In the 8 years or so that mountain biking has become my main passion….obsession more like, I’d always said that I could never see myself riding DH or becoming a Downhiller. Nope, that wasn’t for me at all, trail riding was my thing with a bit of XC thrown in. It wasn’t that I didn’t like riding on fast descents, far from it in fact, but I also liked the challenge of having to tackle a climb in order to enjoy the ‘reward’ of a great descent.
Even several very enjoyable trips to Bike Park Wales, using the uplift for a full on day of descending wasn’t going to sway me, was it?
Well……
This past weekend, I entered my first DH race, the opening round of the MIJ Summer Series at the FOD. How did this happen you may ask?