From skate park to singletrack

Singlespeeder, stamp-collector, king-fu movie fan

Singlespeeder, stamp-collector, king-fu movie fan (Image credit: Steve Medcroft)

Dejay Birtch is not your typical polished and clean-cut cross-country mountain bike racer, but then the world of singlespeed mountain bike racing is a bit more welcoming to a former skate rat who travels races in an RV that's been clapped out from new. Steve Medcroft meets one of the MTB world's great characters.