Video – Trackside w/ Steve Peat

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By Emlyn Lewis 1

Here’s another quick jolt of video inspiration from our sponsors, Shimano. What I like about this one is that it communicates something of the community and camaraderie in the gravity side of our sport. Steve Peat’s smiling face, in victories and defeats, tells you a lot about what downhill is like on the inside.

Trackside uncovers the winning formula of one of the greatest downhill mountain bike teams of all time: the Santa Cruz Syndicate. After struggling with retiring from racing, legend and Head Coach Steve Peat continues to steer the ship into a new format this season while preserving the Syndicate’s secret sauce.

Emlyn Lewis

Robot fell in love with cycling watching the older neighborhood kids ride wheelies down the street. It was the early '70s, and Evel Knievel was jumping motorcycles over buses. Everything seemed possible. From that moment, the die was cast (iacta alia est).

He studied philosophy in college, of course he did. That's what idealists do, romantics, kids who think there must be a better way. At the same time, bikes were carrying him everywhere, delivering all of life's gifts and surprises. Occasionally he crashed and didn't mind.

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  1. trabri says

    Funny that I root for the Syndicate more now that Steve is running it than when he was riding on it. They have been good for the sport.

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