Best Silca Podcasts (2025)

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From Running to Riding to RED-S and Beyond with Cécile Lejeune 56:37

1d ago56:37

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Cécile Lejeune is a rising star in women's pro cycling, but this Frenchwoman (and now Arizonian) is no stranger to speed. With roots in Tri and a number of impressive running records in her native country, Cécile has been challenging herself since the age of 12. A RED-S survivor, Cécile brings an inspiring and candid story to this year's Life Time …

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Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbour's Bike | GCN Show Ep. 644 40:23

8d ago40:23

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(Watch on Youtube here: https://gcn.eu/Show644) This week, we explore whether wanting new bikes & gear might lead us down the path of not liking or appreciating the bikes we have! Plus, we talk about the return of the thumb shifter, MotoGP riders doing bicycle races, new world records in the velodrome, and rumours of a merger that could make a new …

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We Got Robbed | GCN Show Ep. 643 33:39

15d ago33:39

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(Watch on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gR_EJw9U-A) Conor Dunne competed in the Traka gravel race in Spain this previous weekend for what was going to be an epic GCN video. On their way home to the airport though, he and our filmmaker Liam, faced an extremely unfortunate situation. In today's show, Conor shares the story. Plus, we …

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AJA #41: Hard water, hard jobs, and hard to get 59:41

21d ago59:41

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Fatty is obsessed with mini compressors and so jumps the line in this episode of Ask Josh Anything with several questions he has about Silca's new Elettrico series, Silca's innovative, just-released electric mini pump that is available everywhere (except the US) now. We also got some great feedback/pushback on part of Josh's recent FAQ episode, and…

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8 Things I Learned After Starting Cycling Again | GCN Show Ep. 642 40:43

22d ago40:43

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Dan Lloyd’s been back on the bike for a while now — and he’s noticed quite a few things have changed! But have they changed for the better or for the worse? Plus we've got news on cyclists behaving badly, the current state of the cycling industry according to Shimano, comments of the week, and MUCH more! Enter here for a chance to win in our Redshi…

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Is This Event The Future Of Road Cycling? | GCN Show Ep. 641 34:01

29d ago34:01

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This week, Si and Dan dive deep into Levi's GranFondo – an event renowned for its stunning Californian scenery but equally infamous for its challenging route. We explore the unique dynamic of this event, which successfully blends a mass participation ride with a fiercely contested, unsupported race, truly taking cycling back to its basics! Is this …

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Sea Otter Special 1:05:26

1M ago1:05:26

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We are on the ground at Sea Otter chasing Marginal Gains. A top theme at this year's show is something we have been discussing in our episodes: the wider tire revolution. Older XC tires have found new life on gravel race bikes and tire makers are responding. We hear from two major players on the tire side of things. Plus Dylan Johnson weighs in on …

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How A Couple Of Idiots Could Ruin Cycling For Everyone | GCN Show Ep. 640 40:00

1M ago40:00

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Is pro cycling being ruined by...fans? After some wild scenes at Paris-Roubaix, we’re talking hooligan behaviour, rider safety, and what needs to be done about this. 👀 Plus we've got a basketball legend who thinks he can help UAE Team Emirates, how we may have accidentally predicted the future, and how Alex Paton was humbled on his latest trip to t…

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Levi Leipheimer & Melisa Rollins: The Growler from Pro and RD perspectives 39:51

1M ago39:51

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We've done plenty of interview episodes before, but this one's a little different. The twist here is we have pro cyclist Melisa Rollins joining as co-host in hopes of improving her chances at Levi Leipheimer's The Growler, a race that boasts the world's largest payout in a one-day race: a $156,000 purse, split evenly among men and women.…

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Is Gravel Riding Just Admitting Defeat To Motorists? | GCN Show Ep. 639 29:26

1M ago29:26

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🎥 Find the show and watch it on YouTube: GCN Show 639 Does the increasing popularity of gravel riding have anything to do with a growing fear of riding on roads? And if so, does that mean we’re admitting defeat to motorists? After a gravel ride over the weekend, Dan Lloyd got to thinking. Plus, we’re talking about the Belgian café giving away free …

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AJA 40: How will new tariffs affect Silca, bike retailers, and customers? 1:03:06

