Half Wheelin' Podcast
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago -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.
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Dear Peter, thanks for the emotions
December 26, 2023 05:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBIt 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 cycling, and after an incredible career, with an incredible win rate, will return to his MTB roots and perhaps where his soul has always been. Rosco and Scotty cover his career, the key moments that captured them, and what it was about him, that made him so popular ...
Coolangatta Gold Roadside Nuggets
August 16, 2023 01:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBRighto 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 year, and of course, Wout gets a mention, with a "where to from here?" for the Belgian beast. There's a bit of forecasting for the undoubtedly entertaining upcoming women's road race, and have you seen who's on the GC contender list for the Vuelta!? My ...
The Panache of Pinot the Pariah
June 17, 2023 10:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MBAfter 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 Wheelin' boys went back to altitude for a another training and preparation cycle. They wisely avoided the filthy weather of the Giro, but still watched closely on the tellie provided by their monastery-like, high mountain accommodation. Don't worry, they...
Cobbled Classics Celebration
April 15, 2023 22:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBRighto 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?!). Roubaix, Ronde, De Panne, Dwars, Wevelgum and E3 are all given random and passionate coverage. Who were the heroes, and who stood out? Who did the stomping, how fast was Coolangatta Gold going, and what would Michael Jordan say to the peanut gallery watchi...
The Smoke and the Frites and the Beer: Real Racing is Here.
March 02, 2023 03:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBAfter 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 Day. Yes, recorded one day after K-B-K, the boys launch into Omloop and Kurne-Brussels-Kurne with the usual superb analysis, insight and celebration of the type of brilliant racing that the Belgium parcours create. Who's comes out of the gate hot as ...
"... the truth is, we never left you"
January 27, 2023 02:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBFollowing 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. Initially it’s a reflection on Ross’s heroic recent Everesting and the reason why, and Scott shares a setback we’ve all experienced, when something we love gets significantly interrupted. Off season in Europe means one thing, and that is the mud, s...
UCI World's Elite Road Races: Reflecting
September 26, 2022 21:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBRoss 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!
UCI World's Elite Road Races: Reflecting
September 26, 2022 21:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBRoss 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
September 25, 2022 10:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBRoss 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, expansive thoughts. Our previous episode reviewing Le Tour was accidentally deleted before being published, so we do a whirlwind review of the TdF and the Vuelta, a look at the contenders for the women's and men's road races, what was involved in Ross's cons...
Lazy Susan Centrifugal Therapy
July 11, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 51.4 MBNo 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 brisk Belgian weather of late March, thorough to the opening stages of Le Tour in the July Summer. Also covered is the ongoing SBS cycling telecast saga. Not only have we got the inside scoop on who's head could be next on the chopping block, but we also, gener...
Cheap Wins
March 29, 2022 23:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBDespite 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 magnificently exciting pro season so far. They chat about what has caught their respective eye during the start of the Spring Classics and also the week-long stage races of Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico...hint - it revolves a fair bit around The Pog and Wou...
The Unofficial Conscience
February 11, 2022 00:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBScotty 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 Bernal's career threatening injury, Coolongatta Gold's similar body woes, and as per usual Wout had some love heaped upon him. They discuss the continued trials and tribulations of SBS' Cycling Commentary team and how things look as Robbie McEwan departs...
Leadership, Culture & Performance in World Tour Teams: Cameron Schwab takes us deep.
December 14, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 53 MBWhat 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, Cameron Schwab. Cam is a CEO, leadership coach and strategist who holds an MBA & Master of Marketing from Melbourne Business School, has completed an AMP from Harvard University and is also an accomplished artist and illustrator. He was appointed CEO of the R...
Leadership, Culture & Performance in World Tour Teams: Cameron Schwab takes us deep.
December 14, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 53 MBWhat 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, Cameron Schwab. Cam is a CEO, leadership coach and strategist who holds an MBA & Master of Marketing from Melbourne Business School, has completed an AMP from Harvard University and is also an accomplished artist and illustrator. He was appointed CEO of the R...
Superb Guidance from Dr. Stephen Lane: How to have a great day at Peaks Challenge
November 15, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBOn 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 keen to extend themselves and take part in what can only be described as an epic day in the saddle. 235km, 4,000m+ of elevation, over the iconic climbs of Tawonga Gap, Mt. Hotham and Falls Creek. Bicycle Network are the hosts of this fantastic celebration of hill c...
Cobble Dancing Panache
October 14, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBThe 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 long ago? INCORRECT!!! This is the thorough review of those two simply epic races that you bloody need, right now...RIGHT NOW! And it's done in a way that only Half Wheelin' can do. So strap on your headphones and hear Scotty and Rosco pick apart the...
