S12 Ep132: Review of 2024 - Ep.5: The Advent Episode
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2024
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
Daniel Friebe is joined by award-winning commentator Rob Hatch and young Richard Abraham – plus there’s a début for ace ‘stato’ Cillian Kelly – as we review breakthrough seasons for the likes of Isaac del Toro, Oscar Onley and more. We also hear from Onley’s DSM Firmenich-PostNL directeur sportif Matt Winston and a man who has burst onto the scene in recent weeks…with the help of Strava.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the cycling podcast, proudly brought to you by shocks bone conduction headphones. |
| 0:06.0 | Shocks are comfortable, they give great sound quality, and they can solve some of the issues that can arise from wearing the more conventional earbud-style headphones while exercising, |
| 0:15.9 | and that's that they can get a little bit sweaty and slippery and start to feel uncomfortable after a while. |
| 0:21.3 | Well, there's none of those issues with shocks because the sound passes through the bones behind |
| 0:25.8 | your ears, leaving your ears free, and the sound quality itself really has to be heard to be believed. |
| 0:31.8 | Shocks are used by several leading athletes, including Elliot Kipchowge and Elish McCulligan, |
| 0:36.7 | and very soon, our very own Larry |
| 0:39.1 | Warbass too. We know that lots of listeners have been taking advantage of the discount code |
| 0:43.9 | Cycling 10 to get £10 off any purchase at UK.shox.com. Every purchase made using that |
| 0:51.3 | discount code supports the Cycling Podcast too so thank you very much to |
| 0:55.0 | anyone who has bought a set of headphones recently this week we've got a competition to win a set of |
| 1:00.5 | shocks headphones the flagship open run pro two model all you have to do is answer a very easy |
| 1:06.7 | question stand by for that in a moment lately we've also had some really nice feedback on Instagram from some listeners. |
| 1:14.1 | David Owen said he's used shocks headphones for years and describes them as |
| 1:18.2 | absolutely game-changingly good. Thanks for the endorsement, David. |
| 1:22.9 | Meanwhile, Adam Kottom said, I've been using a pair of shocks for a couple of years now. |
| 1:27.9 | They're a really great kit and it's brilliant how they keep your ears wide open to your surroundings. Definitely |
| 1:32.2 | recommend them. Thanks for that Adam. Well, the Motown Maestro, Larry Warbass contacted |
| 1:38.0 | podcast HQ earlier this week with his Christmas list. We can't stretch to everything on your list |
| 1:43.2 | Larry but we can sort you |
| 1:44.7 | out with a set of shocks headphones, and they'll be winging their way to your niece hideaway very |
| 1:49.2 | shortly. Perhaps we should have just told Larry to enter the competition like everyone else, but |
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