What is your first cycling memory?

My first race is probably what I remember first. I was four and I did a cyclocross race. I hated it on the start line but when I was there I got hooked on it and I’ve been riding ever since.

How has your family helped with your riding career so far?

Well, every person in my family has done cycling, everyone just loves it because the family can just get out on rides together, we’re all kind of addicted to it.

I went to watch Becky at the Olympics last year and that was so inspiring what she’s been through to get there. It was amazing to watch her medal, that inspired me more than anything.

Becky is on the track but you seem to prefer the mountains more? Why is that? Have you ever tried track?

All my family have done mountain biking at some point, including Becky. I did a bit of track when I was younger but I never really enjoyed just riding in circles so I gave up on that pretty quickly.

I did a lot of cross country racing and then I realised that where I was making my time up was all on the downhills – I kept getting dropped on the climbs and then catching up on the descents and I got into downhill that way

When did Tracy Moseley end up supporting you?

It was about two years ago, I went on a women’s weekend that she organises and I got to ride with her a little bit. I think she was quite impressed and then started to help me out. She got me into some races and since then we’ve been doing everything together.

She’s probably my biggest inspiration. I get to follow her down all the trails and if you just watch her ride she makes everything look so easy.

She got me some kit from a few sponsors and Trek then got me a downhill and enduro bike as well as entry for races and things like that which really helped because it’s such an expensive thing to get into. 

What does the next 12 months hold for you? Enduro or downhill?

I’d like to try and do both at the same time. I’ll probably focus more on downhill but keep doing enduros because I just love doing them for fun. I’d like to do an EWS or two as well next year. I’m still going to do cyclocross in the winter as well.

Any shoutouts you want to make?

Thanks to Trek, Mojo Suspension, Hope Tech and Bike Park Wales.