Walker Shaw Talks Team Management, Fast Family and More
Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast
Downtime MTB
4.9 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Walker Shaw has a long background of riding and racing across multiple cycling disciplines and today is the team manager for the Union. We sat down during the Les Gets World Champs to find out all about him. Hear about growing up and racing with his brother Luca. We chat about his transition into team management, get his thoughts on the Discovery takeover, the impact that has on team managers, the future of the sport and plenty more. So sit back, hit play and listen to this episode with Walker Shaw.
You can follow Walker on Instagram @walkershaw and follow the Union @join.the.union.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, I'm Chris Hall and you're listening to the downtime podcast where we delve deep into the gravity-based side of mountain biking. |
| 0:10.5 | First up, I want to thank our supporting partner for the month, Sprung Suspension, who've got a great deal for you. |
| 0:16.1 | It's been a long summer and I'm sure many people's bikes could benefit from a suspension service. |
| 0:21.1 | Sprung is run by Jake Ireland, who's got years of experience on the World Cup circuit and is |
| 0:25.4 | currently the team race engineer at MS Mondraker. |
| 0:28.4 | So they were my first choice when I wanted to get my suspension running at its best for the |
| 0:32.2 | Tweed Valley EWS earlier this year. |
| 0:34.7 | Sprung aren't a service factory that smash out forks and shocks all day long. |
| 0:38.3 | They take the time with each customer to understand the rider, their bike and their current |
| 0:42.0 | settings so they can return your forks and shop with the optimum settings, any necessary |
| 0:46.5 | internal tuning and ensure that you're on the best possible setup, whether you're a World Cup |
| 0:51.0 | racer or a regular rider like me. The team have experience of working |
| 0:54.8 | with suspension companies, bike companies and World Cup race teams so you can be sure that they know |
| 0:59.3 | what they're talking about. My bike was so much better to ride after they'd given my |
| 1:03.6 | suspension some TLC. Sprung are super flexible so you can send your suspension there or if you're |
| 1:08.6 | nearby you can do pickups and drop-offs. They will do their best to make it work for you. As a downtime listener, Sprung are given you 10% |
| 1:15.4 | off service and tuning until the 15th of November. All you need to do is to use the code |
| 1:20.2 | downtime 22 over at sprung suspension.com. That's downtime or one word followed by the number 22 |
| 1:26.8 | over at sprung suspension.com. |
| 1:29.7 | While you're here, don't forget to subscribe or follow the podcast so you never miss an episode. |
| 1:33.8 | There's buttons to help you get that done over at downtimepodcast.com for slash subscribe. |
| 1:38.8 | Merch is available if you want to support the show. There's t-shirt, sweatshirts, |
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