The Indian Cycling Podcast

Review of the final week and entire Tour de France 2022 with Sandeep Krishna.

Analysis of Week 2 of Tour de France 2022 and preview of Week 3 with Sandeep Krishna

Analysis of Week 1 of Tour de France 2022 and preview of Week 2 with Sandeep Krishna

Preview of Tour de France 2022 with Sandeep Krishna Some corrections & confirmations Cavendish won 4 stages in Tour de France 21 Wout van Aert underwent appendicitis surgery (not Hernia) before last years tour Tadej Pogacar is 23 yrs old Do send in your questions by email to gokul@thebikeaffair.com to cover in the next episode covering stage 1

Suresh has practiced IF for past three years with great success. He ensures he understands the mechanics and is upto date with the latest research around Metabolism, Nutrition and even got certified by Stanford. In addition to personal practice he also heads one of the countries leading Poultry Company and is the Chairman of International Egg Commission. An amazing treasure on Intermittent Fasting and health in general.

Mental Health in Endurance Sports with Spruha Vetcha. Session recorded during the weekly talk show "Its all about the bike" on Leher.

Listen to a conversation with Gaurav Duggal about Strava & how he uses it to analyse and get better. This conversation was live on Leher on the 28th Sep 2021 and we also answered questions of customers. Do tune into Leher on Tuesdays @ 8pm.

Recording of Ep 1 Talk Show - It's All About The Cycle - History Of Randonneuring & Tips for New Riders Guest Speakers - Krishna Mandava & Hemanth Sai Chandan Join the TalkShow live and ask questions every Tuesday @ 8pm - https://leher.app/club/GOKUO7V7

Teams details available https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/tokyo-2020-olympic-road-race-mens-start-list TV Channels - Sony TEN 1 HD/SD (English commentary), Sony TEN 2 HD/SD (English commentary), Sony TEN 3 HD/SD (Hindi commentary), Sony TEN 4 (Tamil/ Telugu), Sony Six, Saturday 7:30am onwards Time - Saturday 7:30 am

Analysis of just concluded Tour de France 2021. Podcast T Shirt winners are - Sambit Mishra, Shitiz Bhure Correction from the audio Andrej Hauptman is the coach of Pogacar, Roglic, Head Coach of Slovenia and DS of UAE. Allan Peiper was the DS of UAE last year.

Analysis of Week 2 of Tour de France 2021. The winners of the Podcast T Shirt are Shitiz Bhure & Murali Ramakrishnan. Video of old interview of Peter Sagan - https://youtu.be/IYXLxZThpQc Website used to back calculate power numbers for the ITT http://bikecalculator.com/ The power numbers are to be used to understand the percentage difference rather than the actual numbers.

Sandeep & Gokul discuss week 1 of Tour de France. Refer https://anchor.fm/theindiancyclingpodcast/episodes/National-Road-Cycling-Championships-2021-esgrrt episode covering Road Nationals where Parashuram Chenji talks how his Soccer training helped his cycling. Follow daily stage updates on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Indian-Cycling-Podcast-108947250473150 and add your questions and opinions as comments on our daily updates

Sandeep and Gokul present a preview of the tour covering the route, the favourites, predictions and ways to follow the Tour live. https://anchor.fm/theindiancyclingpodcast/episodes/What-is-a-Grand-Tour-emd1ii/a-a3qu93d - Podcast on “What is a Grand Tour” https://www.facebook.com/The-Indian-Cycling-Podcast-108947250473150/ - follow our Facebook page and respond to the daily stage updates with your questions and opinions. We will discuss some of these in the next episode and send T Shirts for the top 3 questions / opinions. Chris Froome's video on his return to the Tour https://youtu.be/BRa18CndXf4

Parashuram Chenji tells us all about the Nationals that took place last week.

We talk to Dr.Preeti and Dr.Harshal Tak from Jaipur about their recent trip to Goa. Find out what its like to tour on your cycle in Goa. All this while Krish is downgraded to acquaintance status by Harsha.

Sandeep & Gokul discuss the 2020 road race season covering the three Grand Tours and a couple of single day race. Links of a few local racing leagues - Bangalore BBcH - http://bbch.in https://www.facebook.com/BangaloreAmateurRacing/ Hyderabad https://www.facebook.com/hyderabadracingcircuit

In the next episode we analyse the just concluded Road Cycling 2020 season. This is a short teaser episode explaining what a grand tour is. Guest analyst is Sandeep Krishna

Controversies in Nutrition Science - we discuss some of the fads and fictions of nutrition science with Kamal Kasturi. Please email us at podcast@thebikeaffair.com to get the transcript. You can also send us your questions to the same id.

