Matt Walker – Learning from Adversity and Creating a Winning Recipe

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Downtime MTB

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

4.9 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Summary

Today I’m joined by Madison Saracen’s lead rider, Matt Walker. Matt is a super analytical racer with a highly dedicated focus on performance. Matt isn’t the most outspoken rider, but when we do hear from him, you know it’s worth listening to. We chat about the last couple of years for Matt where a series of ups and downs have seen him battle injury, take an overall and secure his first elite World Cup win. Hear how Matt feels about being considered an underdog, how he approached finding the missing performance in 2021, what he does to stay motivated and plenty more. So sit back, hit play and listen to this episode with Matt Walker.

You can follow Matt on Instagram @mattwalkerdh and follow the team @madisonsaracen.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm Chris Hall and this is the downtime podcast where we're going to be taking
0:07.7	you deeper than ever into the gravity-based side of mountain biking. First up, I've got an awesome
0:12.4	new supporting partner to tell you about and that's stashed products. If you've ever wished the
0:16.6	bike storage in your garage was better, then the stash space rail is the answer. It's basically
0:20.8	like a wardrobe rail for your bikes, allowing you to slide bikes across until you get to the one
0:25.1	you want and then lift it out easily. The space rail is a modular rail system that will allow you
0:30.2	to build out a system that can take anywhere between one and 24 bikes. For me and the family,
0:35.2	I've put in a system that can handle up to eight bikes. And when I
0:37.8	fitted it, the first thing my wife said was, wow, that takes up way less space. That's because the stashed base rail has a hook for each bike, which can be spun through 360 degrees and slid along the rail. That means you can spin every other bike through 180 degrees and slide them up really close together. Whichever bite you want to get, it's super simple, you just slide the rest
0:57.2	out of the way and grab it. can spin every other bike through 180 degrees and slide them up really close together.
0:57.8	Whichever bike you want to get, it's super simple, you just slide the rest out of the way and grab it down. The system is universal and it works for all bikes up to a three inch tire.
1:03.4	The system is super well designed and made, making it a breeze to fit. It took me about two hours
1:08.4	to put mine up, but if your garage ceiling Joyce are exposed,
1:11.1	then I think it would take less than an hour. There was minimal packaging and none of the packaging
1:15.2	was plastic, which was great. So if you want convenient, easy to access, yet still space-saving
1:20.4	bike storage, then the stash space rail is the one for you. Because it's so good, it's in crazy
1:25.5	demand right now, so there's not going to be any discounts
1:27.9	floating about. But we do have something special for downtime listeners. If you spend 200 pounds or
1:33.0	more on a space rail system, then downtime listeners get a free set of pedal wraps in their choice of
1:37.8	size worth up to 20 pounds. Just add the pedal wraps to your car and use the code downtime at the checkout.
1:44.4	You've got until the end of February to make the most of that code.
1:46.9	And if you want to save more, then there's currently free shipping worldwide on all systems over £250 until the end of January, 2023.
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