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Cross Country Mountain Biker Payson McElveen: ‘The Climb Is Ridiculous’

Our Athletes Voice series gives athletes a forum to talk about how technology has impacted their careers and their lives away from sports. This week, mountain biker Payson McElveen talks about how he trains, his experience of sprinting up the Red Bull Bay Climb, and his fans.

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Payson McElveen is a two-time cross country mountain bike national champion, winning in 2017 and 2018. He also won the Mongolia Bike Challenge stage race in 2016 and the Single Speed World Championship in 2018. Last September, he was invited by his sponsor, Red Bull, to race the company’s Bay Climb uphill sprint in San Francisco, and he added that title to his collection too.