Born in Ptuj in Slovenia, Luka studied Sinology at the University of Ljubljana. At that point his hobbies of his included running, rock climbing and travelling. It was only in 2013 while studying Chinese in Taiwan that he discovered his passion for cycling. This is also the time he started working as a cycling tour guide. Seemingly endless climbs in Taiwan filled him with lust on tackling the European peaks as well. He has since worked with Chinese language one way or the other in various parts of the world while trying to keep fit and expanding his cycling heatmap on as many of the sealed and unsealed roads as possible.