Category: Bikes

  • KBOO Bike Show: 1,001 Stories

      Listen to the show (mp3, 26.8MB) April and Alon talk with Devi Lockwood about her round the world bike trip to capture 1,001 stories of water and climate change. In the second half of the show, they chat with bike-based dream deliverer Mathias Svalina.

  • KBOO Bike Show: Motherload

      Listen to the show (mp3, 26.1MB) April and Tori talk with documentary filmmaker Liz Canning about her movie Motherload, exploring the intersection of cargo biking and family biking. In the second half, they talk with Brandi Horton of the Rails to Trails Conservancy about a cross-U.S. trail!

  • KBOO Bike Show: Summer Reads

      Listen to the show (mp3, 26.6MB) Alon talks with Michael Kranish, author of The World’s Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America’s First Black Sports Hero. In the second half he interviews Evan Friss, author of On Bicycles A 200-Year History of Cycling in New York City.

  • KBOO Bike Show: The Science and Physics of Cycling

      Listen to the show (mp3, 27.2MB) We take a nerdy, deep-dive into how bikes actually… well, work! Join us for a fantastic look into the physics and science of bicycles and how it is we manage to stay upright when we’re on them. Guests Dr. Joseph Connolly, author of Understanding the Magic of the Bicycle,…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Helmets and Brain Injury

      Listen to the show (mp3, 26.3MB) Tori and April chat with Dr. Michael Bottlang and Dr. Steven M. Madey of the Legacy Biomechanics Laboratory about how helmets interact with the head injury and the differences between impact, shear and rotational (“spin”) forces. Their work has led to the development of Wavecel helmet technology now being…