State of World Cup DH and Enduro: Downtime Debrief Ep.1

Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast

Downtime MTB

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

4.9 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

This is a brand new mini-series, Downtime Debrief. For fans of our ‘Downtime Goes Downhill’ series you’ll know my good friends Ben and Jonny who I’ve been racing downhill alongside for the last two seasons.

For 2025, things are shifting a bit. Our race plans are heading in different directions, and we wanted to create space to talk about more than just our own racing. So four times throughout the year, we’ll be getting together to chat about bikes. Whether that’s our own racing, world cup drama, bikes, tech, products, basically whatever is on our mind.

This is a bunch of fans talking about the sport we love. So if that sounds like your vibe, then settle in for episode one of Downtime Debrief.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm Chris Hall and this is the downtime podcast, the podcast for true fans of
0:08.4	gravity mountain biking, taking you deeper into the sport than anywhere else.
0:12.4	This is a brand new mini-series, downtime debrief.
0:15.3	For fans of our downtime goes downhill series, you'll know my good friends, Ben and Johnny,
0:19.2	who I've been racing downhill alongside for the last two seasons. For 2025, things are shifting a bit. Our race plans are heading
0:26.0	in different directions and we wanted to create space to talk about more than just our own racing.
0:30.8	So four times throughout the year, we'll be getting together to chat about bikes. Whether that's
0:35.4	our own racing, World Cup drama, bikes, tech, products,
0:39.0	basically whatever is on our mind. This is a bunch of fans talking about the sport we love. So if that
0:44.5	sounds like your vibe, then settle in for episode one of downtime debrief, proudly supported by
0:49.7	Fox Racing, Wahu, Continental, Magura and Sprung Suspension.
1:02.5	All right, welcome to downtime debrief, a podcast mini-series where three guys talk about bikes.
1:08.2	I'm joined once again by Johnny and Ben and following on from the success, I'm going to call it,
1:09.4	if downtime goes downhill.
1:11.2	We wanted to switch things up a bit and open up the chance to talk a bit more about more than just our own racing. Maybe that's World
1:15.4	Cups, maybe it's bikes, products that we've been using or things that we want to try, pretty much
1:20.5	just three friends catching up and talking about the thing that they love. With the support of Fox
1:25.0	racing, Wahoo, Continental and Magua, we'll be getting together four
1:29.4	times throughout the season, although it might be less if it's as difficult to get it's
1:33.3	all in one place as yours today. And if there's anything you want to hear from us, then hits up in
1:37.6	the comments on YouTube or send us a message somewhere on the internet and we'll cover those
1:42.9	things off. But yeah, we should start with racing, I think.
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