Procycling

BEN KING

got into It’s not really a mainstream sport in the US, but there are loads of cool initiatives that are encouraging it popping up. I started because my Dad used to race, kind of at an elite amateur level, but he always says he had a big engine. I went for a mountain bike ride with my friends when I was 11, so we started riding together. He recognised some potential and then we started to go to local races.

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