The Retro MTB Challenge, Looksmaxxing, Bosch Updates & Social Media Addiction Lawsuits
The Ride Companion
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4.9 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 115 minutes
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Davi and Olly sit down for a proper catch-up episode! On this episode of The Ride Companion Davi talks about getting back on the regular bike, crashing on his own and setting a retro bike challenge. Olly shares what the first month of being a Dad has been like and his tips for trying to ride more. The lads also chat about looksmaxxing, noise cancelling tech, the new Bosch ebike Update, META being sued over social media addiction, try some weird foods from the Igloo cooler, share watching and listening recommendations, discuss the enhanced games and loads more.
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| 0:00.0 | I couldn't manual for shit. |
| 0:24.4 | It was a long time ago, but we went to Australia me and my friend. We both had jump bikes, and our house, a little apartment, was on the bottom of this long drive. So every night, we just learned to, we just did manuals. What, you mean you didn't learn using a manual trainer? That I'm mad, isn't it? Yeah. |
| 0:22.5 | Those things, dude. |
| 0:24.4 | Tell you what. I remember you saying this before. |
| 0:27.1 | Those things blow my mind. |
| 0:29.4 | Are we in? Sorry, I wasn't sure if it was a... I just thought I'd start a clap. Yeah, all right, nice. We actually didn't even use our cool clapboard. We didn't, mate. Still says Danny Hart on it. I know. Good episode though, wasn't it? Fantastic episode. Yeah, that is out. |
| 0:54.7 | It is out. |
| 0:55.2 | That is out. |
| 0:55.7 | It is out. |
| 0:57.4 | All right. |
| 0:57.8 | We'll catch us next week for more. |
| 0:59.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:00.4 | That was great. |
| 1:01.3 | Good episode. |
| 1:03.4 | How are you? |
| 1:04.6 | Fantastic. |
| 1:05.5 | Good. |
| 1:06.2 | How are you? |
| 1:07.1 | Yeah, good, dude. |
| 1:08.1 | No, I'm actually all right. |
| 1:09.5 | Yeah? Yeah, I think so, man. |
| 1:11.0 | Good. |
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