[5] Following his accident, he turned to alcohol and smoking cigarettes as a form of coping but he eventually stopped using both.

He is a husband and father and when not training or spending time with his kids he also visits schools where he acts as a motivational speaker for youngsters.

[9] Stuart Tripp, Alex Welsh, and Kiwi Tiffiney Perry competed together as a team in a relay race at an Australian cycling event.

[13] Tripp won a silver medal in Men's Time Trial H5 at the 2014 UCI World Cup held in - Cantimpalos, Spain.

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, he won the silver medal in the Men's Road Time Trial H5.

[16][17] At the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Pietermaritzburg, south Africa, he finished fourth in the Men's Time Trial H5.