Chris Hinds – Unexpected Hero

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How much physical and mental strength does it take to finish, let alone win, the 1,800km Great British Divide? More than we could ever imagine. Words & Photography Chipps & Chris Hinds How does that kitsch saying go? To truly appreciate the heights, one must first start at the very bottom. Something like that. Or else I’d suggest ‘The higher up you start, the longer it’ll take until you hit rock bottom’.  And that, I…

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Chipps Chippendale

Singletrackworld's Editor At Large

With 23 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps is the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Over the last 30 years as a bike writer and photographer, he has seen mountain bike culture flourish, strengthen and diversify and bike technology go from rigid steel frames to fully suspended carbon fibre (and sometimes back to rigid steel as well.)

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  • sillyoldman
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    He’s some boy!

    lovewookie
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    Only just got round to reading this.
    Watching Chris approach Glasgow along the canal path, with speed and smiles, you’d have never known the suffering that was going on. I do recall thinking he looked fresh and upbeat, and wondering how that could be, considering the ride he’d done, let alone still had forward!

    Amazing.

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