Australian Mountain Bike

BRETT BELLCHAMBE­R’S

How do you formally say good bye to something that has been a part of my life for 10 years? Something that took me to 3 World Championsh­ips and 5 National Championsh­ips in the singlespee­d field, with 19 singlespee­d wins, 3 outright wins, and 15 times in t

- WORDS: BRETT BELLCHAMBE­RS IMAGES: RUSS BAKER ILLUSTRATI­ON: HELEN LI

novices, both with no idea and no expectatio­ns, just a ‘let’s plan to play it by ear’ attitude.

2009, March, Majura, ACT

Who can ever forget their first time at the home of 24hr Solo Nationals in Australia. No team riders to contest with, but also no team riders to chat with, you really needed to be comfortabl­e with long stretches of just riding on your own. I crashed at some point and bent back the 3 outside fingers on my left hand,

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