Phil Atwill Talks Style, Mental Health, Team Management, Downhill and More
The Ride Companion
TRC Media House
4.9 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2025
⏱️ 107 minutes
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Phil Atwill is on The Ride Companion Podcast! In this episode, Phil joins Olly and Davi to talk about his incredible career (so far), from making riding fun at Aston Hill and earning his first pay cheque as a pro, to dealing with injuries, pressure, and the infamous 2017 hardtail World Cup protest run. He talks about his long-standing relationship with Propain Bikes and how it inspired the creation of the Propain Positive Team, his move to Greece, and why he's so dedicated to growing the local MTB scene.
Phil also opens up about the state of downhill racing, mental health, and balancing competition with creative projects like Flow State 2. Along the way we dive into urban downhill madness, his honest thoughts on Rampage, the "prison bus" team van, product development with sponsors, and even some strong words for British Cycling plus much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Obviously, when I first moved there, my Greek wasn't very good. |
| 0:03.4 | So I'm at the petrol station trying to ask this guy for like 20, 30 quid of fuel. |
| 0:07.2 | And I'm just like, 5, 10, 15, 20. |
| 0:09.5 | He thinks I'm just telling him to get... |
| 0:11.0 | Oh, no. |
| 0:14.7 | How are you meant to know? |
| 0:15.8 | Yeah, yeah, yeah. |
| 0:24.6 | Yeah. Oh, hang on. |
| 0:26.0 | Are you doing it? |
| 0:26.9 | Yeah, I'll do it. |
| 0:27.8 | You start with an advert? |
| 0:30.5 | Are we already on the ad? |
| 0:32.4 | That is a brilliant start. |
| 0:34.5 | Welcome Filthy Phil, who's actually ill-filled today. |
| 0:37.4 | We! You're all right. who's actually ill, Phil today. Yay. |
| 0:56.5 | You're right, you are actually ill, aren't you? I do feel bad. Yeah, I don't know. I was trying to be ill this morning, and then my Mrs. Cat was like, no, you're just looking for excuses. But I'm all right. I've got Lemsip, ready to go. Nice. Ill, Phil, at will. Well, the vibes change slightly now with the cameras on, I've noticed. Do you reckon so? Yeah, like slightly. Really? Yeah. A little bit, a little bit. Oh no, I think you're making it up. It's our job to try and make that not a thing. Yeah, yeah. Right, go on then. Is your lempset working yet? I've had a pill, a lemset pill, and I've got, yeah, I think we're good. |
| 1:13.6 | Truth serum, think we're good truth |
| 1:13.9 | serum that we drop in now exactly yeah the company the company lempsip everyone who walks the door |
| 1:21.8 | we're like you're sure you're right you seem a bit ill lem Lempsey. Mate, I hope to have you on. |
| 1:28.3 | We've wanted to have you on for a long time. |
| 1:30.4 | Thank you. |
| 1:30.9 | Yeah. |
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