Mountain Biking in Nepal – Stand up Nepal and Support your Riders

Everybody wants to be like their hero’s, wear what they wear, eat and drink the same and ride the bike that they do...

Mountain Biking receives much support, funding and acclaim word wide as both a recreational and professional sport. In Nepal there is no funding or support or official training for our young riders and no chance of performing on an international scale. We only have to look at massive international companies like Trek, Cube and Giant among others and their mountain bike racing teams to see how much success they get, teams such as this attract sponsorship from cooperate giants like Vodafone, Coke and Sony, all companies that enjoy the lime light that sponsorship of mountain biking brings to them. This is what allows other nations to develop professional riders that can compete and carry sponsor names on an international level; this is what Nepal is missing out on.

This chance to send riders to the 16^th Asian games offers limitless opportunities for our young riders. To gain international experience, to build a reputation in Nepal as being a great mountain biking country further attracting international events (In the past Nepal has hosted the Asian Championships and other international race series) tourism and recreational benefits. To sponsor a young rider, you are helping pave the way forward for mountain biking and professional riders in Nepal. A small step now can help develop the sport and help us to produce the champions of the future who can be competitive on an international scale, our champions, Nepalese sponsored, Nepalese riders.

Nations need sporting heroes, people outside of politics, cooperation’s and everyday life that can bring people together as one and give them a sense of National Pride. Sporting heroes can be ambassadors for our country like Ricky Pointing is to Australia, Sachin Tendulkar to India and David Beckham to England.

A professional rider can go a long way in promoting mountain biking through the country, encouraging other people to ride for recreation, health, fitness and well being not to mention promoting the bicycle as a vehicle for the environment and also help to boost Mountain Biking in the Tourism industry, all of which helps the Economy of Nepal, the moral of the people and the pride of the Nation.

Biking first is hoping that Raj Kumar and some of Nepal’s other top ten riders can make it to the 16^th Asian Games in China and we are now seeking sponsorship to fund the training and journey there.