Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: Tough guys [velonews.com] - Triathlon Week

Triweek Newsbot · 01-24-2005, 10:10 AM

JANUARY 21 - When true road races were first held in Britain during World War II, Alf Buttler was one of the thousands of amateur cyclists who “did a bit of everything.” Like most riders, he came into the sport through a touring club, enjoying the weekend club runs and weeklong tours with his buddies to the hillier parts of the British Isles. Racing was a natural progression, first the “anonymous” road time trials, then track racing (usually on unbanked grass tracks), followed by the occasional hill climb, circuit race and, eventually, a full-blown stage race. Alf talked about the early days of modern cycling when we met at his cottage in Wales a few w...

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