Wankie, wanker, lardo whatever you decide to call him, he is still one of the original members of TeamAbsolut. In fact, extensive research has shown that his fondness for this particular brand of Vodka led to the use of its name. Anyway, his name and his nickname are closely related. His current job is listed as ‘contractor’. Not the PCK kind but as a contract employee at a big American firm. While occupying his time with this job, he dreams of the day he can do what he feels he was meant to : being a bum. Lardo has been riding for more than 20 years and he has the bikes and scars to prove it. Here is a comprehensive list of bikes owned :

1.        GT, 

2.        Dean,

3.        "Paramount", old Italian steel road bike (nasi lemak bike when in Uni),

4.        Litespeed,

5.        Klein,

6.        Raleigh chopper (when I was in primary school),

7.        Taiwanese "flying something or other" PUB pipe road bike (when I graduated to secondary school)

None of these survived the test of time and he has settled on these: a Klein Attitude for the trails, Klein Quantum for the road.

As a result of his early alcohol influenced years, Lardo has no idea who is the person that most influenced you to ride.

When asked about his dream road bike, Lardo maintains that he hasn’t found one…yet. We do know that he has his eye on a number of sweet rides. His dream mountain bike is custom Seven Ti with internal cable routing and tubes the size of a Klein. Further proof that drinking kills brain cells, he can’t remember received or giving any good advice about riding. Now Lardo maintains that this is the result of age, but we know better.

His best cycling moment is yet to happen but it will be when he no longer is concerned about randomly changing parts on his bike or

His best bike related purchase are straightforward : padded shorts, SPDs and Kleins. His worst bike related purchase have been American made CNC