For people who dont know Chris Akrigg, hes a six-times National BikeTrial Champion & Mongoose MTN team rider. He rides anything from mountain bikes to brakeless fixies and everything inbetween. He also films and edits his own videos capturing the fun and stunts and posting videos of his exploits on his website chrisakrigg.com.


A few questions for Chris...

What are your interests outside of riding?
Photography, films, music, drinking tea/beer, walking the dog

Who were your heroes as a kid?
Jordi Tarres (7 times world motorcycle trials champion)

If you could ride with anyone who would it be?
My mates, I probably ride my best and enjoy myself more just chilling with my friends. I guess I'd like to ride with my mates that I don't see often ,that would be cool.

What was your first bike set up and how has it changed?
Well my very first bike had 3 wheels, so it's changed a lot I guess. My first mountain bike was a piece of shit, far too big for me and always broke, but that was probably due to the torture I gave it (still a hell of a lot of fun!) I'm so lucky now with Mongoose, I have a good range of bikes all with wicked setups from fixie to downhill. Spoiled rotten I am!

Describe your perfect day.
Get up take dog out on the moors then back for a mug of Yorkshire tea and cake. Go riding with my mates, find a rad line, ride it, film it. Have a curry, drink some beer and party.