Old Ned
Old School Grand Master
I was very sad to discover that my boyhood hero and 1950's Tour de France pioneer Brian Robinson passed away yesterday. He was 91. Brian was an inspiration to me as a young lad - as he probably was to many an aspiring 'racer' in my generation - and I avidly read his exploits in Sporting Cyclist magazine. When we moved to Wakefield I was aware that he lived quite locally and I wondered if I would ever see him around and about. I eventually did - at a mountain bike race near Catterick early '90's where he was encouiraging his daughter. More recently I got to know him better through mutual acquiantances and would see him at a local cafe on occasion. He always chatted to me with no sense of ego whatsoever. A real gentle man who signed his biography to me with the message - "To Paul, from your boyhood hero, Brian."
I couldn't have asked for more. RIP Brian, you will be missed.
I couldn't have asked for more. RIP Brian, you will be missed.