Ben Arnott's guest appearances

Ben Arnott

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Our guest for the latest NSMB Podcast is Ben Arnott, a World Cup downhill mechanic, engineer, and small business owner.   Ben spent several years working as the head mechanic for Trek World Racing and the YT Mob and the stories from his time following the circus provide a fascinating look into the World Cup. For six of his years with the teams, Ben was also responsible for the team truck. He got to know it intimately while driving the large rig on the small, European mountain roads to each venue.   But Ben recently pulled back from wrenching for World Cup athletes like Greg Williamson, Angel Suarez, and David Trummer. Instead, he's remained in Canada for the first summer since immigrating and is focused on sharpening his engineering skills with OneUp Components. He hasn't completely left the wrenching world either and keeps his hands busy servicing products from Formula and EXT, which he imports through his distribution business, Alba. And while no longer wrenching on the World Cup, he's not saying it will never happen again. 

Our guest for the latest NSMB Podcast is Ben Arnott, a World Cup downhill mechanic, engineer, and small business owner.   Ben spent several years working as the head mechanic for Trek World Racing and the YT Mob and the stories from his time following the circus provide a fascinating look into the World Cup. For six of his years with the teams, Ben was also responsible for the team truck. He got to know it intimately while driving the large rig on the small, European mountain roads to each venue.   But Ben recently pulled back from wrenching for World Cup athletes like Greg Williamson, Angel Suarez, and David Trummer. Instead, he's remained in Canada for the first summer since immigrating and is focused on sharpening his engineering skills with OneUp Components.  He hasn't completely left the wrenching world either and keeps his hands busy servicing products from Formula and EXT, which he imports through his distribution business, Alba. And while no longer wrenching on the World Cup, he's not saying it will never happen again.

This week, we sit down for a chat with Ben Arnott, the mechanic for the YT Mob and engineer at Chromag Bikes in Whistler. We chat with Ben about how he made it onto the World Cup circuit, his thoughts on suspension set up and tyre pressure, his toolbox, the future of mountain bike geometry and much more.This episode of the podcast is supported by 661. As a downtime listener, you can get 25% off everything at www.sixsixone.com by using the code 'downtimepodcast25'. Check out their great value Reset MIPS full face helmet!This episode of the podcast is also supported by The Trailhead Bicycle Company in Shrewsbury, UK. The Trailhead is an awesome bike shop, with a great team of staff, headed up by main man Sandy Plenty. We released an episode with Sandy last year which you can find here. The local bike shop is an important part of our riding communities, so please make sure that you support yours!You can find The Trailhead Bicycle Company at www.thetrailhead.co.uk on Instagram @the_trailhead_bicycle_co and you can find Sandy here @sandy_plentyIf you are enjoying the podcast, then don't forget to subscribe. It's free, and it means you'll get every episode delivered to your device as soon as it's available. All the links you need are at downtimepodcast.com/subscribe. You can also find us on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio and most of the podcast apps out there.You can listen to the episode with Jordi from Fox Suspension hereYou can follow Ben on Instagram @wheelsarnottCheck out the pressure gauges Ben mentioned here, and hereSupport the podcast by getting yourself a t-shirt, sweatshirt, hoodie or mug from downtimepodcast.com/shopIf you want to share tips and advice with other podcast listeners on anything mountain bike related, you can join our Facebook group, head to www.facebook.com/groups/mtbperformance/ request permission to join the group and get involved!You can check out our back catalogue of amazing episodes at downtimepodcast.com/episodesPhoto - Isac Paddock

This week, we sit down for a chat with Ben Arnott, the mechanic for the YT Mob and engineer at Chromag Bikes in Whistler. We chat with Ben about how he made it onto the World Cup circuit, his thoughts on suspension set up and tyre pressure, his toolbox, the future of mountain bike geometry and much more. This episode of the podcast is supported by 661. As a downtime listener, you can get 25% off everything at <a href="http://www.sixsixone.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.sixsixone.com</a> by using the code 'downtimepodcast25'. Check out their great value Reset MIPS full face helmet! This episode of the podcast is also supported by The Trailhead Bicycle Company in Shrewsbury, UK. The Trailhead is an awesome bike shop, with a great team of staff, headed up by main man Sandy Plenty. We released an episode with Sandy last year which you can find here. The local bike shop is an important part of our riding communities, so please make sure that you support yours! You can find The Trailhead Bicycle Company at <a href="http://www.thetrailhead.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thetrailhead.co.uk</a> on Instagram @the_trailhead_bicycle_co and you can find Sandy here @sandy_plenty If you are enjoying the podcast, then don't forget to subscribe. It's free, and it means you'll get every episode delivered to your device as soon as it's available. All the links you need are at <a href="http://downtimepodcast.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">downtimepodcast.com/subscribe</a>. You can also find us on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio and most of the podcast apps out there. You can listen to the episode with Jordi from Fox Suspension here You can follow Ben on Instagram @wheelsarnott Check out the pressure gauges Ben mentioned here, and here Support the podcast by getting yourself a t-shirt, sweatshirt, hoodie or mug from <a href="http://downtimepodcast.com/shop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">downtimepodcast.com/shop</a> If you want to share tips and advice with other podcast listeners on anything mountain bike related, you can join our Facebook group, head to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/mtbperformance/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/groups/mtbperformance/</a> request permission to join the group and get involved! You can check out our back catalogue of amazing episodes at <a href="http://downtimepodcast.com/episodes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">downtimepodcast.com/episodes</a> Photo - Isac Paddock

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