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Episode 021: Maximilian J. St. George / Cycling Europe In 1908

Episode 021: Maximilian J. St. George / Cycling Europe In 1908

FromThe Cycling Europe Podcast


Episode 021: Maximilian J. St. George / Cycling Europe In 1908

FromThe Cycling Europe Podcast

ratings:
Length:
70 minutes
Released:
Jun 13, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This episode of the podcast is going to be slightly different. Rather than talking to a current cyclist, I’m going to be investigating the life of a cyclist from the past. You’ve probably never heard his name before and you’re even less likely to have heard his story. He was a German-born American called Maximilian J. St. George. His story is told via extracts from his book, Traveling Light or Cycling Europe on Fifty Cents a Day read by the actor Jeremy Walker with contributions from the historian Dr James Stout, the cycling writer Michael Hutchinson and two Romanian long-distance cyclists Lehel Benedek and Elod Keresszegi. It’s an epic take of an epic cycling journey from over 100 years ago by the original Mr. Cycling Europe…
Released:
Jun 13, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (85)

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