cycled not for money but love of the sport
earning nothing from all those gruelling miles
yet winning 90 British and 7 world titles.
She held a full-time job
working at a rhubarb farm
but cycling should have brought her a great fame
and yet today few remember her name.
As a child she was diagnosed
with an irregular heart beat
and advised never to exercise.
At the young age of 58
she died from heart failure on her bike,
perhaps how she would have wanted to leave.
Yes, cycling should have brought her a great fame
yet today...few remember her name.