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Steve Peat just loves racing his bike. And Won’t Back Down is a love story, chronicling the veteran downhill mountain bike racer’s love affair with the sport—and all the ups and downs, victories, losses and struggles. (Hey, its like a real relationship!). Yes, the film has plenty of footage showing Peat successfully navigating some pretty narrow-as-the-eye-of-a-needle trails and, yes, just as much footage of him biting it. More than that, though, the film showcases Peat, a tall, blond-haired Brit, reflecting on why he’s kept at the sport for so long. As well, other luminaries of the sport show up to lend a bit of historical perspective on downhill racing. Won’t Back Down is being presented by the Central Oregon Trail Alliance and Pine Mountain Sports.

Thurs., April 17, 9 pm. McMenamins Old St. Francis, 700 NW Bond St. Free.

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Won’t Back Down

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
April 9, 2014

<h1>Won’t Back Down</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />April 9, 2014</p> <p>Steve Peat just loves racing his bike. And <i>Won't Back Down</i> is a love story, chronicling the veteran downhill mountain bike racer's love affair with the sport&mdash;and all the ups and downs, victories, losses and struggles. (Hey, its like a real relationship!). Yes, the film has plenty of footage showing Peat successfully navigating some pretty narrow-as-the-eye-of-a-needle trails and, yes, just as much footage of him biting it. More than that, though, the film showcases Peat, a tall, blond-haired Brit, reflecting on why he's kept at the sport for so long. As well, other luminaries of the sport show up to lend a bit of historical perspective on downhill racing. <i>Won't Back Down</i> is being presented by the Central Oregon Trail Alliance and Pine Mountain Sports.</p> <p>Thurs., April 17, 9 pm. McMenamins Old St. Francis, 700 NW Bond St. Free.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/culture/wont-back-down-2322765/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=27493&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/culture/wont-back-down-2322765/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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