Travis Brown (cyclist)
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Travis Brown (born August 7, 1969) is an American professional bicycle racer. He primarily competes in cross-country mountain bike and cyclo-cross races but has also raced on road bicycles from time to time.
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[edit] Biography
Brown started racing professionally in 1990 and partially retired at the end of the 2004 season.
Brown is still taking part in mountain bike and cyclo-cross races as of 2005, but he is not entering as many events as he did in the past. Brown is now less a part of the professional Trek-Volkswagen factory team, and more an incidentally-sponsored racer for the company, whose job is more in product development and testing of these parts in racing environments. His long experience in racing- along with his long professed love of epic training rides- makes him an ideal tester for Trek bikes and equipment.
Throughout his racing career, Brown has been recognized and loved for his unconventional personal style; ever-changing facial hair, earrings, and tattoos made him a superstar in MTB's early years. Though such styles would not be considered unique today, they were a source of controversy and interest in the early 1990s.
Travis is notable for the length of his competitive racing career. In 1990 he raced the first official UCI World Mountain Biking Championships in his hometown of Durango, CO, won the US National Champion MTB XC race in 1999 and won the Marathon National Championship at Mammoth Mountain California in 2005.
[edit] 29er
Brown was one of the first high profile racers to race on single-speed bicycles and on mountain bikes using 29 inch wheels, a design known as the "29er". He has twice won the Single Speed World Championships, in 1999 and 2002. Additionally, he is known for competing in both mountain bike and cyclo-cross races against geared racers, using single speed bicycles. Travis is a member of the Intergalactic Pilots, an elite group of single speed riders who dwell in the Rocky Mountains.
Due to Travis Brown's influence, Trek now offers a single-speed mountain bike based on his design. It uses a 29 inch (74 cm) front wheel and 26 inch (66 cm) rear wheel, a design called a 69er. [1]
[edit] Significant results
[edit] 2005
- Marathon National Championships, Mammoth Lakes, CA
- First place
- Single Speed World Championship - State College, PA
- Second to end point of bike race stage
[edit] 2004
- Norba NCS Big Bear Cross Country- first place
[edit] 2003
- NORBA NCS Short Track Cross Country - Snowshoe, WV
- Fourth place
- NORBA NCS Short Track Cross Country - Durango, Colorado
- Fifth place (using a singlespeed without a suspension fork)
- Subaru Nova Desert Classic
- Fifth place Stage 1
- Fifth place Stage 3
[edit] 2002
- 24 Hours of Moab, Utah
- First place
- 360 Festival, Telluride, Colorado
- Third place
- Norba NCS XC, Durango, Colorado
- Third place
- Norba NCS XC, Troy, Wisconsin
- Fourth place
- Norba NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
- Fifth place
- Singlespeed World Championships - Downieville, CA
- First place & World Champion Crown and tattoo
[edit] 2001
- USA National Team member
- Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, Durango, Colorado
- First place
- 24 Hours of Moab, Utah
- First place
[edit] 2000
- USA Olympic Team Member
- NORBA NCS XC, Deer Valley, Utah
- Fourth place
[edit] 1999
- NORBA National Championship Series
- First place overall
- NORBA NCS, Seven Springs, PA
- First place
- NORBA NCS, Mount Snow, VT
- Second place
- NORBA NCS, Big Bear, CA
- Fourth place
- NORBA NCS, Red Wing, MN
- Fourth place
- Singlespeed World Championships - Rancho Cucamonga, CA
- First place & World Champion Crown and tattoo
[edit] 1998
- NORBA National Championship Series
- third overall
- NORBA NCS, Mammoth Lakes, CA
- First place
- NORBA NCS, Breckenridge, CO
- First place
- NORBA NCS Finals, Mount Snow, VT
- Second place
[edit] 1997
- NORBA NCS, Red Wing, MN
- Fourth place
- NORBA NCS, Mammoth Lakes, CA
- fourth place
- NORBA NCS, Park City, UT
- Second place
- NORBA National Championship Series
- Fourth overall
[edit] 1996
- USA National Team Member
- NORBA NCS, Park City, UT
- First place (Travis considers this his best win)
- NORBA National Championship Series
- Sixth overall
[edit] 1995
- USA National Team Member
- NORBA National Championship Series
- Fourth overall
[edit] 1990
- Raced in Durango UCI World Championships
