Meant to respond to this one myself .
Yes , I agree with Jerry . That had to have been Beryl Burton . She not only set many records for time trials in the U. K. , she also pushed very , very big gears .
Loved those photos of her standing up on her 5-speed machines . She always seemed to be on a 5-speed with a monster chainring in front .
Also loved those pictures of her , beside Mr. Ron Kitching , advertising those T.A. chainrings .
As I recall , it was something like , "Chainrings up to 60 teeth , in stock . Larger sizes slight delay due to special order . "
"C'est Milremo , C'est Magnifique"
Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Bikerdaver@aol.com>
> To: C. R. List
> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 5:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Ballila brakes?
>
> snip>>
> > As an aside I should mention that I once saw a late 60s add for
these
> > brakes with an English female racer as their spokes-person. If I had the
> add,
> > I could spell her name correctly, but I think it was something like
Beryl
> > Beesum(??), [other folks, please correct me].
>
> That would be the great Beryl Burton, generally considered to be the
> greatest female cycle racer of all time. She regularly trounced top male
> cyclists in UK TT events.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Houston, TX