Hi Brian, Dave Marsh was a member of the University C.C. The handlebars known as Marsh Levels are named after him. The 1922 Worlds Road Race was hosted by the Anfield B.C. and was a time trial. Only three countries had full teams of four riders: these were Denmark, England and France. Other countries sent teams but not the full four riders. The race was run in accordance with the then current English time trial rules but under an international rule no change of machine was allowed during the race. They placed a seal on each frame before the start. The race was held in beautiful sunny weather, Sten Quist (Sweden) was the first man off. At the first time check at 36 miles Marsh was leading 1hr 43m 50s, Dredge 2nd and Maas (Holland) 3rd. At the 65 mile check Marsh and Dredge were neck and neck, and still riding over evens (20mph+). The weather took a turn for the worse and Marsh dropped below evens but he managed to hang onto his early lead and won in a time of 5h 7m 27s. England took three of the next four places: Burkill 2nd. Davey 3rd. and Dredge 5th. He rode a 81" fixed gear. Fortnight later Dave Marsh paired up with F.H.Dredge (stoker) to take the London to Brighton and back tandem record. During the record ride they came a cropper on South London tramlines and as a result of the crash bent a couple of pedals and cranks. Leon Meridith was in the following car and he helped them repair the tandem as best they could. They lost over five minutes but they still made good time into Brighton. On the return they had to climb off on Handcross Hill and leg it up, they were on 89" fixed this gave both of them a new lease of life and they hammered out the last four miles to set a new record of 4h 35m 35s. This took over eighteen minutes of the previous time.
Thats all for now. Keep those wheels spinning, in your memories if not still on the road. Be lucky Mick Butler Huntingdon UK.