In this week’s episode Hannah talks to Charlie about his eventful return from Costa Rica, Andy tells us about all the secret things he’s got at his house and Chipps explains how we launched Singletrack in the middle of the foot and mouth crisis 19 years ago.

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In this week’s episode Hannah talks to Charlie about his eventful return from Costa Rica, Andy tells us about all the secret things he’s got at his house and Chipps explains how we launched Singletrack in the middle of the foot and mouth crisis 19 years ago.

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The race season may be all topsy turvy, but fear not, we have an hour of great chat here with one of the world’s best Downhill riders: Danny Hart.

If there’s one rider who certainly isn’t making up the numbers it’s Madison Saracen’s Danny Hart; he’s the 2 x Elite Men’s UCI DH World Champion & current GB National Champion! With Covid-19 hitting hard at the minute George & Jack chat with Danny Hart via Zoom about everything from that 2011 run at Champery to the 2020 season ahead.

If you want to watch the podcast instead of listening to it, it’s also on YouTube:

Danny Hart Galleries

All image credits to Dan Hearn.

Danny Hart at Snowshoe

Danny Hart at Fort William

Social stuff if you’d like to follow:

* @dannyhart1 * @madisonsaracen * @makingupthenumbersracing * @jackreading_mtb

The Making Up The Numbers podcast is sponsored by:

* Hope Technology www.hopetech.com @hopetech* Revolution Bike Park www.revolutionbikepark.co.uk @revolutionbp* Schwalbe www.schwalbe.com @schwalbetyresuk* Singletrack www.singletrackworld.com @singletrackmag

Previously on Making Up The Numbers Podcast

Season 2

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The race season may be all topsy turvy, but fear not, we have an hour of great chat here with one of the world’s best Downhill riders: Danny Hart.

If there’s one rider who certainly isn’t making up the numbers it’s Madison Saracen’s Danny Hart; he’s the 2 x Elite Men’s UCI DH World Champion & current GB National Champion! With Covid-19 hitting hard at the minute George & Jack chat with Danny Hart via Zoom about everything from that 2011 run at Champery to the 2020 season ahead.

If you want to watch the podcast instead of listening to it, it’s also on YouTube:

Danny Hart Galleries

All image credits to Dan Hearn.

Danny Hart at Snowshoe

Danny Hart at Fort William

Social stuff if you’d like to follow:

* @dannyhart1 * @madisonsaracen * @makingupthenumbersracing * @jackreading_mtb

The Making Up The Numbers podcast is sponsored by:

* Hope Technology www.hopetech.com @hopetech* Revolution Bike Park www.revolutionbikepark.co.uk @revolutionbp* Schwalbe www.schwalbe.com @schwalbetyresuk* Singletrack www.singletrackworld.com @singletrackmag

Previously on Making Up The Numbers Podcast

Season 2

* Episode 1 | Matt Simmonds and Todd Schumlick

Season 1

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This week Hannah hosts and chats remotely to the editorial team to discuss everything from the lockdown to virtual online birthday parties. We also have bikes with built in GPS tracking, industry leaks and gossip and Chipps explains how you can still support your neighbours and local businesses while ploughing through the entire Netflix inventory.

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This week Hannah hosts and chats remotely to the editorial team to discuss everything from the lockdown to virtual online birthday parties. We also have bikes with built in GPS tracking, industry leaks and gossip and Chipps explains how you can still support your neighbours and local businesses while ploughing through the entire Netflix inventory.

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This week Chipps beams his editorial and comment from isolation and Andy starts to sniffle. Amanda boils down the entire issue 130 contents to just 30 seconds and Mark explains why we now need you all more than ever.

This week Chipps beams his editorial and comment from isolation and Andy starts to sniffle. Amanda boils down the entire issue 130 contents to just 30 seconds and Mark explains why we now need you all more than ever.

In this week's episode Hannah takes control as she guides you through submissions from the editorial staff who have been mostly working from home.

Chipps tells us about his recent trip to Baha and lots about cacti, Andi rolls out of bed to bring us the news and Amanda jinxes the next issue of Singletrack magazine.

The new race season is nearly upon us, which means our elite squad of racers on the MakingUpTheNumbers team is reaching peak form and putting the finishing touches to their pre season training. We’re reliably informed that Binners can now open a bottle of wine at the same time as changing a tyre, while George is rumoured to have signed an exclusive sponsorship deal with the local pie shop.

Taking time out from his busy schedule of helmet testing, George has entered the podcast studio for the first of this year’s Making Up The Numbers Podcasts. He’s joined by World Cup regular, Jack Reading, Privateer rider Matt Simmonds, and Intense Factory Racing Manager, Todd Schumlick.

The podcast may contain some strong language & adult themes. If you’ve got young children around maybe save it until they’ve gone to bed. If you really don’t like bad words this pod probably isn’t for you.

Skip to the end of this story for the latest podcast, and stay tuned this season for more of George’s race reports, and a whole series of podcasts to come.

If you’re into racing, want to hear how the pros get the most out of their practice runs, or to understand how you can lose just by thinking the wrong way, then listen back to the first series of Making Up The Numbers podcasts, here:

Previously on Making Up The Numbers Podcast

* Episode 7 | Adam Brayton and Dan Bladon* Episode 6 | Reece Wilson & Kade Edwards* Episode 5 | With Matt Walker* Episode 4 | With Joe Smith* Episode 3 | With Will Longden* Episode 2 | With Jack Reading* Episode 1 Part 1 | With Joe Breeden* Episode 1 Part 2 | With Chris Porter