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Nickname: |
Aki |
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Year of birth: |
1930 |
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Occupation, Place of Work: |
Retired (owned a truck business) |
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Currently living: |
Mt Martha |
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Plug your business (website link, etc.): |
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Started Cycling, tell us about cycling in your generation: |
Started when I was 15 in 1945 on the dirt track at Coburg
which was later made asphalt (similar to Preston’s) and
then concrete (current track) |
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Committee position/Coach/Commissaire |
Former President of Coburg for 16 years , Life member of
Coburg, Life member of Cyclesport Victoria and State
Commissaire |
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Tell us about the good old days |
Cycling today is terrible no depth and no real stars. We did
not worry about diets. Sid Paterson ate and drank everything
and was still a champion. |
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How many Km/Hours a week do you do? |
Had to get up at 4.30am to get in as many miles as possible
before work. |
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What sort of bike do you have? |
“Super Stevens” from a bike shop in Sydney Road (Norm
Stevens won a Melbourne to Ballarat as a Coburg rider) |
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Track or Road rider? |
None since a 50 tonne tip truck ran over my right ankle!. |
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Best result: |
Nothing sensational |
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Best Coburg rider of your generation: |
Brian Forbes on the Track and Mat Martino (Australian
Champion) on the road |
