Maybe Ryan Trebon is just training for the upcoming cyclocrss season and he wants to keep that big-wheel feel going all season long. Whatever it is, it’s working. In his first season racing a 29er, Trebon will go down in the history books by putting his 29er on top of a National XC podium.
“I’d take time on Jeremiah on the climbs and then he’d catch me on the descents,” said Trebon. “I feel really comfortable on this bike [a 29er] so I don’t have as big a deficit on the descents. But Jeremiah still was definitely going downhill faster.”
Trebon’s victory at Deer Valley was the first time a 29inch wheeled bike has won a NMBS cross country race. There have been two previous wins by Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Subaru/Gary Fisher) in short track and a time trial. Trebon is coming off a win on his 29er at last weekend’s Mountain States Cup Series stop in Crested Butte, Colorado for the Wildflower Rush.
Harlan Price continues his run of podium finishes on an Independent Fabrication 29er, taking a strong 3rd place at the Lumberjack 100. Price finished second last season in the Ultra-Endurance National Championship Series to Chris Eatough, who finished just behind Price in 4th at the Lumberjack
