Fancy a place on Peaty’s SPS-Enduro team?

The Steve Peat Syndicate, which has long nurtured some of the brightest and best in DH, is expanding its remit to encompass enduro racing too.

For £5995, you can get yourself a place on the 2015 team, a Santa Cruz carbon bike to keep, some choice SPS/Royal Racing kit, two days of physiology assessment and training advice from the sports science bods at Sheffield Hallam University and two days of skills training with Mr Peat et al.

This seems like a pretty good deal, especially as the RRP on a piece of race-worthy carbon bling from Santa Cruz isn’t far off £6k on its own.

Here’s a video to whet your appetite:

And here’s the website for your perusal: http://www.stevepeatsyndicate.com/join-sps-enduro

Here’s the full press release in case you’re allergic to clicking links:

The Steve Peat Syndicate offers a unique opportunity to get the best support, training and equipment package direct from one of the most experienced racers in the business, and it is branching out into enduro racing for 2015. As part of the Syndicate family, World and National Champions like Peaty and Neil Donoghue have got your back, helping enduro riders who join the team achieve their goals within a professional set up, and have some serious fun along the way…

Steve Peat has long been known as a rider that takes promising talent under his wing, and there’s a big list of riders from Marc Beaumont, to Brendan Fairclough, to the current World Cup DH Champion, Josh ‘Ratboy’ Bryceland, that have benefitted from Peaty’s knowledge and support. Steve massively enjoys this role, and the Steve Peat Syndicate is his way of taking this to the next level and supporting another generation of racers.

“I don’t know if I’d ever have been where I am today without Peaty’s help and advice over the years. Steve has made me a way better racer, simple as that.” Josh Bryceland, September 2014.

Peaty’s experience, knowledge and passion for racing is just one of the reasons why his Syndicate is unique. The place to find more information about exactly how the set up works, and why it could be worth joining the same winning team as the current Elite UK Gravity Enduro champion, Neil Donoghue, is over at the Steve Peat

SPS are now taking inquiries from any riders, regardless of location or race category to be considered for the 2015 program.

Just like Peaty and enduro shredder Neil Donoghue, as part of the Steve Peat Syndicate, riders get to race on state-of-the-art Santa Cruz machines – buying into the SPS enduro team package gives you the option to pick the Santa Cruz bike that fits your own needs the best. Bronson, Nomad and Tallboy LT models have all been successfully raced depending on the terrain this season. Whatever your choice, the 650b or 29-er Santa Cruz machines make for an awesome, reliable race weapon. 

Another key ingredient behind Peaty’s success is the help of a dedicated team of professionals at Sheffield Hallam University in Steve’s home city, and, as part of the Syndicate team, the door is opened to the same world class fitness and psychological resources used to win the DH World Championships. Whatever your goals, joining the Syndicate enduro program is your chance to improve into a fitter, faster racer in a friendly team environment, backed by over two decades of mountain bike race knowledge.

The bottom line is that the Steve Peat Syndicate and its awesome sponsors and partners aims to make you a better racer, and have as much fun as Peaty while you’re at it. Head over to the website for more information. 

Whether it’s enduro or DH, Peaty knows a thing or two about racing after two decades…

Barney Marsh

Barney Marsh takes the word ‘career’ literally, veering wildly across the road of his life, as thoroughly in control as a goldfish on the dashboard of a motorhome. He’s been, with varying degrees of success, a scientist, teacher, shop assistant, binman and, for one memorable day, a hospital laundry worker. These days, he’s a dad, husband, guitarist, and writer, also with varying degrees of success. He sometimes takes photographs. Some of them are acceptable. Occasionally he rides bikes to cast the rest of his life into sharp relief. Or just to ride through puddles. Sometimes he writes about them. Bikes, not puddles. He is a writer of rongs, a stealer of souls and a polisher of turds. He isn’t nearly as clever or as funny as he thinks he is.

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