Life In The Peloton’s Mitch Docker again joined us in 2025, hosting intimate, off-the-cuff & entertaining conversations with some of cycling’s characters & royalty, sharing insight & delight.

Special guests included Phil Anderson & Darren Baum, Chloe Hosking, Stephen Hodges, Shimano’s Toby Shingleton, Silca’s Josh Poertner, SRAM’s Lachlan McKillop, Ride Media’s Rob Arnold, Velocraft’s Steve Gardner, SPOKEN Director Nathan Lorkin and World Bicycle Relief’s Dave Evans.

SPOKEN WORD will continue in 2026.


SPOKEN WORD 2025

Friday, 20 June 2025

  • 6:00pm  Welcome & Opening with Mitch Docker

  • 6:30pm Josh Poertner
    Conversations w/ Mitch Docker

  • 7:00pm Lachy McKillop - Talking Suspension
    Conversations w/ Mitch Docker

  • 7:30pm Toby Shingleton - Shimano & The New XTR
    Conversations w/ Mitch Docker

  • 8:00pm Chloe Hosking
    Conversations w/ Mitch Docker

  • 8:30pm Phil Anderson & Darren Baum
    Conversations w/ Mitch Docker


Saturday, 21 June 2025

  • 11:30am  Welcome & Opening with Mitch Docker

  • 11:30am Dave Evans - World Bicycle Relief
    Conversations w/ Mitch Docker

  • 12:00pm Steve Gardner, Velocraft - Talking Paint
    Conversations w/ Mitch Docker

  • 12:30pm Stephen Hodge - Cycling History & Advocacy
    Conversations w/ Mitch Docker

  • 1:00pm Phil Anderson & Darren Baum
    Conversations w/ Mitch Docker

  • 1:30pm Josh Poertner
    Conversations w/ Mitch Docker + Marginal Gains Presentation

  • 3:00pm Rob Arnold, Ride Media
    Conversations w/ Mitch Docker


Sunday, 22 June 2025

  • 11:00am Stephen Hodge - Cycling History & Advocacy
    Conversations w/ Mitch Docker

  • 11:30am Lachy McKillop - Talking Suspension + Tubeless Tyres
    Conversations w/ Mitch Docker

  • 12:00pm Nathan Lorkin, Gravel + Gravel Events
    Conversations w/ Mitch Docker

  • 1:00pm Chloe Hosking
    Conversations w/ Mitch Docker

  • 1:30pm Josh Poertner
    Conversations w/ Mitch Docker + Marginal Gains Presentation