His
nickname is Machoman. We don’t really need to tell you why. All you have
to do is look at him. It is the first name that will come to mind. He has
been riding in 1989 with a few well earned breaks in between. In that time
he has owned a few bikes but initially he made do with a Trek Cro-moly
Road Bike for about 12 years and a few lower end hardtails. Since then
he’s moved up and he currently rides a Specialized S-works M4 Full
Suspension, Trek 1500, and a
Schwinn
Fastback in Tri configuration. The person that most influenced him to ride
was a friend who after his university days helped him find another form of
exercise as he had shin splints from running.
He
scoffs at the idea of a dream road bike. He prefers concentrating more on
his fitness than the bike! His dream mountain bike would probably be the
Santa Cruz if he were going to shell out $5000 again!
The
best advice he’s received on riding was Pain’s help with his bike fit.
His
best advice on riding was given in the form of organizing a multi-day ride
to build fitness for longer distance riding.
His
best cycling moment was probably coming in 5th at the SACA Lim Chu Kang
Road Race 2003 as it was also his first road race.
His
worst cycling moment was crashing in Germany on a road bike and splitting
his
head open.
His
best bike related purchase were his Time MTB Pedals. (he then left the
Shimano's in the mud where they belonged!)
His
worst bike related purchase was his Schwinn until it seemed to have turned
into a pretty good tri bike. So that wasn’t all bad.
He
maintains that he doesn’t have a best
non bike purchase, but if he was pressed to name one, he would say it was
his Nissan X Trail, if it was not on the wrong side of $100K. His worst
non bike purchase (in theory) would be paying over $100K for anything
other than an S Class Merc!