1M ago1:03:06

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We had a whole suite of super nerdy and fun questions ready to ask Josh...and we will still ask them, next time. But we also wanted to know Josh's thoughts about how the newly-announced tariffs might affect Silca, the businesses it buys from and sells to, and its customers. The resulting unscripted conversation is a must-listen.…

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Pro Cycling Is Faster. This is Why. 26:17

2M ago26:17

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Pro cycling speeds have gotten faster and faster. But what role has tech played in that? One of the chief architects of that evolution has been the performance engineer Jean-Paul Ballard, and we sat down with him at the Immenstadt wind tunnel in Germany to discuss all the things that make riders faster and the things that don't. As well as the thin…

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The Meteoric Rise of 2024 Unbound Champ Rosa Klöser 58:28

2M ago58:28

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2024 Unbound Champion Rosa Klöser’s trajectory to the top step started with a stolen townie, and has kept surprising —and impressing — ever since. You're going to love this conversation with this analytical, detailed, smart, and fast fellow marginal gainer.

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Are Pogačar & Van Der Poel REALLY As Good As We Make Them Out To Be? | GCN Show Ep. 638 37:15

2M ago37:15

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🎥 Find the show and watch it on YouTube: GCN Show 638 Pogačar and Van der Poel are getting ready to face-off at the Tour of Flanders next weekend! They're the hottest properties in men’s cycling right now, but are they ACTUALLY as good as we’re all making them out to be? Or does their legendary status have something to do with the epic "rivalry" th…

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Cycling Has A BIG Problem, But Do We Need To Worry? | GCN Show Ep. 637 35:56

2M ago35:56

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🎥 Find the show and watch it on YouTube: GCN Show 637 Is the bike industry really in trouble? 🚴‍♂️💭 After reading some gloomy news about the bike industry in the UK, Dan Lloyd & Si Richardson asked—is this really something to worry about? Turns out, maybe not! In this week’s GCN Show, they explain why. Plus, they've got some really interesting rese…

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Ask Josh Anything: Josh's FAQs 57:18

2M ago57:18

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This is a little different from most Ask-Josh-Anything episodes. Here, we ask Josh to answer the questions he gets most often. What we got was an insightful hour of experiences, career advice, and thoughts on the culture within pro cycling teams. This is seriously an episode you do NOT want to miss.

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Why Cycling Is The Hardest Sport In The World | GCN Show Ep. 636 30:18

2M ago30:18

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🎥 Find the show and watch it on YouTube: GCN Show 636 Is cycling categorically the most brutal sport in the world? After last week's crashes and brutal weather at Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico, it sure seems like it! Plus, Dan Lloyd and Conor Dunne discuss the man who averaged 268w for 24 hours, the best bike paths they've ever seen, and the inc…

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Van Der Poel’s Coach Explains How You Should Be Training 44:51

2M ago44:51

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Belgian coach Kristof de Kegel has been at the forefront of professional cycling for over a decade. Now a key member of Alpecin–Deceuninck’s management team, he is involved in decision-making processes that shape the form and season direction of the likes of Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen. Our very own presenter, Conor Dunne, was actuall…

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Are You Making This Fundamental Mistake In Your Cycling? | GCN Show Ep. 635 41:07

2M ago41:07

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🎥 Find the show and watch it on YouTube: GCN Show 635 This week, Dan Lloyd & Si Richardson discuss how many of us might be making a fundamental mistake with our cycling, focusing on power not speed... We dive into why some of the most physiologically-gifted riders never get the results you’d expect, whilst others, with less power, are amongst the w…

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The Future Of Bike Tech Might Be Fast, But It Looks Sh*t! | GCN Show Ep. 634 35:08

3M ago35:08

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🎥 Find the show and watch it on YouTube: GCN Show 634 The future of bike tech might be fast, but it looks awful! 🫣 Si & Dan take a look at the latest trends from a weekend of cobbles in Belgium, and discuss whether the UCI NEEDS to step in to save the day (and our eyes!). Plus, we've got a mega Zwift competition ahead of the Zwift Academy final on …

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Why Pogačar Is So Good, Racing Makes Him Slower | GCN Show Ep. 633 37:08

