Background
Peter Chisman was born in Durham, England on 8 September 1940.
engineer bicycle racer civil engineer
Peter Chisman was born in Durham, England on 8 September 1940.
He led the race from beginning to education He started his career by winning his first race, a cyclo-cross near Durham. He rode on a bike borrowed from a friend.
That led him to join the Houghton Wheelers club when he was 14.
His amateur wins included the Tour of the Lakes, the White Rose two-day and the Red Rose two-day. He was picked in 1961 for the North of England team in the Milk Race.
That brought him promotion to the England team in 1963. He turned professional in 1966 for Raleigh-BMB with Arthur Metcalfe, John Aslin, Bernard Burns and George Shaw and started the Tour de France the following year.
But he never had the same success as he had enjoyed as an amateur and he stopped racing in 1971.
He worked as a civil engineer for local councils. Chisman never stopped cycling, sometimes riding 180 miles a day. lieutenant took him eight hours.
Peter will not be forgotten, he will be remembered around the table in our favourite "tea-stops", as he was last Sunday, and he will be with us in spirit in the high hills, where he battled it out with the best.
Throughout his racing life he was a member of Houghton Wheelers apart from a brief period with Cheviot Central Committee.