The OTB Podcast

Zerode is going World Cup racing! Ali Quinn, co-owner of Zerode Bikes joins us to discuss their new team of Sam Blenkinsop and Taylor Vernon who will be piloting the G3 downhill bike this season. We dive into the why, the how and the who of the new team!

We are back for 2024 and why not kick it off with an episode of team rumours! Some facts, some totally ripped off theories and as per usual, plenty of random chat and shoe horning in some 26" wheeled content!

Hallucinations, massive bonks, incidents with birds, bears and angry American road workers and thats barely scratching the surface of the tales from Matt Fairbrother as he joins us to tell us some insane stories from his time on the road bikepacking between EWS/EDR races over the last two years.

The boys are joined this week by Whaka 100 winner Craig Oliver to learn how you're actually supposed to do the race and do well at it! It was a mixed bag from the OTB team with the overall theme of the day being uncontrollable cramping, Lester's ability to lose water bottles and KB eating way too many gels in a single day. Join us for the highs (mostly Craig) and the lows (mostly us) of the Whaka...

KB, Red Dog & Chris are back to break down the Snowshoe and Mt Sainte Anne World Cups covering everything from team rumours, has the Discovery take over been better, what is really going on under the covers of the Demo and more!

Benoit from Accounts has gone and won his first World Cup! KB & Red Dog are joined this week by GT Factory Racing mechanic Matt Clarke to break down the madness of the Les Gets World Cup, team rumours, gossip from the pits and more. Matt brings some (actual) knowledge from inside the paddock this week!

What a race! A brand new track for the World Cup circuit and a good one at that made for some epic racing, lots of mistakes, big changes in overall points and plenty of drama to recap. Jump in with KB, Red Dog, Chris and Lester as they unpack everything that was the Loudenvielle Downhill World Cup.

KB, Red Dog & Chris are back in studio to discuss all of the drama from the Andorra World Cup, what could have been such a good raced ended up being a bit of a shambles but there was still plenty to discuss!

KB, Red Dog and Chris are back to breakdown the 2023 World Championships from the iconic Ft William. An anything but predictable race that was damn near impossible to watch if you were from New Zealand! A Kiwi podium sweep for the Junior women, Blenki winning the 1980's class, power rankings and more!

World Cup Downhill, EWS, E-EWS and now Ultra Endurance Bikepacking, Joe Nation has just about done it all! We catch up with Joe to talk about his move into the world of Ultra Endurance Bikepacking, what motivated it, how he prepares and of course some unreal stories about his race at the Tour Divide where he finished up third on his first attempt! Don't forget you can save 15% at troyleedesign...

The usual suspects are back to round up the action from round three of the World Cup Downhill Series at Val Di Sole. Kieran Bennett and James Rennie are joined by Chris Vanderkolk and Lester Perry to discuss all the hot takes from the weekend along with some Canazei EDR and listener questions too. Don't forget to leave us a review and a rating. Like, share, subscribe! You can save 15% at Troyleede...

The boys are back! (Minus Lester) Live from the Khandallah studio, KB, Red Dog and Chris get together to breakdown the hot topics of the Leogang World Cup, Andy Kolb's win, Jacky Coldstones near perfect run, why KB hates night riding and many more hot topics! Don't forget to support those that support us! Smith bringing the clear vision with Chromapop and protection for your head with their patent...

The World Cup Downhill season has started and what a race it was! Your favourite podcast is back to wrap up the action with KB & Red Dog joined in studio by regular co-hosts Lester and Chris to break down everything from the broadcast, the new racing format, prototype bikes, blacked out Maxxis tyres and of course the historic wins of Rachel Atherton and Jordon Williams! Don't forget to support...

Red Dog, KB & Lester are back to talk about damn near everything in the bike world, theres downhill chat, enduro, XC, Giro d'Italia and everyones favourite, gravel! We also draw the Smith Network helmet winner so make sure you listen! Don't forget you can save 15% at troyleedesigns.co.nz storewide with the code "otbpodcast"

This week we're joined by Mr World Wide himself, Eddie Masters! We've known Eddie since the early days of him racing downhill in New Zealand and this was a fun episode to record, we go back to where it began and hear about how taking some time off bikes to go to Uni helped make racing a career for him. There's no shortage of laughs and good stories when it comes to Eddie! For 2023 we h...

KB and Red Dog are joined by Chris Vanderkolk and Lester Perry to wrap up what happened over the Summer in NZ. National Champs, Crankworx, wake surfing, we cover it all!

We're finally back! Cam Cole joins us this episode to talk about his role with GT Factory Racing, what he's been up to over the off season, changes to the UCI World Cup DH series and more! Note: We've just changed to a new recording platform and have some audio kinks to work out, so bare with us!

Brook MacDonald joins KB and Red Dog In The Hot Seat this week to discuss just about everything! From where mountain biking and racing started for him, travelling the world as a teenager with Wyn Masters, winning a Junior World Downhill Championship, joining the Red Bull family, winning a World Cup, his years riding for Martin Whitely on the powerhouse Trek World Racing Team and his incredible ret...

Sam Blenkinsop needs no introduction when it comes to downhill racing, he has been racing the World Cup Series for 17+ years and has done it all from being a NZ National Champ to having the most elite DH wins in the NZ National Series history to being a World Cup winner, its hard to find something Sam hasn't won! For 2023 Sam has set up his own privateer deal with Crestline Bikes so he joins KB an...

With the 26" National Champs rapidly approaching we decided to do a fantasy draft of the best 26" DH bikes from four different eras. If you're a fan of downhill racing in the golden age, aka everything pre 27.5" then you will surely enjoy this trip down memory lane! Don't forget to subscribe, give us a 5 star rating and share the podcast with your friends!

In the hot seat this week we have one the best freeride mountain bikers to ever come out of New Zealand, Conor MacFarlane. Conor is quite possibly one of the only people in the world that has competed at both a XC World Championships and Red Bull Rampage and has some very interesting stories. Don't forget to like, subscribe and share with your friends!

In the hot seat this week we have the Kiwi who has very rapidly climbed the Enduro World Series Ranks, Charlie Murray. We talk about where he came from, his very eventful first EWS rounds and now to the point of winning stages. Charlie is one of the friendliest guys you'll ever meet at the races and has some epic stories! (Apologies for some dodgy audio!) If you enjoy this one, check out our episo...

In our new Rider Chats series we catch up with the current NZ National Downhill Champion, George Brannigan. George had a fairly up and down 2022 season and it was great to get some insights into what happened and how he felt moving on to the United Ride NS team. Rider Chats is going to be a semi-regular series over the NZ Summer where we will catch up with New Zealand's top racers, legends of the...

Red Dog is back, KB is always here and were joined again by none other than Chris Vanderkolk to wrap up the amazing World Cup Downhill Finals from Val Di Sole. Cam Cole leaves us on seen once again, Chris talks downhill ski racing and we have a game changing announcement that you won't want to miss!

Red Dog has gone AWOL but semi regular co-hosts Lester Perry and Chris Vanderkolk pick up the slack to talk all things World Champs from Les Gets from how incredible Bruni's winning run was and how it made all the others kind of boring, to whats up with the custom painted bikes...