Google Arthur Metcalfe.

In the paragraph below the BBAR (British Best All Rounder) is decided on the best times over three TT distances, 50 mile, 100, mile and 12 hour. Average speed 24.797 mph! Anyone ever compete in a 12 hour TT?! And at the time it was not uncommon for guys to ride TTs on a fixed gear. Often on 83" or 88" fixed gear.

Oh, and this was on what most of you think is some old heavy 10 speed, actually most likely a 5 speed. Just a beautifully crafted Carleton or Bob Jackson with 531 tubing, outfitted with european made components. And in the 100 mile and 12 hour TT's riders would carry a spare tubular and a pump. Wool clothing in layers as the starting times were in the wee hours of the morning, cool and damp. A cup of tea and a cigarette was not uncommon before the start as the cigarette would get the heart pumping!

"In 1965 he won 23 times, including the Manx International, three laps of the Snaefell mountain course on the Isle of Man. Living once more in Leeds, he cycled from there to Liverpool, slept in a telephone box and then caught the ferry to the island.[2][3] In 1966 he won the national amateur road race championship and, as an afterthought, the BBAR with a record average speed of 24.797 mph. The BBAR aggregated speeds of riders over 50 miles, 100 miles and 12 hours and specialist time-triallists usually devote their whole season to it. Metcalfe won in three straight rides, almost as an afterthought. "I remember thinking I needed a change. I'd ridden a few time trials in the past and so I thought I'd have another go," he said.[4]"