in 1967, a lone rider caught sight of a fellow cyclist ahead. Pedalling perfect circles despite the high gear, they steadily closed the gap, calmly overtook, and offered a liquorice allsort: “I thought a gesture was required.” The overtaken rider would go on to set a new men’s record for the 12-hour endurance time-trial; the confectionery-bearing leader would go one further and set the outright record. She was the only woman on the course, and her name
