![]() ![]() Warning: contains crash footage, I can barely watch it Gee Atherton We’ve always known that Gee Atherton is tough. I wanted to share this edit as a tribute to those guys for getting me back on track and to document the first stages of my recovery. ![]() I’ll be back on the bike and making more edits before you know it. As well as the fantastic surgeons at the Royal Stoke University Hospital who put me back together. Darren Roberts and Altius Healthcare are taking turns to bully me into rehab. To the paramedics, the Aberdyfi Search and rescue team that winched me off the mountain, the air ambulance who transferred me to the hospital. From the crew who kept my spirits high while they steadied me on that ledge. #Gee atherton professional#I completely buried myself, I can’t thank everyone enough. 1985 George David Atherton, known as Gee Atherton (born 26 February 1985, near Salisbury, England) is a professional racing cyclist specialising in downhill and four cross mountain bike racing, and is a multiple national champion, multiple World Cup winner, and 2008 & 2014 Downhill World Champion. Doctors worried about possible damage to his lung, but true to form, Gee is making a rapid recovery without lasting damage. Brits took podium positions at the Fort William Mountain Bike World Cup, including World Downhill Champions, Danny Hart, Gee Atherton and Tracy Moseley. He bounced off the cliff with such force that he broke his femur, radius, ulnar, 6 ribs, his nose and fractured his eye socket. The atmosphere on the hill was relaxed, but a moment’s miscalculation saw Gee fall over 100 feet down a slate outcrop. ![]() Gee said I have to admit the first day up on the new ridge was challenging, I’d been riding chilled bike park laps and suddenly I was back at. On the day of the shoot, conditions were fine, the Atherton DH bike was set up perfectly. Buy Now: gee atherton mtb.mountain bike tires 26 x 2.10, suspension stem for gravel bike, specialized rockhopper mountain bike used, 900cc triumph. Gee's recovery was a long process with no guarantees that he would ride again but the thought of the new Ridgeline (built way back in 2021 before his horrible accident) was a huge motivation. ![]()
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