A breakdown of the specific demands of each discipline, their similarities and differences, and how training and prep differs between them.
Mountain biking has many guises – from the trick-focused and judged disciplines of Slopestyle to the big-mountain Red Bull Rampage events and racing against the clock. Downhill has always been the premier ‘gravity led’ discipline, but with the emergence of Enduro racing, we are seeing world class racing on bikes many of us own and ride ourselves.
The city bike challenge takes place in London and me and Tom Cardy decided to get some Santander city bikes and see what tricks were possible on these beastly bicycles. We rode around central london looking for cool features and street spots to try and perform tricks on, it was super fun. The bikes are insanely heavy and even just hopping them was quite a task! We visited Southbank skatepark and showed the skateboarders some moves we then moved to some iconic spots along the way. The whole session was a challenge but it was fun and definitely worth trying! – Sam Pilgrim