Brian Robinson

Brian Robinson (born 3 November 1930 in Mirfield, Yorkshire) was an English road racing cyclist of the 1950s and early 1960s.

Early cycling career

Robinson joined the Huddersfield Road Club at the age of 13. However, his father (a Yorkshire undertaker) forbade him from racing until he was 18, and even then the opportunities were restricted. Views on British road racing were polarised between the British League of Racing Cyclists (which wanted to bring road racing on to the open roads) and the National Cyclists' Union (which, while acknowledging the need for 'massed-start', were fearful of police and public reaction, and confined their racing to closed circuits). Robinson was a NCU member.

Related Topics:
Huddersfield - Yorkshire - Undertaker - Road racing - British League of Racing Cyclists - National Cyclists' Union

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Robinson worked for the family building business, training before and after work. He was fifth in the NCU massed-start championship and third in the Road Time Trials Council (RTTC) hill-climb championship in 1950. The following year, he was equal 7th in the Isle of Man International, 10th in the NCU massed-start championship, and second in the RTTC hill-climb championship. Making steady progress, in 1952 he was fourth in the NCU title race, won the hill-climb championship, and was fifth in the Isle of Man International.

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