The transition from major figure to ordinary person can be very hard - lots of top athletes and Olympians really struggle with mental health when they make the transition - Check that it’s not an intrusive question but it’s an important issue.
Position of women in sport still important, can’t see why prize money is so different between male and female categories
Doping was rife in road racing - did she think mountain biking was clean and why the difference?
Let her know that people still think about her and Charlie Cunningham and the accident which he had - I am organising a ride to raise funds for Charlie this autumn. What’s their life like together now and how are things going?
Given the terrible serial concussion disaster of Lorraine Truong (one concussion and then a very swift second one - a known risk for serious and fatal injury) does she think that awareness of head injury has increased?
How has land access changed since the 90’s - what does she think about all this digging which is going on?
How hard was it to get sponsors and what was their attitude to females in the sport?
Caroline Alexander, Missy Giove, how did personalities and approaches differ across the top female riders? Is there a whole bunch of female riders of that time which we should know about but whose names are not common knowledge?
What was the best saddle? The Flite was A Very Narrow Thing....what did she use back in the day?
Biggest ‘off’, biggest ‘save’, biggest triumph. Lowest day.
Does she have a e-bike?
What’s the origin of the name Phelan? (It’s Irish....but there must be a story there....)
