Episode 261 - Greg Minnaar on Blank Chequebooks, Winning Culture & How to Truly Test a Bike

The Pinkbike Podcast

Pinkbike

Sports, News

4.8 • 718 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

When Greg Minnaar left the Santa Cruz Syndicate, it was about as big of a news story as you get in mountain bike racing. A rider who went against the very best of each generation, it was at one time impossible to think of him racing for anyone other than the Californian brand. One season later, to say he's landed on his feet would be an understatement. His 2024 racing season didn't unfold as he would have hoped, but he rounds out the year with a World Cup podium, fresh motivation, and a partnership with a brand he seems to be very well aligned with, even if now it's about helping other riders win, and not his own racing ambitions. Brian and I caught up with him to talk about old bikes, blank chequebooks and the lucky number 13.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to a very special edition of the Pink Bike podcast.
0:15.0	This one is presented by Norco and I'm joined by Pink Bikes, Brian Park, which is very exciting, but more so possibly is we're joined by Greg Monart, who is visiting Norco in Vancouver.
0:26.5	Now, for those of you that might have seen the Norco just set Getting Started series, which also appeared on the Pink Bike homepage.
0:33.4	All of that, all of those episodes have led us up to this moment.
0:37.1	And so if you want a bit of background or anything we talk about,
0:39.5	there's a good chance that we covered or at least, you know,
0:41.7	mentioned at least in this past year in that series.
0:44.7	If you wanted a more in-depth focus.
0:47.3	Today we're going to talk about lots and lots and lots of things.
0:51.6	Brian, in an uncharacteristic bit of nice preparation from our end,
0:56.0	we've actually got a list of bikes here.
0:57.6	Can you explain this fun little game?
1:00.2	I just thought we'd start with, you know, Greg's.
1:02.5	How many years have you been racing on the World Cup?
1:05.1	Ah, it could be what?
1:06.8	I think my first World Cup was in 98.
1:09.7	I looked it up.
1:10.4	I'm prepared.
1:15.5	Actually, 97 I raced the World Cup in Stirlmauch in South Africa.
1:15.9	Okay.
1:18.0	So 98 was, yeah.
1:18.4	Okay.
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