A trailer to Nutrition Science podcast. Full episode to be released on 30th October at 9am.

Chitti Babu & Gokul Krishna successfully completed Everesting on the 2nd of October. In this final episode of the two part series we discuss about how the things turned out on the day of the event and how we tackled the challenges. There are multiple ways of achieving something, Chitti & Gokul had very contrasting approaches we hear their individual ways and also a completely different perspective from Pasha as the crew captain. Links Gokul's Blog on preparation - https://thebikeaffair.com/blog/tba-coaching-3/post/my-everesting-journey-70 Ride Details - Gokul - https://www.strava.com/activities/4141237340 https://everesting.cc/hall-of-fame/#/hill/4141237340 Chitti https://www.strava.com/activities/4141050950 https://everesting.cc/hall-of-fame/#/hill/4141050950 If you haven't already please donate to the academy through any of the following means and fill the form. 1. Transfer with the upi id trevor.maxwell@oksbi 2. Google Pay to 93993 95066 (Dr. Maxwell Trevor). 3. By NEFT to the S B Account number 52020549518 of Dr. Maxwell Trevor with State Bank of India, Lallaguda Branch IFSC: SBIN0020082. Fill up the Google form with the details https://forms.gle/odCfyxN1eQhwicLT8

Enjoy this trailer of the part 2 of Everesting Podcast. We will release this on Friday Oct 16th. In Part 1 we talked about preparation, our motivation and our confidence before the attempt. Life however always holds surprises, in part 2 we talked about the surprises and how we had to draw upon our mental strengths in our own ways to complete this. Listen to the first part if you haven't already https://anchor.fm/theindiancyclingpodcast/episodes/2-Ways-to-Everest---Part-1-eku1fv

Chitti Babu & Gokul Krishna successfully completed Everesting on the 2nd of October. In this first of the two part series we discuss about how the ideas started and what was the preparation. There are multiple ways of achieving something, Chitti & Gokul had very contrasting preparations we hear their individual ways and also a completely different perspective from Pasha as the crew captain. Links Gokul's Blog on preparation - https://thebikeaffair.com/blog/tba-coaching-3/post/my-everesting-journey-70 Ride Details - Gokul - https://www.strava.com/activities/4141237340 https://everesting.cc/hall-of-fame/#/hill/4141237340 Chitti https://www.strava.com/activities/4141050950 https://everesting.cc/hall-of-fame/#/hill/4141050950 If you haven't already please donate to the academy through any of the following means and fill the form. 1. Transfer with the upi id trevor.maxwell@oksbi 2. Google Pay to 93993 95066 (Dr. Maxwell Trevor). 3. By NEFT to the S B Account number 52020549518 of Dr. Maxwell Trevor with State Bank of India, Lallaguda Branch IFSC: SBIN0020082. Fill up the Google form with the details https://forms.gle/odCfyxN1eQhwicLT8

Contribute to Maxwell Trevor Cycling Academy by any of the following methods and fill up the google form https://forms.gle/odCfyxN1eQhwicLT8 1. Transfer with the upi id trevor.maxwell@oksbi 2. Google Pay to 93993 95066 (Dr. Maxwell Trevor). 3. By NEFT to the S B Account number 52020549518 of Dr. Maxwell Trevor with State Bank of India, Lallaguda Branch IFSC: SBIN0020082.

Race Across the West (RAW) was started in 2008 to offer a race longer than 805 KM and to help bridge the mileage gap to RAAM. It has since evolved into an epic race in its own right. Like all other events, RAW is now a virtual event. Anand Verma completed this race of 1528 km in 10 days 14 hours and 34 minutes.

Should I got out for a ride at all? Should I invite 20 other people to ride with me? Should I wear a mask while riding? Should I wear a PPE kit while riding (assuming I could actually find one). So many questions...... Dr.Pavan is the Chief of Critical Care and in-charge of the Covid-ward at a corporate hospital in Hyderabad. He answers our questions and talks about the precautions that you need to take while going outside for a ride.

We talk about some training tips for the lockdown. And some suggestions for movies you can watch.

