Half Wheelin' Podcast
Half-Wheeling is when the cyclist next to you, rides half a wheel length in front of you no matter the speed. Is it a dominance thing or a lack of etiquette? Maybe it's ignorance or arrogance? Perhaps that depends on the person. If you're an avid follower of Pro Cycling in all forms, a Club Crit winning aspirant, the rider chasing that segment KOM or just a Weekend Warrior, this could be the Podcast for you. Many cycling podcasts explore the nuances, the heroes, the characters and the beauty of the toughest sport on Earth. A lot of them take on a serious tone, intent on offering up their best...this podcast is not one of them. In fact, we'll deliberately stay away from clear thinking, opting instead for an 'educated bloke at the pub' level of wisdom. And who knows, maybe (surely?) deep truths will occasionally reveal themselves?
Episodes
40 episodes
Burgess and his BikeCast ep.1 - Josie Talbot
Welcome to a new format that Burgess is playing around with. The goal of this is to bring people from the cycling world to you, but in a format that is less formal. So why this? Well, often when I watch interviews with pro cyclists,...
Meet Nick Owen - the man willingly combining World Tour coaching, with crit racing masochism
We start by eulogising Pog's career, and paying our respects to what he gave us and the sport. Yes we're all grieving, deeply sad, and grateful at the same time. Big feelings, big meaning.We then shift into a conversation with...
Get On The Gear (not that gear ya muppet!)
How far should you go? Is better, actually better? What’s your favourite home tool? Your best buy?If you’re even just a little bit into cycling you’ll know how much of factor “gear” is.Bikes, components, clothing, add ons, tools. ...
Back From The Dead with Keagan Girdlestone
In 2016, Keagan Girdlestone was an 18 year old, super promising pro with Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka. The physiological watts/kilo indicators were there, as was his ability to produce results. Then he had a horrific racing acc...
Watt Bombs and Breaking Cranks with Pro Cyclist Hugh Harvey
What would it take to go Pro these days? And what’s it like once you’re racing in Europe on the start of your journey? What’s a typical day like? Harder than being on the tools? Well you asked and we delivered! (Well, Aidan d...
The Annual Half Wheelin' Awards: UCI Road Racing Season Review
So the highly coveted UCI Annual Half-Wheelin Awards* have been run and won, and weren’t we treated to a feast of celebrating the beauty of road cycling!? Approved by the Half Wheelin’ ethics committee, categories were:...
Stop Snogging Pog! - Our Surefire Strategy to Topple Tadej
Ok Half Wheelers, time to get real. The Slovenian "Year of the Pog" continued at the final monument on the calendar, where Tadej won his fourth Il Lombardia IN A ROW. Predictable, simple and seemingly with unfettered ease, hi...
You Too Can Race Like Pog - 3 easy steps! ...... or not.
Well the Worlds in Zurich have come and gone, and weren’t we all left scratching our heads. Of course in this Chinese Year of the Pog, TP did normal TP things, but what about Belgium and The Netherlands? Seemed like they did almost no things. T...
Dear Peter, thanks for the emotions
It took us a while, such was his impact. But don't worry Half Wheelers, we'd never let you down. We just needed time to make sense of what his dazzling time in the peleton meant to us all. Yes Peter Sagan has finished with road cyc...
Coolangatta Gold Roadside Nuggets
Righto Half Wheelers! The boys are back casting their powerful observations, beginning with the recent Worlds in Glasgow and it's 50-turn city circuit of ridiculous attritional pain. MVDP is recognised, in the context of his victory and whole y...
The Panache of Pinot the Pariah
After a big Spring and Ardennes Classics season where Pog went ballistic only to be finally stopped by someone else bringing him down in a crash early in La Doyene, and Coolangatta Gold continued to add to his monument collection, the Half Whee...
Cobbled Classics Celebration
Righto Half Wheelers! The part of the season we all love best, has just finished with the recently completed Paris-Roubaix. The boys take a look back at all of the races, with fleeting reference to Strada Bianche (how long ago was that?!). Roub...
The Smoke and the Frites and the Beer: Real Racing is Here.
After a painfully long off season, a brilliant CX season and some well meaning, but let's be honest, "different" feeling races in Argentina, the Middle East and even our beloved Down Under, real road racing finally revealed itself with Opening ...
"... the truth is, we never left you"
Following the climax of being on location at the World champs in Wollongong, and of course producing brilliant shows, Ross and Scott are back to caress your cycling spirits, with an episode full of musings and mirth, bridging the road-seasons.&...
UCI World's Elite Road Races: Reflecting
Ross and Scotty take the opportunity while on the train, to discuss the experience of watching the women's and men's road races. A nice 20 minute breakdown for you!
Road Trippin to the Worlds
Ross and Scott record this one in the car on the way to Wollongong (apologies for the sound being a bit tinny, couldn't get the $10,000 mic to work). It's a 9 hour journey, so let's just say there was plenty of opportunity for brilliant, expans...
Lazy Susan Centrifugal Therapy
No we weren't assassinated. Just dealing with a complex concoction of soul searching, being in high demand, considering offers from ASO and doing too much riding.We do a mid season flyover, spanning the Ghent-Wevelgem Classic in the bri...
Cheap Wins
Despite the busy racing schedule of the world tour, as well as devoting time to their own heroic exploits on two wheels, Scotty and Rosco have found the time to link up for another chin wag about some of their favourite things of this magnifice...
The Unofficial Conscience
Scotty and Rosco are back for another year of balls to the wall cycling, and they're bloody pumped to bring you some of their early season thoughts and insights - all from an educated bloke at the pub kind of wisdom!The boys chat about Egan...
Leadership, Culture & Performance in World Tour Teams: Cameron Schwab takes us deep.
What a banger we have to finish off 2021!Scotty and Rosco were lucky enough to sit down and have an in-depth chat on Performance, Recruiting Decisions and Team Culture & Identity with one of Australia's leading voices on these topics, C...
Superb Guidance from Dr. Stephen Lane: How to have a great day at Peaks Challenge
On March 13th in 2022, the toughest one-day cycling challenge in Australia will be taking place in Victoria's majestic High Country. Peaks Challenge: Falls Creek, will again play host to thousands of cycling enthusiasts who are k...
Cobble Dancing Panache
The Road World Championships and Paris Roubaix have been run and won, and now you can just push them to the far reaches of your brain right? The same spot of your brain that sits the memory of the arse whipping you received on a bunch ride not ...
To Belgium, With Love
Rule #5 of The Velominati: The Keepers of the Cog is a simple and straightforward decree - Harden The Fuck Up. It is this particular commandment that, as a cyclist, can be one that leads to fluctuating fortunes. With good intentions, w...
How do we solve a problem like Landa?
Hold on to your hats Half Wheelin' fans, Scotty and Rosco have some massive news for you in this episode. They have joined forces with Australia's biggest bike riding organisation to assist with the promotion and awareness of one of the country...