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by Mark Dibben
Mon Oct 21, 2019 7:12 pm
Forum: Classic/Vintage/Where are they now?
Topic: Cyril Smith/Edgar Peacock Sidecar
Replies: 39
Views: 35585

Re: Cyril Smith/Edgar Peacock Sidecar

Ps. And I have just worked out this evening from reading Bob Mitchell's biography written by his son Mark (no namesake coincidence whatsoever by the way), that Cyril's 55 and 56 frames were the same. Just with a change of fairing and a change of sidecar. Cyril lent Bob the 55 sidecar (and an engine)...
by Mark Dibben
Mon Oct 21, 2019 6:39 pm
Forum: The Sidecar Paddock
Topic: Last sitter outfit at TT?
Replies: 11
Views: 8239

Re: Last sitter outfit at TT?

Eric and my father rode a sitter at the 1960TT. But I think there were sitters throughout the 1960s, further down the field. Kneelers were still very new and expensive...
by Mark Dibben
Mon Oct 21, 2019 5:46 pm
Forum: Classic/Vintage/Where are they now?
Topic: Cyril Smith/Edgar Peacock Sidecar
Replies: 39
Views: 35585

Re: Cyril Smith/Edgar Peacock Sidecar

Ha ha, you beat me to it Steve, I was going to say that! I have the watch in the picture and now know where I get my love of jumpers and flat caps from too, lol. The Enfield goes very well for 27hp; Dad and I had an indicated 75mph out of it the other day and I think it'll go a bit quicker with a fe...
by Mark Dibben
Mon Oct 21, 2019 4:52 pm
Forum: The Bar
Topic: Book on history of sidecar racing?
Replies: 13
Views: 17882

Re: Book on history of sidecar racing?

Of course there is also "Hold On!" not exactly a history of sidecar racing but by our very own Stan Dibben, an excellent read but I think out of publication now, available as ebook. And Moly's book The Racer's Edge. Hello Steve, The book my father and I published last year 'Enterprise on ...