WHO IS THIS CHAP?

I'm a die hard cyclist (try hard not to die, almost fail occasionally) located on the south coast in Dorset (UK), however people seem to think I came from Kent - I hear them mutter it under their breath when I cycle past?

But rest assured I know my subject. I have been singlespeeding since 1999, and riding bikes offroad since 1979. I have placed in the top 100 ish at the Single Speed World Championships on two occasions, plus a top 40 finish at the National Champs. I'm not blowing my trumpet here - just wanna illustrate that I'm like you, a regular passionate cyclist who will never win a race.

What’s more I invented the ferociously easy going sport of orienBEERing (checkpints, not checkpoints) and the Clunker Classic (a downhill race with no mountainbikes, just old and/or rubbish bikes). The clunker was conceived so that I could win a race once in my life. Eight clunkers have to come to pass with my best performance beimng a third place.

Here's a picture of me leading the 2001 single speed world champs - I'm in the black jersey with the red strip hurdling bikes on the left. I would have won if the race was 300m long rather than twice over a mountain!