THERE are times when I forget I have had six surgeries, radiotherapy and am paralysed. Sometimes my mind thinks I am back in 2014 when I could ride hard for hours on end without really struggling.
I had settled in to a good week’s training when a friend asked if I wanted to ride in Reading with him and Ed Clancy – and 30 riders who were doing a special ride day with the triple Olympic champion, arguably one the best ever team pursuit riders in the world.
