cut-off jeans

Leighton’s introduction to mountain biking started when he moved to Canmore in the early 90’s. He had no idea what bib shorts were and refused to wear a helmet. He slowly conformed over the next few years. Leighton’s first race still involved cut-off jeans in the citizen cateory of the Killer Bees Race in Canmore in 1997. Needless to say, racing was very casual for the next few years because of work commitments and family.

In 2000 he stopped biking completely and only in 2005 was he enticed to come back to the sport when a friend asked him to ride in the Trans Rockies. Stage racing proved to be very satisfying and he went on to race the Trans Rockies and BC Bike Race the next few years.

After racing his second stage race, Leighton decided to try the 24 Hours of Adrenalin 2006 ,which was only one week after Trans Rockies. With little rest and less preparation, he managed to win his first 24 Hours of Adrenalin. He was able to repeat this win the following year as well. The World Solo Championships in Laguna Seca, CA, was an extremely hard race and it didn’t go as well as he had hoped, placing 10^th overall. The following year, in Canmore, AB, at the Wold Solo Championships again, he was able to better his result and get 7^th and in 2009 placed 4^th and was the top Canadian.

Leighton is looking forward to racing in Australia and representing Canada with a great group of fellow Canadian riders.

Leighton Poidevin