Race Bikes with Ric McLaughlin, Nino Schurter's Scott Spark

After nearly 20 years of trying, Britain's Steve Peat finally won the UCI World Championships in Canberra 2009. He did so on a custom-sized Santa Cruz V10. Peat's win became legendary, and the bike talismanic.

Jeff Steber created the cornerstone of full suspension bikes and what was widely credited as being the first ever downhill bike. Shaun Palmer, one of the sport's most important athletes, secured its legacy.

Outside Zurich, Nino Schurter has an (almost) complete collection of all of his race bikes. We take a look at pretty much all of them, but focus on the very special Scott Spark that they presented to him after his record-breaking win in Lenzerheide 2023.

Honda entered the world of UCI Downhill World Cup racing for four years and created one of the most mythical race bikes to ever exist – the RN01. In his bike shop in Pietermaritzburg, Greg Minnaar retains the only one left on the planet.