The Cycling Addiction Series
Talk No 1 - A Cyclist Rebuilt - The Surgeon's Tale - Mr Andy Langdown & Dominic Dentry (Elite Physio)16th January 2025
Mr Andy Langdown - Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon - spent a lifetime scaling two peaks - eminent hip-surgeon, with unique insight into cycling biomechanics. And, multiple age-group time-trial National Championships as a cyclist.
Dominic Dentry - High performance sports physio - Gymnastics, athletics, judo, Team GB, European and World Championships, Olympic Games. Worked across both INEOS Britannia and INEOS Grenadiers in 2022/2023.
Backstory
Dominc Dentry, by repute (and we have heard this from many other elite physios) has the the best hands in the business - nicknamed God's hands. We have known and worked with Dominic for almost two decades. He would often tell us about a hip-surgeon who he worked and cycled with. Dr Langdown was both a national champion bike-racer and also a renowned hip consultant. We knew all our paths would converge at some point. And then they did - but not quite in a way we expected.
And Then
On Dec 23rd 2021 - whilst cycling home from an all-day operating list, Dr Langdown was hit by a car. He spent Christmas 2021 on ITU at the hospital he works at, with a traumatic brain injury, 3 vertebral fractures and a cheekbone fracture. Andrew's survival was helped by one of his surgical colleagues passing the scene of the accident, and providing life-saving treatment.
Andy's elite fitness, stubbornness and competitive spirit have fuelled his recovery. But what now? What has changed? What insights have been learned? By Andy and those around him.
Andrew Langdown top and middle. Dominic Dentry (Ineos physio) bottom-line
Mr Langdown v2.0
Mr Langdown has become a welcome visitor to Cyclefit since his accident - both as a Cyclefit client and to help us with injured athletes.
Andy is a natural teacher with a generous desire to both propagate his knowledge, and naturally slot into a multi-disciplinary team.
Sometimes he is joined by our wonderful mutual friend and colleague, Dominic Dentry - Team GB and former INEOS physio. These moments of collaboration are truly precious, for all of us, but most especially the injured athlete we are jointly working with.
Dominic Dentry will be joining Andrew and Phil for the talk on 16th January.
Mr Langdown and Dominic's evening can range far and wide, as well as providing a natural bridge from The Midlife Cyclist to the Cycling Addiction (which Andrew has code-named Obsessive Cycling Disorder)
Themes may include:
- “The hip is king, the foot is prince, and the knee is the servant” The foundational role of the hip in cycling bio-mechanics. And what can go wrong? A Consultant's perspective
- The Midlife Champion Mindset – training, racing, motivation?
- Trauma. Recovery. Champion. The link between physical, mental and emotional restoration
- The v2.0 horizon
"After 3 years of pushing, I am beginning to accept that the accident has caused permanent change to my life. The new challenge will be what Andy v2.0 wants to achieve and will he be able to do it"
Talk No 1 - A Cyclist Rebuilt - The Surgeon's Tale - Mr Andy Langdown & Dominic Dentry - 16th January 2025
Doors open at 18.30 and the talk starts at 19:00
Rapha London Clubhouse - 85 Brewer St, London, W1F 9ZN
A Cyclefit Talk Series - is supported by Rapha and Bloomsbury Publishing
All profits from The Cycling Addiction Talk Series will go to Herne Hill Velodrome and Ambitious About Autism