Poland 2024 – Pre-Race Show
Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast
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4.9 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Alright folks, World Cup Downhill is back for round two in the brand new venue of Bielsko-Biala in Poland and this is your Maxxis tyres pre-race show, where I’ll be joined by coach to the stars, Chris Kilmurray to get the inside line on what to expect. So sit back, hit play and listen to this Poland World Cup pre-race show with Chris Kilmurray.
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| 0:00.0 | All right folks, World Cup downhill is back for round two in this brand new venue of Biesco Biala in Poland |
| 0:09.5 | and this is your Maxis Tires pre-race show with Coach to the Stars Chris Kill Murray. Maxis is synonymous |
| 0:15.7 | with racing and is the name that comes to mind when you think of performance. It's no surprise then |
| 0:20.3 | that they've won more than any other brand in the history of World Cup racing. No matter where or how you ride, Maxis has the tyres for you with a wide range of tread patterns, casing and compound options. On my Enduro bike, I'm running the DHR 2, Max Terra, double down on the rear, paired with the Asagai Max grip up front with their slightly lighter XO plus casing, which I find is tough enough for basically all the riding I do. The downhill |
| 0:42.9 | bike has DHR2's front and rear, both with the DH casing and using their super grippy |
| 0:47.6 | max grip compound. You can check out the entire range of Maxis tires over at maxis.com and find |
| 0:53.3 | the tires at your local Maxis dealer. You can also give them a follow on Instagram where they're of Maxis tires over at Maxis.com and find the tires at your local Maxis dealer. |
| 0:55.4 | You can also give them a follow on Instagram where they're at Maxis Bike. |
| 0:59.3 | All right, this weekend we're headed to a brand new track in Poland for round two of this year's |
| 1:03.4 | World Cup. No one really knows quite what to expect, but you can guarantee that the rating |
| 1:07.9 | is going to be wild. So here's your Maxis Tires pre-race show with Chris Kill Murray. |
| 1:16.5 | Chris Kill-Murray, welcome back to the podcast. |
| 1:19.1 | You've had a little bit of time. |
| 1:21.7 | I would say off, but I know you've been busy between Fort William and travelling out to Poland, |
| 1:25.9 | but how's things? |
| 1:26.9 | Well, it feels like I never left. It's been good. It's always a tight turnaround. The one week between races, you kind of get home and barely unpack, start thinking about repacking, do a bit of work between the races, whatever it is you need to do. Like I told you, my slow internet's been killing the post-r but yeah it's it's been good i think everyone |
| 1:46.0 | is just really excited to get to get to poland and see something brand literally brand new never |
| 1:51.1 | before seen you know yeah definitely man we'll talk about that in a little bit but i'm keen to get your |
| 1:55.2 | like highlights and thoughts from from fort william i know you're very analytical and you will |
| 2:00.0 | have gone away and looked at |
| 2:01.1 | what went on in kind of detail post event give us some highlights from your perspective from what |
| 2:07.3 | you saw in fort william well you got me on the spot now i should have prepped more for this |
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