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04th Jul 2015

Video: Paralysed biking legend Martyn Ashton is back in the saddle [Warning: Emotional stuff]

We weren't prepared for this

Tony Cuddihy

We don’t get teary-eyed often, but this is something else.

Martyn Ashton, an absolute legend of the trials biking scene, suffered a devastating back injury during the filming for Road Bike Party 2.

Ashton was left paralysed from the waist down and was told that he would never walk or ride a bike again.

Until now.

This video shows Ashton and a group of friends – Danny MacAskill, Chris Akrigg and Blake Samson – getting back on track and if it doesn’t turn you into a blubbering wreck of a human being, you need your soul checked out.