Jesse Melamed on his season so far, his bike changes, working with Fabien Barel, eBikes and more

Today we’re joined by Enduro star, Jesse Melamed. After winning the overall in 2022, Jesse made a big move from Rocky Mountain to Canyon, so we sat down to see how it’s going. Hear how Jesse has chosen and setup his bike for the season. We discuss some of the changes he’s made over the past year and the influence that Fabien Barel has had on that. Hear Jesse talk about what it takes to win an EDR these days, along with discussing the state of the sport, the impact of eBike racing and find out if we’ll see Jesse racing downhill any time soon.
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[@rpiian]

Love seeing ya crack on there Jesse! Interesting insights as always. Good luck for the rest of the year 😀

[@shirk15]

Great listen. Always tidbits to take in from Jesse.

[@downtimepodcast]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DandyHippo]

Jesse is a champ

[@helenmorrison176]

Great interview! Thanks

[@downtimepodcast]

My pleasure Helen

[@AGUNN27]

Great podcast. Really enjoyed this one.. Good insight into the sport of Enduro and where he thinks it will go. Hopefully it does go longer bigger days...

[@JesseMelamedMTB]

We're getting there!

[@krabo83]

jesse is always a great listen… love the video-format and interaction :)

[@downtimepodcast]

Thanks mate, glad you're liking it.

[@just_dadam]

Another great episode, great to listen to feels like just mates sharing stories rather than an interview

[@davidcasey5976]

Great to finish the les gets post race show only to see another new pod dropped, keep up the great work downtime 🤘😎

[@downtimepodcast]

My pleasure mate!

[@andrewtemplin3499]

Would loved if he went into his transition away from running inserts. Always seemed to run before joining canyon team.

[@JesseMelamedMTB]

Good wheels and setup

[@Dream-season]

Jesse is the man! Easy guy to root for!!

[@1brenmaster]

I really want to see Jesse at a DH race. When you see how he corners live you're just left with questions.... Tyres ? Pressures ? Suspension set up ? Just how ?

[@downtimepodcast]

Ha! It would be great to see how he gets on.

[@JesseMelamedMTB]

I hope I can live up to the expectations!

[@1brenmaster]

@@JesseMelamedMTB There's no expectations just respect for giving it a lash 👊 we met you track side in Poland at the DH. You know you want to.

[@Canyonisnotgooddotcom]

Love Canyon. When one of the proprietary parts break you will be left without a bike indefinitely since Canyon doesn't carry spares of their own proprietary parts. It's nice to have $4k worth of paperweight with no support or solutions from Canyon.