CYCLING

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11876, 22 February 1933, Page 6

CYCLING

RECORD ENDURANCE. 102 MILES A DAY FOR YEAR Amid prolonged cheers and the continuous ringing ol‘ 3000 cycle hells, Mr A. A. Humbles, a 22-year-old member of the lugleside Cycling Club, rode from Buckingham Palace lo Marble Arch on December 11 on the last lap of liis record-breaking endurance cycle tour ol' Great Britain.

Mr Humbles was acclaimed a's the new holder of the world’s endurance cycling championship, since he has beaten by a mile the record of 34, 306 miles established by Marcel Planes, of France in 1911. Mr Humbles, riding a Hercules Empire Club* racer lias ridden an average of lu2 miles a clay since the beginning of last year, and has visited every county in Greaft Britain. ', Sir Malcolm Campbell, who presented the young world champion with a silver trophy and a large laurel wreath said: “Your great effort in creating this new record for Britain rcilccts great credit on. the grit and determination of a> young man who, finding himself unemployed, thought put this means of doing good for both himself and British cycling industry.”

Miss Yvonnci May Bowen, the eight-ycar-old niece of the champion, presented her uncle withi a small laurel wreath. a > Mr Humbles, after the ceremony at Marble Arch, Tv as escorted by a large crowd of cyclists to Dorchester House, Pars Lane, where a reception was held in his honour. Among those who greeted him was Marcel Planes. - “I have travelled all over England” said Mr Bumbles, “and aIL the counties I prefer Yorkshire. Weather con ditions do not interfere with my travelling. I made up my mind that 1 would do 36,367 miles before January 1, 1933. And I am going to* fulfil my object.” Mr Humbles, who became a. cyclist' to improve liis health, has still to lidc koine 2,000 miles before his objective is reached. When tho reception at Dorchester House ended, he set out out to complete his 36,367 record miles for the year 1932. He is. detei mined to ride regularly 100 mile's a day; nn ~ till December 31, and intends to lide even, oh Christinas Day, accoiding to an English newspaper.