Part of the Rosslyn’s lasting legacy has clearly been the close relationships between its members, and the fact that for many it was more than just a cycling club it was a way of life. “Jolly uncomfortable in the long-distance events!” Camp Rosslyn You used to stand up on the pedals, and I always rode fixed wheel, so you’re doing this all the time trying to pull them up because the weight of the wetness just pulled them down! “Our tights, if they got wet at the back, all sagged - horrible. “I love all the clothing now,” says Seeger, who used to dye her clothes black to race in. Rather, the women were covered in long-sleeved black tops and long leggings, with a black cape available if it rained. > 17 of the best international sportives to ride in 2016
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Like many pro riders in the modern peloton, the Rosslyn Ladies wore black kit, except it was nothing like modern skin-tight Lycra with aero credentials. Similarly, the club’s racing uniform in the Fifties and Sixties couldn’t have been more different to today’s. I never felt hungry really, I was too strung up.” “I never did eat after I’d had that experience. She rang me up this week we keep in touch, she’s 93 now!”
“At 25, my best was a 1-08-02, then again the top record was around 1-06, and my best 100 was four hours and 52 minutes, the record time then was about four hours and 37 minutes, which I think was set by Eileen Sheridan - she was a marvellous rider. “The top competition record time was about 25-50-something,” Seeger explains. “That was pretty fast!” Grant interjects.
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> Petition to create national road race series for junior women generates big interest “My best 10 was about 27-50, not all that fast,” she says. Seeger is modest about her individual times. “It was a very fast team,” says June Grant, the club’s captain and a member of Rosslyn for 62 years.
“I started racing and got in with the faster girls, and eventually I finished up in the team,” she recalls. Seeger was one of the Rosslyn’s most prolific time triallists and was part of the squad that set records in the 100 and 30-mile TTs. In the early days of the club, members often had to contend with abuse. Whereas today the sight of a woman on a bike is commonplace, in the era between the World Wars, when the suffragist movement was still fighting for women to have the vote and equal rights, a group of women riding bikes, let alone taking part in club runs and racing, was far from the norm. We all halted, Nellie our secretary got off and she walked round and said, ‘wash your mouth out with soap’, very impressive. “There were some youths coming and they were saying very foul things. > Three women’s WorldTour events planned for UK in 2016 There used to be about 20 out, all in twos. “On the very first run I went with them, it was lovely. Seeger describes her eventful debut outing with the club. I lived in Highgate, London, so I used to ride across to east London.” “He was always reading about the Rosslyn. I left that because there were no girls who raced in it,” she says. “I had been riding a bit with my husband’s club. Beaming Seeger modelling the club's original style
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