Urban Downhill: Taxco, Mexico

With the World Cup DH season over and the World Champs having been played out in Hafjell, the racers turned towards the off season and alternative events that offered a different way to keep their eye in to racing.

The most iconic of this is the Taxco Urban Downhill. Situated deep in the midst of Mexico the weather is perfect in mid October to catch some sun before a winter of hard training. Our athlete Bernard Kerr travelled out to this unique event to compete with the best in the world.

His race started less than ideally as a nasty crash on the stepdown in his first practice run meant he barely knew the course prior to his final race run. Despite this Bernard threw down an unbelievable run flying into 5th place and squeezing onto the podium. Speaking to Bernard after the event he said "I was hurting but still knew I could put down a good run if I went hard". He more than proved this to us as not only did he pick up one of the fastest times of the day, he also did it with style, throwing down one of his trademark whips!

It was an incredible event: we can't wait for next years, and neither can Bernard. 

Love what you ride,

The Pivot UK Team