Eddie Masters – The State of the Sport (and Himself)
Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast
Downtime MTB
4.9 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2024
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Today, we’re joined by fan favourite, Eddie Masters. We’ll be chatting to Eddie about his 2023 season and the injury he picked up in Loudenvielle. Eddie shares his thoughts on the current state of enduro and downhill and what he’d like to see in the future. Why wasn’t he racing Hardline and will we see him at more in the future? As always, Eddie brings the fun. So, it’s time to sit back, hit play and listen to this episode with Eddie Masters.
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| 0:00.0 | You mentioned this rumor that a juror finishes at the end of 24 and we go ebuyconi from 25. |
| 0:06.1 | I heard a rumor that you'd started that rumor. |
| 0:09.1 | No, no, that is, no. |
| 0:12.1 | No, I have nothing to do with that. |
| 0:13.9 | And I don't think it's true. |
| 0:16.4 | Now, I definitely don't agree with canceling the junior race because I think there's so much to gain. |
| 0:23.1 | You know, you only have limited experience racing in the mud. |
| 0:26.5 | Sometimes I like racing more than riding. |
| 0:29.5 | Interesting. |
| 0:30.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:33.8 | Hey everyone, I'm Chris Hall and this is the downtime podcast where we're going to be taking you deeper than ever into the gravity-based side of mountain biking. |
| 0:41.3 | First up, some quick messages from our supporting partners, We Are One and Magura, as well as the chance to win some awesome Megura MT7HC3 brakes. |
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| 1:00.6 | that's precise and direct, but not punishing to ride. I've been using WeR1's wheels for many |
| 1:05.2 | years now with zero issues and they've always remained tight and true without ever needing to show |
| 1:09.5 | them a spoke key. With their latest convergence wheels, they've turned everything up to 11, |
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| 1:19.7 | We've got them on all the downhill team bikes, and they performed flawlessly all year long. |
| 1:24.5 | For the month of May, WeR1 are offering downtime listeners 20% off all wheel sets. |
| 1:29.4 | So head over to we are 1 composites.com and use the code downtime May 20 at the checkout. |
| 1:34.7 | That's downtime with a capital D, May with the capital M and the number 20 with no spaces over |
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