Musings of a Mountain Biker
(R)adelaide Rider Profiles
Lewis Denver
Tobias Bracht
Name: Tobias
Age: 16
Rides: Trek slash 8 2015
Works: part time photographer for Rotor Photography
Lives: In a house
Years riding together: Roughly 1
Who is your friend and riding buddy? Lewis Where did you meet Lewis? I met him through some of my other riding buddies
Dirt Dishing time
Tobias, who is Lewis? He is a very funny and kind mate
Pick three words that describe how he rides a bike: Loose, Low and fast
If you had a mechanical, Lewis would: a) make you eat dust b)pull out his entire workshop in a bag b)walk you home: Defiantly b as he has had to do so many times aha
Who is faster downhill? Around the same at the moment as I'm coming back from injury and he is testing his new bike
Who is faster Uphill? Lewis at the moment
Who crashes more? Definitely me aha
When Lewis crashes he: a) laughs it off b)lets a little water escape c)swears loudly a
What does Lewis use to explain an off day on the bike? Usually "one of my bolts is loose" or "the bike doesn't feel right"
What’s your favourite moment from when you were riding with Lewis? Probably just the other day as we have very similar bikes now and it's cool to just muck around and do wheelies!
What else do you do when you hang out? Watch mountain bike videos or talk about girls
What does Lewis talk about when on the bike? Either how awesome the bike/ trail is or how something is wrong with his bike
Name: Lewis
Age: 17
Rides: 2016 Trek Slash 9.8
Works: Full time at Bicycle Express
Lives: Adelaide
Years riding together: A bit over 1
Who is your friend and riding buddy? Tobias
Where did you meet Tobias? Through some mutual friends.
Dirt Dishing time
Lewis, who is Tobias? A male human.
Pick three words that describe how he rides a bike: Textbook, brakeless, big.
If you had a mechanical, Tobias would: a) make you eat dust b)pull out his entire workshop in a bag c)walk you home
(c) what a legend!
Who is faster downhill? He's just coming back from injury and I'm still learning how my new bike works so I'd say were even. I try and drop him on the descents but it doesn't happen. Well, not yet at least wink emoticon
Who is faster Uphill? I'm much fitter at the moment coming from riding 40km a day for the last couple of months on my road bike (2016 Trek Emonda SL6) and he's been out with injury so hasn't been able to exersice for a couple of months. Plus my bike is carbon, aha!
Who crashes more? I'd say I crash more but I always get back up and hope/check that no one saw however his crashes are more brutal, broken collarbone, etc.
When Tobias crashes he: a) laughs it off b)lets a little water escape c)swears loudly
(a) Tobias laughs it off until he realizes how many bones he's broken or how much money it will cost to fix his bike, from that moment on, its silence and everyone must stand back.
What does Tobias use to explain an off day on the bike? "Yeah, well, long story short, I pulled up and just kept flying, landed on my face and broke my collar bone... Funny, isn't it?.
What’s your favourite moment from when you were riding with Tobias? definatly trying to keep up with him down some local trails at Belair and watching him from a safe distance behind doing massive jumps on his endure bike. He used to do bigger jumps on his 160mm slash than I did on my 200mm downhill bike!
What else do you do when you hang out? Talk about bike and girls, watch bike videos, adjust our bikes until they're "Dialled"
What does Tobias talk about when on the bike? Everything and anything! From the fact that he needs some water to how the rain makes the dirt feel almost like "hero dirt"
