by Marek » Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:44 pm
Yep that is Luke Scott. Top geezer and was a fantastic rider. I used to go out on good training rides with Luke, Darren and David Findlay a few years ago now. We used to rip into each other at every opportunity, it was fantastic fun. Shame that Luke got the heebie jeebies, as did Darren. Following that race on the Ladies Mile where Darren hit the deck at a cool 55kmph I don't think that either of them raced again. Although that did not stop Darren ripping our legs off at every opportunity. He used to be a school teacher and had loads of time to train, he used to go and do hill repeats up and down Ide Hill for fun. When he came off his bike he could not use one leg so he did turbo training with one leg for about 4 weeks. He came back stronger than when he crashed, awesome commitment, kinda like George and his neck.
Luke gave up riding pretty much altogether once he got married, think he was getting a bit of ear ache from the misses. Real shame he stopped riding. Darren moved back to New Zealand, think he has two kids now, heard recently that he had a nasty crash, but is on the mend. David F now lives in Switzerland and where he once was an awful climber he is now very strong on the hills. I have been out to visit him a couple of times and he has a little group of ex pros living close by that he goes out with. They are a really nice bunch, David loves ripping their legs off on the flats, that guy could just go on forever into a force 9 headwind and would not slow down, awesome.
Cheers
Marek.....