Where it all began…

One of my first memories is being pushed around the cricket field behind my house with my dad.

I have been cycling since before I can remember: it has, and I hope will always be, my freedom. Both my parents worked, so whether it was playing football in the local park with my friends after school, or traveling across West London to hockey training as an early teen, my bike has allowed me to get to places I couldn’t get to on two feet, and usually quicker and more consistently than public transport.

Historically, I have been a categorised racer, team rider and general lover of all things bike. I’m pretty fat and unfit at the moment, so my provenance is largely shot, but I am undertaking to be back in some semblance of shape for the ride. I’ve ridden Cycle to MIPIM (all stages) previously, when it was over less days. I have reasonable experience in long rides, having successfully completed Mallorca 312 in sub 11 hours, solo ridden the Pacific Coast Highway over a 21 day period, and placed 14th in Haute Route Oman on a broken bike.

When I am not cycling my time is taken up by my job as a Board Partner at Knight Frank, my beautiful two year old daughter (see right!) and mine and my wife’s continual quest to develop every property on Rightmove!