10 Facts About Ernie Clements

Ernest J Clements was an English road racing cyclist, frame builder and cycle shop owner.

Ernie Clements won the BLRC British national road race championship in 1943 and 1945, and came second in 1944.

Riders who competed in BLRC races were banned from competing in NCU races, but Ernie Clements managed to circumvent the ban; he won the NCU national road championship in 1946 and come second in 1948.

Ernie Clements won the first stage of the Brighton-Glasgow race in 1951.

Ernie Clements declined and in the event no team was sent anyway.

Ernie Clements said he turned down the chance because he did not wish to relinquish his amateur status in Britain.

Ernie Clements was born in Hadley, Shropshire but spent the majority of his early years at Old Park where he later opened a cycle shop.

Ernie Clements became a frame builder and managed Falcon Cycles in the 1950s, and up to the 1970s.

Ernie Clements died in Malvern Community Hospital, Malvern, Worcestershire, aged 83 on 5 February 2006, having suffered from Parkinson's disease for several years.

Ernie Clements's death was announced in the Cycling Weekly magazine through a paid small-ad.