The Pinkbike Racing Podcast: Episode #7 - MSA World Cup DH Post-Race Wrap-Up

Aug 8, 2022
by Henry Quinney  
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Ben Cathro and I get into the nitty-gritty of downhill racing - when you're too old for it, why MSA is the most physical, who the most complete rider in the world is, plus where you can get a great deal on a used Theragun.




THE PINKBIKE RACING PODCAST // EPISODE 7 - MSA WORLD CUP DH POST-RACE WRAP-UP PODCAST
August 7th, 2022

Henry Quinney and Ben Cathro recap the MSA World Cup


Previous Pinkbike Podcasts
Episode 1 - Why Are Bikes So Expensive?
Episode 2 - Where the Hell is the Grim Donut?
Episode 3 - Pond Beaver Tech
Episode 4 - Why is Every Bike a Trail Bike?
Episode 5 - Can You Trust Bike Reviews?
Episode 6 - Over Biked Or Under Biked?
Episode 7 - Wild Project Bikes
Episode 8 - Do We Need an Even Larger Wheel Size?
Episode 9 - Why Are We Doing a Cross-Country Field Test?
Episode 10 - Getting Nerdy About Bike Setup
Episode 11 - Are We Going Racing This Year?
Episode 12 - What's the Future of Bike Shops?
Episode 13 - Are Bikes Too Regular Now?
Episode 14 - What Bikes Would Pinkbike Editors Buy?
Episode 15 - What's Holding Mountain Biking Back?
Episode 16 - Who's Your Mountain Biking Hero?
Episode 17 - XC Field Test Insider
Episode 18 - Electronics on your Mountain Bike: Good or Bad?
Episode 19 - The Hardtail Episode
Episode 20 - MTB Conspiracy Theories
Episode 21 - Stuff We Were Wrong About
Episode 22 - Does Your Riding Style Match Your Personality?
Episode 23 - Grim Donut 2 is Live!
Episode 24 - Why Even Buy a DH Bike?
Episode 25 - Fall Field Test Preview
Episode 26 - The Three Most Important Mountain Bikes
Episode 27 - The World Champs Special
Episode 28 - All About Women's Bikes
Episode 29 - Freeride or Die
Episode 30 - Would You Rather?
Episode 31 - Wet Weather Riding Tips & Tricks
Episode 32 - What Needs to Change in the Bike Industry?
Episode 33 - Behind the Scenes at Pinkbike Academy
Episode 34 - Grilling Levy About Field Test Trail Bikes (and His Bonspiel)
Episode 35 - Story Time - Stranger Than Fiction
Episode 36 - Grilling Kazimer about Field Test Enduro Bikes
Episode 37 - The 2020 Privateer Season with Ben Cathro
Episode 38 - Editors Defend Their 2020 Best-Of Picks
Episode 39 - Predicting the Future of Mountain Biking
Episode 40 - The Pinkbike Awards!
Episode 41 - Racing Rumours and Team Changes
Episode 42 - Mountain Biking's Guilty Pleasures
Episode 43 - Dangerholm's Wildest Custom Mountain Bikes
Episode 44 - Mountain Bike Suspension Decoded
Episode 45 - What Makes a Good Riding Buddy
Episode 46 - The RockShox Zeb vs Fox 38 Deep Dive
Episode 47 - High Pivot Bikes: The Good, The Bad, and The Why?
Episode 48 - Rides That Went Horribly Wrong... & Why That Made Them So Good
Episode 49 - What's the Best DH Bike?
Episode 50 - Are Bikes Actually Getting Less Expensive? (Value Bike Field Test Preview)
Episode 51 - Should MTB Media Post Spy Shots?
Episode 52 - Our Most Embarrassing MTB Moments
Episode 53 - Should Climbers Still Have the Right of Way?
Episode 54 - Best and Worst MTB Product Marketing
Episode 55 - Big Dumb Rides & Staying Motivated
Episode 56 - What Were the Most Important Inventions in Mountain Biking?
Episode 57 - What Were the Best (and Worst) Trends in Mountain Biking?
Episode 58 - Debunking Mountain Biking's Biggest Myths
Episode 59 - Value Bike Field Trip Surprises & Spoilers
Episode 60 - What Kind of Mountain Biker Do You Want to Be?
Episode 61 - Athlete Pay, Lycra, Equality and More from the State of the Sport Survey
Episode 62 - Editor Preferences and Why They Matter
Episode 63 - Our Best (And Worst) Bike Buying Advice
Episode 64 - Who's On Your MTB Mount Rushmore?
Episode 65 - The Hardtail Episode
Episode 66 - The Best and Worst of Repairing Bikes
Episode 67 - The Story of Mountain Biking's Most Interesting Man: Richard Cunningham
Episode 68 - Who Are Mountain Biking's Unsung Heroes?
Episode 69 - The Good, Bad, and Strange Bikes We've Owned - Part 1
Episode 70 - The Good, Bad, and Strange Bikes We've Owned - Part 2
Episode 71 - The Story of Mountain Biking's Most Interesting Man: Richard Cunningham - A Pinkbike Podcast Special, Part 2
Episode 72 - Hey Outers!
