You can view an entire slideshow of each gallery set by clicking any of the thumbnails on the right.
Hovering over the thumbnails will give you more information on the picture.
Clicking 'more' will bring up the entire story behind the picture.
Enjoy!
What a crazy race and what a beautiful race ... Seven and a half hours of hell with 130 kilometres of cobbles in those days.
It poured down and I remember Barry Hoban saying "If you finish today, you can call yourself a bike rider!"
This pic was taken early on in the race after there had been a huge crash at the entrance to the first section of cobbles, and no wonder ... it was a WAR out there ... I got caught up in it and was left to chase all day.
I was determined to finish as I wanted to show bloody Barry Hoban I could do it. I passed SO many guys when I had got my rhythm back and learnt that you have to attack each cobbled section flat out in a big gear, so you actually "bounce" over them ... If you go too slow, your front wheel follows the gaps and you are on your backside ... I passed the likes of Thevenet and Poulidor and finally got into a three man chase with my team mate Jan Raas and Louis Verredt.
Jan was a great mentor for me and gave me a lot of help. We worked well together and finally entered Roubaix Stadium ... What a reception and what a feeling. I got carried away a bit as I was really a novice still. I bent down to do my toe-straps up tighter for the "sprint". Jan came alongside and said, "Dave, don't sprint!" Wise words, as you don't sprint for 22nd place ... We rolled in and it was such a great feeling to have finished such an amazing race.
I had become a "Bike Rider" that day!
Pictures spanning from the start of Dave's cycling career in 1969 to the present day ...
I was always ultra nervous before the 25 Champs ... Goodness knows why as I've ridden MUCH bigger events. I never seemed to be at my best in June for... [ more ]
Really cold and wet for this race. The Chequers used to be a Pro Classic and this year I forced the break early in the race and there was a really tricky... [ more ]
This was a Classic Time Trial taking in one lap of Lake Windermere . The organiser/ sponsor/ go-getter was a man called Gianni Berton and he is the greatest... [ more ]
This is a pic of me breaking Competition Record for 10 miles on the Q10/19 course on the Tonbridge by-pass. BIG confrontation this one, with Sean Yates... [ more ]
Another epic confrontation for me on the E72 against the current 25 mile National Champion, Martyn Pyne. I was, as yet unable to take part in National... [ more ]
Very strange this one ... Perhaps one of my better rides. The Anfield has changed so much as a course since 1982, and "back then" I didn't have Tri-bars,... [ more ]
Mike Jeggo always put on a great race and still does (Newport Nocturne). Notice the crowd at the finish ... Mike's work ! This was a day of attrition,... [ more ]
My comeback year after 3 years in the wilderness with this old crappy heart condition of mine! This was the biggest race of the year for me, the Merseyside... [ more ]
Typical Belgium Kermesse weather and roads ... This was at Bugenhout and they were crazy races sometimes and were like "Classics" to the Belgium Kermesse... [ more ]
Another pic of the Competition Record 10 against Yatesey. This one is of me coming up the slip road at the turn. I caught a glimpse of Sean's Dad out... [ more ]
One of my annual invitations to Northern Ireland to ride their 10 and 25 mile Championships. This is a pic of me beating the Northern Ireland "25" mile... [ more ]
Bloody cold, bloody wet, bloody hard. Then it SNOWED! I love this event and it is a fantastic course. You need it all to win this event, strength, bike... [ more ]
My first time in the race as Gianni had asked me to ride to see if anyone could beat the hour for the one lap of Windermere. Gianni was trying to put... [ more ]
This is a pic of me and my old pal Phil Bayton riding this most prestigious of Time Trials at the time. It was an end of season 100 Kilometre 2-up TTT... [ more ]
A pic of the podium with Ken (KJ) Matthews and Mr Universe. (That's him in the middle!). Great crowds for this event every year and a superbly well... [ more ]
My last ride in the Porthole GP against Darryl Webster. You can see from the pic I was sponsoring myself, trying to get some publicity for our very ailing... [ more ]
My last Merseyside Invitation TT. I had retired mid season, really cheesed off with all the pressure, but I got fit again towards the end of the year and... [ more ]
Another pic of the Chequers GP. Here I am rounding a slippery corner with Billy Bilsland on my wheel. This was a hard circuit and very wet. I really... [ more ]
MUST be one of the hardest races I have ever ridden ... 21 times up a 2 mile climb! This is me crossing over to the break alone with a 4 lap chase!... [ more ]
This was a Pro- Am event and based on a VERY hilly 22 mile circuit in the Harrogate area and part of the "Harrogate Cycling Week". I rode for the Birkenhead... [ more ]
I was getting really cheesed off in my comeback years after being a TI Raleigh Pro and everyone calling me a "tester"! I had been a prospective Tour de... [ more ]
My first ever Pro win for Raleigh . It was on a tricky criterium circuit, with a short sharp hill and a tricky steep twisty descent to the sea front at... [ more ]
My second year as an amateur at one of my favourite places for the bike in those days ... The Isle of Man ... Oh, how things have changed. In the late... [ more ]
I had just come back to GB from riding the Tour de Suisse, where I rode one of my best ever Pro races and would have finished 4th overall if Post hadn't... [ more ]
The Eckington GP in the Worksop area and therefore a Raleigh "home" race as the "Lightweight Factory" was based nearby. So again it was a must win race... [ more ]
A pic of me coming out of Governors bridge with ½ a mile to go in the Isle of Man Mountain Time Trial. Another of those days when I was certainly "IN THE... [ more ]
The lovely Tour of Flanders ... The Belgium's "World Championship". This is a pic of me in the line, waiting for the next bloody Berg ... I found those... [ more ]
This was the National Professional 5,000 metres Pursuit Championship and the first of the 2 times I won it. It was at this event that the "ugly" side... [ more ]
My favourite pic of Eddie and me. What a coach that man was and how much I miss him! This was another of our "plans" and the pic was taken after the Birkenhead... [ more ]
... at Breda in Holland . A really lavish "do". That's my old pal Bert Pronk on my left. He was a great guy and sadly dead now, as are 4 of my ex team... [ more ]
The early season Eccleston Handicap. A small race, but a good one. I was trying to get my 1st Cat licence at the time and really needed every point I could... [ more ]
What a crazy race and what a beautiful race ... Seven and a half hours of hell with 130 kilometres of cobbles in those days. It poured down and I remember... [ more ]
Getting instructions from the boss Peter Post to make sure I worked for Didi Thurau ... You can see from my face that I was very happy to hear these orders.... [ more ]
My first National 25 mile Championship, and a big lesson in "Listen to your coach and do as you are told!" I had ridden the Anfield 100 on the previous... [ more ]
In a moment of madness I decided to attack after 1 kilometre ... I'll never know why, I just did it, and to my surprise I was joined 2 kilometres later... [ more ]
This was a pic taken at the Good Fiday meet at Herne Hill ... It was a part of my build up that year for the Hour Record and was the Roadmans 10 minute... [ more ]
This pic was taken the day after I had finished my first ever stage race The Tour of Britain "Milk Race" in 7th place. It was taken in the Isle of Man... [ more ]
The amateur Tour of Switzerland ... This must have been my best ever ride as an amateur. It was the pre-Olympic warm up race for Munich and was a BIG 10... [ more ]
Just found this pic of the winning break on the last day of the Girvan 3-Day 1982. The pic shows me leading the 4 man break of Paul Curran, Joey McLoughlin... [ more ]
After nearly 15 years actually off the bike, but keeping fit and doing a bit on the Turbo, I got back into the bike 4 years ago for a training camp with... [ more ]
[ more ]