The Enduro World Series Podcast
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The Enduro World Series Podcast
Join Ric McLaughlin and Ruaridh Cunningham from the Enduro World Series as they talk racing, riders and tech from inside the world's most-exciting mountain bike race series!
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Episode 30: The 2022 EWS-E and EWS race season cometh!
An old wooden door creeks open... nervously you peer into the darkness behind... look closer... what's that?! BANG! IT'S THE 2022 EWS-E AND EWS RACE S...
Episode 29: We relive EWS Crans-Montana and Ruaridh beats Travis Pastrana at something.
The Specialized EWS-E Crans-Montana and EWS Crans-Montana were full of drama from start to finish with big name racers crashing left, right and centre...
Episode 28: Stateside Part 2: Sugarloaf - Cunningham returns!
This week it's the second part of our USA road trip as we get to know the people behind the 2022 Enduro World Series rounds. In Episode 28 it's the tu...
Episode 27: We sit down with Knight Ide, one of the driving forces behind EWS Burke 2022
In this weeks episode we're going on the road and beginning to look ahead to the 2022 race season. The EWS team are just back from a site visit to our...
Episode 26: the ultimate Scottish riding holiday, Ruaridh goes Stateside and we look back on Michelin EWS Loudenvielle!
The (liquid) dust has now settled, the power washers have been put away and the riding kit is dripping in the garage... the 2021 EWS-E and Enduro Worl...
Episode 25: the one in the brewery... PLUS we look ahead to a solid month of racing, disruptors and attempt to establish just what makes France so special.
It's happened. It's finally happened... someone has let us record the podcast in a brewery! This week, Ruaridh and Ric report in from Tempest Brewing...
Episode 24: The Road to Tweed Valley and Ruaridh's alternative barista career
With the white hot heat of battle set to rejoin in just a couple of weeks time, Ruaridh Cunningham and Ric McLaughlin look ahead to the Vittoria EWS-E...
Episode 23: The most unusual racers to ever take on the EWS
One of our favourite things about enduro racing is that pretty much any mountain biker can have a crack at it. But, as we all know, there is no such t...
Episode 22: Enduro racers go big at Red Bull Hardline, beige chinos and your questions answered!
We may well be between two epic blocks of Enduro World Series racing but there's still plenty going on! EWS regulars have been in action at Red Bull H...
Episode 21: THE RETURN! The boys are back from Italy - Pro Women's fireworks, Richie vs. Jack and does muscle really weigh more than mozzarella?!
To use the parlance of our times, it's been a minute! Ruaridh and Ric have returned from nearly a month on the road with the opening four rounds of th...
Episode 20: Meet the all-new 2022 EWS and EWSE calendar! Plus Santa Cruz have a new bike, Wyn Masters Privateer Of The Week fund and some cold horses
It's Ruaridh and Ric's last podcast from Scotland as they get ready to hit the road and head out to MET EWS Val di Fassa Trentino next week, but there...
Episode 19: Bex Baraona goes on a winning streak!
The UK's Bex Baraona is officially on a winning streak taking pre-season victories (by big margins) both in home soil and in Italy. We talk to Bex bef...
Episode 18: Zakarias Johansen talks re-signing with Ibis Cycles Enduro Team, the Ripmo V2, Scandinavian winters and his first race of the year!
Zakarias Johansen is one of the most chilled out pro's in the Enduro World Series pits and has the speed and style between the tapes to back it up. He...
Episode 17: One win wonders! The boys work through the riders who have taken a single EWS win, so far...
To stand on the top step of an Enduro World Series podium confirms that you are one of the very best mountain bike racers on earth. When looked at as...
Episode 16: What went on at team camp?! Chain Reaction Cycles, problems with shoulders and looking ahead to some Epic Hope PMBA action
Team camps can be tricky things - melting pots of egos, injuries and new equipment. The last thing anyone needs is two podcasters turning up to ask in...
Episode 15: Do Aussies really have the best race kits? Plus looking ahead to racing in Israel, some app time and Ruaridh says farewell to a faithful companion...
This week we have some racing to report in on from the impressively-titled Fox Superflow sealed by Stan’s gravity enduro event down under which has ra...
Episode 14: The BIG ONE... Discovery, Inc invest in the EWS and EWS-E plus first thoughts on our new Santa Cruz Bullit MX's
It's been a long time coming but Ruaridh and Ric FINALLY get to talk about one of the biggest deals in the history of mountain bike racing coverage -...
Episode 13: Jared Graves and Kasper Woolley's new team, Forbidden Synthesis launch and asymmetrically legged upside down suspension forks!
It's been another busy week at the Enduro World Series and EWS-E office! But it probably wasn't as busy as Kasper Woolley should be preparing to be......
Episode 12: Au revoir Cecile! We look back on the three-time EWS Champs greatest moments, talk about the new Specialized Racing Enduro and the march of the motorcycle manufacturers
Cecile Ravanel announced her official retirement from racing last week so this week we're looking back at what made the three-time EWS Champ such a fo...
Episode 11: Charlie Murray tells us about his shiny new Specialized Racing deal!
After weeks of poking around the proverbial bushes, Ric and Ruaridh have finally solved the mystery of just who New Zealand’s Charles Murray will be r...
Episode 10: TALK RUBBER TO ME! How important is tyre choice in enduro racing? We talk with Ken Avery from Vittoria Tyres.
Do you know your progressive siping from your ETRTO?! Tyres divide opinion like no other bike component and their performance can dramatically affect...
Episode 9: Celebrating a brand-new partner, Shimano's century and further leads as to The Mystery of Charles Murray!
On episode 9 of the Enduro World Series podcast we have a brand-new partner announcement in the form of sporting event logistics giants, Ship To Cycle...
Episode 8: EWS Qualifier racing from NZ and the USA, Yeti/Fox Race Team team announcement and the importance of bike colour
Another hectic week at the Enduro World Series office has passed under the teams front wheel so there's plenty for Ruaridh Cunningham and Ric McLaughl...
Episode 7: racing from Endurofest at Maydena Bike Park, a new Husky and an update on Trek's Florian Nicolai
With all the Enduro World Series and EWS-E entries now live and all but a few being accounted for it definitely feels like we've been asked to stow th...
Episode 6: PAGEY! Our first ever guest is Chain Reaction Cycles team manager and all-round living legend, Nigel Page.
The sixth episode of The Enduro World Series Podcast is a bit of a milestone in that we've got our first guest on the show!
The term 'mountain...
Episode 5: Have we reached the ceiling of enduro bike development? Orange are back, Peugeot make a big signing and Ruaridh's hair remains uncut...
In the fifth episode Spring is threatening to spring and thoughts are turning to bike racing... We report from the Intense Cycles Capital Kamikaze fro...
Episode 4: Whistler, the first EWS Qualifier of 2021 and we get new bikes!
In the fourth episode of the podcast Ric McLaughlin and Ruaridh Cunningham discuss some news about the EWS calendar, the first EWS Qualifier of the ye...
Episode 3: MORE silly season! Plus we talk about some new bikes and answer your questions.
This week Ruaridh Cunningham and Ric McLaughlin discuss Devinci's announcement that they are committing to enduro and if they can be a factor in the o...
Episode 2: Silly season! Who will be riding what in 2021 - Ric and Ruaridh explore the EWS transfer market
It's a funny old time of year with many Enduro World Series pro's making announcements, upping sticks and moving teams. Ric McLaughlin and Ruaridh Cun...
Episode 1: Are long-travel enduro race bikes the future?
Join Ric McLaughlin and Ruaridh Cunningham as they discuss Enduro World Series race bikes getting ever more suspension travel on the day that Nukeproo...