The Hero MTB Himalaya is truly an epic race, covering seven stages over a week, running for 620 kilometres with over 15,000m of climbing. Brit rider Catherine Williamson took the Solo Womens category yesterday, with Portuguese rider Luis Pinto taking Solo Men and the overall win. It’s a tough race, with only 54 of the initial 68 riders completing it.
David started mountain biking in the 90’s, by which he means “Ineptly jumping a Saracen Kili Racer off anything available in a nearby industrial estate”. After growing up and living in some extremely flat places, David moved to Yorkshire specifically for the mountain biking. This felt like a horrible mistake at first, because the hills are so steep, but you get used to them pretty quickly.
Previously, David trifled with road and BMX, but mountain bikes always won. He’s most at peace battering down a rough trail, quietly fixing everything that does to a bike, or trying to figure out if that one click of compression damping has made things marginally better or worse. The inept jumping continues to this day.
