At exactly 9:00 am the great guru of speed sport launched into ride to define a career, astride a purpose built TT machine this aging fighter with the rock star persona strained every sinew as he pushed forward from the start line. Ahead lay 25 miles of testing… Schooled by two decades of competition Alf would have quickly fallen into his race stride, not a gentle roll, or even a head down hard effort, the very nature of a 25 mile TT demands nothing short of maximum performance at every level, mental, physical, mechanical…never has the old saying ‘when the flag drops the bullshit stops’ been so appropriate.
Words by Gordon Hayes.
A seriously good read, about Alf Engers and his record breaking 49:24 twenty five mile TT.
Go check it out here.
Tags: 25, alf engers, champion, race, record, steel, time trial, tt, vintage, writing
November 19, 2010 at 12:29 pm |
[...] and of course, the lightening process by way of Drillium. He was also instrumental in coaching ‘The King’ Alf Engers to the TT record of 25 miles in under 50 minutes back in [...]
November 25, 2010 at 3:27 pm |
where are the levers for his brakes?
November 25, 2010 at 4:00 pm |
Mounted horizontally on the tops of his drops there sir.
Aero advantage.
November 25, 2010 at 5:07 pm |
can’t see em kid
November 25, 2010 at 5:33 pm |
You can just make out the end of his lever on the closest side to us in the pic. God, how anal am I.