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The Golden Book
The Golden Book was originally an initiative of Cycling (the magazine), intended to honour cyclists who had achieved great things. The first entry was made at the 1932 BBAR concert.
For reasons I don't fully understand Cycling got bored with the project, and in the early nineties the then management were on the point of throwing the existing book away. It was rescued by Keith Robins (a Pedal Club member) and preserved by the club. The Pedal Club then started its own 'Pedal Club Golden Book' which is where Cliff Shrubb's entry will be kept.
Here is a link to the club's website were both books can be seen:
Unfortunately the new Cliff Shrubb page has not yet got onto the website, but I have a photo which I think will enable you to read it - I will post it here soon, but I can't do it immediately because the pic wasn't intended for this purpose and will need drastic editing which I can't do this moment. Watch this space!
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clubman
Several years ago Hippy said in a forum post that 'I doubt whether 5% of people on here have heard of Beryl Burton'.
Perhaps that was putting it a bit strongly, but if you're not aware of her there's a big gap in your cycling knowledge.
If you have a look at this VeloUK article you may be encouraged to find out more, perhaps even to buy Jeremy Wilson's book. One intriguing story in it is Xavier Disley's research which compares BB's actual times, done with no modern aerodynamic aids, with the times that she would have achieved with modern kit. This work was done with the aid of BB's last TT bike, a model wearing her clothes and even equipped with a curly wig, and the same model with a modern bike and kit, both in a wind tunnel.
The results suggest that her performances would still be records at all distances except 10 miles. And that was on the basis of her 'antique' training method which was simply to ride a great many hard miles!
Here's the link:
https://www.velouk.net/2022/08/19/news-pedal-club-lunch-report-august/