Overend still mixing it up with the pros

Hall of Famer Ned Overend (Sho-Air/Specialized)

Hall of Famer Ned Overend (Sho-Air/Specialized) (Image credit: Dave McElwaine/trailwatch.net)

The loudest cheers during the elite men's cross country race at the US Mountain Bike National Championships race may not have been for the winnner, Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Subaru / Gary Fisher), but for mountain bike legend Ned Overend (Sho-Air Specialized).  Every time he passed through the finish line, the fans roared their encouragement.

Sue George is an editor at Cyclingnews.  She coordinates all of the site's mountain bike race coverage and assists with the road, 'cross and track coverage.