Martyn Ashton
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| Animal Bike Tour, Aberystwyth, June 2007 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Martyn Ashton |
| Date of birth | December 2, 1974 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | MTB |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Trials |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1997 2005 2008 |
Volvo - Cannondale Animal MBUK Team Ashton Diamondback |
| Infobox last updated on: | |
| 12 June 2008 | |
Martyn Ashton (born 2 December 1974)[1] is a mountain bike trials rider and team manager. He has been riding professional trials since 1993[2] and is often described as a mountain biking legend.[3][4] He has been credited with turning it from a niche form or riding into the sport into it is today.[5]
Ashton started out as a motorcycle trials rider, and began riding mountain bike trials later on.[5] He has been the front man for The Bike Tour since 2002, and has held the British Biketrial Champion four times and has been the World Expert Biketrial Champion. Ashton is the High Jump World Record Holder. In 2008, Ashton entered the Mountain Biking UK 'Hall of Fame'.[2]
Ashton not only rides trials, he has also designed the exhibition stages[6] and has been designing products for his own Ashton Bikes range since 2002.[3] He has appeared in TV shows, magazine covers, MTB videos and also has his own column Hop Idol in the MBUK magazine.[3] Ashton lives in Port Talbot, South Wales.
Ashton broke his back in 2003 when he compressed a vertebrae and fractured it during a fall, having mis-judged a landing, but he soon returned to riding.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Martyn Ashton. Cycling Website.
- ^ a b Martyn Ashton. Ashton Bikes.
- ^ a b c Team Ashton Diamondback Is Launched. Diamondback.
- ^ Martyn Ashton : Mountain bike legend. ADS Projects.
- ^ a b Martyn Ashton. Mud in the Blood.
- ^ ANIMAL MOUNTAIN BIKE CHAMPIONS, MARTYN ASHTON AND GRANT ‘CHOPPER’ FIELDER, AT THE SPORTSBOAT AND RIB SHOW. Southampton Sports Boat and RIB Show (4 May 2005).
- ^ UK Trials ace Ashton recovering from broken back (February 2003).
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