Spin Cycle
Escape Collective
All the cycling news, analysis, and banter you need. Become a member to get premium content, extra episodes, and ad-free listening at escapecollective.com. Check out our other podcasts on your preferred podcast platform: - Geek Warning - how bikes work and how to make them better - Wheel Talk - all things women's cycling - How the Race was Won - racing and tactical analysis - The Rest Day with Jack Haig - insights from within the pro peloton - Overnight Success - The founders and innovators in the cycling industry Escape Collective is entirely member-funded. If you like this podcast please consider supporting us by becoming a member: https://escapecollective.com/spincycle/
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Mar 6, 2026 • 49min
Pogi's back in Tuscany and everyone is scared
Today on the show: Strade Bianche is here, Pogačar is back (and his agent is putting his foot in it), and Wout van Aert is at the centre of a conspiracy theory. Plus, the Tour is headed to Berlin!
Mar 2, 2026 • 59min
Van der Poel tempts Flanders fate
Today on the show: Matthew Brennan won a donkey, Van Der Poel might be cursed and the French have their confirmed next Tour de France champion. Let's get to it.
Feb 27, 2026 • 58min
Big bike races are back! (Omloop preview)
Today on the show: Wout is out (again), but Opening Weekend is in, and Geraint Thomas may be the politest man in the whole world, if that wasn’t obvious already.
Feb 23, 2026 • 55min
Remco's bin cycle
Today on the show: Isaac Del Toro accomplished quite the Jebel Hafeet, Juan Ayuso has arrived, and we have clarification on the 2028 World Championships, thank goodness for that.
Feb 20, 2026 • 38min
Leave Remco alone
Today on the show: Jan Christen is not the anti-Christ, a chumma chuggum update, and everyone needs to leave Remco alone.
Feb 16, 2026 • 56min
The streets won't forget UAE Stage 1 Top Ten
Today on the show: The Del Toro v Cheese Ball rivalry we didn’t know we needed, a crash for Jonathan Milan, and there’s weather on the continent.
Feb 13, 2026 • 54min
AI Wiggo will coach you now
Today on the show: Paris-Roubaix has a new name, Jonas Vingegaard has a new coach, and we all have new confirmation that Jim Ratcliffe is the worst.
Feb 9, 2026 • 56min
Oh no, an Armstrong movie
Today on the show: A Lance Armstrong movie, Evenepoel on a rampage, and Bernal earns his black shorts.
Feb 6, 2026 • 34min
Pro cycling is box office
Today on the show: A detente in the Hundred Smears War, a small problem for Andrea Piccolo, and some unfortunate news for the spring Classics.To get After Dark, click here.
Feb 2, 2026 • 1h 7min
Will the real slim Tadej please stand up
Today on the show: No room for the Rockets, Tadej Slim Shady, and Remco can’t stop winning.
