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Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast

Fort William World Champs 2023 – Post-Race Show

Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast

Downtime MTB

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

4.9628 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

World Champs in Fort William delivered us some incredible racing. A lovingly updated track increased the pace and the riders rose to the challenge with some amazing performances. So sit back, hit play and listen to this Fort William World Champs post-race show with Neko Mulally and Olly Morris.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

All right, World Champs went off this weekend in Fort William.

0:07.0

So it's time for your Maxis Tires post-race show to get the inside line on what went on.

0:11.6

Maxus is synonymous with racing and is the name that comes to mind when you think of performance.

0:16.3

It's no surprise then that they've won more than any other brand in the history of World Cup and EDR racing.

0:21.4

No matter where or how you ride, Maxis has the tires for you with a wide range of tread patterns,

0:25.9

casing and compound options. My Enduro bikes run in a DHR 2, Max Terra double down on the rear

0:31.2

for a bit of extra wear resistance paired up with the Assegai Max grip up front in their slightly

0:35.9

lighter XO plus casing. On the downer bike, I'm running a DHR2, front and rear, both with the DH casing and their super grippy max grip compound. And both those setups are working really well for me. Also, the team got their maxis shorties out for the mud at National Champs a couple of weeks ago and took home a fifth and a third place. Incredible set of tyres. You can check out the

0:54.5

entire range of Maxis tires over at Maxis.com and find the tires at your local Maxis dealer. You can

1:00.0

also give them a follow on Instagram where they're at Maxis Bike. All right, World Champs delivered

1:04.9

us some incredible racing. A lovingly updated track increased the pace and the riders

1:09.3

rose to the challenge with some amazing performances.

1:12.1

So without further ado, I'm joined by Nico Malawi and Ollie Morris for our Maxis Tire's

1:16.4

post-race show for the World Champs, 2023 in Fort William.

1:23.6

All right, Fort William World Champs went off.

1:27.3

It's been an insane week up in the highlands

1:29.8

of Scotland. Even better to have you two guys in the same place for the first time this year, Nico

1:35.9

and Olli. Welcome. We're in Nico's breakfast room at their accommodation. If there's a bit of an

1:41.4

echo, it's a lovely little spot nice view out over the lock

1:44.3

nico first race of the year or first world level race the year done a few little bits back at home

1:50.6

how are you feeling like how's this uh ongoing recovery going it's cool to see you back at the big

1:56.8

events yeah i was so stoked to be back racing um i made the u s team so i came and gave

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