Steve Birtwistle

Name - Steve Birtwistle

Year of birth - 1971

Main cycling activities (TT, cyclocross,track etc) - triathlon, time trial

Hobbies outside of cycling (knitting etc) - triathlon, eating and sleeping

Best cycling moment - Yet to come!

Worst cycling moment – fracturing cheekbone opposite Scott Arms, Kingston and then getting it pinned 3 weeks later.

Favorite food – lots of everything! At the moment, Jordan’s Granola with berries.

Best excuse for poor performance – not enough sleep!

Favorite music – absolutely anything. Music has been a massive part of my life.

Training tip – 3 things - love the pain, warm down ride, rest.

Carbon or Titanium? - Carbon

Turbo or Road? - Road, but those turbo sessions do work. I wish they wouldn’t, it hurts!

What have we missed? Family, partners, pets, obsessions? - 1 wife, 2 boys, 2 goldfish. Oh, and a loyal Man City supporter! Yep, you can hardly expect anything less with my surname, those damn Northerners get everywhere!