Outspoken Cyclist
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The Outspoken Cyclist is hosted by Diane Jenks, a bike shop owner and yoga instructor with over 35 years experience in the bicycle industry. Each week's episode features interviews with notable figures in cycling, plus cycling news and banter.
Episodes
- Outspoken Cyclist – 5/18/2026
This is the next episode in our series of great rides around the U.S. for spring and summer 2026. Today, we visit Maine. Lung diseases affect 35 million people in the U.S. and the American Lung Association is the first stop for advocacy, r…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 5/7/2026
I don’t think I’ve met a more fascinating person than adventurer Laura Killingbeck. For example, how many of us know from a very young age who we are and what we want from life and then follow that desire into adulthood? Especially when we…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 4/29/2026
I don’t know how you feel about trees, but I for one think they may be vastly underrated and WAY more important than people might give them credit for. Although, you as a listener are probably not one of those people! My guests today, Paul…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 4/18/2026
As we wrap up our third and final episode on eBikes, Ash Lovell and Matt Moore from People for Bikes take us into some of the legal issues and possible remedies to defining and separating an eBicycle from an eMotorcycle. When absolutely no…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 4/9/2026
Before we get to our guest, I want to give a HUGE shoutout to our very own Bike Cleveland Executive Director, Jacob VanSickle. Jacob was named Professional Advocate of the Year by the League of American Bicyclists at the National Bik…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 3/31/2026
This episode of the show is Part I of a series about eBikes and the ongoing issues surrounding their definition, usage, regulation, and legislation – all topics of controversy and conversation. So many people, companies, policymakers, and…
- Outspoken Cyclist 3/13/2026
I really love having the chance to talk with my NYC friend and colleague John Surico – Professor Surico actually. Today, John joins me from his local coffee shop, so you’ll hear a bit of background chatter at times, but the conversation is…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 2/25/2026
I wanted to get this episode up before Omloop- the first European One-Day Classic this coming Saturday. Indeed, it’s Spring Classics time and as always, I turn to my bike racing expert, Joe Lindsey, the managing director of Escape Collecti…
- Outspoken Cyclist Podcast – 2/8/2026
I have a bit of housekeeping before we get to our two great guests today. First – it’s WJCU’s annual fundraiser – RADIOTHON! This year’s theme “Carrying the Torch for College Radio,” is particularly pertinent as another well-loved local co…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 2/2/2026
My guest today is an old friend and perhaps someone many of you might consider your friend too. If you subscribed to Winning Magazine or Velo News back in the day, you relished Maynard Hershon’s column, “Tales from the Bike Shop,” at the b…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 1/10/2026
As many of you know, I have a real soft spot for traditional steel frame bikes and so I always feel somewhat justified in my “curmudgeonly-ness” when I have the opportunity speak with a master frame builder who is still practicing the art…
- Outspoken Cyclist 12/23/2025
In my Substack post about Tucker Schwinn’s new book, Closure – The Final Days of the Waterford Bicycle Factory – I said I had hoped to be able to speak with him directly. That happened over the past weekend, and I wanted to share that conv…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 12/17/2025
I’m really pleased to welcome two great guests to the show today. The first is not new to TOC, and in fact has been someone I’ve not only spoken with in the past but have also referred to many times on episodes where he doesn’t even appear…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 12/04/2025
Every time I think our issues with cars vs cyclists are getting so much worse, which of course they are, I come across something that is even more dreadful! Seems that Canada – a place where I would have thought cyclists would be not only…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 11/20/2025
This episode was going to be an audio with commentary for my Substack. But, as often happens when I speak with Joe Lindsey from the Escape Collective, the conversation becomes so interesting that I just couldn’t see NOT sharing it on…
- Outspoken Cyclist Podcast – 11/11/2025
We read or hear about corruption from a lot of places and when I came across a story from Kevin Duggan from Streetsblog NYC about a prominent family in Brooklyn NY that bribed officials to kill a protected bike lane, I just couldn’t pass u…
- Outspoken Cyclist 10/16/2025
Scott Tong is one of my favorite NPR hosts. Most days, along with Robyn Young and several other Here and Now folks, I listen to Scott on WKSU, our local NPR affiliate. Over the past year or so, I’ve heard Scott talk about riding his bike,…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 9/26/2025
This episode of the podcast offers up a short discussion with Bicycle Retailer’s EIC Steve Frothingham about U.S. Customs and the seizing of containers from Taiwan manufacturer Giant. Earlier this week, in a surprise move, US Customs offic…
- Outspoken Cyclist 9/16/2025
Shannon Binns didn’t make a plan to come to Charlotte, NC and stay; yet here he is more than 15 years after starting his not-for-profit organization “Sustain Charlotte.” Shannon started out in engineering, did some overseas volunteering, a…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 8/30/2025
