David Byrne, cyclist.

[bovlomov]

I don't know whether Frank Zappa rode a bicycle, but he played it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9P2V0_p6vE

[Mike Sales]

More Edwardians.
Thomas Hardy
H.G.Wells
G.B.Shaw
A.Einstein
I guess cycling was a new, big thing, and there were many fewer cars.
Alexei Sayle, who like many of us, does not have an ideal cyclist's figure.

[Mike Sales]

Philip Larkin, there is a larger-than-life statue of him on Hull Paragon Station, not cycling, hurrying to catch his train

I have read that he was a terrifying driver.

[Cyril Haearn]

Philip Larkin, there is a larger-than-life statue of him on Hull Paragon Station, not cycling, hurrying to catch his train

I have read that he was a terrifying driver.

Fortunately he travelled by train mostly I hope
Very fortunately he wrote about it

Coming up England by a different line..
Swerving east from rich industrial shadows
And traffic all night north..
'Church going', describes visiting a church by bike

[Cyril Haearn]

Then there was this guy of course:

Edward Elgar.jpg

+1!
Mind, he gave up cycling a hundred years ago when motor traffic got too much
When he was knighted he cycled to Stoke Prior to tell his dad
+99 for Elgar and Malvern
The bike has no spokes, where is the statue?

It's in Hereford, on the green alongside the cathedral.

Hereford? Malvern!
The Master is in at least two places at once
I used to live in 'Moel Bryn' so I think Elgar is the greatest
Anyone disagree?

[Bonefishblues]

There were a few cyclists in bands

Kraftwerk were well known for being dropped off the Tour Bus with their bikes and cycling the rest of the way.

At some points they were clocking up 200 km per day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt3p-F2x7rY

[fausto copy]

+1!
Mind, he gave up cycling a hundred years ago when motor traffic got too much
When he was knighted he cycled to Stoke Prior to tell his dad
+99 for Elgar and Malvern
The bike has no spokes, where is the statue?

It's in Hereford, on the green alongside the cathedral.

Hereford? Malvern!
The Master is in at least two places at once
I used to live in 'Moel Bryn' so I think Elgar is the greatest
Anyone disagree?

Having seen Elgar's statue in Malvern a few years ago, I was a bit surprised to find one in Hereford too.
Maybe he cycled from Hereford (bike statue) to Malvern and was a bit thirsty, so they put a statue by the drinking fountain.

I'm not certain if I'd call him the Master, as I preferred Vaughan Williams myself, but old Edward seems to have more gravitas.

[Cyril Haearn]

It is difficult for me because I lived in Bonn too, maybe Beethoven is even better than Sir Edward
People thought B was crazy, that is a good sign

[Cyril Haearn]

It's in Hereford, on the green alongside the cathedral.

Hereford? Malvern!
The Master is in at least two places at once
I used to live in 'Moel Bryn' so I think Elgar is the greatest
Anyone disagree?

Having seen Elgar's statue in Malvern a few years ago, I was a bit surprised to find one in Hereford too.
Maybe he cycled from Hereford (bike statue) to Malvern and was a bit thirsty, so they put a statue by the drinking fountain.

I'm not certain if I'd call him the Master, as I preferred Vaughan Williams myself, but old Edward seems to have more gravitas.

Hej Fausto
Got another book for you, Elgar the Cyclist by Kevin Allen, Malvern 1997 ISBN 0 9531227 0 0
He did cycle to Hereford, the cover of the book shows him riding towards 'Black Swan Green' *
I must visit EEs birthplace!
*BSG: book about Malvern by David Mitchell

[fausto copy]

Thanks, but no more touring books for me at the moment.

We stayed on a campsite in Lower Broadheath a couple of years ago and cycled past The Firs several times.
Likewise, we've done the same to his resting place too.
fausto.

P.S. Mrs Copy absolutely delighted with the Penmaenmawr book you recommended and certainly put me in her good books for buying it for her.