{"id":50,"date":"2022-07-19T13:21:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T13:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highamferrers.cc\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2024-05-12T10:12:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T10:12:42","slug":"committee-whos-who","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/highamferrers.cc\/?page_id=50","title":{"rendered":"Committee Who’s Who"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tom Phillips. Chair<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I can still remember my 1st<\/sup> bike \u2013 a purple Raleigh Tomahawk (I was too small for a chopper). I got in trouble with my dad when I broke the crank while wheelieing it down the road. Then it was a race bike which I sprayed yellow, then a Raleigh Grifter, then mountain bikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I raced mountain bikes in the local Friday night series during the 90s, spent a while living and working in the US where I rode mountain bikes in Utah and raced local amateur mountain bike races in Texas (now there’s a challenge) before returning home and settling down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Road bikes took over in 2008 (although I still ride mountain bikes) when I developed a dad bod and I\u2019ve not looked back since. I\u2019ve tackled some of the most iconic climbs in the Alps with friends from the club and I enjoy nothing more than spinning the legs while riding with friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having broken most bits of my bikes at some point, I recently trained as a bike mechanic – figuring it was cheaper than constantly dropping a bike off at the shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d class myself as being \u2018enthusiastic\u2019. My cycling is my therapy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Jones. Membership Secretary<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Just like Tom I can also remember my first bike – unfortunately it’s nowhere near as cool as a Tomahawk as I had a Raleigh Shopper, which was several letters further along the alphabet than the Chopper I desired. This was followed by a couple of Raleigh race bikes through school and university and then a GT MTB in a very tasteful red and multicoloured splatter pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up until about 10 years ago I only cycled occasionally and mostly with the family and kids. In 2012 a few colleagues and I decided to enter the Palace to Palace ride from The Mall to Windsor Race Course organised ride, a 45 mile ride on open roads. I got a carbon road bike on the cycle 2 work scheme to do the ride and have ridden regularly since then, joining HFCC in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can usually find me on the shorter club rides puffing and panting up the hills and in the winter I tend to retreat to the turbo trainer in the spare room. I enjoy the camaraderie and support we all give each other on organised rides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can do most bike maintenance tasks myself, including building myself a set of wheels recently, though I normally need to borrow the correct tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bike count – 5 in the shed (including a tandem), a folding bike in the airing cupboard and my old MTB on the turbo in the spare room. There is room for 1 more in the shed but not my marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neil Burge. Treasurer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I used to ride a bike a lot as a teenager but that stopped when I found petrol! A charity ride with work and then a desire for some more fitness got me back on a bike more regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My wife pointed me to the HFCC Facebook page she had seen mentioned on other groups and I turned up one Sunday morning for a trek around Northamptonshire watching the Women’s Tour. That was me hooked and the beginning of forming a great group of friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alison Marie. General and Social Secretary<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Alison has promised to complete this soon \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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