What’s Happening With World Cup Racing in 2024 and Beyond?
Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast
Downtime MTB
4.9 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2024
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Today I’m joined by Ben and James from Misspent Summers to talk about what’s going on in enduro and downhill world cup racing. Between us, we’ve experienced both disciplines online and on-site this season, so we thought we’d get together to share our thoughts on the coverage and the racing. We also wanted to cover some of the more persistent rumours that are floating around right now about the potential changes to downhill racing in 2025. So, it’s time to sit back, hit play and listen to this episode with Ben and James from Misspent Summers.
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| 0:00.0 | If it's going to be introduced next year, teams and riders probably need to be told right now or a couple of months ago or years ago. |
| 0:11.2 | Good to see new venues, take it to new countries, new people being able to see the sport live. |
| 0:20.1 | I think that's awesome. |
| 0:21.1 | And I assume it's in their plan to go further afield as well. |
| 0:25.1 | Yeah, they must be really like on the edge of their seats all day. |
| 0:32.3 | Hey everyone, I'm Chris Hall and this is the downtime podcast where we're going to be taking |
| 0:36.5 | you deeper than ever into the gravity-based side of mountain biking. First up, a quick thank you to our supporting partner |
| 0:42.0 | Goreware. If you're seeking the highest quality clothing for cycling in all weather conditions, |
| 0:46.6 | Goreware has you covered. Their technical products are backed by quality engineering and innovation |
| 0:51.1 | ensuring durability and performance. You've probably heard of their most |
| 0:55.0 | famous product, Gortex, but they also offer a full range of riding gear beyond their top-notch waterproofs. |
| 1:01.2 | One standout product is the Endure Waterproof Gortex jacket, which I absolutely love, but I've |
| 1:05.7 | also been using the Trailkeeper short-sleeved jersey paired with their Passion pants. Both |
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| 1:21.0 | and I'm about to make it even better for downtime listeners. Right now, anyone can get 25% off |
| 1:26.4 | when bundling a top and bottom in the same cart. |
| 1:29.3 | This could be a trailkeeper jersey and passion pant combo like me, or you can explore their |
| 1:33.4 | gravel, road and running ranges too. For downtime listeners though, you can enjoy 35% off until |
| 1:39.1 | the end of August, 2024, on all your bundles by using the code downtime 35 at the checkout on goreware.com. |
| 1:46.4 | That's downtime, all in capitals, followed by the number 35 with no spaces. |
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