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Contributors
Matthew Bailey
Matthew has been writing and taking
photographs for Conquista since 2015
and is entirely to blame for any typos you
find.
Pip Claffey
Pip is a freelance illustrator and print
maker based in the north-west of
England. When not sketching, getting
inky in the print studio or under a
veritable mountain of pressing deadlines
she likes to ride her bike or linger in art
supply stores. If you have a project in
mind you can find her at rune-creative.
co.uk.
Suze Clemitson
Suze Clemitson is the author of 100
Tours, 100 Tales. P is for Peloton, Ride
the Revolution and A History of Cycling
in 100 Objects. She occasionally rants in
the Guardian and on Twitter and is still
working on a book about Marie Marvingt.
Trevor Gornall
Completer of Rubik’s Cube. Creator of
typso. Unfathomably early, yet at the
same time, somehow unfashionably late.
Maker of mistakes. Reluctant benefactor
of hindsight. Legs too long for his body.
Trying.
Conquista is nothing without our
wonderful contributors. They fill our
pages with words and pictures from
every corner of the globe, bringing tales
of conquest and achievement to inspire
us all to get out on our bikes and explore
the world outside our door. If you enjoy
their contributions here you may wish to
explore some of their other work.
Russell Jones
Originally cutting his teeth riding and
pretending to race the lanes of the
Wirral, England, Russell now does the
same around his adopted hometown
of Cambridge, New Zealand. Author of
‘The Swart Brothers, Jack and Stephen’,
the eighth in the New Zealand Cycling
Legends series, Russell has contributed
since Issue 13.
bicicletta.co.nz/
instagram.com/_bicicletta
Paul Jones
Paul is an occasional racing cyclist who
struggles to balance the demands of
writing about cycling with doing some
actual cycling. His first book explored
the niche and deranged world of the hill
climb and is seen as the definitive (and
only) work on the subject. Beyond that,
he has an obsession with time, social
change and people, and tries to explore
this in his writing. In his spare time he is
an English teacher.
Marcos Pereda
Marcos writes a lot, for newspapers
and magazines all over the world, and
trains very little. He has published books
about Pedro Delgado and Vicente Trueba
and also a collection of short stories
concerning apocalypses, pandemics
and the living dead. All with a sense of
humour, of course. He lives very close
to Peña Cabarga in Cantabria, but since
it has a maximum gradient of 20% he
doesn’t ride up it very often.
Simon Wilkinson
Simon’s company SWpix is an independent
sports picture agency. Their archive
holds nearly a million images. They
combine brilliant blood and thunder
action pictures from live sport, intelligent
creative imagery and impeccable service.
Their pictures tell stories. Take a look for
yourself at SWpix.com.
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