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We Are Alone All the Way Because We Need to Undert
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 By Erbai & Saye

Can you ride bikes?

Have you ever felt your Adrenalin rising while riding bikes?

  There is a group of people who like to push the bike to the mountaintop, then dashing down the hill which has complicated terrain, and their speed is 50 to 80 kilometers per hour. This sounds exceptionally thrilling and dangerous, but in foreign countries, people from seven years old to sixty years would choose to use this way to be close to nature and enjoy the beauty of nature.

  Downhill mountain biking has developed 30 years all over the world, and it has become a sport that is loved and approved by the most people in foreign countries. But downhill mountain biking has developed in China for 20 years and still not know by many people.

  Kaka is the chief founder of a downhill mountain biking club brand and the president of Changsha Cycling Association. I can feel his passion and responsibility towards this sport during our conversation. He feels that it is his responsibility to pass on this sport, and this is also the goal of his life. 


 



Erbai: Downhill mountain biking still has a small crowd in China. How did you learn about this sport?

Kaka: I was 20 years old in 1994, and I tried to join the first Hunan Province Cycling Competition. I ranked lower than the tenth, but I was excited and had a sense of accomplishment. I felt like that I should be able to walk longer on this road.


Erbai: Then you found an organization to learn systematically and gather experience or did you explore by yourself?

Kaka: Mountain biking was popular and I started biking after I learned something about biking equipment and how to assemble a bike by myself. In 1999, people still used dial-up, I learned Yu Li who was in Beijing, was playing a sport named downhill mountain biking. I thought it was cool, but I was limited, so I had to move on. I dreamed about downhill mountain biking while playing cross-country(XC) and joined some XC competitions. In 2007, I assembled my first downhill mountain bike and joined a downhill mountain biking competition in Shanghai. There were 16 contestants and I was the only one who had traveled a thousand kilometer to participate in this competition. Asian Championship used this track. At that time, I thought it would be best if Hunan province could organize competitions like this. Later on, I gathered a lot of competition experience from 2008 to 2010. In 2010, I finally started the first downhill mountain biking competition in Changsha, Hunan. It was a difficult time, only over dozens of people participated. There was a group of buddies who played downhill mountain biking at Shenzhen was organizing competitions as well. I reached out to them then I found out that all of us were passionate about this sport and were new to this and still exploring. We hit it off and kept in touch. In 2012, my competition became successful and I organized a national championship which called Heimi Mountain Competition.


Erbai: Many people think downhill mountain biking is an extremely dangerous competition. Do you think this sport can become more suitable for average people?

Kaka: I do. People still have a stereotype and misunderstanding about mountain biking. People always think you need to do somersault or descent from high places. The truth is mountain biking is a sport that allows you to be closer to nature. The happiest part of this sport is to fit in nature and feel the wind and sun in nature. In foreign countries, even young kids who are seven or eight years and elders who are fifty or sixty can ride the bike on the mountain in a park. So it is a safe sport as long as you do not challenge your limit and enjoy this sport within your ability limit. This is also an efficient way to relax your mind and body.




 

Erbai: Does your family understand and support you?

Kaka: In the begin, my father did not understand me because I biked while working. He thought I was a chair warmer. My family thought to go to work was more meaningful. But I thought life should have different kinds of meaningful stuff other than work. I think my physic and the cognitive level was improved through biking at that time.



Erbai: Have you injured while biking?

Kaka: Bikers often get injured, as long as you wear protection properly, the injury will not likely be severe. The most severe injury I got was when I started building roads by myself in 2007. I created some slopes and jumping platform according to the procedure online. The slopes and jumping platforms were unreasonable, so I broke my ribs when I tried to jump over one of the slopes that were built by me. It hurt even when I sneezed for two months.




Erbai: What motivates you to insist on biking and be passionate about it?

Kaka: I loved this sport because I wanted honor when I was 20 years old. I did not think much and I was young, so there were many things that I did not understand. When I was 36, I started to think what was the future of this sport. I began to invent ground and organize competitions. I finally found out the small competition could draw more new people, therefore the priority of my hobby shifted. I feel my mission is to promote mountain biking and I wish to communicate with people from different regions about how to cultivate new fans. My idea is to start small sites in different areas then integrate one by one, and form a league with a selection system in the end. Let it become a real group for fans. So the group can have constant new people and establish a real bikers fan culture.


 


 

Erbai: What preparation will you do to make your team member as safe as you can during training and competition?

Kaka: In recent years, every team is more focus on inventing keynotes and professional points of the sport. Hoping every participator can be safer and be aware while playing this sport. Such as whenever we go to a new track or arena, we will walk along the trail without bicycles according to the international convention. We can discuss the difficult points, details, and route while walking on the track. Everyone will choose a safer and more reliable route according to their ability. Plus, I think that promote and invent protection is very important. I will try to talk to them into wearing protections when I meet contestants who do not like wearing helmet and protection. I think whether wearing protection is an attitude issue instead of a courage issue. People should take protections seriously. Passing on safety awareness is responsible for yourself, for your family and the sport. I hate to see a great young fan get hurt which consumes both energy and time. Biking safely is the fundamental principle to let this sport develops and break through consistently.


Erbai: Have you ever questioned your choice?

Kaka: I am chasing after the meaning of this sport, I have been thinking and seeking. I have wanted to quit many times too. This is a very lonely road for me and I hope to find the meaning that shows this sport can be passed on. When my friend quit while I was searching, I thought that I was definitely on the wrong path. I think the right way will let the young fans see hope in us that we can become No.1 in China or No.1 in Asia even in the world. And the right way will continuously make them want to climb or try. This is my anticipation for this sport.



Erbai: What are you doing to pursue your goal now?

Kaka: I hope that I can build league system in every region and for national league championship through my effort. I want to create a platform and the best club so that fans can feel a sense of belonging. They can also receive professional and systematic guidance. Some people have never ridden bikes before, but talented people have a chance to become great bikers once they have stairs like this.


 


Erbai: What kind of achievement have your club achieved on the current status?

Kaka: We were under a lot of pressure in the beginning because we did not have enough fund. But our contestant won the highest prize in the competition at Guide which gave us a lot of hope and motivation. In recent two years, most fan knows KK(Mengqi Tang), Zhengwu Ye, and Cong Xiao who are from our team. They are contestants who rank in the front in the national list. This also makes our team more cohesive. People are also more united and confident about the developing direction of our team.


Erbai: Do you want to say something toward our readers about this sport?

Kaka: I hope more young people will find a safe guiding team to practice and feel biking. You only can feel the charm of this sport more deeply when you build safety awareness in the beginning. I also wish fans would know that mountain biking is not about how fast and how far you can ride anymore, we need to improve the quality and cognition of the sport. We also need people to know about this sport truly. I want to say that downhill mountain biking is a safe, reliable and enjoyable biking sport. I hope more people will try it and understand it.


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