Richard’s Mountain Bike Show

Jan 19 2023 4
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Richard’s Mountain Bike Show has great topics and great guests talking about everything mountain bike related with a bit of humour thrown in for good measure! I'm pretty useless but i try REALLY hard and i just try to have fun and enjoy my mountain biking as much as possible. I mostly ride in the Forest of Dean but i like to visit the Surrey Hills, Afan, Cwmcarn and Bike Park Wales and i'm in training to ride the Megavalanche as i crashed and burned last year!! If you have ANY suggestions of topics email [email protected]

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Episode 15 | Carla Statham & Ryan Oldfield from TOTALMTB | Anxiety and Mountain Biking

Jan 19 2023 50 mins  
I was thrilled to be able to speak with Carlos Statham, a big supporter of the Mountain bike community that is TotalMTB, and Ryan Oldfield, the founder of TotalMTB. Carla has been suffering from terrible anxiety since a mountain bike crash in 2019, and she very courageously opens up about how difficult it was for her, and how mountain biking and total MTB have helped her.  The

Episode 14 | Danielle Lovett | Girls on Wheels PODCAST

Dec 15 2022 69 mins  
I was absolutely thrilled to chat with Danielle Lovett who has recently set up the GIRLS ON WHEELS PODCAST which is an absolute must for any women thinking about getting into mountain biking to listen to.  Danielle's positivity is infectious and considering the recent struggles she's had - which she very bravely shares with me - her enthusiasm for sharing her love of mountain

Episode 13 | Getting Kids into Mountain Biking | Tips, Tricks and Money Saving advice

Dec 08 2022 48 mins  
I chat with fanatical mountain biking dad Dave Ford about encouraging your children into mountain biking.  We discuss the merits of balance bikes versus stabilizers, whether to buy new or secondhand and why finding the right size bike has nothing to do with wheel-size as you might think. We also chat about the safety equipment you should be looking out for and the one techniqu

Episode 12 | Ashley Carelock | Endurance cyclist

Nov 17 2022 68 mins  
I was thrilled to chat with Ashley Carelock from her home in Colorado about her experience and participation of endurance cycling events. We talk abut her highs and lows including getting attacked by wild dogs during a race. Ashley shares her secrets about the mental toughness required to get through hours and hours of solo cycling in unforgiving terrain and she is completely inspi

Episode 11 | Fat Bikes 101 with Graham Foot

Oct 24 2022 41 mins  
What the heck's the deal with Fat Bikes? Why is it that as soon as people ride one they're hooked? Ever wondered what a Fat Bike is for? Can you ride them all year on all trails? Every wondered why you're seeing more and more Fat Bikes on the trails and why all the riders have a big grin on their faces? Ever wondered why Fat Bike riders are more attractive and sexually appeal

Episode 10 | DIRT FARM | What does it take to run a Mountain Bike park?

Oct 19 2022 41 mins  
I was invited to chat with the lovely people who run DIRT FARM mountain bike centre in South Wales near Abergavenny. I met with Gwenda and Jo Binns who alongside Sean Bevan do an amazing job running the most welcoming mountain bike centre I've ever visited. I chat with them about the history of the farm and the recent rebranding from Black Mountain Cycle Centre [BMCC] to Dirt Far

Episode 9 | What's new in Mountain Biking - Autumn Update

Oct 14 2022 63 mins  
In this episode Richard and Sean look forward to autumn riding and discuss changes they need to make to their bikes. They also discuss new bikes entering the market in the US and UK and talk about emerging trends. Oh yes, Richard talks about Fat Bikes AGAIN, big surprise although for the first time ever he admits that fat bikes do have limitations i.e. they don't like mud! They

Episode 8 | Designing the perfect BikePacking bike with Graham Foot

Oct 07 2022 48 mins  
I chat with mountain bike veteran, bike shop owner and the designer of Smokestone bikes Graham Foot about his brand new design for the perfect Bike-packing bike. Graham has been in the mountain bike industry for over 35 years and launched his own range of Fat Bikes under the Smokestone name some years ago. Graham is still a massive fan of Fat Bikes but is enjoying bikepacking more

Episode 7 | Chatting with GARY FISHER, the father of mountain biking

Oct 03 2022 63 mins  
I was delighted to be able to grab an hour of Gary's time to chat about the role of bikes in urban mobility, the future of ebikes and of course a look back at his past and his influence on mountain biking. It was a genuine pleasure to chat with such a lovely guy whose passion for bikes has not diminished one bit over the many decades he's been a pioneer in the mtb industry. Gary d

Episode 6 | 30 Years in Mountain Biking with Sean White | Part 2

Sep 09 2022 41 mins  
I continue chatting with Mountain Bike veteran and all round great bloke Sean White about trends he’s seen during his career in mountain biking. We discuss topics including are 26” wheels dead? what’s the future of hardtails? Is Carbon still king and a variety of other topics … this is getting dangerously close to being a ‘proper’ podcast so please subscribe as we’re