3M ago37:08

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🎥 Find the show and watch it on YouTube: GCN Show 633 This week, we're diving into Tadej Pogačar and the UAE Tour! 🚴‍♂️💥 Pogačar went on an inexplicable attack. Tactically, it made no sense—so what was the reason? Is it possible he was worried about detraining? Looking at last week's UAE Tour, that just might be the case... Plus, Si & Dan talk new …

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TrainerRoad's Jonathan Lee puts the "smart" in smart trainers 55:06

3M ago55:06

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Jonathan Lee is Communications Director and one of the OG’s at TrainerRoad, one of our favorite tools for marginal-gaining our bodies. TrainerRoad is all business (or at best, Type 2 fun) about making you the strongest, fastest version of yourself...or at least, it was that way until recently. Hottie and Fatty talk with Jonathan about TrainerRoad's…

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How One Man Makes Millions Trafficking Stolen Bikes & No One Can Stop Him 14:40

3M ago14:40

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While investigating bike theft for a video, we spoke with Bryan Hance, a U.S.-based cybersecurity expert and co-founder of Bike Index, a nonprofit dedicated to recovering stolen bikes. With years of experience, he's seen it all—but his biggest case took nearly four years to unravel, exposing a single man behind a $2.1 million bike trafficking opera…

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This Is Why We’re Not Getting Safer Cycling | GCN Show Ep. 632 44:22

3M ago44:22

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🎥 Find the show and watch it on YouTube: GCN Show 632 🚴 New research just dropped that might give us some optimism on improving cycling for everyone...but can we actually do anything about it? We hear from one of the authors, who explains how the "loud majority" in local activism doesn’t always reflect what most people want. What role might this pl…

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108 - 2025 Bike, Gear and Industry Predictions 1:08:04

3M ago1:08:04

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Hey BikeRumor Fans! For this Monthly Round-up, we lay out our predictions for 2025 (and beyond). The crew gets together and chats about what we want to see and, ultimately...what we'll get. Plus, we review our favorite pieces for the month and our favorite comments. Some predictions include... New SRAM groupsets with better braking. Shimanos return…

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AJA #39: Short cranks, bar tape and tandems 55:26

3M ago55:26

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Short cranks are all the rage right now, and it just wouldn't be right to let this cycling trend go by without asking Josh to weigh in on its actual merits from aero, weight and engineering perspective. We've also got practical answers for your tire inserts and rolling resistance questions, measuring CRR, old-school cables and bar tape strategies, …

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The Strangest Training Hack That Might Just Work | GCN Show Ep. 631 37:37

3M ago37:37

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🎥 Find the show and watch it on YouTube: GCN Show 631 Could riding less—or even not at all—actually make you a better cyclist? How much can you really improve with rest? After finding a study showing someone improved their VO2 max more after taking a long break from exercise, Dan Lloyd and Si Richardson got curious. 🤔 They discuss it in today's sho…

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Should Cyclists Just Leave Some Roads To Cars? | GCN Show Ep. 630 37:44

4M ago37:44

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🎥 Find the show and watch it on YouTube: GCNShow630 Are there roads we shouldn't ride on, even if we legally can?! In today's show, Dan Lloyd and Si Richardson discuss whether we should exercise our rights as cyclists to ride down roads that might be potentially dangerous due to motorists, or just save ourselves from the "hassle" and find quieter r…

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UAE's Head Of Performance Reveals Secrets Of Zone 2, Low Cadence & Altitude Training 47:42

4M ago47:42

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After our recent video on pro training, we’re sharing our full, uncut interview with UAE Team Emirates’ head of performance, Jeroen Swart. Jeroen and Dan Lloyd discuss how pro cycling training has changed over the last 15 years, covering things like Zone 2, tempo training, overtraining, training volume, & the monitoring of rider metrics! 📈…

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A Broken Dan? The 350km Ride That MIGHT Be A Step Too Far | GCN Show Ep. 629 38:51

4M ago38:51

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🎥 Find the show and watch it on YouTube: GCN Show Ep. 629 Thanks to your donations, Dan Lloyd is officially taking on the Manchester to London ride this June—his longest bike ride EVER! 🚴 Can he really complete 350km in just one day?! Si & Dan chat about how he’s feeling and what his prep will look like. Plus, they cover a Premier League footballer…

