Dakotah Norton – The Pace to Win, Bike Setup and More
Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast
Downtime MTB
4.9 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2023
⏱️ 101 minutes
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Summary
Today I’m joined by Dakotah Norton. Dakotah had his best season ever in 2023 and had the pace to take wins at multiple venues. Hear Dakotah’s thoughts on this season and his time with Intense. We chat about bike setup, the challenge of training at world cup speeds without taking unnecessary risks, how he’s found a way to enjoy racing and much more. So, it’s time to sit back, hit play and listen to this episode with Dakotah Norton.
You can follow Dakotah on Instagram @daknorton and on YouTube here.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, I'm Chris Hall and this is the downtime podcast where we're going to be taking you |
| 0:07.8 | deeper than ever into the gravity base side of mountain biking. This week we've got an awesome offer on |
| 0:12.6 | the must-have 2023 yearbooks from misspent summers, but first just to let you know that we've |
| 0:16.9 | paused the we are one discount code for this week. That's because Weir 1 are holding a mega Black Friday sale |
| 0:22.1 | with discounts that go even deeper and wider than I use your discount codes. |
| 0:25.7 | They got 30% off there to package bar and stem, |
| 0:28.2 | 20% off wheelsets and rims, |
| 0:29.9 | but what's even more amazing is that they've got 20% off their incredible arrival frames. |
| 0:34.4 | So head to WeR1compsets.com to check that out. |
| 0:39.5 | Today, the 2023 yearbooks from Misspent Summers, that's Hurley Burly for Downhill on the World Stage for Enjuro, go on sale. The perfect |
| 0:45.0 | Christmas present for you or a friend or partner who rides. As a downtime list note, you can get 10% |
| 0:49.5 | off the yearbooks and everything else Misspent Summers using the code downtime at misspent summers.com. |
| 0:55.0 | So whether you want yearbooks, downtime EP or some awesome clothing, then you can get 10% off |
| 0:59.9 | your Christmas shopping right now over at misspent summers.com. |
| 1:04.1 | Before we jump into this episode, just a few quick things that I'd like to mention. |
| 1:07.9 | First up, if you want to support the podcast, then you can either set up a regular donation via my Patreon at patreon.com for slash downtime podcast. Or you can grab yourself some merch from downtimepodcast.com forward slash shop. Or you can share the episodes with your friends or on your social media and spread the word. I really appreciate everyone who supports what I do. It really does make a huge difference. So thanks for your support. To get a little more downtime in your life, you can join my newsletter, where I'll provide you with a bit of behind the scenes info on the podcast, interesting bits and pieces from around the mountain bike world, some mini reviews of products that I've been using and like, partner offers and more. You can do that over at downtimepodcast.com for slash newsletter. Also, don't forget to follow the podcast to make sure that you never miss an episode. You can do that over at downtimepodcast.com forward slash newsletter. |
| 1:47.9 | Also, don't forget to follow the podcast to make sure that you never miss an episode. |
| 1:51.0 | You can do that by hitting the follow button in your podcast app right now, |
| 1:56.0 | or there's buttons for all the major platforms over at downtimepodcast.com for slash follow. |
| 2:00.0 | Also, you can listen to today's episode right here, or if you'd prefer to watch it, |
| 2:15.4 | you can now do that over on my YouTube channel, which is YouTube.com forward slash at downtime podcast podcast. I'll also stick a link to that video and everything else that I've mentioned in this intro in the show notes over on my website, downtimepodcast.com. All right, today I'm joined by Dakota Norton. |
| 2:18.1 | Dakota had his best season ever in 2023 and had the pace to take wins at more than one venue. |
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