Leah: This could be you if you just got a drop bar (and dt friction shifters).
Aside: There is the wonderful anecdote about Burton competing in a regional 12-hour time trial in 1967 against top male riders. After 235 miles she overhauled the men’s favorite and, as she passed him, offered him a liquorice allsort, which he accepted, saying, “Ta, luv.” https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/aug/26/beryl-burton-liquorice-allsorts-shake-up-cycling Her scientifically selected training diet: "“fruit salad, peaches, rice pudding, fruit and honey cake, egg and milk, peppermint and blackcurrant, coffee, glucose, malt bread, bananas, four bits of steak and some cheese”. On Sat, Jun 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > I don’t think this is a thread derailment but simply a reminder about > another wonderful woman cyclist who left the men behind. Old-time working > class Yorkshire lass, complete with accent, who picked rhubarb and other > produce to help the family income, rode to the hospital on her bike to > deliver her one child, a daughter; down to earth and human: Beryl Burton. > She died of heart failure at age 59 while out on her bike delivering > invitations for her 59th birthday party. > > A new video courtesy of CR: https://youtu.be/6wTBaW6hcGw > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgsBrSAZSTfmm4Ocs-M%2B_irbgbQxoH3w__480M6xBsYPeQ%40mail.gmail.com.
