Describing a portentous first ride at the age of six, Paul Kimmage fondly recalls his father immediately removing the stabilisers before plonking his son on the saddle and pushing him off across the car park in front of their Dublin flat. "I wobbled, but basically had no trouble and was delighted with myself.

" Replace "trouble" with "balance" and substitute "delighted with myself" for "repeatedly injured" and you have the encapsulation of my own debut.

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Daily Telegraph

 

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