Today’s Guest: From bikepacking to cycling around the world on a single speed to mountain biking in New Zealand to writing his first book, ‘Great British Gravel Rides’, to moving to Scotland, we chat with the well travelled Markus Stitz On episode #218 We are chatting to Markus Stitz about the release of his new book called Great British Gravel Rides, founding Bikepacking Scotland, competing in the Silk Road Mountain Race and the Highland Trail 550, plus lots lots more. Markus has travelled the world on two wheels and has documented much of it on his way. We chat about his upbringing in Germa ..read more

Today’s Guest: From racing BMX to XC to Downhill to Road to Enduro, we chat with Darren Tapp (Daz). On episode #217 we chat to Daz about his experiences racing through the years across many different disciplines, how he fell into the bike scene, spent a small fortune on bikes, got sponsored by Yeti, raced against the likes of Steve Peat and Rob Warner, was on the cover of bike mags and how he eventually burned out. All this plus much more! Thanks for tuning in, grab your favourite drink and enjoy the show! – This episode is proudly sponsored by ALLTA Here at MTB Tribe we are super excited to ..read more

Today’s guest: Elite level racer, Orange Bikes sponsored rider, bike guide for his local council, monoplegia sufferer and super fast rider – James Anderson In episode #216 we are chatting with James Anderson about growing up with monoplegia, how this affected his childhood, how he got into riding bikes, why he never told anybody outside of his family and close friends about his condition and how through grit, determination and willpower (lets not forget skill level) he is racing at world cup level, is a sponsored rider and is loving every moment of it. Put your feet up, take a time out and le ..read more

Today’s Guest: Ed Shoote – Adventure Traveller, Photographer and Author of the very cool new book called Gravel Rides Scotland In episode #215 I am chatting with bike traveller, photographer and author Ed Shoote about his new Scottish gravel guide book called Gravel Rides Scotland. The book comprises 28 of the best gravel rides Scotland has to offer with routes ranging form 31 to 128 kilometres in length, with great maps, trail statistics, photos and even a very useful gravel scale. We chat about Ed’s love for biking, how he got started on two wheels, the unbelievable places he has visited on ..read more

Today’s Guest: Founder and Co-Owner of Campase Adventures, Adam Lowry On episode #214 in partnership with MountainbikeNI On ’Yer Bike Campaign, it is my pleasure to welcome Adam Lowry, founder and co-owner of Campbase Adventures on the podcast. Adam and his partners started Campbase Adventures in 2021 and have been running an uplift service at Gortin Glens Forest Park since that time.  Their business has been developing at a fast pace and they have loads more planned in the near future to help riders get out more, get up the mountain easier and introduce new riders to mountain biking. So ..read more

Today’s Guest: The founder and owner of the super rad Evolution Whistler performance bike and snowboard shop, Jenine Bourbonnais On episode #213 it is my pleasure to welcome Jenine Bourbonnais to the podcast. Jenine is the founder and owner of Whistler’s performance bike and snowboard shop called Evolution Whistler. Jenine opened the store in 1995 when she was only 21 years of age and has grown it over the years to become the go to store in Whistler.  We chat with Jenine about how she started the store, how it has changed over the years, what Whistler is like as a biking and snow destina ..read more

Today’s Guest: Daniel O’Shea, Co Founder of The DirtFund Project and Vitus Bikes Marketing Assistant Alex Marchant In episode 212 it is my pleasure to welcome Daniel O’Shea, Co Founder of The DirtFund Project back on the podcast and first time show guest Alex Marchant, who holds the very cool title of Marketing Assistant for Vitus bikes. We are chatting with the guys about a very exciting collaboration between The DirtFund Project and Vitus Bikes, were two lucky privateer races will win a Vitus bike each (to race & keep at the end of the season), a load of Muc-Off gear and coaching from t ..read more

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Today’s Guest: Yari Alpizar – An MTB race enthusiast, local Irish race competitor and a joy to see on the local trails In episode 210 we welcome back Yari Alpizar to the podcast. Yari is a big part of the local Irish mountain bike scene and can be seen at most of the enduro race meetings either racing (when not injured) or taking over somebody’s Instagram account to film and comment on the event.  So when I ran into Yari at The Gap in Dublin and we got chatting about racing etc, he mentioned an EWS race survey he had done with his Spanish social friends and thought it would be interestin ..read more

Today’s Guest: Enduro mountain bike racer, student, latest DirtFund Winner and chaser of dreams to the EWS, Ellen Flewitt On episode #209 it is great to get Ellen Flewitt on the show. Ellen has been racing bikes from around the age of 12 and has never looked back. Her results speak for themselves, but she now has her sights set on bigger goals, bigger podium steps and bigger enduro challenges as she looks towards the Enduro World Series. We chat to Ellen about her background on bikes, racing, sponsors, winning £1000 from The DirtFund Project and of course the EWS. Plus much much more! Thanks ..read more