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Sofia Gomez Villafane: Making a Statement & Backing It Up 56:25

4M ago56:25

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We could have talked with Sofia Gomez Villafane for hours about nothing but her head-spinning palmares: Olympian, winner of Lifetime Grand Prix Series in 2023 and 2024, Leadville, twice at Unbound and Sea Otter, Belgian Waffle rides, and so much more. But the fact is, her wins are just the exclamation marks to the powerful voice Sofia is bringing t…

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107 In the CXHAIRS with Bill Schieken 1:16:29

4M ago1:16:29

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Hey BikeRumor Fans! The Cyclocross World Championship is just around the corner, and we thought there was no better time to have our buddy Bill Schieken of CXHAIRS on the podcast. Jordan sits down with Bill and chats about the inception of CXHAIRS and how it grew into the last standing real-time coverage of US Cyclocross. But CXHAIRS covers more th…

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I Got Smoked By An Illegal E-bike - Does It Matter? | GCN Show Ep. 628 36:15

4M ago36:15

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🎥 Find the show and watch it on YouTube: GCN Show Ep. 628 While cycling to GCN Megabase, Si was overtaken by what seemed to be an unrestricted e-bike travelling at quite a speed. This experience got him thinking—should unrestricted e-bikes be allowed on shared bike paths? Are they creating potential safety risks? 🚲⚡ In this episode of the GCN Show,…

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Are Things About To Ungravel? | GCN Show Ep. 627 37:54

4M ago37:54

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🎥 Find the show and watch it on YouTube: GCN Show Ep. 627 As gravel bikes evolve and become ever closer to mountain bikes, are they actually on a path to extinction? In today's show, Si & Dan question whether the gravel bike might be facing an existential crisis. Gravel bikes have evolved so much ...and where is that evolution going? Plus, they dis…

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AJA #38: Waxing Long, Waxing Cold, and Avoiding Speed Wobbles, and Taping to be Aero 57:08

4M ago57:08

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The Marginal Gains crew thought we'd throw a real curveball this episode and make every single question about cycling...and relevant, even. Wacky, huh? We talk about how the Silca Endurance chip might affect your lube schedule, the challenges of riding with a waxed chain in very cold weather, strategies you can use to reduce / remove speed wobbles …

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If You’re A Cyclist In 2025, You NEED To Do This | GCN Show Ep. 626 33:26

4M ago33:26

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🎥 Find the show and watch it on YouTube: GCN Show Ep. 626 2025 is here, and we’ve all got exciting goals and resolutions for the year! But what should those resolutions be for a cyclist? Dan Lloyd and Conor Dunne share 4 things cyclists should be doing this year to take their riding to the next level—based on the latest modern advice and scientific…

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106 - BikeRumor Editors Choice 2024 53:05

5M ago53:05

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Hey BikeRumor Fans! For the last (recorded) podcast of 2024, the BikeRumor team sits down and talks about their top picks for Editors Choice. Things get spicy as each Editor describes how and why they chose each piece of kit. — Enjoy! *Like all the Monthly Round-up podcast Episodes, the BikeRumor Editors Choice 2024 podcast has a companion video av…

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Is This The Year The Bike Industry Bounces Back? | GCN Show Ep. 625 23:43

5M ago23:43

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🎥 Find the show and watch it on YouTube: GCN Show Ep. 625 2024 was a rollercoaster year for cycling! 🚴‍♂️🌟 From Pogačar dominating the Grand Tours to Cavendish making history and Kasia Niewiadoma triumphing at the TDF Femme Avec Zwift, there was no shortage of epic moments. But behind the excitement, the cycling industry faced challenges, with many…

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Tinker & Test: Chase Wark Brings Innovation (and hugs and hotdish) to Pro Cycling 55:47

5M ago55:47

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Chase Wark shares his unique journey in the cycling world, from his unconventional bike setups to his passion for community-building through cycling events, Chase's story is one of creativity, resilience, and a deep love for the sport. Josh Poertner and Chase Wark discuss innovative bike setups, aerodynamics, and the importance of tinkering with eq…

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