Gravity School Racing is a pro MTB team racing world cup and other downhill events. Riders: Jack Read See you at the races!"
For 2023 Jack Reading's race program heads into its 9th season, and once again partners with SR Suntour for suspension and pit support. With an exciting four-rider lineup, a new frame sponsor, and big ambitions, the team is ready to press send this season. Jack is again joined by Dan Slack who goes into his fourth season with the team as the second elite rider. Dan who is 21, is now fully recovere
d from the broken elbow which he sustained at Fort William while racing the national event in 2022, and is ready for the race season. Loving his new Santa Cruz V10, Dan has a renewed enthusiasm for racing and can't wait to chase those top 10 World Cup results that he knows he is capable of, after his 10th-place finish at the Maribor World Cup in 2021. The team's two new riders are both members of Jack's "Gravity School" coaching program and has shown great pace and progress in 2022, now joining the main race team. Ready to fly the team flag in the junior category is Owen Rick. Owen is a second-year junior rider in 2023, and had some fantastic results in 2022 including national podiums, which was his first season on a downhill bike. Owen will be racing all of the World Cup rounds in 2023, and we hope to see him finishing in the top 10, and working towards podium finishes as the season progresses. The final rider is Rueben Taylor who is 19 and will take on his first season in elite. Rueben only started riding downhill in 2021 and after two seasons racing and being coached routinely by the Gravity School, he finished his junior season with some fantastic results and pace. He plans to race national events in Europe, and gain some World Cup experience in his first elite season. Rueben is also the team's new fitness coach, as he develops his portfolio as a personal trainer specialising in training for downhill mountain biking. Jack heads in to his 14th season racing world cups, and is as excited as ever to get between the tape, especially switching to the Santa Cruz V10, a frame he has always wanted to race on. The team will also race enduro on the Santa Cruz Megatower, using the new SR Suntour Durolux 38 fork, and can't wait to compete at the Megavalanche again. The team has an awesome support package from its sponsors who are: SR Suntour, ONeal, Schwalbe Tyres, Halo Wheels, Gusset Components, Kingud Products, Trail Tools, Works Components, Stif Mountain Bikes, TY Bike products and Freelap.
13/05/2026
A race weekend on the Dirty Dans never disappoints 👌 Take a lap down the Portugal Cup Rd 4 track which has some of the best dirt in the world for riding bikes!!
What a weekend! What a 2 week camp! At Padela for round 2 the team continued its successful start to the season with another P1 for in juvenile, and 3 elite top 10 finishes with P4 P5 and P7 💪
The team now has a two week break to reset and train ahead of the first IXS Cup of the season which is back in Portugal and 30 minutes from our racing centre 👌
Track walk complete here at Padela for Rd 2 of the Portugal Cup and things are looking good. The dig crew here have clearly put a lot of effort into the track and we can say RIP the “bog” at last 👌😆
The team are fired up and ready for action tomorrow 💪
If you haven’t seen our team video from rd 1 you can head over to YouTube now 📺 👊
Race season is ON ✊🏁 We’re so excited to get 2026 going! We kicked things off with rd 1 of the Portugal Cup Series, and took:
P1
P2
P5
P8 .hakes
And juvenile P1
Huge congratulations to Marius taking his first elite win at his first race with the team 🔥
Well done to the rest of the crew we had with us. We’re keen for rd 2 this weekend 💪
Welcome to the crew 👊
We couldn’t be more excited to have this super smooth and super fast Swiss rider join our race team for 2026. As a first year elite, who is super motivated to work hard and race fast, he adds exactly what we were looking for to our team this year. Following an 11th at world champs and 15th at Leogang World Cup in 2025, we’re excited to help Marius with the step to elite this year 💪
Let’s go Captain Smooth 🕺
Awesome to have Hoshi and Dougie from visit us at our Racing Centre in Portugal during team camp 👌 thanks to for servicing all of our suspension and helping the riders with setup, and Hoshi for the unreal content.
The weather challenged us, but we came out on top 💪 Reflecting back on a great week and excited to head back next Sunday for our Feb Half Term camp ✊
Introducing our 2026 rider lineup, with athletes from 5 different countries representing Gravity School and our partnering sponsors. We’re excited to welcome 3 new riders: 🇨🇭 🇦🇺 & 🏴 to the team 💪 Full lineup:
Elite: .hakes 🇩🇰
Junior: .dh 🇵🇹
Youth:
Juvenile:
Racing Portugal Cup, European Cup, Crankworx, and other select events across the 🌎
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