Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast

Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast


Latest Episodes

#18 - Ines Thoma
September 18, 2017

Ines Thoma from Canyon Factory Racing joins us for a chat in Episode 18. Ines in nearing the end of another successful season of racing at the Enduro World Series, and other major enduro events. We talk about how she got into mountain biking,

#17 - Phil Atwill
September 04, 2017

Phil Atwill from the Propain Dirt Zelvy team joins us for a chat in episode 17. Phil has had a season full of ups and downs, from his best result to date, to a season ending injury. He talks us through it all,

#16 - Katy Curd
August 21, 2017

When I interviewed Tracy Moseley earlier in the year, and asked her who else I should speak to, she didn't hesitate in putting me in touch with Katy Curd, who she firmly believes is one of the most talented riders from the UK.

#15 - George Brannigan
August 07, 2017

George Brannigan of the Commencal Vallnord DH team joins us for a chat in episode 15. Unfortunately George's race season is over due to a collarbone injury picked up when riding as a forerunner at the French National champs, but from talking to him,

#14 - Kenta Gallagher
July 24, 2017

Kenta Gallagher of Polygon United Ride joins us for a chat in episode 14. Kenta has a really interesting background, having been a professional cross country racer from a young age, competing on the world...

#13 - Manon Carpenter
July 10, 2017

2014 World Cup series and World Champion Manon Carpenter joins us for a chat in episode 13. We talk about her winter of recovery, and what it takes to come back from injury, her approach to riding with control, her move to the Radon team in 2017,

Trans-Provence Special - Part Two
July 04, 2017

Ever wondered what it would be like to race the Trans-Provence? How hard is it? How do I get entered? What sort of training do I need to do? What should I expect when I get there? Is it as good as everyone says? Well wonder no longer,

Trans-Provence Special - Part One
July 03, 2017

Ever wondered what it would be like to race the Trans-Provence? How hard is it? How do I get entered? What sort of training do I need to do? What should I expect when I get there? Is it as good as everyone says? Well wonder no longer,

#12 - Ben Plenge
June 26, 2017

Ben Plenge from MTB Strength Factory joins us to talk about all things strength and conditioning. We cover training specifics for different age groups, when and how to rest and recover, how to taper for...

#11 - Nigel Reeve (Canyon Factory Racing)
June 12, 2017

Head mechanic for Canyon Factory Racing, Nigel Reeve, joins us for episode 11. Nigel is responsible for Mark Wallace’s bike, as well as generally looking after the Canyon pit set up at the World Cup...