{"id":230033,"date":"2020-02-04T03:56:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T02:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/?p=230033"},"modified":"2020-02-04T03:56:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T02:56:58","slug":"video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/","title":{"rendered":"[Video] Chris Akrigg signs with GT Bicycles"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"YouTube<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

GT Bicycles is proud to welcome mountain bike (and all-around cycling) legend Chris Akrigg to the family for 2020!<\/span><\/p>\n

Since first popping onto the scene many years ago, Chris Akrigg has always had an amazing talent for riding bikes. Hailing from Yorkshire, England, Chris began his career as a trials athlete becoming a six-time British Trials Champion and winner of several Red Bull contests including the Red Bull Bike Battle, Red Bull Cobble Wobble, and the Red Bull Mini Drome in London. <\/span><\/p>\n

After being asked about what he has up his sleeve for 2020, Chris mentioned that he a few plans, \u201cbut you\u2019ll have to wait and see! I have a new fleet of bikes and my motivation and inspiration are high, and I can\u2019t wait to get stuck into my first project under the GT banner.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The team at GT is looking forward to seeing how Chris will continue to amaze audiences around the globe with his off-the-wall stunts in the next year. <\/span><\/p>\n

Follow Chris Akrigg on Instagram: <\/span>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chrisakrigg\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GT Bicycles is proud to welcome mountain bike (and all-around cycling) legend Chris Akrigg to the family for 2020! Since first popping onto the scene many years ago, Chris Akrigg has always had an amazing talent for riding bikes. Hailing from Yorkshire, England, Chris began his career as a trials athlete becoming a six-time British Trials Champion and winner of several Red Bull contests including the Red Bull Bike Battle, Red Bull Cobble Wobble, and the Red Bull Mini Drome in London. After being asked about what he has up his sleeve for 2020, Chris mentioned that he a few<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170425,"featured_media":230034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3678],"tags":[5634836,5231999],"yoast_head":"\n[Video] Chris Akrigg signs with GT Bicycles | MTB-MAG.COM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Video] Chris Akrigg signs with GT Bicycles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"GT Bicycles is proud to welcome mountain bike (and all-around cycling) legend Chris Akrigg to the family for 2020! Since first popping onto the scene many years ago, Chris Akrigg has always had an amazing talent for riding bikes. Hailing from Yorkshire, England, Chris began his career as a trials athlete becoming a six-time British Trials Champion and winner of several Red Bull contests including the Red Bull Bike Battle, Red Bull Cobble Wobble, and the Red Bull Mini Drome in London. After being asked about what he has up his sleeve for 2020, Chris mentioned that he a few\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MTB-MAG.COM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtbmagcom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-04T02:56:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-03-at-6.55.14-PM.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"976\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ian Collins\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mtbmagcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mtbmagcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ian Collins\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ian Collins\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9e7dbb79510ff29a5f7147ec5b91f27f\"},\"headline\":\"[Video] Chris Akrigg signs with GT Bicycles\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-04T02:56:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-04T02:56:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/\"},\"wordCount\":184,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"chris akrigg\",\"GT\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Latest News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/\",\"name\":\"[Video] Chris Akrigg signs with GT Bicycles | MTB-MAG.COM\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-04T02:56:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-04T02:56:58+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"[Video] Chris Akrigg signs with GT Bicycles\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/\",\"name\":\"MTB Mag\",\"description\":\"Mountain Bike Magazine\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MTB Mag\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mtbmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMFGf3qU0pdIpSx9VaV7qOw\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtbmagcom\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtbmagcom\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MTBMAG-800X800.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MTBMAG-800X800.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"MTB Mag\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9e7dbb79510ff29a5f7147ec5b91f27f\",\"name\":\"Ian Collins\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/author\/ian-collins\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"[Video] Chris Akrigg signs with GT Bicycles | MTB-MAG.COM","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"[Video] Chris Akrigg signs with GT Bicycles","og_description":"GT Bicycles is proud to welcome mountain bike (and all-around cycling) legend Chris Akrigg to the family for 2020! Since first popping onto the scene many years ago, Chris Akrigg has always had an amazing talent for riding bikes. Hailing from Yorkshire, England, Chris began his career as a trials athlete becoming a six-time British Trials Champion and winner of several Red Bull contests including the Red Bull Bike Battle, Red Bull Cobble Wobble, and the Red Bull Mini Drome in London. After being asked about what he has up his sleeve for 2020, Chris mentioned that he a few","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/","og_site_name":"MTB-MAG.COM","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtbmagcom","article_published_time":"2020-02-04T02:56:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":976,"url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-03-at-6.55.14-PM.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ian Collins","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@mtbmagcom","twitter_site":"@mtbmagcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ian Collins","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/"},"author":{"name":"Ian Collins","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9e7dbb79510ff29a5f7147ec5b91f27f"},"headline":"[Video] Chris Akrigg signs with GT Bicycles","datePublished":"2020-02-04T02:56:58+00:00","dateModified":"2020-02-04T02:56:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/"},"wordCount":184,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["chris akrigg","GT"],"articleSection":["Latest News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/","name":"[Video] Chris Akrigg signs with GT Bicycles | MTB-MAG.COM","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-02-04T02:56:58+00:00","dateModified":"2020-02-04T02:56:58+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-chris-akrigg-signs-with-gt-bicycles\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"[Video] Chris Akrigg signs with GT Bicycles"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/","name":"MTB Mag","description":"Mountain Bike Magazine","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#organization","name":"MTB Mag","url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mtbmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMFGf3qU0pdIpSx9VaV7qOw","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtbmagcom","https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtbmagcom"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MTBMAG-800X800.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MTBMAG-800X800.jpg","width":800,"height":800,"caption":"MTB Mag"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9e7dbb79510ff29a5f7147ec5b91f27f","name":"Ian Collins","url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/author\/ian-collins\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230033"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/170425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}