MTB TRIBE - Your Trail Map to the World of Mountain Biking

Do you want to train better, race better, eat better and live better? If you want to be brave and do epic shit this is the episode for you. Sonya Looney does all of the above and tries to motivate everyone as she goes. I was stoked to get Sonya on the show not only because she is a very successful professional endurance racer, fellow podcaster and public speaker but because her message is so inspiring and she truly does want to help people live better and enjoy life to the full.

We are all so consumed today with work, social media and making ends meet that a lot of us don't take the time to do what we love or spend time with people we love. Sonya has made changes throughout her life to be able to do what she loves and has not only made it work through the world of mountain biking but has also been very successful at it. Sonya tells us her story from how she started mountain biking, almost by chance to what epic races she has planned for the near future.

Do you need to brush up on your MTB skills or do you simply want to hire a mountain bike to cycle round Rostrevor Mountain Bike Trails? Well Killian, founder and owner of Cloughmor Extreme Adventure can help you out. Killian started the business around six years ago and it has grown from strength to strength. He caters for a tone of activities but it all started from a mountain bike guiding service and has evolved from there.

Killian has done plenty within the mountain biking scene and has been riding bikes for 18 plus years. Killian has a background with loads of experience in the adventure world and with his want to be more entrepreneurial, he stepped outside his comfort zone, took a leap of faith and started his own business doing something he loved. That has grown into a great local success story called Cloughmor Extreme Adventure. Have a listen and find out how Killian made it happen.

Do you need to brush up on your MTB skills or do you simply want to hire a mountain bike to cycle round Rostrevor Mountain Bike Trails? Well Killian, founder and owner of Cloughmor Extreme Adventure can help you out. Killian started the business around six years ago and it has grown from strength to strength. He caters for a tone of activities but it all started from a mountain bike guiding service and has evolved from there.

Killian has done plenty within the mountain biking scene and has been riding bikes for 18 plus years. Killian has a background with loads of experience in the adventure world and with his want to be more entrepreneurial, he stepped outside his comfort zone, took a leap of faith and started his own business doing something he loved. That has grown into a great local success story called Cloughmor Extreme Adventure. Have a listen and find out how Killian made it happen.

In this weeks episode number Thirty Two we are chatting to the legend who is J-Mac. J-Mac has come over from MotoX to mountain biking and has been riding at full speed since day one. We chat about how J-Mac got into MotoX and why he decided to move to mountain biking. We talk about how he feels riding MotoX gives you a real advantage when riding mountain bikes and helping with your overall fitness.

J-Mac is a man of experience on the racing scene and has had awesome results over the years to prove it. We chat about his killer results on the Irish Downhill Points Series, how he approaches the race (this may surprise you), how the Red Bull Fox Hunt has eluded him so far and what he plans to do about it for 2018. J-Mac also has some funny stories to tell us!

In this weeks episode number Thirty Two we are chatting to the legend who is J-Mac. J-Mac has come over from MotoX to mountain biking and has been riding at full speed since day one. We chat about how J-Mac got into MotoX and why he decided to move to mountain biking. We talk about how he feels riding MotoX gives you a real advantage when riding mountain bikes and helping with your overall fitness.

J-Mac is a man of experience on the racing scene and has had awesome results over the years to prove it. We chat about his killer results on the Irish Downhill Points Series, how he approaches the race (this may surprise you), how the Red Bull Fox Hunt has eluded him so far and what he plans to do about it for 2018. J-Mac also has some funny stories to tell us!

Ever wondered why your trail centres are always in great shape? Well it's because of people like John and a team of volunteers lending a helping hand, taking time out of their day to help maintain their local trails. Have you ever thought of helping out yourself?

Well on todays episode number Thirty One, we talk with John about how you can do that, how the whole process works and why your help is needed to keep the trails maintained the way we have grown to love. We talk about everything from John's role as a Trail Ranger to rider safety to what repairs are required the most.

This is a great episode were we get to find out what really goes into keeping our trails open all year round and what we as users can do to help. It doesn't take a lot of effort or a great deal of our time to help out so we can enjoy this thing called mountain biking 365 days a year.

Please listen to the show, get involved and help out your local trail centre!

Ever wondered why your trail centres are always in great shape? Well it's because of people like John and a team of volunteers lending a helping hand, taking time out of their day to help maintain their local trails. Have you ever thought of helping out yourself?

Well on todays episode number Thirty One, we talk with John about how you can do that, how the whole process works and why your help is needed to keep the trails maintained the way we have grown to love. We talk about everything from John's role as a Trail Ranger to rider safety to what repairs are required the most.

This is a great episode were we get to find out what really goes into keeping our trails open all year round and what we as users can do to help. It doesn't take a lot of effort or a great deal of our time to help out so we can enjoy this thing called mountain biking 365 days a year.

Please listen to the show, get involved and help out your local trail centre!

In the Fourth instalment of our African series and episode number Thirty we will be chatting with Will Clark. Will is the founder of the Mount Elgon XC & Enduro MTB Race. We chat to him regarding living in Uganda, his local trails, organising an XC & Enduro Race and mountain biking in general. Will also gives us an exclusive on an exciting new Mtb venture he started at the beginning of the year.

Will is originally from the UK but has been living in Uganda for around ten years. He didn't get into mountain biking until he lived in Uganda while managing a white water rafting business, but once he got that downhill bug he was hooked. Will has really taken his love of mountain biking to the next level by holding a race weekend since 2011. Will also has a couple of other business on the go but his new venture is all based on mountain biking. We will get into that and a load of other cool stuff happening in Uganda.

In the Fourth instalment of our African series and episode number Thirty we will be chatting with Will Clark. Will is the founder of the Mount Elgon XC & Enduro MTB Race. We chat to him regarding living in Uganda, his local trails, organising an XC & Enduro Race and mountain biking in general. Will also gives us an exclusive on an exciting new Mtb venture he started at the beginning of the year.

Will is originally from the UK but has been living in Uganda for around ten years. He didn't get into mountain biking until he lived in Uganda while managing a white water rafting business, but once he got that downhill bug he was hooked. Will has really taken his love of mountain biking to the next level by holding a race weekend since 2011. Will also has a couple of other business on the go but his new venture is all based on mountain biking. We will get into that and a load of other cool stuff happening in Uganda.

After getting a lend of the new 2018 Rocky Mountain Altitude Aluminium (Shimano 70) from Mech Monkey and having a total blast it got me thinking, ‘Should I buy a new bike’? I kind of know why I should buy one but was that just a heart over head type response.

Yes, the Rocky Mountain was lighter, faster, slacker and more controllable or was that just the placebo effect? So, to find out the real reasons why I should buy a new bike I visited the Mech Monkey guys in Belfast to have a chat about it. Yes, Mech Monkey do sell Rocky Mountain, Transition, Nukeproof and loads of other required stuff (not a plug, really), but I knew I could chat to them and get truthful answers regarding this topic and not get regurgitated responses from the industry trying to sell me something (because I need it all to become a better rider!).

Find out why you should buy new over upgrading.