I'll rein in my irritation that an 18 year old has a DH specific bike worth at least a grand and a half and hope that he gets his Commençal back soon. For all I know he's a promising young racer not just a spoilt kid.
Sticking to a downhill theme, you'll know how good Rachel Atherton's season was, but if you were wondering how her training was structured to get her there then Red Bull has an enlightening interview with her coach, Alan Milway. Downhill isn't all fun, parties and occasionally smashing down a mountain, but there is a hell of a lot of hard work involved to get to the level that allows you to ride a race with more jerseys to wear than you have space for as the World and British Champion and World Cup series leader.
As you are well aware, Red Bull like the odd bit of fun as well and love to put together races that mix up disciplines and take place in dramatic and interesting locations. Maybe as the winter draws in and the weather gets worse there could be something in cave riding.
Bikes aren't just about racing and competition. In North London they are being used to move a mobile town centre around, bringing a sense of community spirit to the sprawling commuter land of of Cricklewood, and making people smile.
Finally today some really sad news. Privateer magazine has been my favourite magazine recently, and I've thoroughly enjoyed the quality print, in-depth articles and grown-up view on mountain biking, including more thoughtful stories from the sport than the ones that make it into the more popular news-stand fare.
Unfortunately I have laid a similar curse over it as I did back in the day when I started to enjoy MTBPro, and the next issue will be the last:
Bad news - PVTR18 will be our last http://t.co/hPXOdHMQfk Thanks everyone who ever bought a copy and supported us. 18 will be the best yet
— Privateer Magazine (@privateermag) October 9, 2013
That is a shame.
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