Dan Linfield from bloK.pod!  bloK.pod builds custom pods to convert your van into an instant camper van. He also build fantastic fork mounts to enable you to bring you bike with you to all your adventures. We spoke with Dan about how he came up with the idea, how that all started, engineering in general and many more things.

Just a quick one! Our biggest update ever! 

"We heard a lot about virtual cycle racing in the past. Especially during the lockdown period it seems to have grown in popularity. So we wanted to find out what it is all about. How does it work? How do you get involved? How does a league look like and how do teams work together? We caught up with Gemma Felstead and Paul Fitzpatrick to talk about all things virtual racing! Enjoy the show! Thanks...

In this episode Mike Williams and Niels Schnadt catch up with Josefine Lützau from Denmark. Josefine is a top Danish freeride skier and was working towards qualifying for the Pro World Tour when Covid-19 hit the global sport scene. Change of plans due to those unforeseen circumstances brought Josi back on her bike. Road cycling is her other passion that she discovered a couple of years back as a f...

We were tempted to call this episode "only fools and horses" but the more descriptive title might make more sense in this case.  Hang on, you might think, I thought this is a cycling podcast? Yes it is! That is exactly why we decided to talk to a horsey person to find out how to overtake horses safely  during our bike rides.  In this episode we had a fantastic chat with Lisa Keys fr...

Another uncut episode. Play a fly on the wall listening to Mike William and Niels Schnadt conversing on the phone discussing corona virus, Pamela Anderson's Tattoo on Mike's arm and home made soap! This episode is for you. You will like it!

In this episode Mike Williams and Niels Schnadt are dipping their toes a little bit more into Triathlon, long-distance to be specific. Ruth Astle just turned pro after she won the overall age group category at the 2019 Ironman world championships in Kona, Hawaii. We learn a lot about her, British wine, rookie and bike errors, and we find out how she juggled a busy daily day job and training before...

Mike Williams and Niels Schnadt had a chat with Michael Broadwith to find out what fascinates him on mathematics and why he likes pot noodles so much! ;) We spoke about his world record breaking ride from Land's End to John o ' Groats and discussed all things mathematics. Do you know where his Twitter handle 24HourMaths is coming from? Well you will find out here. What a delightful evening at the...

In this episode Mike Williams and Niels Schnadt have the chance to speak to Simon Voysey, who is one of the owners of the Musette Cycle Cafe in Aldbury in the Chilterns. Hands down our most favourite coffee stop!  We learn about how it all started, we discover how tough it actually is to run a hospitality business and we reminiscent about a lot of fantastic days and evenings we have spent in...

This episode is a quick chat between Mike and Niels to find out what each of them are up to. How does Covid-19 impact their daily day life.  Topics that are covered:  Updates  Future Guests  Zwift & virtual cycling  DIY errors 2 goats is a party Building a barn  This is one of the episodes we are planning to do more often. Raw and uncut. We hope you enjoy it.

A lot has changed in the UK over the last couple of weeks due to the Corona Situation. There is a lot of negativity flowing in from all channels and a lot of things are said of what we can not do anymore. In this episode we want to focus on what you actually can do! We are the positive podcast!  Tune in to listen to our conversation with a) Mark Powell about how to remain laser sharp and focussed...

Mark Powell is the coach of many fantastic cyclists. Some of them are national champions and even world record breakers. Mike Williams and Niels Schnadt had the chance to chat to him about how that all works. How do you become a coach, how do you coach people and if you are looking for a coach how do you find the right one for you.

Nick Clarke is back! He rode the Atlas Mountain Race! In this episode Niels Schnadt & Mike Williams deep dive with Nick into his experiences from this tough as nails bike packing race through the Atlas Mountains!  We learn about failures, achievements, how to escape from dog attacks, how it feels to flash bits in the moroccan desert and many many more things! We mentioned a couple of Inst...

This time Niels Schnadt & Mike Williams interview Wes Trigg. He moved with his wife and son from our neighbourhood in Aylesbury out to Portugal to follow his passion for outdoor sport and to live a lifestyle at the sea. Most impressively he started his Triathlon camp business in a country where English is not the . This time we dip our toes into Triathlon and even trail running. Wes made a step to...

Unedited special feature. I spoke to Nick Clarke on the phone a day ahead of the Atlas Mountain Race in Morocco. It was too good so I had to publish it. ENJOY