omeone once said, “To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism—to steal from many is research”. I'm not going to credit whoever said it first, because I'd likely need to use their wording which was probably in archaic English and a lot less concise. That's the value of an idea being reiterated to the point of refinement. Mountain biking is a collection of ideas taken from other places, it's a mongrel sport. Just like a mongrel, it's smart, versatile and adaptable, and it's an amalgam of lots of influences with a character all its own – mountain biking will steal your socks and slippers to build a
