Alan Grant is a co-founder of the Specialized Roval Mavericks cycling team. They have been on the podium in 100s of races across Asia since he founded the team with a bunch of friends in 2011. He’s also taken on plenty of endurance challenges including Everesting on a bike - cycling a cumulative elevation of 8,848m in one ride - no less than three times here on the little Red Dot of Singapore.

• Background from the hills of Scotland

• Everesting on a bike (check out the Singapore cycling hall of fame here)

• Setting up the Specialized Roval Mavericks (also on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/sgmavericks/?hl=en)

• Events: Tour of Friendship (Thailand), Tour de Kepri (Batam and Bintan), Haute Route Oman and Haute Route Qingcheng (China), Jungle Cross (Singapore)

• Alan’s own site, including race reports and more: www.flatspokemedia.com/