this is gustavo 0rtiz, a competitive mountain biker and the two—time national champion of his nativepion multiple times, and ifinished 20th in a world cup. it was my best result. but, while training in 2017, he had a tragic accident. i crashed in whistler, and ifinished paralysed from my chest down. did you think you would be able to cycle again? no, it never came to my mind. h ea rt b eats un coeur. un etat d'esprit. although mountain biking will be an official sport at this year's olympic games, it's not yet been made an official sport in the paralympic games. that's partially because the bikes needed to race simply haven't existed. many traditional handcycles are built to be ridden on the road and feature wide wheelbases. occasionally, they even place riders kneeling forward. this position puts their centre of gravity higher — something that would make sharp turns difficult on a loose dirt mountain bike trail. but a canadian company think they've developed a solution. i broke my back in 1996 snowboarding, and prior to that, i loved mountain biking. i loved snowboarding and climbin

this is gustavo 0rtiz, a competitive mountain biker and the two—time national champion of his native 2017, he had a tragic accident. i crashed in whistler, and ifinished paralysed from my chest down. did you think you would be able to cycle again? no, it never came to my mind. h ea rt b eats un coeur. un etat d'esprit. although mountain biking will be an official sport at this year's olympic games, it's not yet been made an official sport in the paralympic games. that's partially because the bikes needed to race simply haven't existed. many traditional handcycles are built to be ridden on the road and feature wide wheelbases. 0ccasionally, they even place riders kneeling forward. this position puts their centre of gravity higher — something that would make sharp turns difficult on a loose dirt mountain bike trail. but a canadian company think they've developed a solution. i broke my back in 1996 snowboarding, and prior to that, i loved mountain biking. i loved snowboarding and climbing, i was, like, a kid who loved the outdoors in canada. and very early on in my injury, i recognised