Career
Prior to his career as a professional downhill cyclist Peat was employed as a plumber by James Lamb. Peat began his career with little success riding for the Saracen team alongside Rob Warner, before moving in the mid 90s to Team MBUK. He rode for GT Bicycles in the late 90s and for the Orange team between 2002 and 2005, winning the Fort William downhill world cup round in 2005. He then joined the Santa Cruz Syndicate team for the 2006 season, which saw him finish 1st overall, and has continued with it since.
This record has since been beaten by South African, Greg Minnaar
Other successes include placing second in the Mountain Bike World Championships in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2008.
Aside from his professional riding career, Peat has other involvements with the sport, including contributing to the design and manufacture of specialist riding clothing made by Royal Racing of which he is part owner. Peat also has involvements with young cyclist academies, and is a proponent of youth involvement in the sport.
Following his recent world champ status he has released his own game "Steve Peat - Downhill Mountain Biking" for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.