3 Olympics. A World Medal. Then He Lost Everything. | David George

He wasn't good at catching a ball. He wasn't good at sitting still in class. But put him on a bike and something switched!

David George represented South Africa at three Olympic Games, won the country's first Commonwealth Games cycling medal, stood on the podium at World Championships, and raced for one of the most iconic teams in professional cycling history. And almost nobody in South Africa knows his name.

This is one of the most honest, layered conversations we've ever had on The Active Hobo. From a childhood in Cape Town's southern suburbs to the basements of Europe, from the highest stage in world sport to losing it all and starting from absolute zero.

00:00 — The Kid Who Won Barefoot

05:30 — Drawing Bikes in Class

12:00 — Tandems, Track Nights, and the Golden Days

22:00 — The First Breakaway That Changed Everything

30:00 — A Record Broken in a Shed in Leicester

38:00 — Faxing Your Future to Europe

45:00 — The Medal Nobody Expected

55:00 — Basements, Dogshit Bikes, and Marginal Losses

1:05:00 — Inside the Most Famous Team in Cycling

1:15:00 — Three Olympics and a Growing Frustration

1:22:00 — Mountain Biking and Being a Kid Again

1:30:00 — The Day It All Went to Zero

1:38:00 — A Bike Shop Next to a Urinal Wall

1:48:00 — Covid, the Boom, and the Bust

1:58:00 — The Hook — Why People Walk Through His Door

2:08:00 — South Africa's Golden Era Right Now

2:20:00 — The Super Team That Should Exist

2:30:00 — The Hero Series Begins