About the Artist
 Starting in the hydro field behind George Love’s house, early on in high school,the artist, Bill Gedye, rode his first bikes, a Greeves and a Villiers, which had been rescued by George from the neighbours.
This was followed by his own Honda Sport 90 in high school and later nocturnal rides on Vince’s Van Der Dusen’s scabby looking 2-stroke NSU, which had to be bump started on Hwy 33 in front of Nelly Carr’s boarding house in Frankford, Ontario. Biking bit him in the ass big time at age 20 and he bought his own BSA Royal Star 500 and took the bus to Toronto to ride it back home…no lessons except: here’s the gas, here’s the clutch, here’s the brake. A tattered buckskin jacket tossed in to the deal is still his daily riding jacket and it surprisingly still fits. This ride took him to both Boston and Expo 67.
After raising a family in Toronto and 12 years on the street with Metro Toronto Ambulance, he moved to Victoria and continued on with B.C. Ambulance until he retired in April 2004. He can only boast of having won the 1975 Ontario Class I…ice racing championship..his poker and fishing skills are poor. Retirement now allows him to follow his love of bikes and art full time: After 25 years of riding in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest, he’s got some stories to tell as well, so check out the Two Wheel Tales section for some great tales about riding in the vast areas of western Canada and the USA. Look also for his articles in Canadian Biker magazine. |
