Ever wondered what life is like as a professional cyclist? Australian ex-professional cyclist Mitch Docker takes you inside the world of Professional Cycling. Bringing you the stories behind the individuals in the sport - from the pros in the peloton to staff behind the teams - to commentators & legends, plus training insights & debriefs on major races throughout the year. It’s all here! Newly retired from the professional peloton, Mitch is exploring his new pelotons - all the pelotons that exist outside of the world tour - bringing you new stories from within the cycling community. His spin off series, Talking Luft - a bit like the DVD Extras - is where cycling style & culture takes centre stage. Talking cycling caps, bikes, kit, coffee stops, training loops and all the best things about riding a bike. Listen to all episodes here weekly! Find all our episodes, merch and more at lifeinthepeloton.com
Episodes
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Now this is an on-the-bike ‘war story’ you don’t want to miss! I’m Talking Luft with Jack Thompson, an Australian Ultra Cyclist, who takes on the world’s most epic challenges on the bike. As usual, we talk caps, bikes, kits, training loops, cheat meals and of course coffee stops. Plus a hilarious and epic ‘war […]
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
The Cycling Podcast presents Life in the Peloton (listen below) A little something different this week as I sit down with Jack Thompson – aka Jack Ultra – an Australian cyclist who takes on some of the world’s most epic Ultra challenges on the bike. In 2017 he rode more than 50 000 kilometres (for […]
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Welcome to the first Talking Luft for 2021! Talking Luft is the back with same format as last year; a short, laid back series of questions, the ‘DVD Extras’ of the pod if you will. Listen to in depth episodes with guests over on The Cycling Podcast. I’m excited to be back and I’ve got […]
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
The Cycling Podcast presents Life in the Peloton The pod is back for 2021! And for my first episode of the new year I caught up with someone I’ve been wanting to get on the pod for a long time. It’s the German-Aussie Heinrich Haussler, or Heino as he’s known. He’s going into his 16th […]
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Well, it’s time to wrap up the season, both in cycling and Life In The Peloton. I’ve been asked a couple of times when someone might turn the microphone on me to tell my story. And when out adventuring with my good mate Svein Tuft, he asked if he could do me the honour. I […]
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
He almost needs no introduction. Svein Tuft. Man. Myth. Legend. He’s a Canadian mountain man, ex pro and teammate, and most of all, a good mate of mine. You heard from him here on the pod last year; telling epic stories from bike packing days, before he became a pro bike rider and eventually went […]
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
(Listen below) Talking L’Angliru and more.. A day after his victory on the Queen stage of La Vuelta a España, I sat down with the King of L’Angliru & my teammate on EF Pro Team, Hugh Carthy. I hear about that epic climb in his words and how the last 6km played out -what was […]
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
This week I’m Talking Luft with Brit Hugh Carthy. We’re a week in at the Vuelta and he’s riding like a demon, currently 4th on GC. We sat down on the first rest day to chat cap style, beverages, training loops and he tells a true peloton war story from that day of golf ball […]
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
The Cycling Podcast presents Life in the Peloton (listen below) Now live on The Cycling Podcast, this week I chat with a different kind of colleague in the peloton. While I was in Australia for the summer, I got a chance to sit down with Aussie UCI Commissaire Greg Griffiths – an umpire of the […]
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
This week on Talking Luft I’ve got Kiwi Mitchelton-Scott rider, Sam Bewley. Sam’s a good mate of mine from our Greenedge days and is great for a laugh. We had fun chatting LUFT, training sessions, favourite races and of course coffee and beer. Plus Sam tells a hilarious Grand tour story for my new question […]