WHO?
Made up of the ageing dregs of several counties, Peak RC is proud to boast that not one of their riders originally comes from or currently lives in the Peak District. Peak RC are:
Never sacrifice style for speed.
Steve is the owner of the largest collection of sponsored jerseys in the Northern hemisphere, outstripping even John Charlesworth. This is bettered only by the list of frames that Steve has gone through in recent years. The quest for the ultimate colour scheme continues.
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Sad Fact: Steve can lose anything. His specialty is sprints of any description. Take him to a finish and you can rest easy. But he really excels with small electronic items, phones, sunglasses, laptops, shorts...previously spotted in the kit of another club at a RR because he had forgotten everything. Ambition: To ride a sub 20 minute 10 this season...then spend the next 20 years trying to prove that it wasn't a fluke. Campag or Shimano: Campag of course, it looks better. |
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Belly joins Peak RC after a spell with Doncaster Wheelers. A versatile rider wth a quick finish, he has a habit of always being in the same break as the rest of us, so racing with us should pretty much spell the end of any results in his racing career.
| Paul is old enough to know Tony from his days with the Goole
Gentleman's Bathing Club, or whatever, which makes him old enough to
keep the club's average racing age at around 41. The youth of South
Yorkshire should rightly tremble at the prospect of being hit by such
an experienced racing team in 2010. Sad Fact:Paul was the moral winner of the 2009 Nigel Measom 2 Day. This is because, technically, he rode the race 2 minutes quicker than the winner but didn't win. "How", I hear you ask. Well, after puncturing on the first road stage and chasing for half the race to regain the bunch (and it was a quick stage), he went on to repeat the feat on the 2nd road stage. After a 10 mile chase, making contact half way up the main climb, he rode alongside Simon and said, "Bloody hell, I thought I were never going to..." but before finishing the sentence he punctured again. After chasing for another 10 miles to get back on, I reckon that technically he won the race by about 2 minutes! |
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| Sad Fact: Tony
was the Athena Poster Hunk 1991 before being seduced by the glamorous
world of engineering. Another unlucky rider in 2009, Tony has
consistently been stronger than Simon Owens all year but missed keeping
his 2nd cat licence, despite being aggressive in every race. It won't
take long in 2010 though. Ambition: To hear Simon's deathbed confession that he has in fact been intentionally half-wheeling him since 1995. Campag or Shimano: Campag Metalwork: In the hip. |
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Sad Fact: Bill is so keen to keep his new bikes a secret from his rivals, Tony Butterworth Cycles staff were sworn to silence while building his last acquisition, and authorised to reveal only that it was for a local customer. Remember Bill, just because you are paranoid doesn't mean that they aren't watching. Ambition: Bizarely, to ride Monsal again!!? Campag or Shimano: Shimano, but we will convert him. Metalwork: Both hips. |
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Andy has a fragmented year on the bike. As one of Europe's leading cycling photographers his nomadic lifestyle, based around the pro calendar and the location of the Brompton World Champs, means that he rides for a week then misses two. In that one week though he makes sure he squeezes in 3 weeks worth.
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Very few photos of Andy exist, he is generally on the other side of the camera, and is responsible for a lot of the pics in this site. Also a talented wildlife photographer, Andy only just finds the time to kick the bejeezus out of the rest of us in the winter. Sad Fact: The picture here proves that Andy has a sideline running trying to make roadside signs look glamourous. Ambition:To ride Bwlch-y-Groes on a more suitable gear and actually enjoy it (NB. This is actually impossible...Bwlch-y-Groes cannot be enjoyed). Campag or Shimano: Campag |
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| OK, after several years of
mercilessly taking the piss out of Alan, I have decided to cut him some
slack and change the pic. As a direct result of the same motivational
speech that resulted in Neil Beasley shedding a stone and becoming a
1st Cat ("Get through or get out of the way you fat b@#*$@d"), Alan has
given up Dairy Milk, dripping sandwiches and lying on the sofa,
exchanging them for the new look, slimline Al you see here. Already
racing on the track, and with a couple of cross races under the belt
this year, look out for the ultimate, lazy sit in sprinter to make a
return to road racing in 2010. Sad Fact: Yet another Peak RC member carrying additional weight courtesy of the NHS. If you ask nicely Alan will let you feel the bolts and pin in his arm, the result of snapping the thing clean on the velodrome. Ambition: To finally wear out the refrain "Micro-climate my arse" when it snows for a 2nd cycling holiday in Briancon. Campag or Shimano: Shimano...but why? |
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Simon is now into his 22nd season of mediocrity, living off the forlorn hope that one day the form of 1990 will combine with the tactical sense of 2005 and the health of 1995. He has finally assimilated the whole family with their first Tandem based camping holiday...Bwahaahaahaaahaaa (evil laugh).
