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Singletrack Magazine MTB Podcast

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Episodes

Making Up The Numbers with Martin Whiteley & Charlie Hatton

In this episode George, Jack & Emilie discuss 2024; the World Cup calendar and some team rumours. Next up they’re joined by Mr 23 Degrees, Martin Whiteley who has exciting news about his 2024 plans and then it’s over to the 2023 DH World Champion, Charlie Hatton. It’s a huge one… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 09, 2023•2 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 8

Desert Island Disc Brakes: Charlie Hobbs Retires

With Charlie choosing to retire early we thought it would be the perfect time to get him in front of a mic and ask him about his riding life to date and where he plans to go next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 06, 2023•1 hr 3 min

Making Up the Numbers

The 2023 DH Season ended with a bang & in this episode George, Jack & Emilie chat with two of the young guns who brought the fire, Øisin Ø Callaghan & Harriet Harnden. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 20, 2023•2 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 7

Desert Island Disc Brakes with Paul Bas

Paul Bas talks through the bikes of his life, why he hates rocks, and recovery from his 2015 crash at Red Bull Rampage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 09, 2023•20 min

The one about disappointing race experiences

It's Hannah leading with Mark and Benji in the chat room. This week they talk about Benji's recent enduro race experiences and what it's like to actually compete these days. Plus Hannah doles out some race rumours she's been hearing about. There's a couple of swears in this week's episode so watch out if that's a problem for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Sep 25, 2023•54 min

Making Up The Numbers: Camille Balanche and Benoit Coulanges

In this episode George, Jack and Emilie catch up on World Champs and three World Cups, including a special guest appearance from Camille Balanche. Then they’re joined bythe winner of the Les Gets World Cup, Benoit Coulanges before closing out the show with a few predictions for the final two World Cups of the season and some Team Rumours. Will there be more retirements? Where will riders go as teams close down? Which teams are closing? And where is Vali Höll off to? Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

Sep 16, 2023•2 hr 56 min•Season 5Ep. 6

Making Up The Numbers Fort William Special

George made the trip to Fort William between bouts of real life to catch the pros in practice. Hear from: Part 1 Charlie Hatton Dom Platt Andreas Kolb Emilie Siegenthaler Nathan Carr Jordan Williams Matt Walker Reece Wilson Louise Ferguson & Ronan Dunne Hattie Harnden Part 2 Jake Ireland & Eleonora Farina Will Longden Ian Jones Joe Breeden Grant Wildman Monika Mixova Wyn Masters Ryan Pinkerton Part 3 Camille Balanche Phoebe Gale & Tahnee Seagrave Gracey Hemstreet Brook MacDonald Laur...

Aug 03, 2023•2 hr 56 min•Season 5Ep. 5

The one where Hannah dislocates her shoulder

Dislocated shoulder at Red Bull Hardline no less, although the story is not quite as impressive as you'd imagine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 31, 2023•42 min

Desert Island Disc Brakes - Jake 100

Jake100 – or Jake O’Neill to give him his full name – is an urban riding star and YouTube creator. This year he’s helping run the London BikeStormz event, as well as working on his tricks and skills. We caught up with him for an episode of Desert Island Disc Brakes and chatted about what urban riding means to him, how his skills translate to the trails, and what he hopes to do with the opportunities his public profile now presents him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 13, 2023•1 hr 3 min

The Dan Stanton Interview

Hannah and Dan Stanton sit down to chat about the challenges in running a bike manufacturing business, how he found a way through Stanton Bikes going into Administration, and what you can expect next from the new company, Stanton Bicycles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 07, 2023•48 min

World Cup Round 1 Water Cooler Moment

The first round of the World Cup kicked off at the weekend in Switzerland and it was not without it's drama. How did the new hosts do? How was the new format? Does it bode well for the season ahead? Our panel discusses everything from the racing to the quality of the coverage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 12, 2023•45 min

