Martin Beck

Martin took cycling up as a hobby whilst he was in the Royal Navy, in 1996 he left to pursue a job in the cycle industry. He worked in all areas & ended up travelling the world doing so, however missing home meant that in 2003 Martin moved back to St Ives in Cornwall.

On his return home, Martin had a chance meeting with a Sports Co-Ordinator from a local authority, he managed to show his passion for cycling which secured him some funding to become a British Cycling ‘Trail Cycle leader’ & a ‘Bike-Ability’ instructor under CTC – He currently looks after over 45 schools delivering cycle training within Cornwall.

In 2009 Martin worked on his 1st ever cycle challenge, a London to Paris – Folding Bike Challenge as a general hand. By the 1st AM Tea Stop he was asked to get out on a Brompton, by the time he had riden the group into Paris & the Eiffel, he was ‘hooked’!! Since then he has worked on a wide variety of events for different activity providers, including being a Cycle Guide & Tour Leader for Passion In Events.

2011 he completed the first ever ‘Leading Assisted Mountain Bike’ Award Scheme (L.A.M.B) and gained a qualification as a Level 5 coach, with this qualification Martin has been keen to encourage both adults and children with various disabilities to get out and give cycling a go.

Martin says “I owe so much to cycling, it has shaped my life & my families as well. All of my friends & colleagues that I know now are because of cycling……Cycling is my life & my job, I feel so very lucky to have a job in this industry”!

The only problem that he admits to, is to the amount of bikes he owns: “I ride every discipline from Road to Mountainbiking, razzing BMX tracks, to ‘sending it’ on dirt jumps & sk8 parks! – Which means I have far to many bikes in the shed”!