Christian Bagg on racing Leadville by handcycle

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2024

⏱️ 104 minutes

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When Christian Bagg crossed the finish line at the Leadville 100 this year, he became the first rider to complete (and start) the notorious high alpine race with a handcycle. He did it with a bike he created through his company, Bowhead Corp, the leading purveyor of adaptive mountain bikes. Taking part in Leadville was part personal challenge and part broader statement — he wanted to make it clear that cyclists with mobility disabilities can race alongside able-bodied riders at the toughest e...

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0:00.0	I felt confident that my qualification was real and I deserved to be there, which is a big part
0:05.9	of this whole Leadville story is it had very little to do with me and a lot more to do with
0:13.2	showing what the bike could do to the people around the world and then having them have some
0:18.9	resources. So when they go out to their race organizer and they're like, I want a race and they're like, well, I don't know if your bike can do it.
0:26.1	This was all about like them going, it did it.
0:29.0	Yeah.
0:29.3	It did it at this like crazy hard race.
0:32.1	And it did it with 1,700 other people.
0:34.7	And it worked.
0:37.0	It's showtime everybody everybody! Showtime!
0:41.8	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:45.4	This is the world as it exists today.
0:50.4	Life moves pretty fast.
0:52.8	You don't stop and look around once in a while you could miss it
0:57.0	listen we're talking about practice repeat on the dude's room donnie you're out of your element
1:04.7	i see you think this has nothing to do with you don Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:14.1	This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McElvin.
1:18.5	Hello everyone.
1:19.4	Welcome back.
1:20.5	Off the top, I wanted to say a thank you for all of your notes and messages over the
1:24.9	past week about the most recent episode with Melissa
1:28.3	Rollins.
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