Fancy getting your hands on this limited edition e*thirteen LG1+ chainguide signed by former World Champion Steve Peat?

All you have to do is go to Chop MTB’s Facebook page, like the page, and then enter the competition.

If you already like Chop MTB on Facebook, don’t worry, you can still enter – it’s open to new and current ‘likers’ alike!

The competition ends on Friday 30 November, so you’ve got just over a week to enter!

In the meantime, check out the video below to see what happened when Steve went to Thailand the season finale of This Is Peaty…

It’s going to be one heck of a show!

Steve Peat flying the flag- would it look this good at the Olympics?

Our heart rates are already up just thinking about the Brits representing at the Velodrome, and how likely they are to take away a lot of medals. And the same too for the Cross Country MTB crew doing us proud at Hadley Farm.

But really what we- and most people we know- are calling for is the biggest, baddest and most exciting form of mountain biking to make it to the games. But does it belong there or should it be at the X-games instead?

The whole idea of the Olympic Games is that the sports are down to sportsmanship and fair game- not the tools used. Cross Country mountain biking sees most riders on very similar bikes- they may as well all be the same given the advantages between them all.

It’s the riders that really make the magic happen.

Track racing is done on bikes virtually identical to each other and Skiing is done on skis virtually the same as the next set.

Downhill mountain bikes vary immensely. Weight, suspension travel, geometry, efficiency, design– and the list goes on. Plus, the terrain they ride them on deteriorates as the race goes on. Meaning a lot of factors affect what the riders can do- despite current top times being so close. Apart from that American chap though,  who’s riding on his own at the moment.

Imagine if downhill mountain biking could be classed- like sailing…

Bikes could be built by different manufacturers but all have to adhere to a design, weight, length etc- removing the bike factor from the equation.

It’s certainly a talking piece right now here at MBUK towers- what’s your take on downhill mountain biking at the Olympics?

The World Champs are a weird affair and as the doom-mongers in Canada continue to scour the skies for the apparently iminent rain the riders got on with the first ‘timed training’ session.

The ‘timed training’ concept is a bit of a strange one – it’s basically quali, but not!

It’s a one hour open window to go flat-out and attempt to gauge how quick you are against the opposition. The problem is what if you don’t want the opposition to see how quick you’re going?! Who’s sand-bagging and who’s got it wide open – nobody knows!

Anyway, mind games aside, here are the top ten riders from yesterdays first session;

1. Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Sundicate)

2. Gee Atherton (Animal Commencal)

3. Aaron Gwin (Yeti/Fox Racing Shox)

4. Mitch Delfs (Pivot)

5. Sam Blenkinsop (Lapierre)

6. Danny Hart (Giant)

7. Julien Camellini (Chain Reaction Cycles)

8. Steve Peat (Santa Cruz Syndicate)

9. Chris Kovarik (Chain Reaction Cycles)

10. Andrew Neethling (Trek World Racing)

So what do you reckon? Obviously neither Gee or Greg will want to back off after last weekend’s crunch World Cup decider, Peaty seems to be charging on a beautifully old-school course and look at Danny Hart – right up there! Mitch Delfs is another rider scaling the heights whilst Aaron Gwin is still very much in the hunt for that elusive first victory…

By Sunday night we’ll know who owns the stripes! Stay tuned for more updates.