BOISE, Idaho — This week, the Idaho Challenged Athletes Foundation welcomes adaptive athletes for a mountain biking weekend, but the "weekend" has also grown into nearly a week of events.

One of those events includes the bike build, as Noel Joyce made a trip from Ireland to build a bike he designed through Project Mjolnir — a project with a concept that has the blueprints available so people can build their own bike or tune up a bike they already have.

"It was based off my frustration of having to wait a long time," said Joyce. "I think what people don’t realize is often times people with disabilities have a shorter amount of time to enjoy the sports just because it is just more difficult with a disability."

During the bike build, some of the local adaptive athletes watched Joyce wo

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