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🎙️ The Active Hobo — Stories That Matter

📍 Cape Town, South Africa

Over 400 career victories. Three Cape Town Cycle Tour wins. Eight gold medals in a single national track championship. Seven wins in his first season in Belgium, as a teenager from Joburg who didn't know a soul. He raced against Lance Armstrong, sprinted against Robbie McEwan, and built some of the most iconic professional cycling teams South Africa has ever seen, HSBC, Med Scheme, Bonitas, DSV, often pitching boardrooms in the morning and winning races in the afternoon.

But this conversation isn't just about the wins. It's about what South African cycling was, what it lost, and what one man is trying to build back from the ground up. Malcolm now runs the DSV Shift Academy in Paarl, putting 25 kids from his community on bikes, into classrooms, and onto a path that didn't exist for them before he showed up.

From BMX ramps in the suburbs to basement floors in Cologne. From the golden era of Rapport Tour and packed road closures to the silence that followed.

This is the story of the most winning South African road cyclist in history. And it's only part one.

CHAPTERS

00:00 — Tracksuit Pants and a Bike Too Big

06:00 — 200 Schoolboys on a Start Line

12:00 — Eight Gold Medals in One Weekend

18:00 — Break a Record, Get Sunglasses

25:00 — Landing in Belgium With No Plan and No Phone

32:00 — Seven Wins in Season One

40:00 — The Doping Era Nobody Talks About Honestly

50:00 — Winning Is Not Everything

58:00 — The HSBC Pitch That Changed Everything

1:08:00 — Racing Against Lance, McEwan, and the Best in the World

1:18:00 — The Rapport Tour and the Glory Days Nobody Remembers

1:28:00 — Nick White, Jock Green, and the Lotto Hat

1:38:00 — From Rider to Team Boss to Rival

1:50:00 — When Doug Ryder Left a Void

2:00:00 — Why He Walked Away From Pro Racing

2:08:00 — 25 Kids, Six Containers, and a Velodrome in Paarl

2:18:00 — The High-Speed Police Officer

2:28:00 — Criteriums, Leagues, and Fixing the Media Problem

2:38:00 — Put Your Money Back Into This Sport

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

The Iconic Series begins with a name that carries real weight in South African cycling: Nic White.

In this first episode, we sit down with one of the sport’s most respected and influential figures to unpack a career filled with legendary stories, hard racing, unforgettable wins, and a deep love for the bicycle itself. From the old Joburg racing scene to European cobbled classics, Morocco, HSBC, Microsoft, and the evolution of South African cycling, Nic shares the kind of perspective you rarely get in one conversation.

This is more than a podcast about results. It’s about the culture, the characters, the suffering, the freedom, and the journey that helped shape an era.