Episode 73 - The Details That Matter... and Some That Shouldn't
Episode 74 - The Best Trails We've Ridden and What Makes Them So Special
Episode 75 - Things MTB Brands Waste Money On
Episode 76 - MTB Originals and Copycats
Episode 77 - Interview with Outside CEO, Robin Thurston
Episode 78 - Modern Geometry Explained
Episode 79 - What's the Future of eMTBs?
Episode 80 - The Best Vehicles for Mountain Bikers
Episode 81 - You've Got Questions, We've (Maybe) Got Answers
Episode 82 - Behind the Scenes at Field Test
Episode 83 - Does Carbon Fiber Belong On Your Mountain Bike?
Episode 84 - Explaining RockShox's Computer Controlled Suspension
Episode 85 - Is the Red Bull Rampage Too Slopestyle?
Episode 86 - Greg Minnaar on the Honda DH Bike, World Cup Racing, and Staying Fast Forever
Episode 87 - How to Love Riding When it's Cold and Wet
Episode 88 - Mountain Biking on a Budget
Episode 89 - The Derailleur Pickle
Episode 90 - Is Supre the Future of Trouble-Free Drivetrains? (with Cedric Eveleigh of Lal Bikes)
Episode 91 - Riding Every Double Black in the Whistler Bike Park with Christina Chappetta
Episode 92 - Does Bike Weight Really Matter?
Episode 93 - Staying Motivated and Overcoming Burnout
Episode 94 - PBA Contestant Tori Wood on Her First Race and Finding the Right Mindset
Episode 95 - Field Test Down-Country Bike Debrief
Episode 96 - PBA Contestant Israel Carrillo on Riding in Mexico and Why It's Not Always About Speed
Episode 97 - Can We Predict the Future of Mountain Biking?
Episode 98 - Field Test Trail Bike Debrief
Episode 99 - New Year, New You?
Episode 100 - Q&A with the PB Editors
Episode 101 - MTB Tradeshows Explained
Episode 102 - Should MTB Media Be Going to Press Camps?
Episode 103 - Secrets from the World Cup Pits with Henry Quinney
Episode 104 - Lachlan Morton on How to be a Happy Bike Racer and the World's Longest Climb
Episode 105 - The 3 Bike Budget Challenge
Episode 106 - What's Your Ideal Ride Look Like?
Episode 107 - How (And Why) Did You Start Mountain Biking?
Episode 108 - Behind the Scenes at the Value Bike Field Test
Episode 109 - Berm Peak's Seth Alvo on Making Videos 24/7, Soul Rides, and Building a Bike Park
Episode 110 - Trying (and Failing) to Reinvent the Mountain Bike
Episode 111 - The Pinkbike Racing Podcast: Episode #1 - It's All Downhill From Here
Episode 112 - The Pinkbike Racing Podcast: Episode #2 - The Lourdes World Cup Post-Race Wrap-Up
Episode 113 - PB Editors Answer Your Questions (again)
Episode 114 - The Placebo Effect and Your New Mountain Bike
Episode 115 - We Are One's CEO Talks Future DH Bike, E-Bikes, & Domestic Manufacturing
Episode 116 - New Bikes and Gear from Sea Otter
Episode 117 - Mountain Biking's Worst (or Best) Cliché Crimes
Episode 118 - Music and Mountain Biking
Episode 119 - Road Trips Gone Horribly Wrong
Episode 120 - Gee Atherton on Titanium Additive Manufacturing, Million Dollar Machines, and 3 New Bikes
Episode 121 - How To Film Rampage & Field Tests with the PB Team
Episode 122 - Do Social Media & Mountain Biking Go Together?
Episode 123 - The Pinkbike Racing Podcast: Episode #3 - Fort William World Cup Wrap-Up
Episode 124 - Bike Parks or E-Bikes?
Episode 125 - Nino Schurter's Mechanic on Prepping Race Bikes & His Favorite Tools
Episode 126 - "One More Run" and Other MTB Superstitions
Episode 127 - The Pinkbike Racing Podcast: Episode #4 - Leogang World Cup Wrap-Up
Episode 128 - Summer Solstice Adventures
Episode 129 - Are There Too Many MTB Videos? Interview w/ IFHT's Jason Lucas
Episode 130 - Aaron Gwin on High-Pivot DH Bikes, Chasing the Money, & Riding with Eli Tomac
Episode 131 - PB Editor Seb Stott on Geometry, Lock-Outs, Fickle Brakes, & Physics in Bike Reviews
Episode 132 - How To Survive the Wildest Multi-Day Enduro Race
Episode 133 - The Pinkbike Racing Podcast: Episode #5 - Lenzerheide World Cup DH Post-Race Wrap-Up
Episode 134 - Racing Controversy, Prototype DH Bikes, & Drivetrains From The Future
Episode 135 - Jesse Melamed on Data Acquisition, EWS Doping, & Training for Enduros

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34 Comments
  • 18 0
 I live in The South and thought “What the hell kind of West Virginia hillbillies eat something called marshmallow and potatoes?”

