In this month's episode of Reviewing the News on our Bikes & Big Ideas Podcast, Simon welcomes freeride legend Wade Simmons as his guest co-host. Wade gives a recap of Crankworx Whistler and claims he can’t do tricks, then Wade and Simon try to sort out why they keep crashing, and the unfortunate reality of not being as fast as they once were. They get into the wild Les Gets World Cup and XC Mountain Bike racing at the Olympics, Wade’s spat with Rémy Métailler and Yoann Barelli over who rode the gnarliest lines first, and Wade gives an education on chain lube, plus a whole lot more.

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Crankworx Whistler recap (2:10)

Women competing in slopestyle (3:40)

Big-ring wheelies (7:31)

Getting old and crashing (9:44)

Machine built trails (16:35)

Checks and balances (19:33)

Wade’s spat with Rémy Méttailer and Yoann Barelli (29:09)

Shimano’s huge trail building donation (35:32)

Les Gets World Cup DH (44:30)

Amuary Pierron’s winning run (46:19)

Olympic mountain bike races (50:29)

Singletrack-eating bikes (57:47)

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