MTB Nationals concluded on Feb 21st. Gautam Taode of GT Adventures built the track for XC and Downhill. We talk about the event and what goes into building a good MTB course. Follow him on Instagram : @gautam_taode and @gtadventuresindia Women's day ride details - https://www.facebook.com/events/121367865983865/

Shiven is the winner of this year's MTB Kerala for the Indian contingent. He talks about the recently concluded Asian MTB Championships in Thailand. Shiven talks about his experience at that event and what it takes to compete at these events. Also, what do MTB riders mean when they talk about “eating dust”? For that and more listen to this episode. Shiven Aerohawk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCij0CIQiNsHwLpBNX47RJxQ Asian MTB 2020: https://www.uci.org/mountain-bike/calendar/CompetitionDetail/?competitionId=62085&year=2020 Intro Music Credit: Gautam Sriram.

GCN new year training plan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIO3vvW3l4A HRC: https://www.facebook.com/hyderabadracingcircuit/ Blog on PBP https://thebikeaffair.com/blog/competitive-racing-4/post/an-autopsy-of-the-indian-pbp-attempt-61

Prajwal Pingali is the Under-18 Telangana State MTB Champion. He talks about participating in MTB Kerala. We talk about the event and his experience there. MTB Kerala: https://www.mtbkerala.com/

Anupa Sekar is no stranger to fitness and breaking norms. In this episode she shares the story of how Agasthi discovered cycling & chose BMX. She talks about her attitude to overcoming challenges & how she built the wonderful team behind Agasthi. The following are the insta handles: Agasthi (the BMX kiddo) - mr.gasty Hamza (Indian coach, Founder Wallridepark) - hamxanthium and wallrideparkhyd Sanusi (Malaysian coach) - dwishbmracademy and sanusi.dk Sajin (Physio) - sajindev

The National Road Championships took place in Bikaner, Rajasthan from 13-16 November. Sam Solomon was part of the Telangana team and we do a deep-dive into the event.

The National Road Championships are taking place in Bikaner, Rajasthan from 13-16 November. We will be covering the event with Sam Solomon, our reporter on the ground. Sam is part of the Telangana team and is taking part in the TTT, Mass Start and the Criterium. Today's event for the Elite category was the Individual Time Trial. Naveen John took the gold, Arvind Panwar took silver and Mandeep Singh came third. Naveen John on Strava : www.strava.com/athletes/Naveen

Angana Barua stood third at the Goa Ironman 70.3 in her age category. We talk about her tri-life, her tri-journey and what she did to get here. She tells us about the women who inspired her along the way and what can be done to get more women into triathlons and cycling. Goa Ironman 70.3 : https://www.ironman.com/triathlon/events/asiapac/ironman-70.3/goa.aspx Indian Women's Triathlon: https://www.facebook.com/groups/129462777597186/?ref=share Escape Velocity : https://www.amazon.in/Escape-Velocity-Definitive-Guide-Cycling-ebook/dp/B07VRFBB1Z

While we're a cycling podcast, this felt like an event we need to cover because it's an landmark of human achievement and a lot of our listeners are also interested in distance and endurance running It's also the kind of event that has a lot of lessons for professional and amateur sportspeople. Eliud Kipchoge ran a marathon in less than two hours at the Ineos 1:59 event. He holds the world record for this at 2:01:39 in last year's Berlin Marathon. But the Ineos 1:59 isn't an “official” record. This is effectively an experiment conducted by Nike and Ineos to see whether a marathon can be run under 2 hours in idealized conditions. Ineos 1:59 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q43l_i89y0 Breaking 2 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLSRitGNAjY Mike Finch and Ross Tucker's deep dive into this event : https://open.spotify.com/episode/3IRMB2ubzZdwiDLPk4Ka9H

Tour of Eastern Ghats : https://www.facebook.com/events/595550940929390/ Blog from Satish : https://asatishc.blogspot.com/2019/09/tour-of-eastern-ghats-day-1.html Photo Exhibition: https://www.facebook.com/events/2741737912527787/

Cycling Federation of India's marquee track cycling event took place in Delhi from September 11 to 13. We talk to track cycling legend Maxwell Trevor who was an official at the event. More news about the event: https://www.firstpost.com/sports/track-asia-cup-2019-indian-cyclists-put-up-dominant-display-on-opening-day-with-12-medal-haul-7313341.html https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/cycling/india-pocket-12-medals-on-opening-day-of-track-asia-cup/articleshow/71052175.cms

