Dave reckoned that ‘you’ve got to

be kind of nuts to do it’ and seemed

to think I was well qualified.

and lets you know that you’re still alive. When

it comes to riding a push bike at over 100 mph,

Dave reckoned that ‘you’ve got to be kind of

nuts to do it’ and he seemed to think I was well

qualified . . .

When I asked him if he was bothered that we

were out to break his record, Dave simply said,

‘Not at all. I encourage you to go for it. You’ve

got good people behind you. You can do it.’

Dave inspired me with confidence. He was

Above: Dave thundering along behind the racing

Rover on the M42 in 1986.

roughly the same age as me when he set the

record and, having just finished a racing season,

he was fit as a butcher’s dog. My basic fitness

is pretty good but I knew I had to work hard

to make sure I was spot on for the attempt.

I wasn’t about to let everyone down by not

putting in the graft on the fitness front. Dave

spent six weeks getting himself ready to set the

record on the M42 and I had about the same

to get myself ready to break it.

THE RECORD HOLDER

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