Benedikt Skúlason is the main man at Icelandic bike brand Lauf Cycles and he's not shy of opinions.
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Singletrack now comes in your ears! You can listen to our weekly ramblings on our view of the latest bike news and reviews. All our published episodes can be found below and you can subscribe via your preferred podcast platform.
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Fresh Goods Friday 749: The Last Week Of Winter Edition
Bringing you a not-yet-sunbleached edition of FGF!
Fresh Goods Friday 748: The M.C. Escher Trail Centre Edition
Don't you just love the pointlessness of mountain biking?
Fresh Goods Friday 747: The Wings of Love Edition
FGF 747… Benji is off, I (Hannah) am here. Propelled back to the UK by a plane. I don’t know…
Fresh Goods Friday 746: The K Circling Edition
It is Friday. It is kind of lunchtime ish. It's almost the weekend. Which probably means it is almost time…
Fantasy MTB World Series DH Team Pick With Oisin O Callaghan & Ronan Dunne
In this episode George and Jack run a Mock Draft of how they see the teams lining up in 2025…
Greg Minnaar: Retirement 20 Questions with the GOAT
In this episode George, Jack and Emi chat MSA, 2025 & Team Rumours before they’re joined by the G.O.A.T., Norco…
Vali Höll: ‘It’s mountain biking, it’s not Formula 1’
In this episode the 2024 Elite Women’s World Champion and World Cup Champion, the YT Mob’s Vali Höll, chats with…
Podcast: Racing, Reform, and Rumours
George, Jack and Emi are joined by Intense Factory Racing’s Joe Breeden to discuss the racing that’s gone down since…
Making Up The Numbers: European DH Champs Pits Special
George Thompson made the trip to Europe to take part in the European Downhill Championships and record this podcast from…
Desert Island Disc Brakes: Josh Bryceland
In this episode of Desert Island Disc Brakes, we chat through the very interesting life of Josh ‘Rat Boy’ Bryceland.…
In The Pits: British National Downhill Series Rd 2, Fort William
Hannah chats to the racers and their support crew in the pits at the Fort William round of the British…
Tech Spots and Pit Chat: Fort William Special Podcast from Making Up The Numbers
George has been up to Fort William to chat to folks in the pits before the racing kicks off. He’s…
2024 DH Season Preview with Wyn Masters and Making Up The Numbers
In this episode George, Jack and Emilie are joined by the Privateer Project’s Wyn Masters to preview the 2024 World…
Pre-Season Insight with Jess Blewitt and Making Up The Numbers
After a little break over winter, Making Up The Numbers is back! The 2024 race season is already underway and…
Podcast: How do we test gear, and what are we up to?
Podcasts haven’t stopped – we’ve just had a bit of a hiatus while we’ve been rather busy doing a lot…
Loic Bruni and Dean Lucas: Podcast Special
It’s a bumper Christmas Special ‘double episode’ of the pod! We kick things off with Dean Lucas’ retirement 20 questions,…
Greg Minnaar off Santa Cruz Syndicate? Team Rumours in MUTN Podcast with Andreas Kolb
It’s another stonking podcast episode from Making Up The Numbers. From car mechanic to World Cup winner… In this episode…
Podcast with Dave ‘Mr UK Trails’ Evans
Barely in post a week, we sat down with Dave Evans, Project Manager for the new UK Trail Project, to…
Team Rumours Abound: Podcast With Charlie Hatton and Martin Whiteley!