Bikey Venky and the Spectrum Racing team did the Giro delle Dolomiti at the end of July. We talk about the event, BAR (Bangalore Amateur Racing), BV Coaching and his cycling journey. Giro delle Dolomiti : https://www.girodolomiti.com/ BAR: https://bvcoaching.in/category/bangalore-amateur-racing/ BV Coaching: https://bvcoaching.in/ Spectrum Racing: https://www.strava.com/clubs/spectrum-racing-15534

Kaustubh Mulay is a 5-time Ironman 70.3 finisher and a medical doctor with fascination for Ophthalmic Pathology. Fitness, especially the Tri Sport, is his passion. As someone with a demanding career and a busy life, he knows what it takes to fit the demands of Triathlon training and racing into the time limits we all have. He talks about his tri-journey and how to life the tri-life. Details of the Goa Ironman 70.3 Training camp: https://www.facebook.com/events/2584409351577662/

Siddharth Bachloo finished Paris-Brest-Paris with less than 8 minutes to go. To put that in context, he rode 1200 km in 89 hours 52 minutes, the cut-off was 90 hours. He talks about his experience and what he did to achieve this. In other news, Indian riders lead by Esow Alben won a gold in the Team Sprint at the UCI Junior World Track event in Germany. In the individual event, Esow won a silver at the Men's sprint and a bronze in the Keirin. This humble podcast now has a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/The-Indian-Cycling-Podcast-108947250473150/?modal=admin_todo_tour And a T-shirt: https://www.facebook.com/108947250473150/photos/p.117807599587115/117807599587115/?type=1&theater

Mike Pryde is a former MTB rider and architect who is now the owner of Chapter 2 bikes. Mike is based out of Auckland, New Zealand and we talk about his cycling journey and purpose of creating Chapter 2 the company. He also tells us about a new addition that is coming to the Chapter2 family. And that is the "Chapter2 AO". The AO is a gravel frame with the same best material of the other models. What makes it so special is its relaxed geometry, ability to add on panniers/full mudguards when needed, installing upto 42C tyres, mounting options of 3 bottle cages - All these with the materials of what the pros ride. In summary, this is one bike that does it all - Weekend fun long rides, self supported tours, amateur local racing, randonneuring, gravel riding. We believe that this is the perfect bike for lot of our riders in getting many happy miles without the aggressive posture, pannier capable frame with the best materials. The AO framesets are available in two colour variants with a price of Rs. 1,83,999. The pre-order is open now till 20th August with a 10% discount on pre-order. The first batch is expected to reach in November. Checkout Chapter 2 AO : https://www.chapter2bikes.com/news-and-reviews/chapter2-ao-gravel-bike-preview-sea-otter-2019.html

Raman Garimella, a sports scientist and Gokul Krishna, my co-host have come up with a book “Escape Velocity: The Definitive Desi Guide to Cycling”. They talk about who this book is for and how it helps. The foreword for the book was written by Victor Campenaert, the current world record holder for the “Hour Ride”. Check out the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B07VRFBB1Z We also talk about various current and former cyclists, their postures, styles and what its like to meet some of them. Some fan pics of famous riders Raman met through the years: https://photos.app.goo.gl/SkGisK6YWSdduT8N8

We talk to Kiran Kumar Raju (KKR) who recently took part in the Asian MTB in Kfardebian, Lebanon. He talks about the event, the results and the current standing of Indian MTB athletes at the international level. KKR also speaks about his preparation for the event and what it takes to compete for the Asian.

Paris-Brest-Paris : A Preview Paris-Brest-Paris takes place from August 18 – 22, in you guessed it, France. Krishna Kunnam and Rajesh Krishnamaneni will be riding. They talk about why PBP is considered the holy grail of amateur cycling, kind of like the Boston Marathon is for Runners and what to do while riding.  PBP official: https://www.paris-brest-paris.org/index2.php?lang=en&cat=accueil&page=edito PBP checklist: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ufKQToGJoR4ruGxu_aHw5Kp5uYI0z91r/view?usp=sharing

Gokul participated in the Niseko Classic race in Hokkaido, Japan. He talks about his experience at a UCI Grand Fondo race and what to keep in mind while doing such races. We also do a brief talk about Tour de France and Team Ineos's dominance. https://nisekoclassic.com/