Ed Masters - Making Up The Numbers S5:E2

The DH World Cup season is just around the corner & in this episode George, Jack& Emi discuss the amendments to the rule changes for 2023. Then, they’re joined by Pivot Factory Racing’s Ed Masters for a chat about The Black Pearl, seeding second at Fort William & winning an EWS. Expect a lot of laughs.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jun 02, 2023•2 hr 14 min•Season 5Ep. 2

The Over-biked and under-bunged episode

And where Amanda explains why racing with a tracking chip actually slows her down. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 25, 2023•45 min

Fort William National Special: Making Up The Numbers

Round 2 of the British Cycling National Downhill Series would be the only opportunity to race Fort William in 2023 before World Championships in August. As well as his armour, George also packed his mic and in between runs he caught up with the crème de la crème of the World’s Elite DH racers… Part 1 (Friday) - Matt Walker, Monika Hrastnik, Luke Williamson, Andreas Kolb, Roger Viera, Loic Bruni, Jordan Williams & Joe Breeden Part 2 (Saturday) - Thibaut Daprela, Luca Shaw, Adam Brayton, Hatti...

May 10, 2023•2 hr 57 min•Season 5Ep. 1

The one where Amanda punches a goose

Hannah, Chipps and Amanda bring you a huge dose of the giggles and take random to new heights with tales of punching geese. There's some mountain biking in there somewhere if you listen carefully enough. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 06, 2023•49 min

Making Up The Numbers Downhill MTB Podcast

After a short break they’re back and in this episode George, Jack and Emilie are joined by the five time World Cup Champion, Intense Factory Racing’s Aaron Gwin, to chat about moving away from SoCal, redemption in 2022, and the new era of DH that’s upon us. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 28, 2023•2 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 14

The Short Travel e-MTBs are Balls Episode

Benji, Mark and Chipps discuss matters from the return of 2x gearing to how short travel big e-MTBs are daft. Then Hannah chats to Fabien Barel before packing him off to his fully equipped desert island. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 26, 2023•56 min

Singletrack ASMR and Keeper Of The Peak

Hannah opens Singletrack in your ears and we send the Keeper Of The Peak to a desert island Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 15, 2023•54 min

Desert Island Disc Brakes - With Nick Craig and a sprinkling of Rob Warner

There's a bit of everything thrown in to this week's episode. We have Mark, Chipps and Amanda trying to make themselves heard over a cacophony of mating geese; an excerpt from Chipps' interview with Rob Warner that nearly made our bleep machine overheat; and finally Hannah asks the nicest man in MTB, Nick Craig how he would survive on his desert island. Oh and listen out for some of the outtakes from this episode after the final credits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Apr 04, 2023•43 min

SRAM AXS and The Giant Trance X Elite

New SRAM AXS, Glucose monitoring and an interview with a Giant Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 1 min

The budget and click-bait journalism episode

Chipps beams in briefly from his mountainside retreat and Hannah is triggered by the recent budget Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 19, 2023•41 min

WTF are activated carbon fork spacers?

Mark, Charlie and Benji are in the office studio this week talking about everything from British cycling's new concussion policy to whether anyone needs to kno wthe science behind a product if ultimately it does what it claims to do. Hannah talks to international adventurer Vedangi Kulkarni about her upcoming accessible DH race event at Fort William later this month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Mar 11, 2023•52 min

What's up with marketing in the bike industry?

Mark, Hannah and Charlie talk about Hannah's recent incapacitation and how that lead to the realisation that the bike industry could maybe do a better job of selling itself in the media. Also in this week's episode: Things that caught our eye in the news and on the legendary Singletrack World forum. Oh and did you know that our weekly podcast has been nominated in the Podcast Awards sports category? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Feb 25, 2023•30 min

Is a storm brewing in a China teacup for Taiwan and the bike industry?

This week Hannah leads the way with extra voices from Benji and Mark. We start off with a poor attempt to get Benji to rant about 90's bikes, which he does in the end. Hannah explains to us why we should be paying attention to Taiwan and then finally Benji tells us why we should all be making rear mudguards great again. Join us for another Singletrack World staff room chat. Read Hannah's in-depth feature on Taiwan here Benji's mudguard review is here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

Feb 04, 2023•32 min