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The FredCast is returning to regular podcasts again in 2024!

Feb 28th, 2023 | By | Category: Announcements, Blog, Podcasts

Hi, fans and supporters of The FredCast. I am overjoyed to announce that, after a hiatus in FredCasts, there is a plan to return to a regular production schedule in late 2024! Details are still being worked out including format, frequency, and topics, but rest assured that we will bring you the same (nay, better!) […]



Protect The Bikes on Your Roof

Sep 24th, 2017 | By | Category: Blog, Technical Notes

On this week’s episode of The Spokesmen, I mentioned that I have a system to ensure that I don’t drive into my garage with bikes on the roof rack. I made it sound a bit complicated, so I thought I would write this blog post to show you how simple this can be to set-up […]



Show #216 – So Long, but not Goodbye

Feb 7th, 2015 | By | Category: Podcasts

After more than nine years of production, Show #216 (released on February 7, 2015) represents the final episode of The FredCast Cycling Podcast, one of the longest-running and most-popular cycling audio podcasts available.

The FredCast was put on permanent hiatus by its host and producer, David Bernstein, so that he could spend more time with his family, on his business, and on his bike.

The FredCast, and its sister show The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast, paved the way for other podcasts in the cycling space and we are proud of the work we have done.

We will miss doing the show for you, but we look forward to seeing you out there on the roads, doing what we all love: cycling! Until then… Enjoy the Ride!



Show #215 – Interbike 2014

Sep 21st, 2014 | By | Category: Podcasts

In this episode of The FredCast, David attends the 2014 Interbike expo in Las Vegas. It’s a big show, with a lot of evolution (rather than revolution) and duplication (rather than innovation), so this year David interviews exhibitors who represent the Innovators (Nikola Innovation), the Crowd Funders (Fix It Sticks), the Wrist IDs (Epic ID), and the Power Meters (Brim Brothers). Also in this episode, David introduces you to OuterBike in Moab Utah and suggest that this would be a great place to ride the latest and greatest, and we catch up on a recent product recall.



Show #214 – ORSM14

Aug 10th, 2014 | By | Category: Podcasts

In this episode of The FredCast, David attends the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2014 trade show and interviews companies whose products are related to cycling or of interest to Freds. Interviews include Olloclip, Knog, Magellan, and Sports Suds. Also on this episode, David catches up on recent product recalls, and says thanks and farewell to Indoor Cycling Music.



A Fred in Yorkshire

Aug 9th, 2014 | By | Category: Blog, Races, Tour de France, Travel

The story of how David from The FredCast made his way to Yorkshire for the Grand Depart of the 2014 Tour de France, and how he learned to love crowds.



Show #213 – Mismanaged Carnival of Stupidity

May 15th, 2014 | By | Category: Podcasts

In this week’s episode of The FredCast, product reviews of the BKOOL Cycling Trainer and Allett Wallets. As always, there’s lots of news including the death of Rep. James Oberstar, the U.S. Census Bureau reporting that bike commuting is up 60% in the United States, more AAA chapters adding roadside assistance for bikes, Alaska Airlines sponsors Seattle’s bike share system, Felt Bicycle recalls triathlon bikes, a bomb found near the Giro d’Italia course, the Tour of Utah introduces a women’s race, Johan Bruyneel receives a 10-year ban, Alec Baldwin arrested in New York for riding his bike the wrong way, and the world’s dumbest bicycle thief. We’ve also go Podsafe Cycling Music, and, of course, MUCH MORE!



Show #212 – Well Water

Apr 20th, 2014 | By | Category: Podcasts

In this week’s episode of The FredCast, we answer a listener question about how to watch live and recorded professional cycling, without a TV and even if it isn’t airing in your home country. We’ve also go product reviews of the CamelBak Relay and the LifeProof Nüüd cases. In the news this week (wow, lots of news!), the City of Oakland has to pay $3.25 Million due to a cyclist who was injured by a pothole, the U.S. Supreme Court rules of Rails to Trails, AAA Colorado is extending roadside assistance to bicycles, a cycling event in the UK was sabotaged, a couple of product recalls (and an update on the SRAM Hydro recall), Boston doctors write bike share prescriptions, Pee Wee Herman’s bike sold (not stolen), and the luckiest cyclist in the world! And, of course, MUCH MORE!



Show #211 – Ready For My Close Up

Mar 2nd, 2014 | By | Category: Podcasts

In this week’s episode of The FredCast an interview with Tyler Servoss from Rockwell Relay and a product review of Coghlan’s Adhesive Signal Lights. Before that, lots of news including a California bill proposing a bike tax, a New York legislator says nobody should ride a bike, a new study says that cycling is safer than rugby while another study says that faster cyclists are more attractive. In other news, a cyclist was killed at the annual Tour de Palm Springs, Viva Bike Vegas is cancelled, several new cameras for your ride, a product recall, a California driver uses a ‘new car smell defense,’ a California woman plans to marry her bicycle, and lots more. And there’s lots more! Plus, George Thorogood and the Destroyers are our Podsafe Music artists.



Show #210 – Bucket List

Feb 2nd, 2014 | By | Category: Podcasts

In this week’s episode of The FredCast, the Los Angeles County DA is set to review the death of a cyclist that involved a deputy, the Virginia Senate passes 3-foot bill, road graffiti dubbed a hate crime in California’s Napa Valley, Easton-Bell reports a credit card data breach, a new report says Americans bike the least but are most likely to be injured, Death Valley cancels athletic events, cycling products at 2014 CES, product recalls, bike share news, a symphony made only with bike parts, a 102 year old cyclist sets a record, pro cycling news, and podsafe cycling music.