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Diane, so great to have you aboard! Now you are in the hot seat ;-)
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Welcome aboard! So as a long time avid cyclist... who's the stoker and who's the captain? Seriously! My wife and I are both huge riders and neither of us thinks we could relinquish control of the helm. Oh! Is your show broadcasted over the internets and if so, link it!-Chris
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well hello teresa atmo -
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Welcome Diane. I've enjoyed listening to some of your interviews and chatter over the interweb. Somehow it seems odd to have a talk show about something other than celebrity or politics, in a very good way. Refreshing talk radio. Maybe not an oxymoron now. Nice to know that you have caught our disease as well.
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Hi Diane, I really enjoy listening to The Outspoken Cyclist. I've never really enjoyed most talk radio, but can't seem to get enough of your show. Last weekend saw 4 hours of me just sitting and listening to past episodes.
Do you have a wish list of people you'd like to interview on the show?
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Do I have a LIST? Good question. What seems to happen is that the shows sort of just fall into place as news, people, and information filters in to me. I do have a calendar of guests going into late August right now and I tick off a few hopefuls when I can snag them. I am always open to suggestions - authors, builders, characters welcome (hence, Richard! :-)
Thanks for listening. It's just about the nicest thing people say to me in recent months.
Best,
Diane
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Cool. I rode the Hubbub campy-shimano RD cable modification for several years before finally swapping all my bikes over to campy wheels.
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Let's start with a "gimme". Do bikes matter?
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Okay - do bikes matter? Well, if they didn't neither would this forum... so that's a reasonable place to start, no? :bigsmile:
I could go into "engineer" mode and ask questions back to you such as; do bikes matter to me? are bikes relevant? and if so, to whom and for what reason(s)? and you see where this can go. (PS - I'm NOT an engineer - I just live with one!)
Can we just assume then that bikes DO matter. They matter to those who build them, ride them, sell them, repair them, and just plain love them, like I do. (although I fit into a couple of the other categories too)
Now, if you are going to ask why they matter - here is my stock answer about the question "why"? Why never matters! Why is a so what. Because when you start to dissect why you end up in some circular discussion and someone will take side A and someone else will take side B and, we could just be out riding our bikes!
Was that what you were looking for in an answer???
TOC (aka the outspoken cyclist)
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I'll wager if you were to explain what VSalon is to a group of people who are not bicycle-holics they would cock their heads to one side as if to say "get a life". We do not matter thank goodness or I'd know it from the daily offers to buy this place for $1,000,000 ;) Bicycles do not matter either, thank the lord however they are so many things to such an wide range of people that they are an fascination to me and many here. Thus we have an Salon where makers, industry, collaborators, clients and lookers who will never throw a leg over a bike are present and talking about bicycles. Also, VSalon is a terrific way to waste some time ;)
Do bicycles matter? Locally they do, beyond this in an greater context of transportation / sports or industry I'm afraid not.
Again, thank goodness bicycles do not matter or we'd have to hang ferns in your bicycle shop and serve sandwiches with the crusts removed at TDF.
Your turn.
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I'll bid $1,000,001 ... is it a deal? As for - get a life - this IS the life! And a good life it is... :-)
Meanwhile, would you like to know who is on the show this week? Or, do you just want to wait for the story and news at 11?
Truly, I think this forum is a fabulous resource and for those of us "addicted" to cycling in all its forms, it's tough to find a better group with whom to commiserate our addiction.
TOC
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(snicker) I only play contrarian on TV.
HECK yes, who is on the show? Tell all.
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Good Morning VSalonistas! The Outspoken Cyclist show for July 16th will be aired at 5:30pm EDT - it will also stream live at that time. The podcast will upload and become available at 6:30pm EDT on the web site (link below) as well as iTunes.
Whether you are into bicycle advocacy or not, I believe that everyone is and/or can become an advocate for cycling - on any and all levels. This week, we have Tim Blumenthal, the Executive Director of Bikes Belong - a non-profit advocacy group that was originally formed by/for the "traditional" bike industry and, while still very much supported by some of the big guns, speaks to the grass roots level participant as well as does a fair share of lobbying on behalf of those who already ride or want to ride and for some reason cannot or will not (when you hear the interview with Tim you'll get the drift). We also have Barbara McCann, who is Executive Director of Complete Streets, which takes a different tact and coordinates a lot of efforts to make the streets accessible and safe for cyclists, pedestrians, and the disabled. Both great people with lots to say. We have news (as always) and banter (as always!).
Hope you'll tune in this week: http://www.wjcu.org/media/audio/shows/outspokencyclist
That is all! :-) Have a great weekend everyone.
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yo diane atmo - how has life changed since getting Smoked Out, huh? i mean, are the network satellite trucks
camped outside the shop wondering about TOC? can you go to the market without getting asked about the radio
show or V place? let us know. replies will be spotty for a day or so because the V BOD machers are here for an
extended sweat lodge but we will be monitoring your thread.
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are the network satellite trucks
camped outside the shop wondering about TOC?
i wondered what all the helicopters were for this morning
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Atmo - "shvitz for me" :-)
Life hasn't changed too much yet - waiting for the folks at NPR, MSNBC, APR, etc. to stop banging on my door at 3:00am asking if I'll move to their stations! Sheesh - I'm pretty okay with WJCU - they've been good to me.
Seriously though? (as if anyone wants a serious answer, really) - I am honored and humbled! I totally appreciate being "smoked out". It's a great experience.
Meanwhile, don't forget Vsaolinstas - if you've got a good story, know someone who needs to be "guested" on the radio, or what-ever... contact The Outspoken Cyclist!
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Meanwhile, don't forget Vsaolinstas - if you've got a good story, know someone who needs to be "guested" on the radio, or what-ever... contact The Outspoken Cyclist!
while we were toweling down a moment ago i chatted with josh about an appearance on
TOC atmo. i think he's ready for his close up and looking forward to the oral experience.
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So it shall be! Don't try to hide Josh... I've got your number. TOC