DOWNHILL FROM HERE
“Ride your bike, or it will ride you!”
Awarm rain spatters against the packed earth of a high bank as I throw my bike into the turn, carving a tyre track across the bowl as I push into the corner.
Letting off the brakes to accelerate, I ride into the angled take-off from a tabletop jump. I crouch slightly, then use my legs to drive upwards, lifting body and bike into the air above the platform, before aiming my wheels at the landing, which rises up to meet the tyres with a satisfying thump.
When you get mountain biking right, it feels amazing. It taxes your brain and your body equally, and you’re so wrapped up in the moment that you don’t even realise you’re working
