Team Rumours, Podcast BTS and More – Downtime Debrief Episode 4

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Downtime MTB

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

4.9 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the final episode of Downtime Debrief for 2025 and our last episode before Christmas.

As many of you will know, this is 3 friends and fans of the sport, chatting about what we love. In this episode, we talk about our World Cup withdrawal, our favourite 2026 team rumours and our own plans to return to downhill racing next year. Ben and Jonny then turn the tables and grill me about the podcast. There’s heaps to talk about, so sit back, hit play and listen to this final episode of Downtime Debrief with me, Ben and Jonny.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Should we talk about rumors?
0:01.2	Everyone wants Dack and Gwynne on frameworks, right? Like the All-American Dreamer. It would be so good. It's all right. He was a bit enduro curious. He scratched that itch. And now he's coming back into the downhill fold. I'll beat him on the track. I'm going to, I'm going to kill him in the car park. What's the biggest podding disaster of your career?
0:23.0	That's a horrible question to answer, isn't it?
0:25.2	Because you're like...
0:26.1	All right, good people, welcome to the final episode of downtime debrief for 2025
0:34.1	and our last episode before Christmas.
0:36.6	Downtime debrief is proudly sponsored by Fox Racing, Wahoo, Continental, Magura and Sprung Suspension,
0:42.6	and I want to thank all of them for their support for the series this year.
0:45.8	We really couldn't have done it without them.
0:47.9	As many of you will know, this is three friends and fans of the sport chatting about what we love.
0:52.6	In this episode, we talk about our World Cup withdrawal,
0:55.4	our favourite 26 team rumours,
0:57.6	and our own plans to return to downhill racing next year.
1:00.7	Ben and Johnny then turn the tables and grill me about the podcast.
1:04.2	There's heaps to talk about, so without further ado,
1:06.6	here's me, Ben and Johnny.
1:12.1	All right, the final episode of the year of downtime debrief.
1:15.6	Once again, Johnny and Ben are not in the building, but in the online building.
1:21.8	Plenty to chat about before the year ends.
1:24.5	Johnny, how's the World Cup withdrawal?
1:26.8	We're a good few weeks out of the season now.
1:29.3	Yeah, it's been hitting me hard. There was definitely a period post the finals in Mont Saint Anne where
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