Drew Wilson

Drew Wilson

Drew Wilson in 2017
Personal information
Born	(1967-01-01) 1 January 1967 Paisley, Scotland
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All rounder
Amateur team(s)
Johnstone Wheelers
GS Bottegonne
Professional team(s)
1993 Banana - Falcon
1994 Foremost - Karrimor

Drew Wilson (born 1st Jan 1967) was a gritty junior road race cycling champion in the 80s who became known as "the pedaling postman"^[1] whilst training with the Scotland Team for his 3rd Commonwealth Games in 1998.

Biography

Drew was encouraged to take up cycling by his father at the age of 12. Soon after In his early teens and now a member of Johnstone Wheelers, he began to build a hard earned reputation that was matched only by that of his regular team mate over the years, Brian Smith. Drew retired from professional cycling not long after representing Scotland in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.

Scotland Commonwealth Games Team

•  1986 Scotland
•  1994 Vancouver
•  1998 Kuala Lumpur

Wilson's Cycling History

•  GS Bottegonne team rider (Italy's 2nd biggest amateur cycling team)
•  Tour of Britain rider 
•  Scottish road champion six times
•  Scottish junior road champion
•  Scottish senior road champion
•  Scottish Criterium champion twice
•  Scottish senior BAR champion twice
•  Professional road rider with Banana/Falcon and Foremost/Karrimor cycling team
•  World championship rider twice for Great Britain
•  Winner – Glasgow-Dunoon road race twice
•  Winner – David Bell memorial road race in 1996 and 1998^[2]
•  Winner – Drummond trophy road race three times

Honours, decorations, awards and distinctions

In 1994, Drew was awarded an honorary life membership of the Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club.

The business of cycling

Drew had an early introduction to bike building, sales and maintenance whilst working part time for his first sponsors, Dooley's cycles. After retiring from professional cycling he learnt even more on the technical aspects of bike design and aerodynamics whilst working for Massi, Raleigh and Ridley. In 2014 Drew launched VisualBikeFit, a bespoke bike fitting service in his studio at the foot of the Crow road in Lennoxtown.^[3]

See also

• British Cycling Points 1998
• Johnstone Wheelers List of Scottish Champions
• Scotland at the Commonwealth Games

References

1. ↑ "Cycling: Fatigue floors Boardman's hopes in the race to be red". The Independent. 1998-05-23. Retrieved 2017-07-24. 
2. ↑ "Results". Davie Bell RR 2011-2013. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2017-07-27. 
3. ↑ "Former pro cyclist sets up mobile bike fitting service". Bikebiz. Retrieved 2017-07-24.