Bikey Venky talks to us about how India can produce top class cyclist who can compete in events like the Tour de France or Giro de Italia, which is considered the top events in cycling. What are the attitudes and misconceptions around cycling. What is scale, how do we define scale, how do we create leagues and how all this ties down to culture of cycling. How do we compare against countries in Europe like Netherlands or Belgium. Of course we talk about how all this rubs off on urban cycling and transform cities.

Welcome to the OoruLabs podcast. Ever complained how bad our cities are? How bad your commute is? You’ll get to hear from people who are working to solve these problems. This is your weekly soapbox for Urban Sustainability with Sathya Sankaran and his co-host for this show Knerav Kodolikar

Timecodes
00:00 - Intro
02:27 - Decade to TdF
03:18 - The cycling circuit
10:22 - The gateway drug
15:10 - Scaling the culture
20:04 - City celebration with cycling events
25:09 - Cycling league overkill?
30:58 - How to find talent?
40:45 - Racing to commuting
43:12 - The challenges in the city
44:57 - The safer network
45:52 - The attitudes
48:57 - Concluding thoughts
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Working Athlete podcast with Bikey Venky - https://www.youtube.com/@bikeyvenky 
Sathya Sankaran on the Working Athlete Podcast - https://youtu.be/eIzO8gguhy8 
Tour de France - https://www.letour.fr/en/
Bangalore Bicycling Championships - BBCh.in 
Bangalore Amateur Racing - https://www.facebook.com/BangaloreAmateurRacing/ 
Tour of Nilgiris - https://www.tourofnilgiris.com/ 
Tour of Karnataka - https://tourofkarnataka.com/
Great Malnad Challenge - https://www.greatmalnadchallenge.in/
Bangalore Randonneurs - https://www.audaxindia.in/bangalore-randonneurs-bangalore-c-9
SMN Network map - https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1heZETc7zV2KKllSsMWxMShygJIvvMRE&usp=sharing write to [email protected] if you would like to contribute 
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