Jono Jones on Saracen, MAVRIX, returning to racing (ft. Matt Jones)
The Ride Companion
TRC Media House
4.9 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 116 minutes
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Summary
Jono Jones is back for the first Ride Companion episode of 2026 and, Matt Jones joins the chat too!
On this episode Jono talks about his return to Saracen Bikes, his early World Cup years, racing as a junior, learning to manage pressure and why stepping away from results chasing has changed how he rides. Jono also shares insights on his role at MAVRIX, what he actually does, why he left banking to work with Matt, how realistic physics shape the gameplay, and why gaming skills are starting to translate into real world riding. There are also stories from A Slice Of British Pie, North vs South, early career mistakes, kite surfing in South Africa, and Matt Jones joins the episode for some classic stories and brotherly banter!
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| 0:00.0 | So the wind's going that direction. |
| 0:01.7 | You were just trying to go perpendicular to it left and right by edging really hard. |
| 0:06.4 | So the kite's pulling you that way. |
| 0:08.6 | Will you see Ollie's eye when he said that? |
| 0:11.2 | Can you clip that, please? |
| 0:12.6 | Can that be a clip? |
| 0:14.4 | That's the start. |
| 0:17.4 | That's the intro sorted. |
| 0:19.7 | Edging really hard. |
| 0:21.0 | So me and Taylor were just out there knee deep in the water edging hard. |
| 0:34.9 | Hello and welcome to the ride companion. |
| 0:38.0 | This is the first episode of the new year. |
| 0:40.2 | We're continuing an age-old tradition. |
| 0:43.8 | How old is the tradition, Davy? |
| 0:45.3 | I believe this is year four of the tradition. |
| 0:47.8 | Year four of the tradition. |
| 0:48.8 | We've got the one and only Mr. John O'Jones'Jones. |
| 0:52.6 | We! |
| 0:53.9 | Red Lurie! Red L, yellow, Larry, Red Laurie. |
| 0:55.8 | Yeah, honestly. |
| 0:57.4 | Yeah, we've been doing the speech thing. |
| 0:59.5 | Thanks for having me. |
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