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Forged by Speed

The Making of a Mountain Bike World Champion

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Forged by Speed

By: Steve Peat, Tim March
Narrated by: Steve Peat
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In a little over two and a half minutes on 6 September 2009 Steve Peat cemented his place in mountain biking history, becoming downhill world champion at the seventeenth time of asking and by a winning margin of just five hundredths of a second. But ‘Peaty’s’ road to the coveted rainbow stripes began almost two decades earlier on the woodland trails of Northern England. Born and raised in Sheffield, he narrowly avoided going down the wrong track and instead chose to race cross-country mountain bikes before switching to the rapidly emerging discipline of downhill where he would compete alongside other young British racers including Rob Warner and the late, great, Jason McRoy. Since then, Steve has competed against the greatest riders of all time, including Nicolas Vouilloz, Shaun Palmer and Greg Minnaar, and his name has become synonymous around the world with downhill mountain biking.

In Forged by Speed, Steve shares his incredible story, from the Steel City to the top step of the world championship podium. Honest, compelling and funny, it is the autobiography of a British sporting legend.

©2024 Steve Peat, Tim March and Vertebrate Publishing (P)2024 Steve Peat, Tim March and Vertebrate Publishing Cycling Sports Funny Extreme Sports

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I thought it was a great story about one of the greatest mountain bikers to ever do it ....His stories of failures and the will to push on and win is amazing ...its what makes proper champions 🏆 Great listen

A great listen

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perfectly narrated by the biggest legend in the sport of downhill. well done Peaty 👏

outstanding

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Steve peat is a true legend mountain bike legend forever and what a inspiration to new riders

legend

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