The latest crew member to feature in our rider profiles is Steve Sharp who holds the honorary title of SMC Spiritual Leader and is also Alex's Dad. Steve has been riding motorbikes all his life and Mountain Bikes for nearly ten years. Steve knows his way around the local tracks better than most and keeps us entertained with his stories from the trail.
Uphill or downhill - Downhill with lots of corners.
Best day on a bike - Every Sunday with mates. Well actually there was this one time at band camp. Umm can I mention the day both Sharps were on the podium at the 2009 Aus MTB marathon titles.
Currently riding - 2011 BMC 120MM SPEEDFOX I also have 2009 Specialized carbon epic (for sale), Avanti giro roady.
BMC good points - climbs well, is a great enduro distance bike, smashes downhills, looks awesome, did I mention looks awesome?
BMC bad points - still have to pedal, found out my boss in Melbourne owns the shop I got it from so I missed out on a bigger discount.
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| Is that a "Giant" jersey you are wearing Steve? |
Favorite trail - Woodend dam track, alpine assault track across the Bogong high plains followed by 30km decent (yep thats right 30km screaming downhill). Nerang State Forest back of the Gold Coast, Daisy Hill near Brisbane.
Broken Bones - Tradition in our family is to break collarbones. Alexander is a third generation collarbone breaker. Others I have abused include ribs multiple times, foot (both), fractured skull, nose, cheekbone, teeth do they count? Rotor socket on shoulder, multiple severe laceration requiring stitches, dislocated knee. That's all I can think of right now, oh almost forgot knocked out for hours with severe concusion requiring overnight hospital stay, hahaha that should do it.
Most useful tip - Ride as smoothly as possible and the speed will come on its own.
Dream ride location - Rotorua NZ.
Most important Camelback item - Mobile phone.
Favorite lube - RocknRoll gold.
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| A pair of Foxes |
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