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Beryl Burton biography - good read
Just finished William Fotheringham's book - The Greatest - The Live and Times of Beryl Burton. It was very good and the writing is excellent. A good read. My kids got me several of his books for Fathers Day. Good pandemic reading.
Link to his site for ordering is below: http://www.williamfotheringham.com/ He has several other good books that are next on my reading list. Enjoy!! Alan |
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She was great!!!!!
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Too right , theres a good video on youtube about her. What a talent!
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Have you ever seen her autobiography, Personal Best? I think it's still available.
I have somewhere a photocopied sheet of her ABC's of cycling, which you can read here: https://rusa.org/newsletter/10-01-12.html. What makes her accomplishments even more amazing is that she was never a professional cyclist. She had a full-time job working on a rhubarb farm. And yet she was at the top of her sport for 25 years or so.
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ABC'S
Still applies today at the bottom of the article it says adapted by Ron Kitching I remember seeing a few of his bikes Love the history |
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Jack Briggs son Paul was a racer when I was there. He told me that on a time trail Beryl would pass him and she seemed to have a very smooth style. Her daughter was also a racer and was good but not at the level of her mom. |
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Hey thanks for the background, I only had a few photos of Ron Kitching bikes, that clarifies a lot
Have some studying to do this weekend |
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Her male counterpart and contemporary, Alf Engers, shared a belief in enormous single chainrings.
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Not quite a counterpart. Alf Engers was a short-distance (mainly 25-mile) time trialist. He never won Best British All Rounder (BBAR), which for men included time trials of 50 miles, 100 miles, and 12 hours. Beryl Burton was the women's winner of BBAR every year from 1959 to 1983.
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My only source for remembering BB was through International Cyclesport
The two books I have had no mention of her A century of cycling - didn't even mention women's cycling But I still got lost in the photos Bicycle - only mentions women's cycling as of 1985 That's disappointing |
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I've never seen her before with long hair or a wearing a cap. And I'm not sure what those shoes are.
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I keep a photo of Beryl between my Coors Classic and Eddy pix on my shop wall...
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