Eileen Sheridan

[pwa]

Time to mark the passing of this tiny lady who did great things on her bike many years ago. She died recently, at the age of 99. On Radio 4 someone remarked on the fact that one of her records was broken many years later by a woman on a carbon fibre bike, with all the modern advantages, who managed to shave just a little time off Eileen's time, established on a steel framed bike with relatively few gears

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Sheridan_(cyclist)

I love the fact that she rode a bike badged as "Hercules" at one time, but the frame was actually made elsewhere because real Herucles bikes were too heavy.

[thirdcrank]

This earlier thread includes an interview with Eileen Sheridan recorded by 24hour maths and other stuff about her
viewtopic.php?p=1680303#p1680303

I noted the report of her death at the end of that thread

[pwa]

She would have made a formidable audaxer, if that had been a thing in her day. In a modest way I have done long distance cycling, doing hundreds of miles over a weekend, so I have an idea just how impressive her great rides were. And I know I couldn't have hung on to her back wheel for more than a mile of two.