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Making Up The Number Mountain Bike Podcast With Greg Minnaar
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In this episode George, Jack & Emi chat MSA, 2025 & Team Rumours before they’re joined by the G.O.A.T., Norco Race Division’s Greg Minnaar to chat about his final season racing World Cups & to play retirement 20 questions! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Vali Höll: 'It's mountain biking, it's not Formula 1'
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In this episode the 2024 Elite Women’s World Champion and World Cup Champion, the YT Mob’s Vali Höll, chats with George, Jack and Emi about equal pay, three-peats, and MTB Reform... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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George, Jack and Emi are joined by Intense Factory Racing’s Joe Breeden to discuss the racing that’s gone down since the mid-season break, the leaked Warner Brothers Discovery MTB Reform document, before closing out the show with some #teamrumours. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Making Up The Numbers European DH Championships Pits Special
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We’re over halfway through the 2024 World Cup season and in this episodeGeorge,Jack & Emilie round up the first half of the season and grade the teams on their performance so far... The Making Up The Numbers podcast is sponsored by:HopeTechnology www.hopetech.com @hopetechJ-Tech Suspension www.jtechsuspension.co.uk@jtechsuspension Revolution Bike P…
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The Independence Episode: New Stumpjumper Details
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This week it's election time. We voted and we hope you did too. I this week's episode Mark reminisces about past Passporte du Soleil events and how one fellow journo didn't even make it to the start line. Benji gives us a load of new info on the 15th Specialized Stumpjumper that has just launched and Hannah has just come back from the Bespoked hand…
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Desert Island Disc Brakes - Josh Bryceland
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Desert Island Disc Brakes is our interview format for the pro riders we keep bumping into. It is a 'tribute' to other similar formats you may have heard on the radio. This week Hannah talks to pro rider Josh Bryceland about his life as a DH racing pro around the world discussing everything from his mythical house boat to comparisons of life with do…
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The one where Benji tells WC Semi-Finals to f... off
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WC DH Semi-Finals, Welsh Trail Access Nightmares, Goodbye Rob, How to amputate your finger at home Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Scottish Downhill Association / British National Downhill Series Round 2 - Fort William
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Hannah chats to racers and their support crew at the British National Downhill Series, Round 2, at Fort William. Thanks to the Scottish Downhill Association for making it happen! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Fort William Special: Making Up The Numbers
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George has been up to Fort William to chat to folks in the pits before the racing kicks off. He's also sent us a very interesting collection of photos. Enjoy, sports fans! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Making Up The Numbers 2024 Downhill Season Preview
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In this episode George, Jack & Emilie are joined by the Privateer Project’s Wyn Masters to preview the 2024 World Cup Season… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Pre-Season Insight with Jess Blewitt and Making Up The Numbers MTB Podcast
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After a little break over winter, Making Up The Numbers is back! The 2024 race season is already underway and in this episode the gang chats about those races that have already taken place. Then, making her debut on the podcast, they’re joined by one of the new generation of female riders making waves in the Elite Women’s category, Cube Factory Rac…
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How to be a product tester Singletrack style.
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Mark introduces our first episode of the new year. We've had a bit of a break but we are back now. In this episode we get to find out what's been happening at STHQ and what's coming this year. Then Benji and Hannah answer some questions from the forum starting off with a biggy from user Snotrag. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor…
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MUTN Loic Bruni and Dean Lucas Podcast Special
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It’s a bumper Christmas Special ‘double episode’ of the pod! We kick things off with Dean Lucas’ retirement 20 questions, then Loïc Bruni chats winning World Champs in 2022 and the World Cup overall in 2023, his relationship with Finn and Jordan, and the rider he’s “a little bit scared of”. Merry Christmas everyone, it’s a banger! Hosted on Acast. …
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MUTN: Andreas Kolb - Car mechanic to World Cup winner
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It's another stonking podcast episode from Making Up The Numbers. From car mechanic to World Cup winner... In this episode our very special guest is Atherton Racing’s Andi Kolb. There’s also Jack Reading’s retirement 20 questions, and possibly the biggest #teamrumour of all time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Making Up The Numbers with Martin Whiteley & Charlie Hatton
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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.…
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Desert Island Disc Brakes: Charlie Hobbs Retires
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The one about disappointing race experiences
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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. S…
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Making Up The Numbers: Camille Balanche and Benoit Coulanges
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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 ther…
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Mountain Biking Scotland Big Report - What does the future hold?
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Desert Island Disk Brakes with Samantha Soriano - PLUS Bonus magazine content
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Check out Sam's Grounding film here https://singletrackworld.com/2023/06/grounding-with-samantha-soriano/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Making Up The Numbers Fort William Special
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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 Wi…
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The one where Hannah dislocates her shoulder
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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.
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Desert Island Disc Brakes - Jake 100
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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 tr…
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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.
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MUTN Podcast - Tahnee Seagrave & Roger Vieira
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The crank length argument and other nonsense
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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.…
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Ed Masters - Making Up The Numbers S5:E2
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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 mo…
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And where Amanda explains why racing with a tracking chip actually slows her down. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Fort William National Special: Making Up The Numbers
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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 Wi…
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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.
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Making Up The Numbers Downhill MTB Podcast
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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.…
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The Short Travel e-MTBs are Balls Episode
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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.
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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.
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Desert Island Disc Brakes - With Nick Craig and a sprinkling of Rob Warner
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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 is…
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SRAM AXS and The Giant Trance X Elite
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New SRAM AXS, Glucose monitoring and an interview with a Giant Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The budget and click-bait journalism episode
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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 Willia…
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What's up with marketing in the bike industry?
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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 b…
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Is a storm brewing in a China teacup for Taiwan and the bike industry?
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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 Singletr…
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Warranties - turns out they are anything but dull
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In this week's podcast we eventually manage to get Old Man Charlie attached to the interwobble and into the virtual studio in order to chat with Hannah and Mark. Technology gets trickier the older you get... Skateboard tricks just hurt more. When is a warranty claim not a warranty claim, what does a bus shelter have to do with voiding a warranty, a…
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Carry On Camping - Cycling UK and the Dartmoor Camping Ban
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In this podcast we're joined by Sophie Gordon, Cycling UK's Off Road Campaigns Officer. We chat about why the Dartmoor camping ruling matters, and the broader implications for access rights. After a good old moan about this and other things we're not looking forward to in 2023, Hannah, Mark, Benji and Sophie put on their positive pants and look on …
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Making Up The Numbers MTB Podcast With Brook Macdonald
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George, Jack & Emilie round up all of this off season’s #teamrumours & chat with the Bulldog, Brook Macdonald, about his struggles in 2022, a new Mondraker DH bike and the broken back he sustained in 2019. Enjoy... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Making Up The Numbers with Richie Rude and Todd Schumlick
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In this episode… George, Jack & Emilie try & make sense of the new rule changes. Then they chat with 2 x EWS Champion Richie Rude about that DSQ in Innerleithen, his battles with Jack Moir & Jesse Melamed & his return to DH; will there be a new Yeti DH bike? Is there a new Pivot DH bike in the works? There’s definitely a new Intense DH bike & in th…
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Wild Cycling? Does MTB have an image problem?
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