Retrospective: British Downhill Legends

In the run up to the last race of the Rose Bike's British Downhill Series (BDS) for 2015 at Antur Stiniog, Wales, Rob Warner thought it would be a good opportunity for racers from the 1990s and 2000s to get together to ride in memory of the late, great Jason McRoy who died 20 years ago. The 'BDS Legends Race' was born after Si Paton secured special privileges for these riders to compete at a British Cycling event. With 31 Legends racing, donating £75 each (in lieu of the race registration fee), all the proceeds are to go to the BDS Development Fund, a programme which will help the top riders from younger age categories to develop their skills in order to advance them onto the World Cup stage.

We managed to track some of these Legends down - some were easier to find than others - and many of them have been kind enough to both reflect on their memories of yesteryear and tell us their plans for this weekend's race, held alongside the full field of BDS racers. A few pieces we've had to shorten, as some of their achievements and stories were as long as the Nile, but here's a glimpse of their own bit of history.

Scroll through the stories below - hit pause, forward or back - as we get a glimpse of some of Great Britain's MTB Legends.



Note: Where possible photos have been personally provided by the Legends themselves who may or may not have sourced them from magazines such as Dirt. Others were sourced from the Pinkbike users.

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