The Pinkbike Podcast
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What's Worse, 2nd or 4th Place at World Champs?
Mud, Mayhem & Mustangs: Dan Wolfe Breaks Down Les Gets Chaos
You Asked, We Answered - Listener Questions Edition
Injuries Suck, But They're Part of Mountain Biking
A Quiet Crankworx, New Tire Tech, & Reader Questions
Does Focusing on the Extreme Make Mountain Biking Less Relatable?
Bikes From the Past We'd Still Happily Ride Today
Interview: How Casey Brown Broke Barriers to Transform Women's Freeride Mountain Biking
Getting Nerdy With Bike Geometry
Interview: Lief Rodgers, Rising Canadian Enduro Racer
What Does the Ideal Park Bike Look Like?
The Future of Enduro, Trade Shows, and Mountain Bikes
Interview: Vali Höll On 3 In A Row, Her New Team, & A Game-Changing Frankenstein Bike
Everyone's Favorite Topics: E-Bikes, Wheel Sizes, and Slopestyle
World Cup DH Insights, XC Racing Controversies, and RIP Oliver Tree
MTB Fashion, Pedal Preferences, & Floating Skinnies
Commenting on the World Cup Commentary, Specialized's New Demo, & The DH Bar End Trend
Interview: Nick Lester on DH World Cups, Data Acquisition, & Mass Damper Testing
Peak Bike Season Is Here: Chatting About World Cup Racing, New Product Launches, & Listener Questions
Testing $1,000 Mountain Bikes in the Desert: Value Field Test Recap
Anne Terpstra On a Controversial XCO World Cup and Her Return from Iliac Artery Surgery
China Bike Show, Spy Shots, & Reader Questions
Interview: Hattie Harnden on Her Best Downhill Result To Date, and That Wild Reversed Stem Setup
Till Alran's Aura Farming & The Infamous Hardtail Man: South Korea DH World Cup Field Notes
Matt Made a Mega Mullet
Post-Otter Recap & More Reader Questions
Sea Otter Time - The New Product Flood Continues
Pinkbike Podcast: RockShox’s New Zeb & Lyrik vs. The 1500 W Avinox Wave
MTB Launch Season Has Arrived - The Things We're Testing
Spring is here, which means there's a whole bunch of new MTB gear being released almost every day.
Gee Atherton on Hardline, Bike Development, and His Latest Wild Film Trip to Nepal
Opinions on Dominions and More Listener Questions
Phew, brake week is finally over, but we decided to take a deeper dive into the testing and the results.
Interview: Orbea, TQ, and Fox on Developing an eMTB That Doesn't Feel Like an eMTB
Getting three companies to work on one bike isn't as easy as it should be, but Orbea, TQ, and Fox pulled it off with the new Rallon RS.
What Does It Take to Make it as a Smaller Drivetrain Manufacturer? An Interview With Microshift
We sat down with Microshift's Gus Jeffer and Patrick Chen to learn more about what it takes to navigate patents, and to carve out a place in the competitive drivetrain market.
New Brakes, Suspension, Bikes - It's a Big Week For Product Launches
We're less than two months out from Sea Otter, and the floodgates have started to open, with all sorts of new product launches happening this week.
How Faction Bike Studio Turns Wild Ideas Into Race-Winning Frames
A look inside Faction Bike Studios, the small Quebec company helping develop some of the most exciting bikes on the market.
Why Aaron Gwin is a Threat Again & The Truth About Jackson Goldstone’s Speed
Fresh off a gruelling 20-plus hour travel day from Tasmania, Pinkbike’s own social media correspondent Dan Wolfe sits down with Matt Beer and me to deconstruct the 2026 edition of Red Bull Hardline Tasmania. While the finals were ultimately rained out, Dan provides some on-the-ground insights at the "new school" of freeride-DH builds, noting that the days of "bro-science" are over, replaced by precise measurements and "green-light" marshals.The crew dives into the technical nuances of hitting 70+ km/h features, why Aaron Gwin looked surprisingly dangerous on his new ride, and the rumours surrounding a potential 2026 Canadian stop at Cypress Mountain.Featuring a rotating cast of the editorial team and other guests, the Pinkbike podcast is a weekly update on all the latest stories from around the world of mountain biking, as well as some frank discussion about tech, racing, and everything in between.
Bikes From the 2010s (Or Earlier) That We'd Like to Ride Again
Talking with Jesse Melamed About Semi-Retirement, Racing Downhill, and New Bikes
What's next for Jesse Melamed?
The FBI, a Serial Scammer, and $50k in Stolen Bikes: An Interview with Berm Peak’s Daniel Sapp
A conversation with Pinkbike alum Daniel Sapp, who now handles the day-to-day operations for Seth's Bike Hacks and Berm Peak.
"The Earth is Not a Workbench" - An Interview With Legendary Mechanic Calvin Jones
An insightful chat with a man who knows just about everything there is to know about wrenching on bikes.
Choosing Our Favorite (And Least Favorite) Trail Bikes and E-Bikes - Field Test Roundtable
Kaz, Dario, Stephane, and Matt sit down for an in-depth discussion to go over the best and worst performing bikes at this year's Field Test.
What's Going to Happen in the MTB World in 2026?
Our hot takes on what's on the way this season, plus a look back at our riding stats from 2025, and some reader questions.
Developing and Launching The NEW Giant Anthem
Brett Rheeder on Rampage Risks, What Happened With Title, & A Possible Return to Competition
From Rampage reflections to building Signature and navigating life after Title, Brett talks about the evolution of his riding and his role in mountain biking.
What Sport Would You Do If Mountain Biking Didn't Exist?
Where is Mountain Bike Culture Headed?
For the record, we don't think mountain biking is the new golf.
Gearbox Bikes, Testing Fields, & More
Dario, Kaz, and Matt chat about the latest MTB news and reviews, and introduce the latest Field Test.
Forking Around & Some of Our Favorite Bikes of 2025
Matt, Dario, and Kaz talk about recent reviews, industry turmoil, gear of the year, and dig into some reader questions.
MTB Tech Innovations We're Still Waiting For
Where's the dropper post that goes up and down with the push of a button?
Night Riding, New Bikes, & Carbon Pickleball Paddles
Spooky riding season is here in the Northern Hemisphere.