Brendan Fairclough on Signing with SRAM, Monster Energy's DH Move & a Secret Project Reveal
The Ride Companion
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4.9 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Brendog's back in studio and this episode is stacked! On this episode of The Ride Companion Brendan Fairclough pulls back the curtain on his new SRAM deal and why it really happened, the new parts he's running (Boxxer / Maven / XX DH) and what it's like bolting fresh parts on… then riding a brand new custom downhill track in South Africa. Brendog also reveals details of his new travel series and teases which major platform could stream it, the real reason Monster Energy became a title sponsor of the World Cup Downhill series, watching A1 with Troy Lee, Danny MacAskill's mind blowing bridge ride, downhill bike set-up tips and much more!
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| 0:00.0 | Rolling the dice and the flight home with the sh- Jesus wept. |
| 0:04.1 | Oh, no. |
| 0:05.3 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:06.6 | That's, yeah, I was just like a bit worried about that, yeah. |
| 0:14.6 | Hey! |
| 0:22.1 | Welcome. They've got a blow come |
| 0:23.5 | Bren dog's back in the studio |
| 0:26.9 | Happy to you back |
| 0:28.9 | Lovin it |
| 0:29.4 | mate and he's got red on his bike |
| 0:31.5 | Look at it behind you |
| 0:33.1 | Can you see it on the camera actually Doug |
| 0:35.9 | Can you see the new red on the camera? |
| 0:38.5 | Oh dear, that is bad placement. |
| 0:41.7 | Why do you want to get any death grips on your bike? |
| 0:43.9 | Because every single time I go abroad or do a project or go anywhere. |
| 0:49.8 | Actually, no, because they get stolen from my workshop as well. |
| 0:52.9 | But I was in a project in South Africa doing an edit. |
| 0:57.3 | Not for Schramm, but happened to be works out well with Schramm. |
| 1:02.8 | Anyway, when I left, someone nick my pedals and my grips. |
| 1:08.0 | When you say nicked, you gave them to them. |
| 1:10.1 | Yeah, okay. |
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