It’s kind of a special episode for TOC because on September 4 th , I will celebrate 15 years of TOC podcasting. From my very first guest, frame builder Ben Serotta, until today, when my guests are far afield from frame building, I’ve had t…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 8/11/2025
I’m a huge believer in print – magazines, newspapers, books. I prefer to turn pages and read from them, so when a client of ours mentioned this new magazine FAUSTO, I jumped right on it. The editor graciously sent me Issues #1 & #2 a…
- Outspoken Cyclist 7/16/2025
This episode of the podcast covers good news for cyclists in PA and a look at what’s happening in NYC – from the mayoral election to Central Park. Ed Blazina has been a transportation writer in Pittsburgh for over 20 years and is or was em…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 6/2/2025
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. I’m not sure how I didn’t know about Mic…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 05/03/2025
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 Tubes, Mr. Junior Development Team Guy, and probably one of the few people in the U.S. who has wat…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 4/21/2025
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 is a sports cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic and, in her w…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 4/10/2025
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 American pro riders who is still “in the bike world,” but today is one of those days. Retire…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 4/7/2025
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. Starting out as a tennis player in high school, she played in college on…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 4/2/2025
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 covers a little bit of the Spring Classics – Paris-Nice, Milan San-Remo…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 3/13/2025
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 Bloomberg News on February 26 th . She stated: “Alex Karner got an…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 2/25/2025
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 regular listeners know. And go figure, this conversation was recorded exactly o…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 2/13/2025
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 University that hosts my show. Back in 2010, when TOC first went on the air – and we were…
- Outspoken Cyclist 12/18/2024
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 of WBR, and World Bicycle Relief is about to turn 20. In the years…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 12/7/2024
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 episode, but I’m back and today’s show is the first in our year-end series hig…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 10/6/2024
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 from owning his own shop and developing a thriving online busine…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 9/2/2024
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 Colorado in Denver. My conversation with Wes hap…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 8/23/2024
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 trail manager Cassie Brandt. We’ve had clients tell us how much they enjoy th…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 8/14/2024
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 non-profit association dedic…
- Outspoken Cyclist 7/30/2024
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 cycling and walking paths through the State. Chris is the Empire State Tra…
- Outspoken Cyclist 7/22/2-24
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 years ago, Jim Sayer, who was with the Adventure Cyclist Association for many…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 7/13/2024
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 in my home state, Ohio. Tom Bilcze is the president of the Ohio to Erie Trail Fo…
- Outspoken Cyclist 6/13/2024
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 if SHE could interview ME. Carla had many questions for me, and…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 5/28/2024
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 different from one another. Guest #1 is Carla Francome. She lives…
- Outspoken Cyclist 5/5/2024
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 social worker who takes a group of incarcerated teenag…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 4/23/2024
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 the Richmond Cycling Corps – the kids from Cool lane, I wante…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 3/27/2024
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 about A LOT of things and while we have a great topi…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 3/15/2024
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 for livable cities. But wait, there’s more;…
- Outspoken Cyclist 2/25/2024
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 of us know, yet what do we really know ABOUT him? Todd Gould is an Emmy award winn…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 2/20/2024
We’ve talked about biking and walking infrastructure a lot over the past few years, and it always amazes me that there is so much more to say. For instance… Crosswalks – who do you think is legally protected in a crosswalk? Well, you…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 2/10/2024
My first guest today is Dave Simmons, the executive director of Ride Illinois. In our conversation we talk about bicycle related crashes and fatalities in the state along with some data, or lack of it about eBikes. I wanted to catch…
- Outspoken Cyclist – 1/27/2024
As many of you know, I have an abiding interest in urban planning, walkable and bikeable cities, and sustainability. In furthering that interest, I love speaking with folks who are involved in any or all of these areas and today is no exce…