Immediate Release: April 1 2009.
It's official.
The Pig & Whistle Singlespeed Mountain Bike Championship in Rotorua, New Zealand will be the 2009 Rest of the World Singlespeed Champs.
UCI director of one-geared racing, Sweden’s Mikael Kalle Blomkvist, made the announcement at a packed press conference at the organization’s headquarters in Switzerland, early this morning. “We think the Kiwis have cracked it again,” said Blomkvist. “Their first national singlespeed championship in 2008 was a huge success and we felt it was time to recognize this.”