As a specialist solicitor with 30 years’ experience in cycle related incidents, I have sought out Sandy Gilchrist as an expert witness on numerous occasions. His outstanding wealth of experience as a renowned International cycling mechanic has enabled my firm to add a far better understanding of cycle dynamics and control to assist our clients in often difficult claims involving product liability and cycle road crash incidents, where the failure of a bike part, or the way the bike is damaged, requires expert testimony.

Sandy Gilchrist is a unique expert witness as he combines his strengths as both an athlete and mechanic to add a clear understanding of cycle related incidents. Sandy Gilchrist has been accepted as an expert witness in the Court of Session in the case of David Robinson v Scottish Borders Council (PD1637/15).
 

His expert testimony as to the causal link between the crash and the road surface defect was accepted as Sandy assisted the Court with reference to the specific damage to the bike caused by a trap leading to wrenching of the handle bars consistent with the bike coming to a dead stop. The Judge, Lady Wolffe, who described him as a “very experienced bike mechanic who had worked with International cycling racing teams maintaining and repairing their racing bikes” certified Sandy Gilchrist as an expert witness and accepted his evidence in full.
 

I can highly recommend Sandy Gilchrist’s services as an expert witness. He is one of the world’s most experienced bicycle mechanics and his evidence is rarely challenged. As such, Sandy Gilchrist will always be my first port of call for initial advice and expert testimony in cycle related accident cases.