To Belgium, With Love
September 22, 2021 02:00 - 48 minutes - 33 MBRule #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, we're always trying to display our very best 'hard bastard' characteristics and as Scotty and Rosco will chat about in this episode, the races that are coming up in the world racing calendar in the next few weeks, will require every morsel of hardness to compet...
How do we solve a problem like Landa?
September 08, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBHold 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's most epic cycling experiences...listen to find out what that is! Also in episode 16, the boys discuss the final Grand Tour of 2021 - La Vuelta - and some of the major players from the 3 week long race...Roglic, Jakobsen and a couple of Aussies that ...
How do we solve a problem like Landa?
September 08, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBHold 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's most epic cycling experiences...listen to find out what that is! Also in episode 16, the boys discuss the final Grand Tour of 2021 - La Vuelta - and some of the major players from the 3 week long race...Roglic, Jakobsen and a couple of Aussies that ...
Poured on a Bike: Interview with a Master Bike Fitter & Physiotherapist
August 24, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 48 MBIn this episode, Scotty and Rosco pick the brain of Lucas Owen, who has been a Physiotherapist for 20 years and for 14 of those years has been performing bike fits for cyclists of all shapes and sizes. Lucas has done around 2,500 bike fits so he's got some real skin in the game and this chat with the boys covered off on the many things that he's seen during that time. During the episode they discussed what a bike fit looks like and the steps that you may go through, what ramifications the i...
What Would Wout Eat?
July 18, 2021 11:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBThis episode was recorded just past the halfway point of the 2021 Tour de France and due to the demands placed on fervent Tour watchers like Scotty and Rosco, it is being released as the peloton enters Paris. Now the reason for this is predominantly due to sleep deprivation as they stay up until ungodly Southern Hemisphere hours soaking up every last pedal stroke, breakaway attempt, crosswind and faaarkin incredible Chateau that this magnificent event has to offer. As delayed as it may be, ...
What Would Wout Eat?
July 18, 2021 11:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBThis episode was recorded just past the halfway point of the 2021 Tour de France and due to the demands placed on fervent Tour watchers like Scotty and Rosco, it is being released as the peloton enters Paris. Now the reason for this is predominantly due to sleep deprivation as they stay up until ungodly Southern Hemisphere hours soaking up every last pedal stroke, breakaway attempt, crosswind and faaarkin incredible Chateau that this magnificent event has to offer. As delayed as it may be, ...
The Chopping Block
June 24, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBFeel like whetting your appetite prior to this years lap around France?!?! We've just got the tonic for you. Scotty and Rosco examine some of the bigger players from the World Tour of the recent past, some of whom could be considered at the crossroads of their career, and suggest just what their future may hold. There is some relevance to this year's Tour, as all bar one of these riders will be taking part when the race begins in Brest. The lads also catch up on their own riding and what pa...
Not quite race weight
June 17, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBScotty & Rosco have taken the liberty of reminiscing on the cycling season as it hits the half-way mark. They each look back on the highlights that have really captured their imagination - from Cyclo-Cross Races to Spring Classics to Grand Tours and they also highlight a few riders that have taken all before them with some epic individual performances...we could list everything that they spoke about here but hey, it's not half as good as listening to these two Half Wheelers pick it all apart...
The Master of Winning: Interview with Tommy Nankervis - Part 2
May 30, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 51 MBThe follow up to Scotty & Rosco's chat with "The Master of Winning" - Tommy Nankervis, has finally arrived! It almost took as long to get to you as 'Big Tex's' admission of doping !!! Nevertheless it's here and it's absolutely worth the wait. The boys are guided through Tommy's entry to cycling and some of the good and bad coaches that he's had along the way, the experiences he had whilst racing over the cobbles in Belgium, how he got to ride on a pro team in the US and how Baden Cooke assi...
The Master of Winning: Interview with Tommy Nankervis - Part 2
May 30, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 51 MBThe follow up to Scotty & Rosco's chat with "The Master of Winning" - Tommy Nankervis, has finally arrived! It almost took as long to get to you as 'Big Tex's' admission of doping !!! Nevertheless it's here and it's absolutely worth the wait. The boys are guided through Tommy's entry to cycling and some of the good and bad coaches that he's had along the way, the experiences he had whilst racing over the cobbles in Belgium, how he got to ride on a pro team in the US and how Baden Cooke assi...
The Master of Winning: Interview with Tommy Nankervis - Part 1
February 10, 2021 09:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBScotty and Rosco recently sat down with a cyclist who knows the inner workings of what it takes to cross the line first in a bike race - Tommy Nankervis. This episode is Part 1 in their discussion and it covers the time honoured Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic, a race Tommy knows well and one in which he will be taking part in for 2021, riding for the Stitch & Dart team. We hope you enjoy Part 1 of the chat and that you're enthralled in the views that Tommy has of the race and the...