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Fact: In 2009, Simon had his iliac artery reconstructed. It hurt and
the bruising fell into the testicles...that's all you need to
know. The surgery involved a complication though when the veins intended to be used as a patch from the arm turned out to be inadequate, as were the the veins in the leg. So now Simon has a section of bovine pericardium, that's cow heart to you, grafted on the artery. It remains to be seen if this will cause him to have to stop mid-race to be milked. Campag or Shimano: Campag, it glistens. |
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Chris has been around a long time. In 2009 he rode his 834th consecutive National Hill Climb, taking yet another Veteran's title to complement his other medals, including bronze on the Bwlch in North Wales. At one point or another, Chris has held course records on most of the Peak District Hill Climbs, which makes sense when you consider his upbringing in the mountain region of...Norfolk!?
| Chris isn't actually racing in this picture, he has just trapped a testicle against his saddle. Sad Fact: Actually, not sad at all, Chris was amongst the very first riders in the country to ride a sub 20 minute 10 mile TT, way back in 1992, on a standard road bike, tri-bars but standard wheels...respect please. Ambition: A few more medals would be nice. Campag or Shimano: Simplex, circa 1986. |
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Another Sheffield Poly rider, Dave hung up his racing wheels some years ago after getting bored of winning with such disgusting ease. Now running marathons, Dave manages to get out to Grindleford Cafe most weeks but could probably hit racing form in 3 weeks if he really wanted to...swine. Scarily, he is buying a new bike for 2011.
| When left to his own devices, Dave is prepared to
outslob anyone. Simon was once offered the choice of Gravy Boat or
Pyrex Jug for a drink of tea as they were the only two clean items left
in his student house...for the record he took the jug leaving Dave with
the Gravy Boat. Sad Fact: Despite being 6'3" and taller than the average hill climb winner, Dave once stormed to the win at Monsal Head. Riding fixed wheel, Dave had removed the back brake to save some weight, but couldn't be arsed to remove the cable, so cut it off at the handlebars. Ambition: Crack 3 hours for the marathon, and grow some body hair...the small tuft visible at his throat is in fact the only bit on his whole body. Campag or Shimano: Campag |
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Gareth was an economic migrant to the area from Manchester, after several good seasons with Manchester clubs, then a brief spell as a Mountain Bike rider with the Sunn Chippie squad...what do you mean you don't remember them? Another convert to running, Gareth can be found out at the cafe with Dave, or in the forests on the MTB. He has just joined the Clowne running club, Bill pissed himself laughing trying to picture that before we pointed out that Clowne is actually a village in Nottinghamshire.
| Gareth still owns 37 Sunn Chipie jerseys, in the wrappers. Simon and Gareth actually first met in 1993 in the Avatill 4 day when Gareth bridged across to Simon's break on the final day. Simon's contribution to the break, despite his team leader, Julian Winn, lying in 2nd, helped Gareth to a fine overall victory! But then if Keith Jones had been talking to Simon that wouldn't have happened, would it! Sad Fact: Gareth has coughed to peeing in his shorts in the Girvan one year as stopping would have condemned him to 2 hours on his own in snow and wind...apparently it was the warmest he got all race. Ambition: To punsish the webmaster for writing the above. Campag or Shimano: Shimano |
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Dan is yet another former Sheffield Poly rider, although you will probably remember him better as one of the pioneers of top level mountain biking in this country. A GB regular and high finisher in the World Championships, Dan has sold his soul to ride for Planet X this year, breaking the club constitution. If he grows a beard as well, he's out. Unfortunate Fact: Dan was the real deal, securing a pro contract in the mid 90's with the Orange Off Road team. Unfortunately it wasn't to be with a badly timed illness completely wiping out that season. |
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This is Simon's third year of racing, so perhaps he'll ride his third race this year as well. OK, racing has been thin on the ground, but there's time.
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Mark is another migrant from another Sheffield Club. To be honest, it made sense. He rides, races and travels with us, so I guess it was inevitable. Sad Fact: Do you know, I don't know anything particularly embarrasing about Mark...yet. Campag or Shimano: Shimano, ffs! |
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