My friend had his new bike painted in the colours of an old Halifax bus, green, cream and orange Mamit
I was 14 I’d saved up £25 (1970!) to buy my first proper bike, a 5th hand Carlton, dropped handlebars & Simplex gears. I joined the Long Eaton Paragon Cycling Club and started doing time trails training with Carole Barton who raced against Beryl Burton....
