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Thanks. He'll need all the luck he can get.
It's interesting to note that both Rob and Nic started their racing careers with the Clarence Wheelers and so came under the influence of Alf Whiteway.
Alf was both dedicated and dictatorial. His main enthusiasm was for low fixed gears. Rob tells me that his first sub hour 25 (a 57) was done on 82" - naturally without the benefit of anything aero.
Alf's greatest claim to fame was Tony Doyle's professional world pursuit title in 1980 ( incidentally achieved on Alf's 24 spoke Airlites). However, even at this length of time after he left the scene, his 'foals' still keep cropping up in the results.