Rabbit Holes
Rabbit Holes is a cycling podcast from Escape Collective that explores fascinating, lesser-known stories from the world of cycling. Hosted by Iain Treloar and Jonny Long, each monthly episode delves into tales that are big, weird, wonderful, and emotional. The podcast is member-funded and encourages listeners to support Escape Collective.
Episodes
What's up with all that fake cycling news?
Iain investigates a series of Facebook pages pushing fake news about pro cycling – and stumbles on a vast operation producing thousands of stories in multiple languages across numerous niches. Which is pretty weird – and it only gets stranger, and scarier, from there. ------Escape Collective is a member-funded publication, and produces this content thanks to the support of our membership.
A stolen bike's journey home
Iain buys a stolen bike on Facebook Marketplace, with a plan to return it to its owner. But his good act takes an ominous turn when he meets the seller, an erratic man with a troubled past and a head full of conspiracies and violence. To read the written piece and see pictures, visit EscapeCollective.com. This podcast is an Escape Collective production, and is only possible through the su
What's it like buying a bike on AliExpress?
Welcome back to the Rabbit Holes podcast! This episode is an audio version of one of Iain's investigations – a journey into the vast bike industry ecosystem that is AliExpress. What's it like buying a bike from the platform? How do you know if you'll end up with something good? And, is it possible to end up with something you'll actually want to ride at the end of it all? We get our credi
Beginner's Guide to the Pro Cycling, Tour de France edition
Ever have a question about the Tour de France? We've got you covered.
The beginner's guide to pro cycling
Cycling's a beautiful sport. It's also a nightmare for new fans to get into – a mess of jargon, history, and tactics. Journalism professor (and new cycling fan) Holly Johnson has questions, and together with Iain Treloar, is on a mission to decipher pro cycling. In the first episode of this Rabbit Holes podcast offshoot: a chat with EF Education-Easypost CEO Jonathan Vaughters about how t
Who shot Greg LeMond?
Welcome to the first episode of Rabbit Holes, presented by Escape Collective. In the arc of a life – especially one as rich and eventful as Greg LeMond's - certain stories get lost to the grander narrative. But in 1987, the bigger story was still unwritten. That year – soon after he'd won his first Tour de France, in the prime of his career – Greg LeMond was shot, and almost died.A Grand
Trailer: Who shot Greg LeMond?
Welcome to Rabbit Holes, a new podcast presented by Escape Collective. Each episode, we'll be diving into a fascinating story from the world of cycling, telling it in a way you may never have heard it before. Hosted by Iain Treloar and Jonny Long, this is a monthly (for now) exploration of stories that are big, weird, wonderful, and emotional – sometimes all at once. Curious? Dive into t
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