GOOD TIMES, AND BAD
THIS IS THE FINAL part of my interviews with Alex and Chris Pickett. Alex went it alone for the TT and scored a ride in the Classic TT. Here’s how it went down…
2016 proved to be possibly the most challenging and the most rewarding year in Alex’s TT journey. A couple of big lows and one pretty big high.
Alex: “After the 2015 debacle I didn’t know what I wanted to do really. I had some unfinished business, but seeing I didn’t finish one race in 2015, there were hardly any teams beating my door down. I wasn’t happy at work though, so when some friends offered me a place to live in the UK I quit my job and headed over in late 2015 with a plan to do the TT in 2016.
“I was living in rural Shropshire but had no money to speak of, and despite my trade qualifications could only get a job in a nursery for about $15 an hour. At least I was getting fit though, riding my pushbike to work, running, training and eating well.”
Chris: “I think Alex wanted a change of scenery and wanted to prove what he was capable of. We knew he wanted to do the TT again but at that stage didn’t have the means to do so, and neither did we.
“He was training hard, lost a heap of weight and looked fit. He had a block of land here
