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Travis Brown (born 7 August 1969) is an American professional bicycle racer. He primarily competes in cross-country mountain bike and cyclo-cross races but has also raced on road bicycles from time to time. Travis started racing professionally in 1990 and partially retired at the end of the 2004 season.

Travis is still taking part in mountain bike and cyclo-cross races as of 2005, however, he is not entering as many events as he did in the past. Travis is now less a part of the professional Trek-Volkswagen factory team, and more an incidentally-sponsored racer for the company, whose job is more in product development and testing of these parts in racing environments. His long experience in racing- along with his long professed love of epic training rides- makes him an ideal tester for Trek bikes and equipment.

Throughout his racing career, Travis has been recognized and loved for his unconventional personal style; ever-changing facial hair, earrings, and tattoos made him a superstar in MTB's early years. Though such styles would not be considered unique today, they were a source of controversy and interest in the early 1990's.

Travis was one of the first high profile racers to race on single-speed bicycles and on mountain bikes using 29"er wheels. He has twice won the Single Speed World Championships, in 1999 and 2002. Additionally, he is known for competing in both mountain bike and cyclo-cross races against geared racers, using single speed bicycles.

Trek does not currently offer a production single speed mountain or cyclo-cross bike. Travis either races prototypes, unique designs or production bikes modified to be single-speeds. Many speculate that due to TB's influence, Trek will soon begin selling single-speed bicycles.

Travis is notable for the length of his competitive racing career. In 1990 he raced the first official UCI World Mountain Biking Championships in his hometown of Durango, CO, won the US National Champion MTB XC race in 1999 and won the Marathon National Championship at Mammoth Mountain California in 2005.

Significant results

2005

Marathon National Championships, Mammoth Lakes, CA
* First place
Single Speed World Championship - State College, PA
* Second to end point of bike race stage

2003

NORBA NCS Short Track Cross Country - Snowshoe, WV
* Fourth place
NORBA NCS Short Track Cross Country - Durango, Colorado
* Fifth place (using a singlespeed without a suspension fork)
Subaru Nova Desert Classic
* Fifth place Stage 1
* Fifth place Stage 3

2002

24 Hours of Moab, Utah
* First place
360 Festival, Telluride, Colorado
* Third place
Norba NCS XC, Durango, Colorado
* Third place
Norba NCS XC, Troy, Wisconsin
* Fourth place
Norba NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont
* Fifth place
Singlespeed World Championships - Downieville, CA
* First place & World Champion Crown and tatoo

2001

USA National Team member
Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, Durango, Colorado
* First place
24 Hours of Moab, Utah
* First place

2000

USA Olympic Team Member
NORBA NCS XC, Deer Valley, Utah
* Fourth place

1999

NORBA National Championship Series
* First place overall
NORBA NCS, Seven Springs, PA
* First place
NORBA NCS, Mount Snow, VT
* Second place
NORBA NCS, Big Bear, CA
* Fourth place
NORBA NCS, Red Wing, MN
* Fourth place
Singlespeed World Championships - Rancho Cucamonga, CA
* First place & World Champion Crown and tatoo

1998

NORBA National Championship Series
* third overall
NORBA NCS, Mammoth Lakes, CA
* First place
NORBA NCS, Breckenridge, CO
* First place
NORBA NCS Finals, Mount Snow, VT
* Second place

1997

NORBA NCS, Red Wing, MN
* Fourth place
NORBA NCS, Mammoth Lakes, CA
* fourth place
NORBA NCS, Park City, UT
* Second place
NORBA National Championship Series
* Fourth overall

1996

USA National Team Member
NORBA NCS, Park City, UT
* First place (Travis considers this his best win)
NORBA National Championship Series
* Sixth overall

1995

USA National Team Member
NORBA National Championship Series
* Fourth overall

1990

Raced in Durango UCI World Championships

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