The Pedal On Podcast
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The Pedal On Podcast
The Pedal On Podcast is for adventurous bike-lovers. Three bike-mad Kiwis saddle up to chat with the riders, dreamers, doers, movers and shakers who help make New Zealand such an awesome place to ride. Hear tales from around the trails – MTB tracks, Great Rides, bike-packing routes and beyond. Get t...
Recent Episodes
21 episodes
20. Simon Noble – the trail-grading guy
In this episode Sarah speaks with Simon Noble, a keen cyclist and recreation consultant based in Dunedin. They mostly talk about trail grading – Simon...
19. Scott Emmens - biking for the love of it
Scott Emmens is a guy who bikes for the simple love of it. He's a keen bike tourer and bikepacker, who also does a lot of trail running. In this epis...
18. Tour Te Waipounamu - The Follow Up
This episode of the Pedal On Podcast follows our two earlier episodes in which we looked at the then planned Tour Te Waiponamu, and talked to some of...
17. Ihi Heke - Using cycling and traditional knowledge to improve population health
This episode is a special one. Our guest is Dr Ihirangi Heke. Ihi is a keen cyclist as you’ll hear. He’s also a really smart guy, with several degrees...
16. Tour Te Waipounamu Part 2 - Pre Race Catch Up
In this episode we continue coverage of Tour Te Waipounamu, which we began in Episode 14.
If you’ve listened to Ep 14 you’ll know that t...
15: Brett Cotter – curator of the Big Bike Film Night
It was the vandalism of Taupõ's big bike sculpture that gave Brett Cotter the idea for the fundraiser film festival, The Big Bike Film Night. It now t...
14. Tour Te Waipounamu Part 1- a new Kiwi bikepacking event
Episode 14. Tour Te Waipounamu - a new bikepacking event
In this episode we’re looking into a new bikepacking event, the Tour te Waipouna...
13. Simon Kennett talks about everything cycling
Simon Kennett is the second of the Kennett triplets that we've chatted with. The Kennetts are the band of brothers who have contributed so much, and c...
12. Philip Wyndham – mountain biker, hiker, trail runner & adventure-holiday company GM
Philip Wyndham is a keen mountain biker, trail runner and hiker who’s been involved in the travel and adventure tourism industry for many years. Curre...
11. Stephanie Cairns – riding instructor, mechanics tutor, bike tourer & cycle fashion-lover.
Stephanie Carins is woman of many and varied talents. A cycling instructor and community bike workshop mechanic, she also makes her own cycle clothing...
Episode 10. Steve Halligan - High Performing Ultra Bikepack Racer
Steve Halligan is an Irish Kiwi who is one of our highest achieving ultra bikepackers. He's finished 4th at the Tour Divide, twice, and won the 6400km...
9. Sasha Smith - MTB racer turned bikepacker, and kids bike coach
We’re very aware that so far we haven’t had any women on the pod, so it's time to put that right.
This episode I’m chatting with Sasha Smith.
8. Mark Inglis – mountain man
Mark Inglis is known to many as the mountaineer who lost his lower legs to frostbite on Aoraki/Mt Cook in 1982 and went on to summit Everest and win a...
7. Geoff Gabites - Serial Kiwi Cycling Entrepreneur
Geoff Gabites has been around the cycle tourism scene for long enough to be called a pioneer. He’s been around the NZ outdoor scene even longer. He is...
6. Cam Mcleay - Adventurer, by bike and other means.
Cam is a Kiwi adventurer with a stack of amazing stories, many of which include bikes. In this episode Cam talks about his earliest memories of biking...
5. Mark Watson - Intrepid Kiwi bikepacker
Intrepid Kiwi bikepacker Mark Watson, along with his partner Hana Black, has spent most of the past 4 years biking 45,000km from the north coast of Al...
4. Craig Starnes of Brooklyn Trail Builders
Craig Starnes is a keen mountain biker, trail builder and conservationist who, along with other volunteers, has helped transform a relatively unknown...
3. Mike Havill – Riding Tour Aotearoa, with Parkinsons
Riding Tour Aotearoa with Parkinsons
In this episode our guest is Mike Havill.
This guy’s an inspiration. As you’ll hear he’s a very down...
2. Marion Boatwright & The Old Ghost Road
Marion ‘Weasel’ Boatwright is one of the dreamers behind the Old Ghost Road – one of New Zealand’s best backcountry rides, tracing the mountain ranges...
1. Jonathan Kennett – Kiwi cycling trailblazer
Jonathan Kennett is a cycling book publisher, trail builder, conservationist, advocate and policy advisor, and founder of the world's most popular bik...
The POP! promo – get ready to roll!
Welcome to the Pedal on Podcast – for adventurous bike lovers. Tune in for our first episode, coming soon...