#14 - Les Gets Downhill World Champs recap

This week we've got Blenki back in the hot seat with KB and Lester to talk about his new deal with Zerode, how the new bike is going for him, Hardline and plans for 2024 and beyond. As always its an extremely insightful chat with a legend of not only NZ downhill but a legend of the World Cup scene too. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message

KB, Red Dog, Lester and Chris are back and just when we thought the mountain bike world was a bit quiet, the slopestyle riders at crankworx decide to form a union and stage a walk out! Throw in some Sam Hill rumours, Whaka 100 news and the usual tangents we head off on and its a banger of an episode! Brought to you by: www.troyleedesigns.co.nz www.smothoptics.co.nz www.filthy.net.nz --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message

In this episode of Rewatchables we dive into the iconic New Zealand downhill movie Pusher - KB, Red Dog, Lester and Chris are joined by Byron Scott who co produced the movie to talk about how it came about and dive into stories of the 2005 New Zealand National Downhill Mountain Bike Series. Sit back and enjoy some great stories, or if you want to watch the movie and listen we have that up over on our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@TheOTBPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message

The boys are back to discuss what went down at the New Zealand National Mountain Bike Championships at Coronet Peak in Queenstown, national jersey controversy, how did the 26" bikes fare, where did KB lose time and much more! Hosted by Kieran Bennett and James Rennie with Lester Perry and Chris Vanderkolk. Video version available on Youtube.com/@theotbpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message

We catch up with Ellie Hulsebosch, Tuhoto Ariki Pene, Louis Hamilton, Toby Meek, Oisin O’Callaghan, Lachie Stevens McNabb, Thibaut Ruffin, Benoit Coulanges and Jess Blewitt. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message

Greg Minnaar joins the podcast this week to discuss his move to Norco after 16 years with Santa Cruz Bicycles, KB and Red Dog cover off how the switch happened, his thoughts on the new bike, his longevity in the sport, tales of the past with team mates like Missy Giove, Steve Peat, Nathan Rennie and Josh Bryceland and of course, it wouldn't be The OTB Podcast if we didn't discuss the era of 26" downhill bikes! A very special thank you to Spoke Magazine, Advance Traders and Norco for making this episode happen! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message

Sam Blenkinsop, Toby Meek and Lachie Stevens-McNabb on how their weekend went down in Christchurch at the Christchurch Adventure Park. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message

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! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message

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! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message