The Ride Companion

Luke Hontz Shares What's Really Happening With adidas Bike and Five Ten

  What's really happening with adidas Bike and Five Ten? Senior Global Product Manager Luke Hontz joins Davi and Olly to explain the new adidas mountain bike shoe range

Wade Simmons on Rampage History, Judging and the Future of Freeride

The first ever Red Bull Rampage winner, Wade Simmons, joins Davi and Olly to talk Rampage history, judging and the future of freeride mountain biking. As Red Bull Ramp

Thomas Genon Reveals What It REALLY Takes to Ride Red Bull Rampage

Thomas Genon joins Olly and Davi in a Whistler hotel ahead of Red Bull Rampage 2026 for a deep dive into what it really takes to ride the biggest freeride mountain bike e

The Whistler Companion!

We're in Whistler courtesy of adidas bike. We sat down in a terrible podcast set-up to talk about our experience so far, riding the iconic trails, our track walk with Bre

Riders Are Destroying Their Own Bike Parks?

Davi and Olly are back together to discuss the serious issues at S4P Bike Park, whether Red Bull Cerro Abajo could take mountain biking mega mainstream and their upcoming

Roger Vieira on Factory Racing, Winning Cerro Abajo & Chasing a World Cup Podium

Roger Vieira is back on The Ride Companion during the best season of his life... In this episode, Roger explains how Bernard Kerr's injury ultimately opened the door f

Rachel Atherton's Most Honest Interview Yet

Rachel Atherton is one of the greatest downhill mountain bike racers of all time. With 40 UCI Downhill World Cup victories, six overall titles, five elite World Champi

TOP MOMENT: Brendog got smoked by Amaury Pierron!

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TOP MOMENT: World Cup Downhill Is a Cruel Sport With Jenna Hastings

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Tailgatin' with Bernard Kerr

Welcome to Tailgatin' with Bernard Kerr, a special episode of The Ride Companion presented by Igloo! We travelled to Pivot Factory Racing HQ in Wales to catch up with

Brendan Fairclough Reveals New Business, the Legends Returning to Les Gets and Rampage Advice

Brendan Fairclough is back on The Ride Companion to reveal his new business, ROVIKA! Recorded inside the ROVIKA warehouse, Brendog and Olly Wilkins also look ahead to

Jenna Hastings Gets Honest About Life as a World Cup Racer

Jenna Hastings joins The Ride Companion for an incredibly honest and hilarious conversation about life as a professional World Cup Racer. The Pivot Factory Racing ride

TOP MOMENT: The Reality of Being a Pro Rider with Sam Hockenhull

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10 Years of The Ride Companion

Ten years ago, I recorded the first version of this podcast from my bedroom with no microphone, no experience and absolutely no idea what I was doing. More than 460 ep

TOP MOMENT: Mathew Pritchard LIVED With Chickens For A Failed TV Show?!

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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 on

TOP MOMENT: adidas tech lands in downhill

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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, Mat

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 Downhill World Cup

Warner's Race Companion: La Thuile World Cup

Join us live for Rob Warner's Race Companion, a downhill watch-along party for the La Thuile World Cup. Rob Warner joins The Ride Companion for a live watch-along part