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Welcome, Gerald, and thanks for the post. We have other threads on here that might interest you, e.g. one dedicated to restoring old bikes:
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/238801/
We do try to honour the legacy of older riders a bit, e.g. with the Hard Day in January, inspired by @clubman:
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/140570/
We also have a couple of threads dedicated to old cycling clubs, some of which don't exist any more, e.g. the Paddington. Lots of former members have found each other again that way:
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/159590/
You don't say which clubs you rode with, if any?
Oliver Schick
Re-On the A1 and overtaking a lorry!!!
That was me. I am now eighty five but remember that event clearly. It
was 1953 and was a thirty mile event, only partly on the A1 and then on the York road. I was riding a Bates cycle. This was a time when the roads were clear- not many lorries and they were limited to 20MPH so had to be passed.
I won the club junior BAR that year for 10, 25 and 30 mile events. After doing national service in the RAF I started running which took me into marathons and then Triathlons. I aquired a Maurice Woodrup cycle with simplex 5 gear and Wiennman Brakes. I enjoyed putting cycling and running together and did my last competative event when turned seventy. I have only recently given up cycling. I came across this article by chance and it has brought back
happy memories.
Gerald Finlay. Hambleton, North Yorks.
Riders of my era;
Reg Harris
Ray Booty
The Higginson twins
Eric Britton
Jimmy Clifford.