The American Cycling Report

SpeedStudio p/b Basso's Michael Garrison

Michael Garrison came up the classic way — Decatur, Georgia junior, worlds trips to Europe, LUX, then four seasons with Hagens Berman Axeon, where he won the U23 time trial national championship. But instead of chasing the traditional European road dream, he bet on himself, launching an independent program and building one of the most diverse race calendars in the sport: gravel wins, Speed Week podiums, crits, mountain bikes — all of it. Now, for 2026, he's joined forces with Cole Davis on SpeedStudio p/b Basso, with a schedule that runs from Tulsa Tough to The Traka in Spain to Big Sugar. Dave Towle sits down with the younger brother of former WorldTour pro Ian Garrison to talk about the development pipeline, life as a privateer, why he refuses to pick a lane, and what pro cycling can look like when you write your own rules. Presented by KÜHL — born in the mountains. KUHL.com Subscribe to the American Cycling Report wherever you get your podcasts, and leave a rating to help more fans find the show.

Bike Race Announcer and Producer Brad Sohner

Our guest today is one of the most experienced voices in American cycling — Brad Sohner. Brad got his start in this sport at 14 years old, traveling the country helping set up race venues long before he ever got near a microphone. He fell in love with the sport from the inside out, and eventually that passion found its way to the PA system — and it never left. Today Brad is the voice of more than 200 events across multiple countries, covering the full spectrum of American racing: from grassroots criteriums to marquee events like the Amgen Tour of California, the Tour of China, and USA Cycling's Cyclocross National Championships. He's also a TV producer based in Pittsburgh, which means he understands not just how to call a race, but how to tell the story of one — on air, on broadcast, and for an audience that may be watching cycling for the very first time. Brad is one of the people in this sport who's been there when it was big, watched things contract, and kept showing up anyway. That perspective on where American cycling has been — and where it needs to go — is exactly why I wanted him on the show. Brad Sohner, welcome to American Cycling Report.

Team Cadence and USA Cycling's Cade Bickmore

Cade Bickmore has put together a solid career on the American cycling scene — from his junior days through the domestic criterium circuit and now with his sights set on making the U.S. Olympic team pursuit squad. On this episode of American Cycling Report, Dave Towle sits down with Bickmore to talk through that journey, including his comeback from a concussion that sidelined him earlier this season. A two-time criterium winner at Tour of the Gila and a Sunny King champion, Cade knows what it takes to win on U.S. roads. He also has a unique vantage point on how the sport has evolved — what the criterium scene looks like now compared to when he was coming up, and how the demands on riders have shifted along the way. It's an honest conversation about resilience, the realities of racing at the highest level of American cycling, and what it takes to chase an Olympic dream on the track.

VBR Twenty28 and USA Cycling's Anna Hicks

Anna Hicks | Virginia's Blue Ridge TWENTY28 | Road & Track Anna Hicks is a 26-year-old pro cyclist from Placerville, California — raised in the Sierra Nevada foothills as a 4H kid — now based in Boulder, Colorado, and one of the fastest-rising names in U.S. women's cycling. The backstory Anna's athletic gifts showed up early. One season of high school cross-country was enough to earn her a Division 1 scholarship. She attended Cal Poly SLO, then turned her focus to the bike after college. Teamtwenty28 [https://www.teamtwenty28.com/team-bios/anna-hicks] Road breakout In her first elite road season (2023), she finished 8th at the Pro Road National Championship, then crossed disciplines to finish 3rd at Big Sugar Gravel. Endurance Sportswire [https://www.endurancesportswire.com/virginias-blue-ridge-twenty24-welcomes-rising-star-anna-hicks/] The track explosion This is the part that stops people: Hicks raced on a track for the first time at a local event in June 2025. Less than nine months later, she won gold at the Pan American Track Championships in the Points Race — beating reigning World Champion Yareli Acevedo. USA Cycling [https://usacycling.org/article/team-usa-recap-americans-score-20-medals-across-pan-am-para-pan-am-track-championships] Team & program She rides for Virginia's Blue Ridge TWENTY28, a program built specifically as a pipeline to the Olympics. Off the bike, Anna is a certified sports nutritionist and coach. Endurance Sportswire [https://www.endurancesportswire.com/virginias-blue-ridge-twenty24-welcomes-rising-star-anna-hicks/]Teamtwenty28 [https://www.teamtwenty28.com/team-bios/anna-hicks] Olympic trajectory She was named to the 2026 Pan American Track Championships squad in the Points Race — and the LA 2028 Olympics are squarely in view.

Durango Devo's Chad "The Chainsaw" Cheeney

In American cycling, there are builders — people who don't just show up to the sport, they construct it from the ground up. Chad Cheeney is one of those people. Known as "The Chainsaw," Chad has spent years turning Durango, Colorado into one of the most remarkable youth cycling ecosystems in the country. Through Durango Devo, he's put thousands of kids on bikes — not just handing them helmets, but genuinely changing the trajectory of young lives through two wheels. Durango is no ordinary backdrop. This is a town where elite pros train on the same roads and trails where kids are learning to clip in for the first time. Cycling isn't a niche here — it's a culture — and programs like Devo are a huge reason why. People like Chad don't happen by accident. They show up, they grind, they care — and they refuse to let the next generation figure it out alone. Every kid who found confidence on a bike instead of losing it somewhere else — that's Chad's fingerprint on American cycling. Welcome to the show — Chad "The Chainsaw" Cheeney.