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And the Wheels Went Round

This fascinating autobiography charts John Chisnall’s motorcycling career, including his decade as passenger to some of the TT’s sidecar stars of 60 years ago.

Starting out in grasstrack, by the late 1950s Chisnall was one of the world’s leading exponents of the passenger’s art. He relates the sacrifices, trials and tribulations (and the occasional brushes with the law) of his years climbing to, and at, the top of the tree, as passenger to Charlie Freeman, Bill Beevers, Florian Camathias and Derek Yorke, participating in