The Master of Winning: Interview with Tommy Nankervis - Part 1
February 10, 2021 09:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBScotty and Rosco recently sat down with a cyclist who knows the inner workings of what it takes to cross the line first in a bike race - Tommy Nankervis. This episode is Part 1 in their discussion and it covers the time honoured Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic, a race Tommy knows well and one in which he will be taking part in for 2021, riding for the Stitch & Dart team. We hope you enjoy Part 1 of the chat and that you're enthralled in the views that Tommy has of the race and the...
Is that wheel always like that?
November 18, 2020 11:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBThe 2020 cycling extravaganza that had us salivating at every turn has sadly come to a head. Scotty and Rosco reminisce on some of the best moments and nominate their best riders, teams, domestiques, races and they take a look at which rider might be set for a big 2021. Scotty has some questions and queries for some of the more established superstars and even has a crack at attempting to "straighten-up" Thibaut Pinot. There's an intriguing discussion about Movistar vs Carapaz at La Vuelta, a...
Belgian Toothpaste & Impossible Jackets!!!
November 04, 2020 09:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBEver seen a race that was so bloody good that you can't stop re-living it? That's exactly what happened to Scotty and Rosco when they watched Brugge-De Panne this year. It was a race that had everything and it was choc full of riders that are fair dinkum hard bastards...just the way we like 'em at Half Wheelin! The boys go through the highlights from that race as well as a look at the Giro and what has come to be known as Jacket-Gate, Scotty reminisces about his experience of riding the myt...
High Stakes, High Drama
October 22, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBDear Santa, We don't need anything for Christmas, what we have been given this cycling season will keep us happy for an eternity. Yours, Half Wheelin Nah, stuff that...keep it coming! In Episode 7 the boys cover off on the sensational racing that was on display at both Flanders and Gent-Wevelgem where it was Cobbles-a-go-go. The MVDP-white knicks debate is opened up and Rosco brings up the prospect of a Wout Van Aert gel-propelled shit. Scotty confesses to some Giro guilt and highlights...
Goldmember
October 07, 2020 13:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBWith the cycling extravaganza in full swing, there is a shit load for Scotty and Rosco to chat about... They discuss the World Championships and Rosco asks "why work your arse off and then sit up?" Fleche Wallone and the Mur de Huy gets a good going over, Scotty brings up MVDP's 'Coolangatta Gold' shoulders and wonders out loud...I mean really out loud...if the new TT World Champion is packing some heat of the golden variety?!?! The boys also bring up love triangles, drama queens and Adam Ha...
Pogastar
September 23, 2020 08:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBThat's a wrap for the Tour de France of 2020 and Scotty and Rosco review the final 6 stages in all their glory. They pay homage to the stars of this years 'lap around France' and examine who they thought were the riders or teams that could hold their heads high or perhaps those that would be licking their wounds. Scotty reveals that Tadej Pogacar may have been given a recording of Episode 4 of Half Wheelin prior to his glorious Stage 20 time trial and Rosco opens a discussion on how the ver...
A Slave to the Numbers
September 14, 2020 20:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBAs another rest day on the 2020 Tour de France rolls around, Scotty and Rosco re-cap the stages since the last break the riders had and dive into a few topical items to come out of that. I'm not talking your normal topical items either...think Jonathon Vaughters in Speedo's...wait, what?!?! You need to listen to Scotty as he takes a learned look at riding by numbers and asks whether it leaves riders falling short of their capabilities, Rosco retreats a little in his criticism of Sunweb and ...
What would Patrick Lefevere say?
September 09, 2020 23:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBAs Rosco puts it, we're balls deep in the Tour de France at the moment so him and Scotty dissect the action so far, as well as putting their Half Wheelin spin on some things that have grabbed their attention. They re-visit the predictions they made before Stage 1, the stage where "the man with 4 kids" Kristoff took the chocolates. There's a close look at the ins and outs of the sprints, how Astana are dodgy bastards, the sheer brilliance of Wout Van Aert, why Thibaut Pinot can't be trusted, ...
Sanitiser Bidon
August 25, 2020 13:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBScotty and Rosco immerse themselves in all things Tour de France for 2020. They take a look at a few of the squad selections from various teams, give their respective jersey selections in each category and in this year's pandemic delayed roadshow they double down on some of the measures that teams may have to go to in an attempt to stay healthy...which as the episode title suggests, includes some rather left-field ploys. Scotty digs into the mystique surrounding the man that he likes to ref...
The Prologue Episode
August 18, 2020 10:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBIs half-wheeling a dominance thing? A lack of cycling etiquette? Perhaps ignorance or even arrogance?! Join your hosts Scott Barrow and Ross Hill for this prologue episode as they give their insights and take on the world of cycling in its many forms. The heroes, the villains, the tech, the tactics and the beauty...my god the beauty! There's a half-wheeler in all of us isn't there...?