Martyn Ashton on Why Mountain Bikers Need to Show Up for Mountain Biking
The Ride Companion
TRC Media House
4.9 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 134 minutes
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In this episode of The Ride Companion, mountain bike legend Martyn Ashton joins us for one of our most honest, funny and important conversations yet. We talk about Martyn's latest project, Rideable Now and why he believes mountain bikers need to show up for mountain biking. During the episode Martyn gives the usual dose of self deprecation to powerful reflections on injury, identity and access. Rideable Now exists to help riders with life changing injuries and disabilities get back on the trails through adaptive mountain bikes, community support and real opportunities to ride again.
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| 0:00.0 | Are you, have you, no, I'm just on my emails. |
| 0:03.0 | I was looking, looking for the way. |
| 0:04.0 | Oh, you're doing what you were chat. |
| 0:04.8 | No, I thought he was chat. |
| 0:06.0 | No, I was just showing him what I was on. |
| 0:07.3 | I wasn't on chat gbt. |
| 0:08.1 | You're doing your emails? |
| 0:09.5 | No, no. |
| 0:11.7 | Wait, what? |
| 0:15.4 | My ego just took quite the kick in there. |
| 0:21.0 | He's doing his email. |
| 0:23.3 | And he just said it out loud. |
| 0:25.6 | I'm so sorry. |
| 0:26.6 | He didn't even go to the video. |
| 0:28.6 | You, that's exactly what you meant. |
| 0:31.2 | Because that's exactly what you were doing. on your back |
| 0:42.0 | did you remember rocks once |
| 0:43.3 | did you used to wear rocks |
| 0:44.6 | were you promoting rocks |
| 0:46.3 | no i wasn't i think i bought one once |
| 0:49.2 | but yeah i remember rocks t-shirts |
| 0:51.4 | they were always in mbukk like advertised to fight about everywhere. Is it that little characters? Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. I'm nervous about me, Mike move. What about? Did that look pretty pro then when I did that? Was sweat. Remember those? No, that sound fucking sick. No, you remember those? What's the t-shirts that changed colour with sweat? No. Do you mean grey t-shirts? |
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