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"This bike does look bloody marvellous. But so what? Do looks translate to performance..."

"Cheating wasn't really considered cheating, it was seen more like entertaining performance art..."

"There’s always been the feeling that a few little changes could have elevated their bikes from market leaders to absolute dominators..."

Bikes brapping, tires sliding and friends hooting.

“…perhaps one day climbing trails will be just as sexy – and not just to the kinds of riders who love to suffer…”

Seb wonders if a hit of mountain biking is too expensive when compared to other pursuits for kids...

They say disco died when everyone's parents started boogeying down to the Village People and now they want mountain bikes...

"Man, tie a rope around your neck and suspend yourself from a high branch while wacking off before dropping in if you want..."

The latent message is that racing is the the pinnacle and the essence of mountain biking; nothing else is truly biking.

"On the first day alone I must have hit my pedals about one hundred times as I struggled to adapt..."

“You see, once you get around one corner you find there’s another one waiting for you. And Another.”

For these participants, turning pro merely requires looking good while doing something which vaguely resembles their chosen sport...