Remember those old Virgina Slims advertisements that showed 19th Century women toiling away at household chores while their 20th Century counterparts went about lives of liberation and fulfillment? According to an article from Mental Floss Magazine that a friend recently sent, the bicycle has had a lot to do with helping women come so far […]

Here’s an excellent highlight video of the UCI Track Worlds. The video was put together by FredCast listener Markus from CycleFilm (a sponsor of The FredCast 100th Episode Contest). Online Videos by Veoh.com

Have you seen Tuesday’s Yehuda Moon comic strip by Rick Smith? I think you’ll enjoy.

I know you’re tired of excuses, but . . . I planned to do a show this afternoon as a prelude to the Amgen Tour of California. The plan was to ski a few hours, then come home and do a FredCast/Daily Tour episode. The ski slopes had something else in store for me. I […]

I was looking at my handlebars during my trainer session last night and this was what I saw. Do the letters TMI mean anything to you?

Thanks to Carlton Reid from Bike Biz for letting me know that Matthew Parris has now apologized for his murderous comments about cyclists. To whit: I offended many with my Christmas attack on cyclists. It was meant humorously but so many cyclists have taken it seriously that I plainly misjudged. I am sorry. According to […]

Here are links to some of those who have responded to Matthew Parris’ vile editorial on the lynching of cyclists: Phil Gomes (Spinopsys) Carlton Reid (QuickRelease.tv) Tim Jackson (MasiGuy) Stonehead Tejvan Pettinger (cyclinginfo.co.uk) Treadly and Me George Riches A Letter to The Times Another Letter to the Times The Bike Show Mike Hartley Gareth Rees […]

“Where’s the next episode?” “You promised you’d get back to a regular schedule!” “I can’t live without my FredCast fix!” These are just a fraction of the comments I’ve received in my in box lately and I can’t say that I blame you. I promised to get back to a regular schedule with the show […]