Su only started serious cycling after loosing her lower left leg.

On the 11 April 2006, while attempting to save her puppy, she was hit by an articulated trailer unit, on the Lake Rotoma Road. Thrilled to be alive, Su knew from years of nursing that the

21 May 2007 Su left re-hab and enrolled at the local gym, in her wheelchair. The personal trainer at the Rugby Institute, Palmerston North not only kept her spirits up but made the transition possible by strapping her left foot to the pedal with tape each time she came in.