Conor_MacFarlane

Bike I like

I love it, I mean if I had to say one thing about it, I would like the technical side to play a larger role than the trick side but the trick side makes it a better spectacle so I can see why that is scored better, and it is easier to score than technicality.  I won't do it again, would have loved to up until this year, but decided it wasn't for me anymore so stopped trying to get an invite again.  Value my health too much now I guess.  

I agree there are a lot of riders who don't get compensated fairly for what they do, although, me for example, would still do a lot of what I do, even if I wasn't getting paid, so I guess getting what I get paid is better than nothing. I think it would be nice for people to get compensated fairly but at the end of the day it is the athletes decision to do what they do and if companies can get away with paying riders less then they probably will, it is a business after all I guess. There are some riders who are very good at the business side, not me, which in being a pro can be just as important as being a good rider sometimes, if you want to make a living out of it. So no, some riders aren't fairly compensated but it's a personal decision and yes there seems to be plenty of money in the industry.

Im pretty lucky. My boss allows me to take time for bike stuff when its needed, I work as a builder but wanted to be an electrician but the flexibility wasn't there.

Early Starts, Time away from work, physio, a lot of my free time in the summer. Traveling to and from events etc