LA is a vibe: from wherever you see it, it looks easy, stylish, chilled, just cool. And riding looks the same, the internet is full of stories of group rides where everything looks possible and easy, in LA, like having Mathieu Van Der Poel on the city group ride and making no fuss with it. That's why I wanted to know more about it, and I had the fortune to interview Ken and Adric, two big personalities of riding in LA, and, people, they confirmed all I thought, with ease.
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If you know, you know: Eddy Merckx and his story have always had huge traction for my cycling passion. So, having the opportunity to talk with the Marketing Manager of the brand that bears his name is just incredible.
In this episode of the BroomWagon Podcast 🚌 Stefano talked with Pieter Vanheeswijck about Eddy Merckx bikes but also about the campaigns of the brand, bike painting, new project, sustainability and creativity.
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I finally made it to the most interesting discipline of the whole Cyclocross, the Single Speed version of it. I got the opportunity and honour to talk with Chelli and Renee 2 of the 4 disorganizers of the Single Speed Cyclo Cross World Champions 2025, happening in Minneapolis, and now you can listen to it!
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Feedback is synonymous with high-quality stands and training bike gear. Because it is no mystery that wherever you go on road, MTB and CX races, you will always spot that at least half of the mechanics use the unmistakable red stand.
I had a talk with Doug, founder and CEO of the company, to discuss the past, future and present of the brand, and of course, there were a lot of CX and sustainability chats.
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Raphael is an awesome person who one day decided that cycling would change his life and then he decided to bring this joy to life by organising many other events around his values. He created Orbit 360 a Cycling community that sees cycling as inclusion, sustainability, and fun and that's what we talked about in this episode of the podcast.
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Episode 8: sitting down with Quinda and chatting about the biggest bikepacking race of her life.
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Episode 7 and Quida made it to Antelope Wells. This adventure was intense!
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Episode 6 and four new days together with Quinda on her Tour Divide. Ups and downs plus a lot of stories.
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Episode 5 and two new days together with Quinda on her Tour Divide. Ups and downs plus a lot of stories.
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Episode 4 and two new days together with Quinda on her Tour Divide. Ups and downs plus a lot of stories.
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Episode 3 and two new days together with Quinda on her Tour Divide. Ups and downs plus a lot of stories.
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Episode 2 and two new days together with Quinda on her Tour Divide. A lot of food talk but also sounds and spooky stories.
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The first 2 days of Quinda's Tour Divide, from her live voice on with comments of Calamaro's Telephone Voice.
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Janosch is the creator of a gravel series full of new formats: Octopus in Andermatt with its dead-end climbs in gravel paradise, Utopia Gravel Fest a bikepacking loop in Andalucia, Sahara Gravel Stage Race in Morocco and now Pedaleo, the European Bikepacking Festival.
Janosch and I talked about all of it in this new episode of the BroomWagon Podcast.
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Voice by: Stefano Nucera aka Calamaro https://instagram.com/calamarocc
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A long chat with Quinda, mostly about Tour Divide, training, planning, gears and stories. But of course, we talked about way more, including breakfast and the wonderful project we will be tackling together with the BroomWagon Podcast: a live chronicle of Quinda's Tour Divide through her voice notes during the race.
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Snacks on during outdoor adventureshish have always been an obsession of mine, always trying to find something new and tasty. Fortunately, Emma came to save all of us with her new book, Oat of Joy a recipe book and an Oatobiography. We talked about it and about much more in this episode of the BroomWagon Podcast with the awesome, incredible, brilliant Emma Pooley.
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I love Grinduro an I found somebody who loves it even more: she is Arianna the organizer of Grinduro Italia.
Listen to our conversation about everything Grinduro and beyond.
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Photos by: Nils Laengner https://www.instagram.com/nils_laengner/
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Nelson is the creator of the Mountain Races Series. Everything started as a single race, the magnificent Silk Road Mountain Race in Kyrgyzstan, and now that the races are already 3 a new one is coming in 2026: the Taurus Mountain Race
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Sardinia or, better, Sardegna is not only shores and big yachts, it is also awesome inland, welcoming people and TONS of gravel to ride.
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