Rider Profile :- Chris James.

Nickname, Calamity James.

Marital Status, Single.

Age, 51

Home Town, Dartford, Temple Hill.

Sports, Cycling since 2003, Spin classes, Body Pump, Running,

Squash, Weights.

Who got you into cycling, Sam Munday

Sporting Heroes, Lance Armstrong. Bjorn Borg.

Sporting Ambitions, To climb the Alps on bike.

Most memorable to date. The British Cyclosportive,

Bikes Winter bike Bianchi, 9 speed campag, Best bike De Rosa Avanti, full carbon frame, 10 speed campag chorus,

Riding style, loves to spin a high cadence on the small ring, great climber, no real weaknesses.

Crashes, Fall on ice, low speed at Speedgate 2006, High speed wheel touch on Green St Green road, summer 2007. Nearly took out James Drain, but brought down Graham, nothing broken, a few cuts and bruises for a few weeks.

Facts, Has ridden 3058 miles in 2007, total since 2003, 8330 miles. The chain on his Bianchi has done 4879 miles, (yawn). Has done 11 rides with Seeds.