Latest Ride Companion Podcast Episodes & News

10 Years of The Ride Companion

10 Years of The Ride Companion

Ten years ago, I recorded the first version of this podcast from my bedroom in my parents house without a proper microphone, any broadcasting experience or much idea what I...
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Sam ‘Dave’ Hockenhull From Manchester City Academy to Professional Mountain Biker

Sam ‘Dave’ Hockenhull From Manchester City Academy to Professional Mountain Biker

Sam 'Dave' Hockenhull joins Olly and Davi for his first appearance on The Ride Companion. Sam explains how he went from Manchester City football academy to becoming one of mountain...
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Mathew Pritchard Talks Sobriety, Fame, The Road Of Excess & Life After Dirty Sanchez

Mathew Pritchard Talks Sobriety, Fame, The Road Of Excess & Life After Dirty Sanchez

Mathew Pritchard is best known as one of the stars of MTV’s Dirty Sanchez but, this chat goes far beyond the stories everyone has already heard... In this episode, Mathew...
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Alan Milway on adidas Tech, World Cup Politics & the Secret to Going Faster

Alan Milway on adidas Tech, World Cup Politics & the Secret to Going Faster

Alan Milway joins Davi and Olly for an inside look at the Norco x adidas Race Division and the realities of coaching riders at the sharp end of the UCI...
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Stag Do Refunds, Ghost Stories & Strava Crimes - Listener Questions Special

Stag Do Refunds, Ghost Stories & Strava Crimes - Listener Questions Special

This week on The Ride Companion, Davi and Olly dive into a listener questions special… which very quickly turns into rants about stag do refunds, billionaires, ghosts, Morzine, beer vs...
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Andrew Neethling Talks Mass-Start Banter, World Cup Bench Racing & DH’s Biggest Debates

Andrew Neethling Talks Mass-Start Banter, World Cup Bench Racing & DH’s Biggest Debates

Andrew 'Needles' Neethling joins The Ride Companion for a full race-chat episode covering the current state of World Cup downhill, the brutal new qualifying format, Luca Shaw missing finals after...
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Sam Reynolds & Euan Bowen On Concussions, Crashes & Brain Health In MTB

Sam Reynolds & Euan Bowen On Concussions, Crashes & Brain Health In MTB

Crashing is part of mountain biking but, how much do we really understand about what happens to the brain when we hit our head?On this episode of The Ride Companion,...
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Olly's Dream MTB Trip, Vanta Jam Chaos & World Cup Dramas

Olly's Dream MTB Trip, Vanta Jam Chaos & World Cup Dramas

Davi and Olly are back in studio for a proper catch-up episode covering everything from Vanta Jam to Olly’s dream trip to Japan, Luca Shaw’s first Downhill World Cup win,...
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Nathan Bennett Explains Why Japan Might Be Mountain Biking’s Best Kept Secret

Nathan Bennett Explains Why Japan Might Be Mountain Biking’s Best Kept Secret

Olly Wilkins is in Minakami, Japan for a special bonus episode of The Ride Companion with MTBJapan founder Nathan Bennett. Nathan moved from New Zealand to Japan 30 years ago...
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32” Wheel Debate, Sea Otter, Japan Loam Hunting & Mexico Street Race Builds

32” Wheel Debate, Sea Otter, Japan Loam Hunting & Mexico Street Race Builds

This week on The Ride Companion, Davi and Olly are finally back in the studio for a proper catch-up after a wild few weeks of travel and big life moments....
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Matt Cipes: Marin Bikes Product Boss On The Future Of MTB & E-Bike Development

Matt Cipes: Marin Bikes Product Boss On The Future Of MTB & E-Bike Development

On this episode of The Ride Companion, we’re joined by Matt “Cippy” Cipes from Marin Bikes.Cippy is Marin’s Category Manager for performance mountain bikes, which means he plays a huge...
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Wyn Masters Shares What Really Happened In South Korea

Wyn Masters Shares What Really Happened In South Korea

Wyn Masters is back on The Ride Companion after a brutal crash at the opening round of the 2026 UCI Downhill World Cup in South Korea.Fresh from the Mona YongPyong...
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