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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Presented by Helen Pidd and produced by Francesca Panetta

The bike podcast: Podium girls, bike rage and the Brompton

Do podium girls belong in modern cycling? After causing a bit of a kerfuffle on the bike blog by suggesting they were a shameful anachronism, Helen Pidd heads down to the final stage of the Tour of Britain in east London ask the women who do the job.

Cycling might well be one of the best ways to clear your head, but for some people it can also be an enraging experience. A year since a fellow cyclist chucked a bike at him, Paul Macinnes takes to the streets to try to temper his bike rage, and Mark Ames from the I Bike London blog talks to James Randerson about the best way to manage one's anger on two wheels.

Andrew Ritchie, founder of the Brompton bike, tells us the secrets of his folding invention - and his handbag.

Finally, Sir Chris Hoy tells us why the new Olympic rules could harm Britain's medal chances at London 2012.

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