Career Highlights

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Interview

Lives: Bournemouth
Born: Bournemouth
Age: 31
Family: Married
Likes: Epic biking, Tour de France, cream tea (so does Matt), buying stuff online!
Dislikes: Back ache, punctures, coffee, travelling
Started riding: 2004
First win: TBA
Motivations: I don’t have an aggessive need to beat everyone else in front of me. I just want to be the fittest and most technically able person in the race and any good results I achieve will be as a result of this.
Future Goals: Improving my fitness and technical abilities is my constant aim. I would like to finish in the top 10 in my age category in the next 2 years and get a win within the next 5. In addition to this I would also like to try my hand at a marathon event.
Other sports: Used to be a club swimmer when I was younger.
Favourite race course: Crow Hill, Ringwood and Margham Park, Wales.
Favourite training course: Purbecks, Dorset.
Hero: Lance!
Advise to others: Get used to going fast and learn to love the hills

Physiology

Height: 188 cm
Weight: 80 kg
Max Heart Rate: 190bpm
Resting Heart Rate: 55bpm
Body Fat Percentage:

Bikes

My race bike is a 2009 Specialized Epic Carbon. I also have an 09 Trek Fuel Ex8 as a training/winter bike and a Specialized Allez Expert for road training/racing.

Race bike setup

Frame - Specialized 2009 Epic Marathon Carbon

Fork - Specialized E100

Wheels - Crossmax SLR

Front Mech - XTR

Rear Mech - XTR

Shifters - XTR

Brakes - Hope Mini Mono

Crank - XTR

Pedals - Egg Beaters Ti

Stem - Easton EA90

Seat Post - Easton EC70

Bar - Easton EC90 Riser

Bar Ends - None

Chain - DuraAce/XTR

Cassette - XTR 12-34

Seat - Specialized Alias

Bottle Cage - Bontrager X-lite

Tyres - Rocket Ron (summer) & Nobby Nics (winter & poor conditions)

Team

UK-Biking.net

Sponsors

suppshop.co.uk Sports Supplements

Race Calendar

2008/2009

01/03/2009 - Gorrick Spring 3 (Crowthorne)
15/03/2009 - Black Park
05/04/2009 - British XC 1 (Sheffield)
26/04/2009 - Southern XC 1 (Bordon)
17/05/2009 - Southern XC 2 (Crow Hill)
31/05/2009 - NPS 3 (Port Talbot)
07/06/2009 - Southern XC 3 (Pippingford)
28/06/2009 - NPS 4 (Crow Hill)
12/07/2009 - Southern XC 4 (Erlestoke)
02/08/2009 - Southern XC 5 (Alton - Southern Champs)
15/08/2009 - Brighton Big Dog (Brighton)
06/09/2009 - Southern XC 6 (Pippingford)
13/09/2009 - Cheddar Bikefest (Cheddar)
27/09/2009 - NPS 5 (Newnham Park)