1. Tell us a bit about yourself
I am 41 years old and 6’2” tall. I am not keen on Baked Beans which means I am often ostracised by my family at the dinner table.
2. What got you into cycling?
Between Christmas and New Year last year the widening of the Boundary Road rail bridge meant there were no train services to the City. Welchy and I struck out on our bikes and made heavy work of the light vacation traffic. I could not be bothered to get out of the habit of riding and have cycled ever since.
3. How did you come to join the Easy Riders?
SatNav rode beside me as I struggled up a hill one evening and suggested I could be breathless in good company.
4. Tell us about your bikes.
I have a silver road bike and a heavy grey one. Neither of them have nicknames yet.
5. If you could ride anywhere in the world, where would it be?
In and around Sydney
6, Tell us a riding story.
Back in the UK, a week before our second son was born, I was rushing home. I executed a 90 degree right hand bend too quickly and came off and broke my arm. It threw our birthing plans out a bit as I could not drive Suzanne to the hospital so she ended up having William at home, on the bed where it all started. Does that qualify for two riding stories ?
7. Do you have any advice for the riders at the back of the ER peloton?
Perhaps consider leaving home a few minutes earlier ?
8. Lastly, tell us something we don’t know about you.
I went on a German game show in the early 90’s and went on to win a Rubik’s Cube and a date with a girl from Finland