The Pinkbike Podcast

MTB Fashion, Pedal Preferences, & Floating Skinnies

The bigger the pants the bigger the tricks.

Commenting on the World Cup Commentary, Specialized's New Demo, & The DH Bar End Trend

All sorts of things to talk about this week, everything from Asa Vermette's crash to Bruce Springsteen.

Interview: Nick Lester on DH World Cups, Data Acquisition, & Mass Damper Testing

Nick Lester is a certified bike nerd, in the best way possible. Listen as he describes his findings after spending over 6 years digging into the science of MTB data acquisition.

Peak Bike Season Is Here: Chatting About World Cup Racing, New Product Launches, & Listener Questions

Our picks for the Loudenvielle DH World Cup, a round of show & tell, plus some more reader questions.

Testing $1,000 Mountain Bikes in the Desert: Value Field Test Recap

We go over our findings from the most recent round of value bike testing in Sedona, Arizona.

Anne Terpstra On a Controversial XCO World Cup and Her Return from Iliac Artery Surgery

Three time Olympian and six time Dutch National XCO Champion, Anne Terpstra, shares her insights on racing in challenging conditions, her transition to a new team, and her thoughts on future bike…

China Bike Show, Spy Shots, & Reader Questions

Kazimer was getting over jet lag, and Dario has a cold, so this one is a little shorter than usual. We'll be back next week with a longer episode and a deeper dive into the reader question inbox.

Interview: Hattie Harnden on Her Best Downhill Result To Date, and That Wild Reversed Stem Setup

Hattie shares her journey through injury rehab, her bike setup changes, and her recent success in downhill racing, offering insights into adaptation, training, and mental resilience.

Till Alran's Aura Farming & The Infamous Hardtail Man: South Korea DH World Cup Field Notes

This week on the Pinkbike podcast, we dive into the season's first World Cup in South Korea, where loose, sandy soil and questionable track builds created a "recipe for disaster." The drama peaked…

Matt Made a Mega Mullet

Are bigger wheels actually faster, or just scarier? Matt Beer decided to find out.

Post-Otter Recap & More Reader Questions

Dario and Stephane go over their Sea Otter higlights, and then Kaz and Dario dig into some questions.

Sea Otter Time - The New Product Flood Continues

So. Many. New. Things. Plus some reader questions, and some music listening homework.

Pinkbike Podcast: RockShox’s New Zeb & Lyrik vs. The 1500 W Avinox Wave

Sea Otter season is officially here, and the gear is dropping fast. This week, Stephane Pelletier, Dario DiGiulio, and Matt Beer share first-ride impressions of the redesigned RockShox Zeb and Lyrik…

MTB Launch Season Has Arrived - The Things We're Testing

Spring is here, which means there's a whole bunch of new MTB gear being released almost every day.

Gee Atherton on Hardline, Bike Development, and His Latest Wild Film Trip to Nepal

Opinions on Dominions and More Listener Questions

Phew, brake week is finally over, but we decided to take a deeper dive into the testing and the results.

Interview: Orbea, TQ, and Fox on Developing an eMTB That Doesn't Feel Like an eMTB

Getting three companies to work on one bike isn't as easy as it should be, but Orbea, TQ, and Fox pulled it off with the new Rallon RS.

What Does It Take to Make it as a Smaller Drivetrain Manufacturer? An Interview With Microshift

We sat down with Microshift's Gus Jeffer and Patrick Chen to learn more about what it takes to navigate patents, and to carve out a place in the competitive drivetrain market.

New Brakes, Suspension, Bikes - It's a Big Week For Product Launches

We're less than two months out from Sea Otter, and the floodgates have started to open, with all sorts of new product launches happening this week.

How Faction Bike Studio Turns Wild Ideas Into Race-Winning Frames

A look inside Faction Bike Studios, the small Quebec company helping develop some of the most exciting bikes on the market.