Khiyar Pasha explains the various events in Track cycling. We talk about Keirin, Sprint, Individual Pursuit and the endurance events. You can help Pasha out by contributing to: https://gocrowdera.com/wintrackasiacyclingchanmpionship2019/ Topics: Sprint events: 5:00 Endurance events: 15:00 Pasha's preparation for Asian: 43:00

Training during monsoon is not easy. We talk about the various options and tricks you can try to keep riding. We talk about training apps, smart-trainers, mud-guards and everything else you can do. Sufferfest : https://support.thesufferfest.com/hc/en-us/articles/207599513-What-does-IWBMATTKYT-mean- Myetraining : https://www.elite-it.com/en/products/app-software/my-e-training Zwift: zwift.com Apple Podcasts : https://itunes.apple.com/in/podcast/the-indian-cycling-podcast/id1455857035?mt=2 Google Podcasts : https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy85YWJiMTU4L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/6yzBsJePXItjb21RFoSgxA Breaker : https://www.breaker.audio/the-indian-cycling-podcast Overcast : https://overcast.fm/itunes1455857035/the-indian-cycling-podcast PocketCast : https://pca.st/Qu3T PodBean : https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/h74f9-89325/The-Indian-Cycling-Podcast RadioPublic : https://radiopublic.com/the-indian-cycling-podcast-GEvw4b

Touring on a cycle is a great experience. I got a taste of it last year when I did The Bike Affair's Horsley Hills High, which is a 4 day ride from Kadthal outside Hyderabad to Horsley Hills covering around 590 KM. The person who organized that tour was none other than Krish Basu from The Bike Affair. Krish has come up with a new and varied list of tours this year ranging from Araku in Andhra Pradesh, to Mae Hong Song in Thailand and the Ho Chi Minh trails in Vietnam. Check out all about the tours at : https://thebikeaffair.com/page/travel We have our first question as part of our all new segment, “Too Embarrassed To Ask”. And we also talk about Chris Froome's recent crash.

We analyse the Hyderabad Racing Circuit's Mass Start Road Race that took place on 2nd June at Movie Towers in Hyderabad. Some of the biggest names in Indian cycling like Naveen John, Jetharam, Mugesh Bhaskar, Parashuram Chenji and many more took part. We talk to regular guest and HRC core member Akash Panda to do a deep-dive of the race. HRC Mass Start: https://www.facebook.com/events/580959752399077/ We also announce the beginning of a new segment, "Too Embarrassed To Ask". Send us the questions you've always been too embarrassed to ask and we will answer them on the podcast. Of course, we will keep your question anonymous. The most embarrassing question will win a special gift from The Bike Affair. So send us your questions to podcast@thebikeaffair.com.

Tour of Nilgiris (TFN) is the premier and most awaited multi-day cycle touring event in India. We talk to Deepak Majipatil about his experience organising TFN, it's conception and the future. The registrations for this year's event in December are open. Tour of Nilgiris: http://tourofnilgiris.com/ Tour of Glory: https://www.facebook.com/TourofGlory/ In other topics, we preview the Hyderabad Racing Circuit's Mass Start Road Race taking place on June 2 at Movie Towers in Hyderabad. HRC Mass Start: https://www.facebook.com/events/580959752399077/ We also announce the beginning of a new segment, "Too Embarrassed To Ask". Send us the questions you've always been too embarrassed to ask and we will answer them on the podcast. Of course, we will keep your question anonymous. The most embarrassing question will win a special gift from The Bike Affair. So send us your questions to podcast@thebikeaffair.com.

BMX or Bicycle Motocross is a cycle sport performed on BMX cycle, either in competitive BMX racing or freestyle BMX. We talk to Hamza Khan, the owner of WallRide Park in Hyderabad talks about the BMX culture in India and introduces us to the concept of racing and tricks. He explains the surgical precision required for executing tricks and the work goes behind doing the tricks. WallRide Park: http://www.wallridepark.co/ Funeral BMX India: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApUi8QpVwSw Mascot BMX: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9BL4gQMC9y3z8Phrba6HrA BMX at Olympics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PD6pFByqjs&t=237s Dave Mirra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P83IGQ1xTq0 Scottie Cramer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotty_Cranmer Intro/Outro Rap by Prajwal (@11th_tardis_boy) and recorded by Utkarsh.