A Cycling Passion Without Boundaries: This is UR World Episode 3 - Video

Mar 1, 2018 at 10:56
by UR Team  

PRESS RELEASE: Polygon Bikes

We are super stoked to release Episode 4 of This is UR World Season 3. This episode tells the story of a talented cross-country mountain biker, Kenta Gallagher, who decided to stop his career as an endurance athlete and become a Downhill mountain biker.

Kenta started riding cross-country at a very young age and rapidly progressed to XC World Cups and even won the XC Eliminator race at the World Cup in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic back in 2013. But then, in 2015, Kenta decided to change paths and do what he had what he always wanted to do, ride Downhill.

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Kenta Gallagher back in the days, racing XC Eliminator World Cups.

In only his second season racing Downhill, in 2016, Kenta managed to be the highest ranked privateer in the overall standings. Something that definitely proved that he had chances to succeed and to pursue his dream, which was to become a professional mountain biker. The year after, he joined the Polygon UR Team.

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Kenta Gallagher at the 2017 DHI World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.

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We followed Kenta throughout the year, from Downhill World Cups, to Enduro World Series, to his home in Inverness, Scotland, to capture what his life is all about: racing, shredding, and having fun on his bike. Kenta is a super versatile biker, whether he’s riding cross country, road, enduro or downhill, he is always pushing hard to achieve his goals and to work towards his dream.

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13 Comments
  • 11 0
 One of the best team video I've watched in a while, and in 4k !
  • 7 0
 Great video, Andy Sutherland looking smooth behind Kenta.
The track in much of the video is my local, built with my own fair hand and shot before my son and I put the new final bottom section in (still needs properly completed) at the end of last year, she looks great from an aerial view.
  • 1 2
 As I watched that section of the video, I was wondering about your input.
  • 7 0
 The Polygon UR Team is awesome! #proudsponsor!
  • 2 0
 Kenta is such a great guy! I was lucky enough to take him on the iconic Monarch Crest trail last summer and it was super cool to see his riding style- a combo of World Cup XC and World Cup DH. And he was quite kind to wait for me at the top of every climb and the bottom of every descent. Ha! Best of luck to him this season!
  • 6 0
 This is Micks year. Yes, you heard it here first. It’s top step time!
  • 2 0
 At least get the WC Stripes!
  • 1 0
 Yes, that too! Haha


@orastreet1:
  • 1 0
 smmooooottth on that xc machine! kept looking for the rear suspension action! nope rigid dude!
  • 2 0
 that was pretty rad. best of luck to Kenta!
  • 1 0
 Fantastic series. PB should post the links to the previous vids...I would re-watch them.
  • 1 0
 So rad!
  • 1 0
 Really enjoyed that!







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