Matthew Fairbrother’s wild effort to bikepack through the entire 2022 EWS season was an incredible accomplishment, and he’s just kept stacking up bonkers feats of endurance on a mountain bike in the years since. So we once again sat down with Matthew to talk about what he’s been up to of late, including winning the NZ Rally despite forgoing all the assisted transfers; kayaking one of them with minimal experience in a kayak; more animal encounters (check out our earlier episode with Matthew for a real all-timer there); how he manages to switch between race mode and getting in the right mindset to just grind out massive miles and elevation; and a whole lot more.

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Matthew’s 2022 EWS Tour (Ep.139)

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TOPICS & TIMES:

Taking on the NZ Rally (2:23)

Transferring by… kayak? (12:35)

Animal encounters (15:56)

Toggling between a focused race mindset and gutting out massive miles and elevation between stages (20:14)

Winning the NZ Rally despite forgoing all the assisted transfers (17:49)

The North Shore Triple Triple Crown (22:50)

The Triple Triple Crown ride (29:28)

Matthew’s bike setup (30:11)

Ranking the difficulty of Matthew’s exploits (38:10)

Food & planning (39:19)

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