"Faed" worked for over 50 years as an administrator of cycling, co-founding the 'North London Tricycling Club' (now renamed the 'North London Cycling Club'), the 'North Road Cycling Club', the 'Irish Road Club', the 'Road Records Association', and the 'Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund'.His influence ranged from the design of the tandem bicycle to the original rules for road time-trials prior to 1900.