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haydnw edspratt's article
Apr 29, 2026 at 8:36
Apr 29, 2026
How to Watch the 2026 Mountain Bike World Cups
United Kingdom:
HBO MAX
discovery+
Eurosport
TNT Sports
A NowTV subscription with HBO MAX is £6.99 a month when you sign up for six months. I can't figure out whether that includes any sport, though, and I don't understand why there are four different options in the UK or who owns which. Am I just an idiot?
haydnw edspratt's article
Jul 29, 2025 at 8:42
Jul 29, 2025
Mid-Season Rider Transfers & World Series Team Status Ranking Update for DH & XC World Cup Teams
This is so complicated!
haydnw edspratt's article
Jul 6, 2025 at 8:34
Jul 6, 2025
2025 La Thuile DH World Cup Final Results
Sounds now up on https://www.sounds-like-dh.co.uk. Plenty of sub-one-second gaps in the top half of the men's elite and junior Top 10 positions.
haydnw edspratt's article
Jun 1, 2025 at 6:00
Jun 1, 2025
2025 Loudenvielle DH World Cup Final Results
Want to hear how much Cami Balanche pipped Anna Newkirk by? Or just how close Nathan Pontvianne got to Jordan Williams? I've been messing about...
https://www.haydnwilliams.com/blog/sounds-like-dh-loudenvielle-finals-2025/
haydnw edspratt's article
May 31, 2025 at 14:40
May 31, 2025
2025 Loudenvielle DH World Cup Elite Qualifying Results from Q1 & Q2
I've done audio of the gaps between top 5 in each session:
https://www.haydnwilliams.com/blog/sounds-like-dh-loudenvielle-qualis-2025/
haydnw Dario-DiGiulio's article
Mar 28, 2025 at 3:45
Mar 28, 2025
First Look: Outlier's Unusual Axle-Free Pedal Designs
@tomhoward379: To UK (I'm looking at your username icon)? Can I ask what your order no. was? I'm 824 and trying to gauge how far down the list I am!
haydnw edspratt's article
Oct 13, 2024 at 1:38
Oct 13, 2024
Brendan Fairclough Releases Statement After Finals Run at Red Bull Rampage 2024
The hard question here for anyone advocating just not bothering in future is "what does Brendog do instead?". Rampage clearly brings in shedloads of views and is great exposure for his sponsors. Is there anything else he does all year which can generate as much coverage over so many consecutive days? Anyone saying "Just start an alternative event" clearly hasn't thought through the cost and logistical implications - even if, for example, Monster are at all interested then it's still a huge financial and time commitment. I don't have the answer, but the guy needs to pay his bills.
And because this is the internet and I don't want to get pounced on: to clarify, I love Brendog, he was clearly robbed, and the only reason I can't break the annual cycle of "I'm not watching this any more" > "OK maybe just one more time" is because he keeps going back.
haydnw edspratt's article
Oct 13, 2024 at 1:00
Oct 13, 2024
Pinkbike Poll: Who are the Unofficial Red Bull Rampage Pinkbike's Choice Winners?
What I found interesting was the wide camera shots, where the terrain now looks completely different to the surrounding area. There are wide smooth manicured lines everywhere, standing in stark contrast to the natural ridges behind / outside the riding area. I know you can't pull massive tricks without any ground work, but I think the slow creep each year makes it hard to sit back and go 'whoa, hang on, this looks very different to the concept in the first few years'.
haydnw Dario-DiGiulio's article
Oct 4, 2024 at 11:52
Oct 4, 2024
First Ride: The Santa Cruz Vala is the Brand's First Horst Link Bike
@succulentsausage: Cool is subjective, but the Cannondale of Volvo sponsorship, Ashton, Giove etc. late 90’s was super-cool.
Selling
Oct 16, 2023 at 23:54
Oct 16, 2023Orbea Rise M10 carbon eMTB + upgrades inc AXS - Medium
$2999 GBPOrbea Rise M10 in size medium, with a bunch of upgrades including 160mm front travel and AXS wireless shifting.
- Carbon frame, size medium - 140mm rear travel
- Fox 36 Float Factory Grip2 QR15x110 Kashima - 160mm travel
- Fox FLOAT X Factory 2-Position Evol LV Kashima custom tune 210x55mm
- AXS GX groupset (mech, shifter, chain, 10-52T cassette).
- Shimano EP8 RS motor with custom tune
- RaceFace Turbine R offset rims + Vault hubs
- OC2 Dropper post
- Nukeproof stem
- Nukeproof pedals
- Brand new RaceFace grips
- Brand new Fizik Taiga saddle
UPGRADES from original spec:
- 160mm travel on forks
- Wireless SRAM GX AXS groupset (inc. battery + charger)
- OneUp carbon e-bike handlebar (stealth cable routing, but not headset cable routing).
- Custom 3D-printed bracket for in-line motor controller (nice tidy cockpit).
- Shimano XT M8120 4-pot brakes front and rear.
- 200mm front disc (up from 180mm).
- Maxxis Minion DHF & DHR.
- RideWrap on frame and forks.
- RRP bolt-on front mudguard.
- Rise-specific rear mudguard (Sicomtb)
- New rear mech jockey wheels last month.
- New Galfer front disc rotor and brake pads a couple of months ago - ridden twice since.
Also included are the following:
- Genuine original charger (UK 3-pin plug).
- All original accessories, inc. intermediate cable housing for wired rear mech, sag adjuster for rear shock, Fox air token
- Spare genuine Orbea derailleur hanger.
- GX AXS box containing charger, charge cable, multitool, alignment guide, manuals, etc.
The whole bike is in great condition. Never been used for racing or uplifts. The Kashima-coated fork stanchions and rear shock shaft are immaculate. The Shimano EP8 RS motor comes with a custom tune designed to better suite the lightweight Rise, making the most of the 360Wh battery. It shows no errors in the Shimano e-tube app, and even though it has the ‘RS’ tune specific to the Rise you can still customise the two riding profiles and three assistance levels using the standard e-Tube app. If you’re a Garmin owner then there is an Orbea app you can use on your bike computer or watch.The only major cosmetic issue on the bike is that a patch of laquer about the size of a 1 pence piece has been removed from the top tube. This happened when I was removing the previous RideWrap (which was starting to lift around the edges and look tatty) and just pulled a bit too hard. I immediately applied the new RideWrap over it and worried a lot for a couple of weeks, but it’s been absolutely fine and is under the middle of the piece of RideWrap so completely protected from the outside world. There are the usual couple of very light scratches/chips but there’s nothing I felt was serious enough to photograph and include on this listing. Unsurprisingly there are numerous cosmetic dings to the paint on the rims from rock strikes, but the rims themselves are not dented.
Collection only, from near Loughborough. Payment by cash or bank transfer. Collection and payment must be from the person buying the bike, not a friend of a friend.

