Downtime Goes Downhill (Racing) – Episode Three – Racing

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Leisure, Health & Fitness, Hobbies, Sports, Wilderness, Fitness

4.9 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Downtime Goes Downhill, a podcast mini-series that’s going to take you with us as we have a go at racing downhill at both a regional and national level.

Chris, Jonathan and Ben are three different riders, with different abilities, strengths, weaknesses, goals and fears. We’ll share our preparation, training and setup. You’ll hear all about our experiences at the races, good and bad. We’ll also be bringing in some of the best in the world to help us improve throughout the year, so hopefully there will be heaps to learn too.

Downtime Goes Downhill wouldn’t be happening without the support of some incredible brands. So a massive thanks to Canyon bikes, Fox suspension, Wahoo Fitness, Fox clothing and protection, Maxxis tyres, Magura brakes and We Are One Composites wheels.

This is episode three and we’re going racing! We sit down for a chat after practice and also after race day to debrief on how it all went. Hear about our different approaches to the weekend, our results, how we feel about them and what we plan to do next. Also a quick thank you to everyone who’s been in touch, it’s great to hear how many of you are following our season. We really hope you’re enjoying coming on this ride with us, so sit back, hit play and listen to episode one of Downtime Goes Downhill.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Down Time Goes Downhill, a podcast mini-series that's going to take you with us as we ever go at racing downhill at both regional and national level.
0:11.9	I'm your host, Chris Hall, and I'll be joined by my good friends, Jonathan Matthews and Ben Thompson.
0:16.4	Three different riders with different abilities, strengths, weaknesses, goals and fears.
0:20.5	We'll share
0:21.1	our preparation, training and set up. You'll hear all about our experiences at the races,
0:25.2	good and bad, and we'll also be bringing in some of the best in the world to help us
0:28.9	improve throughout the year. So there's going to be heaps to learn too. Downtime goes downhill,
0:33.3	wouldn't be happening without the support of some incredible brands. So a massive thank you
0:36.8	to Canyon bikes, Fox suspension, Wihh Fitness, Fox clothing and protection, Maxis Tires, Magua
0:43.0	Brakes and We are One Compass's Wheels. This is episode three and we're going racing. We sit down for a chat
0:49.2	after practice and also after the race day to debrief on how it all went. Hear about our different approaches to the weekend, our results,
0:56.1	how we feel all about them and what we plan to do next.
0:59.0	Also a massive thank you to everyone at the races who came and said hello
1:02.1	and everyone that's been in touch about the project.
1:04.4	It's awesome to hear how many of you are into this and are following our season.
1:08.4	We really hope you enjoy coming on this ride with us.
1:10.8	So without further ado, here's Down Time Goes Downhill, Episode 3.
1:18.9	Okay. We're here in person. And we've actually been riding bikes together for the first time
1:25.0	since the photo shoot, which was in in March we've been in the same
1:29.0	spot riding downhill bikes it's been uh sunny dry dusty pretty incredible and in Wales yeah
1:37.1	pretty incredible day out huh yeah amazing yeah and well I mean it started off pretty well just
1:42.0	the scenery on the drive from where we're staying to the track is like phenomenal. Stunning. Yeah. Like we were in an episode of Top Gear or something on the way over the Moors. Pretty nice way to start the day. Well, yeah, let's go through it a little bit. Unpack the day. Or unpack, pack the cars. Unpack the cars, which have got way too much kit in, to be fair.
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