Velo Podcast

Velo Podcast


Latest Episodes

Unbound 200 Winner Cam Jones on 200g of Carbs per Hour & His Unusual Tire Choices
June 19, 2025

New Zealander Cam Jones talks to Mike Levy about escaping early with an eager partner, how they built an 8-minute gap on the field, and the importance of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. They also get into the time Cam lived in a U-Haul truck while rac

Chaos in the Unbound Pits, All of the Prototype Road Bikes, and New Gravel Suspension Tested
June 13, 2025

Unbound gave us some incredible racing and smashed previous course records, but it wasn't without controversy. With higher speeds, larger fields, and more competition than ever before, the Unbound pit zones were hectic and dangerous, especially with pros

Rob Britton on Winning Unbound XL, Chasing Lachlan, and Being Reborn with a Sunrise
June 07, 2025

Fresh off his record-breaking win at the 350-mile Unbound Gravel XL race, Rob Britton chats with Levy about his strategy, how he fuels for an ultra, and why an aero bar and suspension fork make so much sense. They also get into stopping for pee breaks, th

Prototype Bikes, Monster Gearing, and all the Unreleased Tech from Unbound Gravel
June 03, 2025

Unbound has become the epicenter for not just the latest gravel bike tech but also some of the most interesting equipment choices of the year. Alvin Holbrook spent the week in Emporia, Kansas, tracking the race and also tracking down prototype bikes fro

Why Is Zwift Tracking Outdoor Rides?
May 23, 2025

Today's show takes a deep dive into two new bikes at opposite ends of all the spectrums: State's no-fuss 4130 All-Road sells for under $1,000 USD, and Cannondale's Topstone Lefty Gravel bike that employs a single-sided suspension fork and 30mm of rear-whe

What It Takes to Organize a Major Gravel Race (with Amy Charity of SBT GRVL)
May 16, 2025

This week's episode sees us go behind the scenes with Amy Charity, SBT GRVL co-founder and retired professional racer, to find out what it takes to organize one of North America's premier gravel races. Did you know that you can never have too many outho

$16K Cannondales, Thoughts From The Traka, and DT Swiss’s Not-So-Secret Weapon
May 09, 2025

New Tech Alert: A speedy all-road bike with all the tire clearance, an unreleased (and still embargoed) gravel bike, and a clever gravel suspension fork from DT Swiss make this a gear-focused show.Senior Tech Editor Alvin Holbrook chats with Levy abo

How We'd Design Our Anything-Goes Dream Bikes
May 02, 2025

This week's show sees Alvin, Josh, and Levy step into a parallel timeline where they have the power to create the bike of their dreams without those pesky engineering limits we have to put up with here. Impossibly good tire clearance, ultra-light aero e

The Liège-Bastogne-Liège Preview, Pogačar's Revenge, & Factor's Less-Expensive Aero Bike
April 25, 2025

Beware: this episode of Velo Podcast is a packed one. Amstel Gold has to be one of the best races of the year, and this year was no exception. While everyone thought Tadej Pogaar was gone, he sat up and started to soft pedal. And instead of blowing it

Pogi's New Colnago Race Rig, the Most Aero Road Bike, & Tons of Sea Otter Tech
April 18, 2025

Josh, Alvin, and Levy unpack a massive week in tech that includes self-inflating tires winning Paris-Roubaix under a mountain biker, Pogaar's fresh V5RS, and an aero road bike that promises forward thrust in any wind conditions. The guys also dig into Al