Ian Gibson

I grew up in Leicester, England, spent 14 years in a small town in the Bavarian Alps, and finally settled in the US at the age of 33, first in Boulder, Colorado and then in Portland in 1997.

While I've ridden bikes continuously since I was a kid, aside from a couple of time trials and a few mountain bike events, I didn't really get into racing until I was in my mid-fifties. In my first year of racing I found that I could not only hang on to a fast-moving bunch, but also that I had a half-decent sprint. I began to win some of the local mid-week races as well as do well in some longer road events.

I've been with Dialed since its inception back in 2017. I race mainly road, but I've also done a fair amount of gravel events. I'm an active member of the team as well as the broader Portland /Vancouver cycling community. For the past five years I've organized the team's annual showcase event - the Michael Myers Memorial Time Trial, as well as the Barton Park Road Race.

Now in my mid sixties, I'm still pretty competitive. Every Monday or Tuesday throughout the summer, you can find me lining up with the 1/2/3 field at PIR, as well as taking part in all the local road races, criteriums, and gravel races.

I'm also a USAC certified cycling coach and have been helping athletes meet their performance goals though my coaching business - "Dialed Performance Coaching".