I used to ride with Ian a lot back around 2005-2006, and he was always dropping weird unexpected grinds.  Looks like it was a habit before he came up North as well, you don’t see an un Luc-e of that size too often even now! He’s in Vietnam these days, which raises the question of where the hell a man with such neck girth goes to purchase a shirt in Hanoi.  Ian’s a top dude, I hope he’s realised his dream of licking a giraffe (might have been just touching? I forget…). If you ever meet him, make sure you get him to tell the tale of the time he ran into a load of Warhammer enthusiasts dressed as Orcs in Jesmond Dene. At 3 in the morning. While he was tripping.