On May 3rd, a unique and original sporting event took place in Manara, Israel. A group of friends, avid mountain bikers, arranged a mountain bike downhill competition on the northern cliffs. Nothing unusual on its own, only that this time around, competitors had to apply a slight modification to their bikes- take off the chain and then complete the run.
Sounds easy perhaps, as going downhill shouldn’t require too much pedaling, right? Wrong. Proper DH tracks feature quite a lot of technical elements you need to speed up into or out of. Without a chain and the ability to propel himself, a DH biker will need to concentrate much more on keeping the momentum and having a steady, stable ride in order to finish a run successfully.
I visited the event to take some still photographs as part of the production of a local Free ride and downhill movie currently in progress, titled “Loose grounds“. Using my friend’s Canon digital Rebel which has seen some unique views in its life by now, I got these few nice samples to share here.
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