DYC Biker – Mohit Ubhan | Makes News

Some of us at DYC may not know Mohit. Here’s the deal. The guy is 18 yrs old, finishing school, soft spoken and one awesome rider !

Recently he was in the news for the right reasons to do us all proud.  Here one of the articles featuring him. And yes, he’s a DYC Bikers’ Club member ! Don’t believe me. Just google “mohit ubhan” and see what’s the first thing you get ???

This article is from the “The Tribune”. Original article can be found here

Mohit is best emerging cyclist

Vishal Thakur
Tribune News Service

Dehradun, October 14
Cycling 700 km in the hills is undoubtedly a challenging task, but 18-year-old Mohit Ubhan finished the task in just 10 days.

The young cyclist from Dehradun won the Best Emerging Riders Award at the International Mountain Terrain Biking (MTB) Himachal Competition held recently.

He prepared for the competition in just two months. He was the youngest cyclist at the competition that saw the participation of 64 cyclists that included Army men, Australians, Americans and Belgians.

Mohit has been cycling for the past five years in Dehradun. His passion for cycling could be judged from that fact that he has cycled through the uphill-48-km stretch from Dehradun to Mussoorie 23 times in record time of one hour and 55 minutes.

But it is not as easy as it looks. Mohit’s first attempt to cycle to Mussoorie took him four hours. But thereafter, he has been constantly working on his stamina to make the difficult task look easy.

Mohit said, “I never thought of cycling for 700 km and neither did I know about this competition. My friend Siddharth persuaded me into participate in the meet.”

He admitted that the competition was one of the most difficult task that he has ever done in his life.

The very first stage was an eye opener for him. “The first stage was a 30-km rocky downhill stretch and many cyclists met with serious accidents that forced them to quit the race in the beginning. Balancing my cycle and riding safely was my main concern.”

He did well and came second at this stage. His good run continued in the second stage where he secured the first spot.

Although he could not hold on to the positions for long and ended at the fifth spot in the competition, his valiant effort earned him the Best Emerging Riders Award.

Now, Mohit has his eyes set on next year’s MTB Himachal meet and aims to win the competition.

But his dream of cycling does not end here. He wishes to participate at the world’s most popular cycling competition Tour de France that covers a distance of 4,000 km and witnesses the participation of cyclists from around the world.

Mohit is presently doing his Class XII studies from the open board and is also working in an imported cycle shop where he keep dreaming about cycles and races.

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