Tracy Moseley is a professional downhill mountain bike racer, rated No 2 in the world. Despite having a degree in biology, she earns her living on the saddle of a bicycle, zooming down a treacherous hillside at 40-odd miles per hour. There are downsides: travelling, injuries, aches, pains, mud. But the good bits- and the mountain bike World Cup race in Fort William next month definitely counts as one of those- make it worthwhile.
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