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With apologies to Groucho Marx: I don't care to belong to any group that will have me as a member.

Indeed.

Yep, Edwards & Bayton from the '77 championships. Griffiths in the Milk Race along with Sandy Gilchrist (centre) and John Parker (far right). The TI Raleigh rider (also pictured after the '77 London-York championship) should be dead easy.

A piece of road that I regularly walk along has one narrow pavement. No matter how much I try to stick to Rule 1 - which is both sensible and logical - when walking with the traffic flow on that side of the road it's rare if I don't end up having to step into the road to avoid pedestrians who...

Yes and yes. Which should make identifying the riders in 2 & 3 simple. I don't know about the Scots lad toiling along in front of the broom wagon but of the riders in the other 6 pictures at least 3 of them had/have the same first name.

1978 Milk Race. Photos 4&5 stage 9 on Sutton Bank, photo 6 stage 8 on the drag up from Sturdy Beck to Harewood - as is The loneliness of the long distance cyclist, which was a lucky shot as I'd packed up and was about to cycle home when I saw the broom wagon appear around the bend at the bottom...

The following have (like some of us) suffered from aging. If you're old enough to have dressed in same fashions as the spectators in the second picture you might well be able to name some of the riders - or even the two events. No brifters, no plastic frames and very few riders in lycra - if any.

The loneliness of the long distance cyclist.