As a young lad in England, riding and competing on a bicycle quickly became a passion that was to remain with him throughout his life.
Cycling is a hard and beautiful sport.
It demands the utmost of an athlete dedicated to succeed at an elite level. It requires speed, intelligence, guile, strength and bloody mindedness. It requires an athlete to hang in there when all seems to be against him because one of the beauties of cycling is that fortunes of racing can quickly change and until that finish line is crossed the race is neither won nor lost. Norm was a gifted athlete and made full use of the talents endowed upon him. Those of us who experienced his presence know of the suffering he would put us through as he relentlessly pushed himself to the limits of his abilities.