Do You REALLY Need to Get Better at Mountain Biking?

Do you REALLY need to keep getting better at riding? Davi and Olly tackle your listener questions from Dyfi Bike Park.

After recording with Gee Atherton and photographer Dan Griffiths, we stayed behind for a conversation about MTB progression, getting older on a bike, fear of crashing and the future of enduro racing. Olly apparently completes mountain biking, Davi explains why racing the pro category backfired and, we discuss why the way most of us ride our bikes has been so difficult to turn into a spectator sport.

Things also get deep as we talk about the pressure to keep chasing the next thing, struggling to switch off from work, how fatherhood changes your priorities and why returning to your favourite hobby doesn't always recreate the feeling you remember.

Also we chat dream mountain bike road trips, helping your local trail builders, our new studio and a potentially questionable plan for the TRC Christmas Ride raffle. We were also both sick, it was freezing cold and we were losing light... ENJOY!

Join us for the TRC Christmas Ride at BikePark Wales on 12 December!

See Davi at Kendal Mountain Festival

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