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Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Chris Ball on the Rise of the EWS, UCI Partnership, E-bikes, and EWS Travel

Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Singletracks.com

Wilderness, Sports

4.7574 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Enduro World Series founding board member Chris Ball talks about how he get into mountain biking, and the motivation for creating a race series outside of XC and DH competition. We find out how the first year of the UCI partnership went, and talk about EWS Travel, a program that lets riders experience iconic EWS destinations around the world.

Chris shares the thinking behind adding the new e-bike race format to the EWS, the future of team competitions like the Trophy of Nations, and mountain bike safety. We also get Chris’s take on the best bike for enduro racing and his own personal favorite places to ride.

This podcast is sponsored by Gloworm Lites. Gloworm is a mountain bike light brand founded almost a decade ago by two mountain bikers in New Zealand, and today the company offers some of the most customizable, highest quality bike lights on the market. Gloworm’s complete line of lights start at 1200 lumens and range up to a blinding 3400 lumens, all at reasonable prices.  glowormlites.co.nz

Save 15% off all light systems on the Gloworm website with the coupon code SINGLETRACKS2020. Shop for lights here: https://www.glowormlites.co.nz/product-category/lights/

--Keep up with the latest in mountain biking at Singletracks.com and on Instagram @singletracks

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0:00.0

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Until the 2nd of February from 11am includes one pre-selected book or toy whilst it's last.

0:20.3

Regular listeners know that I'm a big fan of mountain biking at night, and having a reliable bright light is crucial.

0:26.7

Glowworm is a mountain bike light brand founded almost a decade ago by two mountain bikers in New Zealand,

0:32.7

and today the company offers some of the most customizable, highest quality bike lights on the market.

0:38.3

Glowworm's complete line of lights start at 1,200 lumens and range up to a blinding 3,400

0:44.3

lumens, all at reasonable prices. There are a few things Glowworm does differently that makes

0:49.1

their lights unique and highly customizable. The optics can be swapped at home depending on the types of trails you ride,

0:56.2

and their lights use standard GoPro style and quarter turn mounts. Many of the lights work with a

1:01.8

bar-mounted remote, which can be used to control one or more lights at once. Right now,

1:06.8

Glowworm is offering 20% off all light systems on their website with the coupon code

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single tracks 19 go to glowworm lights.co.n.z that's g-l-o-wirm l-i-es-es dot co-dnz or click the link

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in the show notes to take advantage of this offer.

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your inbox, be sure to sign up for our newsletter. Links to the newsletter and deals page are

1:55.2

in the show notes. Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. My name is Jeff, and today my guest is Chris Ball.

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