In this episode George, Jack and Emilie discuss 2024, the World Cup calendar and some team rumours. Next up they’re…
Desert Island Disc Brakes with Charlie Hobbs
Charlie Hobbs. Charlie the Bikemonger. Charlie the Merchmonger. Charlie the Bum Butterer. However you know him, you’ll know he’s got…
Harriet Harnden and Øisin Ø Callaghan: Finding the path to success
The 2023 DH Season ended with a bang and in this episode George, Jack and Emilie chat with two of…
Podcast: Desert Island Disc Brakes With Paul Bas
When Paul Bas crashed at Red Bull Rampage in 2015, there was a good chance he’d never walk again. He…
Podcast: The disappointing racing edition
Benji, Mark and Hannah wonder whether amateur racing could be just a bit more fun, and a bit less like…
Benoit Coulanges, Camille Balanche, & Discontent in the pits: MUTN Podcast
In this episode George, Jack and Emilie catch up on World Champs and three World Cups, including a special guest…
Podcast: DMBinS and the Scottish Mountain Biking Strategy
Sitting elsewhere in the UK, it seems like the Scots have it all: broad access rights, and a government body…
Desert Island Disk Brakes with Samantha Soriano
Press launches are often accompanied by a cohort of pro riders representing the brand and when Hannah went to the…
Making Up The Numbers Fort William World Champs Special
George made the trip to Fort William between bouts of real life to catch the pros in practice. Hear from:…
Podcast: In Defence of Hardline and other stories
In this week’s podcast Mark and Benji disagree with Hannah over whether Red Bull Hardline belongs in mountain biking, and…
Making Up The Numbers Podcast with Gracie Hemstreet
In this episode George, Jack and Emilie wrap up the Val Di Sole World Cup and reflect on the season…
Desert Island Disc Brakes – Jake100 Podcast
Jake100 – or Jake O’Neill to give him his full name – is an urban riding star and YouTube creator.…
Podcast | Dan Stanton: what happened, what next?
How did Dan Stanton find a way through Administration, and what you can expect next from the new Stanton Bikes…
Back To Racing: Tahnee Seagrave and Roger Viera
World Cup DH racing is back and in this episode George, Jack and Emi discuss the first two races of…
Making Up The Numbers Podcast – Ed Masters
The DH World Cup season is just around the corner & in this episode George, Jack& Emi discuss the amendments…
The Over-Biked Crud-Bung Episode
Hannah leads and Amanda, Mark and Chipps follow this week. Amanda shares her race strategy of..er.. simply not racing, during…
Fort William Podcast Special – Making Up The Numbers
Round 2 of the British Cycling National Downhill Series would be the only opportunity to race Fort William in 2023…
The one where Amanda punches a goose and names her pet lizard
Hannah, Chipps and Amanda bring you a huge dose of the giggles and take random to new heights with tales…
Making Up The Numbers Podcast: Aaron Gwin
After a short break they’re back and in this episode George, Jack and Emilie are joined by the five time…
Balls to short travel e-MTBs PLUS Fabien Barel
Benji expresses his thoughts on short travel e-MTBs, Chipps explains how and why 2x gearing seems to be back and…
Singletrack Goes ASMR & Keeper Of The Peak heads to his Island
This week Hannah, Mark and Charlie chat about their bank holiday adventures, Hannah tries a bit of ASMR generation with…
Desert Island Disc Brakes – With Nick Craig
There’s a bit of everything thrown in to this week’s episode. We have Mark, Chipps and Amanda trying to make…
Podcast – The Giant Interview
Hannah, Amanda and Mark run through the news of the week, and Mark talks to one of the product engineers…
Podcast: The budget and click-bait journalism episode
This week’s podcast covers the demise of Moore Large – distributor and supplier of bike parts to many a bike…
WTF are Activated Carbon Fork Spacers?
Studio chat between Mark, Charlie and Benji covers everything from concussion protocols to why it’s often better to not understand…
Podcast – What’s up with marketing in the bike industry?
Mark, Hannah and Charlie talk about Hannah’s recent holiday incapacitation and how that lead to the discussion that the bike…
Podcast: Taiwan, crap 90’s bikes and Benji makes mudguards great again
This week Hannah leads the way with extra voices from Benji and Mark. We start off with a poor attempt…
Podcast: Getting old, out of warranty?
In this week’s podcast we eventually manage to get Old Man Charlie attached to the interwobble and into the virtual…
Podcast: Carry On Camping In Dartmoor With Cycling UK
In this podcast we’re joined by Sophie Gordon, Cycling UK’s Off Road Campaigns Officer. We chat about why the Dartmoor…
New Mondraker DH Bike? – Making Up The Numbers Podcast w/ Brook Macdonald
George, Jack & Emilie round up all of this off season’s #teamrumours & chat with the Bulldog, Brook Macdonald, about…
New rules and new bikes! MUTN Podcast with Richie Rude and Todd Schumlick
In this episode… George, Jack and Emilie try and make sense of the new rule changes. Then they chat with…