Born in
Cheadle, Cheshire (now in
Greater Manchester), England, Herety joined Cheshire Road Club as a young teenager. His first win was in a
Scouts'
cyclo-cross race in Woodbank Park,
Stockport. He was coached by
Harold "H" Nelson and trained regularly with other local riders destined for professional careers, notably
Graham Jones,
Paul Sherwen and Ian Binder. Further success followed as a junior. He was known as a
sprinter but he also won after
breaking clear of the main field. He came third in the 1980
British National Road Race Championships and won the
Manx Trophy. Herety, a chef, received a set of chef's knives when he won a stage of the 1980
Peace Race in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now
Chemnitz), a city proud of its steelworks. He then joined the French team,
Athletic Club Boulogne-Billancourt in Paris, Europe's most successful
sports club with fellow British riders
Sean Yates and
Jeff Williams. Herety won his second race for the
ACBB which was a circuit of
Toulon finishing in a bunch sprint. Herety spent one season with the
ACBB and was offered a professional contract with
Mercier riding alongside
Joop Zoetemelk. However, a poor performance in the Tour de l' Aude resulted in him not being selected by the
Coop-Mercier manager Jean–Pierre Danguillame. Herety explained: “My trouble is that I can’t recover quickly enough after a hard stage race or a race." "When I’ m racing abroad that is no good, with so many races to ride one after the other.” He was manager of Recycling.co.uk in 2006 and 2007, for 2008 this evolved into and for 2009 became Rapha Condor. ==Personal life==