Daniel McMahon’s Writing Samples
I’m the senior online editor at Bicycling magazine. Previously, I contributed to VeloNews.com and blogged here on CyclingReporter.com. Though I mostly edit other people’s work these days, I sometimes get to write and produce a video or two. Here are some samples. —Daniel McMahon
Sometimes the low-budget, low-production Flip videos are the best. I shot this short clip on the finish line of Stage 20 of the 98th Tour de France, on Saturday, July 23, 2011, in Grenoble. It shows Frank and Andy Schleck in an emotional embrace deep within the mad media scrum after they’d essentially lost the world’s biggest bike race. Andy, here in the yellow jersey, has just been beaten in the decisive individual time trial by Cadel Evans, who would go on to be crowned Tour champ.
“10 Predictions for Pro Cycling in 2012” (What’s coming in new year)
“Pushing 40, and Getting Faster” (Feature-length interview and video with top U.S. pro Chris Horner)
“Levi Leipheimer Talks Quick-Step and Specialized Bikes” (Story and video interview)
“Video: Tom Danielson’s Cervelo R5 CA Tour de France Bike”
“Adam Myerson’s Ridley X-Fire” (Pro-bike slideshow)
“A Conversation With Tom Zirbel” (Interview about drug testing in cycling)
“Eddy Merckx Says Cycling, Boxing Are the Hardest Sports” (Short chat and video with greatest cyclist of all time)
“Who Will Reign as New World Champ?” (Race predictions from riders, coaches, journalists)
“Horner Blows Tour of California Apart” (Race report)
“In Belgium, a Lone American Rider” (Feature-length interview with veteran pro Jonathan Page)
“Horner Gives Initial Impressions of Leaked 2012 Tour de France Route” (Interview and analysis)
“You Wanna Put On a Cyclocross Race? Reach Out, Have Fun” (Interview with a grassroots race promoter)
“Announcer Man” (Profile of race announcer Brad Sohner)
“Cervelo’s New R5 VWD Road Bike” (Bike preview)
“The Tour de France, in Translation” (Profile of Tour translator Pascale Schyns)
“All Hands—and Wrenches—on Deck” (Interview with Ian Sherburne at the Tour de France mechanic)
“Catching Up With Chris Horner a Month After His 2011 Tour de France Crash” (Story with video interviews)
“The New Amsterdam Bicycle Show” (Slideshow)
“At Home With Chris Horner” (Slideshow)
“Amgen Tour of California Notebook: Race Wrap-Up” (Recap of the one-week stage race)
“Americans at the Tour de France” (Report on U.S. riders in third week of TdF)
“Video: Tour de France Racer Wrap-Up in Paris”
Profiles and features
“For Harlem Cycling Classic promoter John Eustice, a cycling life keeps rolling”
“A conversation with Swiss cyclocross racer Valentin Scherz”
“Checking in with a neo pro: Mountain Khakis’ Neil Bezdek”
“A conversation with Gavi Epstein, a neopro on Slipstream Sports’ continental team”
“Neil Bezdek has gone from bike messenger to a domestic pro in two seasons”
“A conversation with current world’s No. 1 female cyclocrosser Laura Van Gilder”
“A conversation with up-and-comer Lisban Quintero”
Race reports
“Johnson and Miller confirm on day two at Gloucester”
“Powers and Van Gilder shine at Great Brewers Gran Prix of Gloucester”
“Laura Van Gilder, Jesse Anthony win day 1 of Granogue Cross”
“Laura Van Gilder and Jesse Anthony take day 2 of Granogue Cross”
“Christian Grasmann and Laura Van Gilder win Harlem Skyscraper Classic”
“In Brooklyn, unifying machines and a win for a Russian bike messenger”
“At Red Hook Criterium, track bikes and brawn required”
