Fergus closed his eyes and let his feet turn backwards on the pedals once, twice, three times . . .
Fergus Hamilton is a boy with a big imagination. Living with his mum and gradad and his dog, Chimp, he dreams of a state-of-the-art Sullivan Swift and becoming the most brilliant boy cyclist in the world. So when he gets a rusty second-hand bike for his ninth birthday he can't help feeing a bit disappointed. But then he discovers something amazing when he takes it for a ride . . .