Episodes 37
Avg. Duration 1h 3m
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Nov 2023
Latest Episode Dec 2025

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Join Rob and Tom along with special guests each week to look back at the past forty years of mountain bike history, from the greatest riders, most influential brands, key bikes and tech developments that have created the sport we love today.

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"I Almost Died, TWICE!" - Cédric Gracia's Wild Racing Career

Dec 05, 2025 1h 33m

Cédric Gracia is one of the all-time legends of mountain biking. From his early days in BMX in the late ‘90s, with help from the likes of Max Commencal, he became one of the sport’s early…

Chris Akrigg is BACK! A Killer Edit & Stories From His Past

Sep 18, 2025 1h 16m

Chris Akrigg is one of the world’s best known trials riders, whose YouTube videos have racked up millions of views.  He’s incredibly creative, both in his riding and his video edits. He’s a dab hand…

World Champ, GB Champ and World Cup Podiums - Charlie Aldridge is the UK’s latest XC Star!

Aug 13, 2025 1h 4m

Charlie Aldridge’s growing resume of race results marks him out as the future of XC. He’s an Under-23 World Champion in XCO, is the 2025 British Champ at both XCO and XCC and has spent the past two…

Lou Ferguson on Hardline, GB Champs and Intense M1 Proto

Aug 12, 2025 1h 9m

Louise Ferguson became the first woman to ever complete a top-to-bottom, seeding and then race run at the infamous Red Bull Hardline Wales 2025 mountain bike race. The course was littered with…

World Cup racing, commentating, and race bikes with Ric McLaughlin

Jul 29, 2025 1h 44m

Ric McLaughlin is the current voice of World Cup DH and XC racing, as the lead commentator on Warner Brothers Discovery's coverage. He's also a former staff writer at MBUK, and a self-professed…

How I won a medal at the first MTB World Champs | Dave Hemming

Jul 11, 2025 1h 11m

Dave Hemming was the first Brit to claim a medal in downhill racing during the first Mountain Bike World Championships in Durango, USA. He went on to race for some of the coolest brands, including…

Emil Johansson: The King of Slopestyle

Jun 20, 2025 1h 9m

Emil Johannson (@johanssoemil) is one of the foremost slopestyle and freeriders on the planet! He’s a four-time Slopestyle World Champion, a 13 time Crankworx winner, and three-time triple crown…

Sprung & Earthed: How Alex Rankin Defined DH Filmmaking

Jun 11, 2025 1h 33m

Step back to the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, when Alex Rankin's Sprung series brought DH racing directly to your VHS player, changing MTB filmmaking forever. These videos became cult classics,…

Designing Killer Mountain Bikes: A Deep Dive with Marin's Matt Cipes

May 14, 2025 1h 15m

Ever wondered how a mountain bike goes from a spark of an idea to shredding the trails? Join us as we dive deep with Matt Cipes, the driving force behind Marin's incredible resurgence in the…

This man changed MTB geometry: how Chris Porter ignored norms and built Geometron

Apr 30, 2025 1h 41m

Chris Porter is one of the most outspoken, and influential voices in mountain biking. Even if you’ve not heard his name, if you’re riding a modern mountain bike, it is likely his influence is found…

Inside Matt Walker's Move to Trek Factory Racing: New Team, New Season Goals

Apr 28, 2025 1h 31m

Matt Walker is one of the UK’s foremost downhill racers, having won the UCI World Cup overall in 2020, stood on the top step of a World Cup Podium in 2022, and having a Junior World Championship…

Photographing the world’s best riders - Steve Behr on 37 years of shooting MBUK

Apr 10, 2025 1h 10m

Join us for an incredible journey through the history of mountain biking with the legendary photographer Steve Behr! For nearly four decades, Steve has been capturing the heart and soul of the sport…

Bernard Kerr: The Reality of Racing & Running Pivot Factory Racing

Mar 20, 2025 1h 8m

Join Tom and Rob as they dive deep with mountain bike legend Bernard Kerr! From tearing up World Cup downhill tracks to managing Pivot Factory Racing, Bernard shares the unfiltered truth about…

From World Cup DH racing to eMTB engineering: Sam Shucksmith discusses the Whyte Kado

Mar 06, 2025 1h 2m

Whyte has just released its brand new eMTB, the Kado – a 150/160mm all-mountain machine equipped with the latest Bosch motor.Whyte’s head of mountain bike design, Sam Shucksmith, talks to the MBUK…

Nick Craig on the first MTB Worlds, racing the Olympics, and Ride for Charlie

Feb 20, 2025 58m

Nick Craig is probably the most established mountain biker in the UK, having competed at the highest levels of the sport since the 80’s. His career may have started in Cyclocross, but it wasn’t long…

Ethan Craik on being an Olympic hopeful to a World Cup podium contender

Feb 14, 2025 55m

There's no doubt Ethan Craik is a talented bike rider. At just age eight, he raced his first BMX world championship before securing a place on the Olympic Development squad as he entered his teenage…

Rob Warner on the early years of racing, getting into commentary, Red Bull X-Fighters and his favourite bike of all time

Jan 23, 2025 1h 31m

This episode is sponsored by Giant Bicycles. Rob Warner made a name for himself with his rowdy riding between the tapes and party antics once the clock had stopped.  After retiring from racing, he…

Building a career in MTB, and the state of the industry, with Georgia Leslie

Jan 17, 2025 56m

This episode is sponsored by Specialized.Georgia Leslie has had a swift rise through the MTB industry, starting off as a teenager helping out at her local shop to becoming European Marketing Lead for…

Former MBUK legend Andrew ‘Doddy’ Dodd on his amazing career in MTB media

Jan 10, 2025 1h 24m

Andrew ‘Doddy’ Dodd has been a familiar face to pretty much anyone who has read, watched or listened to mountain bike content.  Following a work experience placement at MBUK as a teenager, he was a…

From pro riding to podcasting with Olly Wilkins and Davi Birks

Dec 21, 2024 1h 21m

Olly Wilkins and Davi Birks from the excellent The Ride Companion Podcast pop into the studio to discuss the inner workings of mountain bike podcasting and their journey to creating a successful…

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