The A Line Podcast

• Stepping Up and Surgery With Jay Cracknell

  Welcome to The A Line Podcast, the ultimate XC mountain biking podcast for racers, coaches, and fans. Covering Short Track, Olympic, and Marathon disciplines, we dive deep into the riders and races, offering educational and entertaining insights into the world of cross-country mountain biking. Tune in for everything XC MTB!In this episode, I chat to Jay Cracknell, a Jersey-based rider who has been flying this year until an unfortunate burst appendix changed his plans. We have a brilliant discussion around how Jay has come up through the sport and what changes he has made over the last winter/season to really up his game.LinksJay CracknellJersey SportThe Cycle Centre JerseyRic JamiesonThe A Line PodcastEnd of Season Party TicketsBuy Me A CoffeeAlterra PerformanceAshley de Lotz

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• XC MTB Talent Development with Ric Jamieson

  Welcome to The A Line Podcast, the ultimate XC mountain biking podcast for racers, coaches, and fans. Covering Short Track, Olympic, and Marathon disciplines, we dive deep into the riders and races, offering educational and entertaining insights into the world of cross-country mountain biking. Tune in for everything XC MTB!In this episode, I chat with Ric Jamieson, XC MTB Talent Development Coach at British Cycling. We discuss everything talent development, so this is a particualry good episode for young aspiring racers and their parents. That said, there is still plenty the adults can learn from it as well, as we discuss training and racing mistakes everyone makes and lessons that can be learned.So I hope you enjoy the episode and it can help you get more from your riding and racing.Links;Ric JamiesonPine Sport CoachingPine Sport Repair ShopThe A Line PodcastEnd of Season Party TicketsBuy Me A CoffeeAlterra PerformanceAshley de Lotz

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• Up And Down The Ladder Pt 2 With Steve James

  Welcome to The A Line Podcast, the ultimate XC mountain biking podcast for racers, coaches, and fans. Covering Short Track, Olympic, and Marathon disciplines, we dive deep into the riders and races, offering educational and entertaining insights into the world of cross-country mountain biking. Tune in for everything XC MTB!In this episode, I continue chatting with the legend that is Steve James, so if you haven't already checked out Part 1 then be sure to do that first. As in Part 2 we discuss how he has had longevity in cycling, riding out the highs and lows of racing, focusing on the enjoyment and how he now makes a living having quit school to pursue cycling. LinksSteve JamesHope TechXCOMTB.comThe A Line PodcastAlterra PerformanceAshley de LotzCherry Campers

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• Up And Down The Ladder With Steve James - Part 1

  Welcome to The A Line Podcast, the ultimate XC mountain biking podcast for racers, coaches, and fans. Covering Short Track, Olympic, and Marathon disciplines, we dive deep into the riders and races, offering educational and entertaining insights into the world of cross-country mountain biking. Tune in for everything XC MTB!In this episode, I chat with the legend that is Steve James, we had so much to chat about we split the episode into two parts. Starting off discussing his time rising up through the ranks of XCO, to racing World Cups and how his goals and focus have changed.LinksSteve JamesHope TechnologyThe A Line PodcastAlterra PerformanceAshley de LotzCherry CampersXCOMTB.com

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• Leogang Post Race Show

  Join us as we break down all the action from the 2025 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series Leogang, covering both the XCC and XCO races. We’ll dive into key moments, course previews, hot takes and news. Hosted by our trackside correspondent Joe Curran and studio host Ashley de Lotz, giving you the A Line on everything that happened.We cover everything - from bike set up, race winning moves, tactics, strategic DNF's and more. Expect course insights, bold opinions and all the key moments that shaped the weekend.Whether you watched the racing or missed it entirely, this one gives you the full picture - direct from trackside to your ears.The A Line Podcast is the premier cross country mountain biking podcast, bringing you the best information and insights from the world of XC racing to help you improve your mountain biking performance and enjoyment.

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