Career
He dominated British time trialling in the 1980s, holding the Road Time Trials Council’s British Best All-Rounder for nine years – 1980 to 1985 consecutively (still the longest unbroken string of wins) and 1987 to 1989 consecutively. He was the first rider to break the 30 mph barrier for an out and back 50 mile time trial (1983 with 1hr 39mins 51secs). In 1983 he broke his own existing RTTC out and back 100 mile record by an unprecedented 7 minutes or so with a time of 3hrs 31mins 53 secs, setting a new standard and goals for 100 mile time trials.
He remains the current holder of the RRA (Road Records Association) "straight out" 50 and 100 mile records (1hr 24mins 32 secs and 3hrs 11mins 11secs respectively).
He was a recipient of the United Kingdom cycling"s top accolade the Bidlake Memorial Prize, named after Frederick Thomas Bidlake, in 1991. He has a citation in the of Cycling (1990s), a single copy British compendium of illuminated manuscripts that records outstanding cycling contributions of riders, officials and administrators.
He remains an active cyclist.