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Wounded soldiers “battle back” on coast to coast mountain bike challenge

On July 4th seven soldiers will set off on a fleet of Merida Trail 300D bikes to tackle the arduous ‘Coast to Coast’ off-road Mountain Bike route.

A route billed as the UK’s most challenging bike tour will take them 220 miles from St Bees on the West Coast of Cumbria to Whitby in North Yorkshire,.

The team includes 5 members of the Royal Army Physical Training Corps accompanied by 2 injured soldiers from the “Battle Back” initiative, a Tri-Service organisation offering wounded service personnel the opportunity to participate in Adventurous Training as part of their recovery.

In addition to providing the participants with a gruelling personal and team challenge, they can attain nationally recognised mountain bike coaching qualifications. This will assist in the creation of a pool of Mountain Bike Coaches with “adaptive” skills to support Battle Back in future cycling events.

The riders plan to take 5 days to complete the challenge and their progress will be reported here, daily.

We wish them the best of luck.
 

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