Gareth lives at home with his parents and sister Sioned in Llandyssil, Montgomery Gareth has always enjoyed riding his bike but now it is his a real passion.

Downhill mountain biking is as extreme sport where riders race down a mountain through the trees, leaping jumps, slipping and drifting and whoevers gets the fastest timed run down the set course, wins.

Gareth has been competing since 2004. The first two years riding for Brooks cycles in Welshpool and then 2006/07 riding for Si paton at Descentworld.

The first real success came in 2005 when Gareth won the Welsh National Championship and that year he also won The Dragon Series, not dropping a single round.

He also won the Midlands Winter Series and The super Series in 2005 and finished second in the National Points Series.

2007 is proving to be a good year too, staying at the top of the youth catergory and is ranked No 1 in the British Cycling Rankings and Gareth has just won this years Welsh National Championship at Rheola in South Wales.