Mostly rides: Forest of Dean, mid Wales.

Height: 6’ 2” (188cm)

Weight: 87kg

Not long after buying his first mountain bike, a Diamond Back, Sean left school and jumped straight into a job in a bike shop. That was 1988 and it was meant as a stop-gap while he decided on his future career path. It proved fun, with mountain bikes evolving rapidly and thirty five years later, he’s still working in the industry and loving every day of it.

It’s not just been running bike shops though, he’s worked in bike clothing design, retail consultancy, product testing and copywriting.

Although Sean’s seen all the latest MTB innovations arrive (and sometimes disappear very quickly…) and was an early adopter of tubeless tyres, Camelbaks and 29ers, he still can’t let go of older tech. He’s partial to steel hardtails, paper maps, print magazines and clings on to his extensive vinyl record collection.

He’s a singletrack fan, whether fast and flowing or tight and rooty, so his go-to local trails at the Forest of Dean hit the spot. Frequent trips to mid Wales wilderness are a favourite too, with an overnighter in a bothy or tent if time allows.