Jesse Melamed – Staying at the Sharp End of World Enduro

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Downtime MTB

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

4.9 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re joined by Enduro star, Jesse Melamed. After winning the overall in 2022, Jesse made a big move from Rocky Mountain to Canyon, so we sat down to see how it’s going. Hear how Jesse has chosen and setup his bike for the season. We discuss some of the changes he’s made over the past year and the influence that Fabien Barel has had on that. Hear Jesse talk about what it takes to win an EDR these days, along with discussing the state of the sport, the impact of eBike racing and find out if we’ll see Jesse racing downhill any time soon. So, it’s time to sit back, hit play and listen to this episode with Jesse Melamed.

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0:00.0	Just a little bit overcooked.
0:02.6	I don't think you need to race e-bikes to sell e-bikes.
0:05.5	We've had it easy.
0:08.3	Like, I don't want to finish a race and feel like it was easy.
0:10.6	Yeah.
0:10.8	Like, that is, to me, not a World Cup.
0:13.1	Yeah, I think that we are just at the whim of a big corporation now.
0:21.9	Hey, everyone, I'm Chris Hall Hall and this is the downtime podcast where we're going to be taking
0:25.7	you deeper than ever into the gravity-based side of mountain biking.
0:28.9	First up, a quick thank you to our supporting partner, We are One Composites.
0:32.5	For the month of July, downtime listeners can get 20% off all WeR1's convergence rims and
0:37.2	wheel sets. In designing the
0:39.0	convergence range, WeR1 took their tried and tested durability and ride feel and mixed in the very
0:43.9	latest in engineering and material science. The end result is a wheel that not only improves their
0:49.0	already incredible ride feel but increases their impact strength by 32%. We've been using the convergence rims on our
0:56.2	downhill team bike since the beginning of 2023 with zero problems and a whole lot of smiles.
1:01.2	If you want some top quality Wii One wheels in your life and until at the end of July,
1:05.0	you can get 20% off all convergence rims and wheel sets by using the code downtime July at 2024
1:10.5	at the checkout over on we are one
1:12.3	composites.com. That's downtime with a capital D, July with a capital J and the number 24 with no
1:18.8	spaces over at we are one composites.com. All right, just a couple more quick things before we
1:23.8	get stuck into this week's episode. Firstly, make sure you never miss an episode by
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