I can find out for you, Nick Crane is a bit of a nutter (in a nice way) my brother went on a few night time mtb adventures that Nick and a friend cooked up in the 90's
Has the bike world just filled up with smart arsed commentators now? One their achievements was bagging CadairIdris by MTB in the 80's, no mean feat. One of Nick's bikes is tucked away safely near Blaenau Ffestiniog and still gets regular use