Don’t stop me now … 90-year-old Ted Little still enjoys a 50-mile cycle every week!

By Lucy Watherston
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Ted Little in action on his trike
Ted Little, who turned 90 on Sunday 16 July, has enjoyed a lifetime of cycling and still attends his local club, where he cycles an impressive 50 miles a week.
The Solihull-based cyclist and veteran has been a member of Cycling UK for over 49 years and a member of his local cycling group ‘Shirley Roads Club’ since the 1950s.

Roger who runs the club and has known Ted for many years said: “He’s unstoppable, he still cycles 50 miles a week when we go out on our group rides. He’s slowed down a little on the inclines but he really is an impressive guy. In the 1970s or the late 1960s he held a veteran world record for cycling 50 miles on a tricycle.”

As well as cycling with the group, Ted is also a member of the Tricycle Association, where he regularly attends and rides his trike. Despite having an illness from which he’s now recovered, Ted has never stopped riding. When he was younger he used to do a lot of racing – right into his 70s.

Cycling is a passion that he shared with his wife and the pair often went out on long rides together. On their wedding day, they went down the aisle with bikes overhead. 

Hero cyclist Ted is a real inspiration to us all to never stop cycling and we wish him a very happy 90th birthday! 

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