Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Pro Mountain Biker Christopher Blevins on Racing vs. Playing on the Bike

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This week we’re re-sharing one of our favorite podcast episodes, and we’ll be back next week with an all-new show.

Last year Christopher Blevins became the first American man to win a World Cup race since 1994, taking first in the final XCO race of the season at Snowshoe, West Virginia. He’s also the 2021 short track world champion, and has notched numerous podium finishes at national and international mountain, cyclocross, and road races. This past weekend Blevins crashed during the short track race (XCC) at Les Gets but still managed a top-20 finish. In the cross country race on Sunday he was not feeling well due to injuries suffered in the XCC race and pulled out of the competition.

In this interview we ask:

  • How did the Durango DEVO community-based cycling program shape who you are as a rider?
  • What is it about Durango that produces so many talented riders? Is it the elevation, or the terrain, or something else?
  • How does being a playful rider translate on the race course?
  • How did you get interested in spoken word poetry?
  • What did you learn through the process of preparing for and then racing your FKT attempt along the Los Padres route?
  • Which do you find more challenging: FKTs or World Cup racing? How are they different or the same?
  • As a professional athlete, what do you see as your role in important issues like climate change?
  • How can we balance the positives that tourism can bring to an area with the impact that it has in terms of the carbon footprint of travel and the strain on local resources?
  • Why did you decide to join the Trinity Racing team?
  • Were you thinking about becoming the first US male to win a World Cup race in 27 years at the start of the Snowshoe XC event last year?
  • Who are some entrepreneurs you admire? Do you see yourself becoming an entrepreneur in the traditional business sense, or is entrepreneurship applicable to making a career as an athlete?
  • What’s next for you?

    • ✏️ A written transcript of this conversation is available to Singletracks Pro supporters: singletracks.com/support

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