CYCLING NOTES.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9176, 6 August 1895, Page 2

CYCLING NOTES.

» " Weekly Press and Referee." By Velox. The coniracthas been let for the asphalt track at Lancaster Park. The work, I understand, will be completed by the end jf September. The coming season should be a busy one, and in Christchurch the new track should assist the sport to boom. Ridout and J. W. Jones reduced the ten miles tandem record from 22min 101 -sth sec to 21mip. 25_ec at Wood Greeii on June Bth. The record at each distance from two miles to the finish wat beaten. 'Mr G. C. Da-inison, of Oam wa, who went to England soma mouths ago to get

. ___ I his " Maori " bicycle placed on the mirlcj, I wan recently interviewed in L"union. H« 1 j _a ; d that all the diOficnl ies in the way of | [reducing the "Maori" to a reasonably 1 I length bad now been overcome, and that within the next few days he would be ia possession of a machine with a wheel ba*« only a few inches longer than is comimn to the ordinary safety, and weighing not more than 101b. Alsj that a company was prepared to tike up hi* bicycle. Befjri i ontering iuto any apsciiic contracts with the gentlemen forming the -indicate, Mr Dennison intends, with the help ol Ab-lspe's, the well-known German Club } rider, to pace "records" over all dis- I taneei to tho credit of his machine. Tlih . can hardly be called a " mod-st propotilion," but seeing that on the 70ib "Maori *■ which Mr D .'.unison now rules abau*, the said Abeb-u.U has done twenty-five miles in the hour on the Queon's liinrhw/iy, tlis tuvcntor wiil not ba deemed fatuitomly sanguine. Having reduced his bicycle into a commercial compas*, Mr Dannlnm has turned his attention to i-nprovlng tho driving near of ordluary safeties. He ha* already patented a new driving baud, which hn b3lleves will supersede tna various chains now in use. Hi> band \ is made of pimo wire, coverel with ( rubber, and weighs under four ounces, j A decently strong chain, of course, weighs at least 20 Jz?. The cogs naturally disappear on bicycles fitted with the band, their place lifting taken by glass-euamelled drums. Pretty severe teats have proved..] At that the grip of tho band on tha drums i" sufficient to prevent slipping when riding) up inclines, and tho total abs.nce uf jarring—which is present iv a greater or less degree iv all machine* containing cogs —13 an aid to speed. Two of the large** machinist companies—the Rudga Whitworch and the H'<we to wit—are negotiating with Mr Dinniflon in respect to this I band. The N.w Znalauder has on'faaiid S also a " three.-3psed" gear invention, 1 which, however, is not sufficiently perfect I to submit to tha wheeling world yet, \ awhile. On June 6th and 7th G. P. Mills andT. P. Edge essayed tbe task of beatingMUe 24 houra' tandem record over the usual North Road course. Owiug to a trouble- k some wind none of tho intermediate /J records were lowered,-but on reaching Peterborough, at 830 p.m. they had tfone 314 miles. After stoppage they broke \u% world's record at 319 miles. With tlives hours before them they proceeded to Badford, and beat the 24 hours' record with a total of 377 miles. The Queensland Cash Cyclists held a meeting at the Exhibition Grounds, Brisbane on July 13c.1i. The principal event was the Five Miles Championship of Queensland, Parsons and Middleton, of Victoria, and Megson, Williams, Wootten. and Fowles of New South Wales, 'being amongst the flald. A l_p prize was offered, | and this was won by Adams (Queensland), I who led for nine laps, and after being dis- 1 placed for a lap again went to the front, 1 and remained iv command until four and and a half miles had been covered. Mid* dleton then spurted into the lead at a hot pace, and commencing the final lap wm leading Parsons by a few yards, wito Wootten and Megson close handy. Tli« last named made his effort at the back ol the course, and coming away from th« others won by a dozen yards from Middleton, who defeated Parsons by a length for second place. Wootten was a, good fourth. Time, 13,n1n 45sec. Mcgaon came iv for a great reception and wa? carried in shoulder high. Tbe principal handicap even t was the Queensland Wheel ! Race, two miles, the first prize for which ' was £35. Sixteen started, and the winner j \ was Williams (N.S.W.), 100 y- Middletoa (Vie.) scr, being second and Ad_m» _ (Queensland) 160 yds, third. C irson, a Brisbane rider, is reported to have deliberately ' blocked Megson for aconsidefable distance, [ Williams woo by half a length. Time, 4min 53 4-sth sec. In the Qaeenslefl* \ League Cup, half a mile, Hunter (69/ds), won by two lengths from Wootten (35jd»). ' Mygulre (65yds), b*ing a length a*aJ third. Time, Imla 7=iec. The Vice Prf"dent's Purse, ow mile, was won b) ' Maguire (130 yds), with Walne (MOjrosj, , eecond and M'lntosh (120 yds), thi/d. [ Time, 2min 23 4-sth sec. ; T. Clarkson. late of Christchurch, who ! s now in E -gland, ha» b?cn given a . license by the National CyclisU' Union to . ride as an amateur. The N.C.U. are ver* [ strict In granting these licenses, and a« Clsrkson was a "cash amatenr" in Sic* [ Zealand, he must be considered very lucky , to get his permit. When the lent mail to , arrive left. England, the ex-New Zealander [ was training hard at Heme Hill in view of s the championships which were to be held . on June 22nd. A HokiUka correspondent informs mc that a road record race is being held by the HokiUka Cycling Club from Hokitlka to Rimu and back, a distance of ten and ahalf miles. A gold medal is offered for the rider making the best time. The record started on July 20.h, when J. Wilson covered the distance in 46.nin. O i the 24th ult. T. Cavill lowered Wilson : s \ \ record by 2imin, doing tho distancs in [ 43Jmin. The competition is open until,the * end'of September. [ The Blackpool Herald says that S. Wads dlngto'n -recently established a new fifty • mile road record on a Poliltt machine, 1 fitted with the Collier two-speed gear* 2 covering the distance iv 2hrs 2lrain 45aec.

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