The Rouleur Podcast

Rouleur longreads: Slow Cycling Movement by Ian Cleverly

"What is this endless fascination with going fast? The need for speed may have been as asset in days of yore when catching prey – or escaping pre...

Rouleur longreads: Definitions by Paul Fournel

From a series published in Rouleur magazine and in his excellent book Vélo, Paul Fournel’s definitions: baroudeur, sprinter, climber and, of cour...

Rouleur longreads: Svein Tuft, Worst Retirement Ever

Land's End to John o'Groats the long way round, and letting go of the competitive urge

Rouleur Longreads: The V Word

Are you sitting uncomfortably? The hidden condition of labial issues and corrective surgery affecting many top women racers. From Rouleur issue 10...

Rouleur longreads: Big Issue

"Yes, I still get the odd looks if I cycle in shorts, or if I'm red faced and sweating, but instead of lowering my eyes, I smile. I've reached my o...

Rouleur longreads: Top Table with Orla Chennaoui

Four doyennes of the cycling world share their past experiences and their visions for the future. Lizzie Deignan, Fran Millar and Monica Santini in...

Rouleur Longreads: Pilgrim's Progress

Florence to Rome on the Via Francigena, an ancient pilgrimage route starting in Canterbury. Emilio has a mission of his own. Advance warning: list...

The Rouleur Longreads Podcast: Rain

Riding in the rain is grim. Racing in the rain is treacherous. Matt Seaton's easy on pedalling through precipitation from issue 6 of Rouleur magaz...

The Rouleur Longreads podcast: No Direction Home

In 1973, Zoltan Elekes arrived in Plymouth from Romania to ride the Milk Race. It would be 22 years before he saw home again. Emma Wright reads No...

The Rouleur Longreads podcast: Thaddäus Robl

“Ignoring the injuries he sustained on Whitsunday in Madgeburg, world champion Robl took to the start line Whit Monday, June 1 1903 in Brandenburg...

The Rouleur Longreads Podcast: Concussion Repercussion

Concussion protocol has improved within pro bike racing in recent years, but is still not mandatory. The debilitating and potentially lifetime con...

The Rouleur Longreads Podcast: Campagnolo's Mister Ghibli

Tucked away in a warren of testing cubicles and curious contraptions, we find Franco Rigolon hard at work. His job involves making just one thing,...