In Episode 3 of the Rider-Up podcast, Dan Lucas and John Carlin interview VBR Twenty24 creator and Executive Director Nicola Cranmer. Nicola recruits the top women cyclists in the United States to join the team -- and many have succeeded in their ambition to represent the United States (and other countries) as Olympians -- with 13 winning Olympic medals!
Nicola Cranmer (left) With Dan, John, and World Champion Amanda Coker, recording the Rider-Up podcast.
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The Following is a web-generated transcript of the interview with Nicola Cranmer.
Please excuse any spelling or punctuation errors.
Announcer: On this edition of the Riderup Podcast.
Nicola Cranmer: I would definitely call us the Olympic Development Pipeline.
Speaker D: Nicola Cranmer talks about how she's helping to train us Olympians.
Nicola Cranmer: The athletes have, uh, won all they've been in the program over the last three Olympic cycles have won. I think it's 13 Olympic medals.
Speaker D: It's all coming up on the Rider Up Podcast.
Announcer: welcome to the Rider Up Podcast, where we talk about how much we love bicycles. Dan's a crazy downhiller, and John will be walking with a cane in a few years. But nobody loves cycling more than these two. Coming to you from Virginia's Blue Ridge, let's meet the hosts, Dan Lucas and John Carlin.
Dan Lucas: Hey, I'm Dan Lucas. I'm a mechanic. I love writing downhill, and I love coaching kids. I'm a dad and just a cycling journey.
John Carlin: All right. And I'm the same. I'm John Carlin, the co host of the Rider of podcast A Baby Boomer. And I ride mountain, road, travel bikes. And my wife's Peleton. Uh, and you can follow me at Sark Fighter, uh, on Peloton, by the way. Also, I'm, uh, a blogger, a You
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