Then I googled it and realized they must have been referring to sweet potato casserole. Guilty.
  • 1 0
 It's like a loaded potato, but fancy
  • 5 0
 Yeah, same. “Potatoes and marshmallows, what the… ohhhhh yeah I make that for thanksgiving every year.”

I live in California, though, hahaha.
  • 2 0
 From the south and you didn't call it Sweet Potato Pie?? headshake... Smile
  • 1 0
 @stiingya: lol I said I live in the south, not that I’m from the south
  • 16 0
 Hurrah! The Bouquet boys are back!
  • 4 0
 Magnificent!
  • 14 0
 Haha thumbs up for Henry pushing everyones buttons Big Grin
  • 1 0
 You can kind of hear Ben cringing a bit though when HQ goes on bastardizing Pierron's warm-up
  • 2 0
 How could you even finish the podcast with that looking at you!!!???!!!
  • 8 0
 Another solid week, good work, chaps. And what a race. Loving the Conti collective, it's like they rounded up most of the people's champs.

I've heard of (through TV) the idea of suicide by cop, is Scotsman Henry attempting suicide by commenter?

Great to hear Leona is coming back into the fold, felt a little bad she had a taste of being part of an amazing team to then lose the spot, well done for making that happen, Pinkbike / Outside... maybe the Tin Man had a heart all along Wink
(Serious for a sec, it's amazing what the team has done so far this year, can't imagine the difference it's made for these riders)
  • 6 0
 Dildos & DH go hand in hand ;-D
"Anything's a Dildo, if you're brave enough"
..... same goes for DH tracks eh?
also we need some bucket boys merch!
  • 5 0
 Came for the Canadian state and the dave jokes, stayed for the bucket boys admiring fluffy puppies from the drive way
  • 1 0
 Something about how he pronounced the entire word “Labrador” really did it for me
  • 3 0
 Hey PB, would love to see some tire insert statistics and analysis from this race. Seems like a good possible case study. Awesome race. Thanks for helping to bring the details to us all around the world.
  • 1 0
 It blew my mind (pun intended) to see the amount of riders coming down with flats who weren't running inserts. Considering how proven they are these days, it seems almost negligent to race a track where you know people's tyres and wheels are getting smoked and not use even a light form of insert.

I get some of the riders are sensitive to weight changes, but a) it's a performance upgrade and probably worth taking the hit on, and b) John Hall said they weighed Gwin's bikes after some runs in Snowshoe and it had gained 5-8lbs of mud. Those 5-8lbs of mud didn't render Gwin's bike totally unrideable, so I'm pretty sure riders could handle a small weight penalty in their wheels to avoid ruining a quali or race run.
  • 1 0
 I'll say that I signed up for Beta because Henry said it was a way to support the team and the commentary. Although I'm sorry about what happened to Beta and I got good value from the, this is worth the Beta subscription. Thanks guys.
  • 3 0
 Lol at talking about how “hectic the NA rounds have felt,” man I wonder how literally all the non euro/UK riders feel literally ALL the time
  • 1 0
 I was wondering what happened to the Snowshoe roundup. It was great meeting Henry and some of the crew in Snowshoe and look forward to great content and results in the races and seasons to come!
  • 4 1
 Hey Henry, Ben, thanks or the great show, it almost got me fired up for work, but not quite.
  • 4 0
 That Canadian American joke was hilarious Henry.
  • 1 0
 Regarding Laurie's run... Did he have an issue in qualifying? His race run was awesome and that held for long time. I was thinking a bobble or 2 on the qualifying run, but went flawless in the final...
  • 3 0
 Episode 136 - Why Primus Sucks?
  • 4 6
 Really happy for Finn. What a ride!
But seeing these covered prototypes, I was wondering how the UCI is handling such suspension covers? Are they able to check for electronics like in road racing? And also, what if the cover isn't just for hiding but for being aero? And what will happen to the pinkbike comment section if it turns out Finn won on an aero e-bike?

Obviously no suspicion here for real, just curiosity.
  • 21 0
 Sounds like the cover should have been tinfoil.
  • 1 0
 @henryquinney I don't understand why you and Ben don't record whilst driving. Just two bros on a road trip!
  • 1 0
 “Like Fred Astaire on Mushrooms” love it!
  • 2 1
 This episode of the PB podcast brought to you by Theragun
  • 4 0
 and Dave.
  • 1 0
 Race team jerseys are up for sale

shop.pinkbike.com
  • 1 0
 Flipping heck now i have to buy a jiggy jiggy machine so I live forever
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