Higher, Faster, Rougher, Wilder with Max Leonard

The Bike Show Podcast from Resonance FM by Jack Thurston

Mar 15, 20181:05:36Sports & Recreation

The return of The Bike Show sees Jack chewing the fat with Max Leonard, author of Higher Calling: Road Cycling’s Obsession with the Mountains. They talk a lot about climbing, about the evolution of cycling towards explor...

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