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Guests: Justin McCurry; Iris Slappendel & Lexi Brown
Well… it’s a version of the summer Olympics we’ve never seen before and I 
hope all the athletes are safe! One of the cycling events I’ll be watching is a version of Keirin – Japanese track racing.. And, auspiciously, The War on Wheels, Inside the Keirin and Japan’s Cycling Subculture, the first really in-depth book about the sport, the riders, the bikes, and the subculture has just been published.
Justin McCurry. who has lived in Japan since 1991, is the author of the book, and the Guardian’s correspondent in Tokyo where he covers Japan and Southeast Asia.
So – what IS Keirin? We know it’s a form of track racing – but, it is a very different sport in country – and it’s apparently pretty crazy.
Keirin – pronounced Ka-Rin in Japan and Ke-Rin, which is the UCI approved version – are actually two different types of the sport.
Steeped in a culture of betting and slogging it out in a tight formation on concrete tracks, Japan was, in a way, revitalized by the sport when it was the idea of two returning soldiers in 1948.
Iris Slappendel and Lexi Brown are part of the Cyclists Alliance, a great organization formed to help professional women riders.
When I saw the appalling statistics from the 2021 rider survey conducted by the Cyclists Alliance, I wanted to understand if what I was seeing was real – and 
unfortunately it is.
From a dismal 34% of professional riders with no salary – up from 17% in 2018 to 38% of professional riders working a second job alongside their career, women are not thriving in the peloton.
With a goal of supporting and protecting women pro cyclists, the Alliance’s mission is simple: in a word, they are seeking fairness. And, their annual survey makes it painfully clear just how unfair things are.
The cyclists alliance was formed to not only help with salaries, but to offer guidance, legal support, and mentor-ship.
My first guest is not new to The Outspoken Cyclist.. She is one of the bravest, most passionate, and ardent activists for women’s rights, 
a 
THE expert in the field. Trudie is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Arrhythmia Alliance and she has some sage advice to pass along to us about heart irregularities and how to not only detect them, but what to do about them – including her “
But, as with many things, cycling and its place in a sustainable world, has evolved much more quickly in the past 10 years than in the previous 25!
out and it’s remarkable how much has changed in such a short period of time.
My second guest is 
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Out of that race – and more Ironman events since – has come his book,
technical writer 
In the second half of the show, we check in with 
Their motto is “public land for public good”… and today, we speak with the NY State Director for the 
access to nature and the outdoors, close to home, in the cities and communities where they live, as a matter of health, equity, and justice.
Kyle Wagenschutz, the VP of Local Innovation for 
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researcher, John Surico.
In February of 2020, we spoke with 
We talk about advocacy, safety, trails, and planning a lot; and today, we wrap much of that into a conversation with 
his passion for the work started in college and has never waned. Today, Dave as the ED of the California Bike Coalition his commitment to safer streets and more people riding is still his focus and he’ s killing it with both ideas and action.
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