CYCLING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13048, 13 December 1905, Page 3

CYCLING.

INTERESTING RECORDS. For the benefit of statistic students who follow Continental racing, 1 append a list of the bests on record accomplished on single bicycles with and without the aid of pacemakers, which have been set tip during the past season (says the Paris correspondent of the London Sportsman"): — World's paced: P. Guignard, 55m. 1530 yds, at Pare des Princes, Paris, April 12. British paced: W. T. Hall, 45m. 210 yds, at (.'aiming Town, April 24. Human tandem-paced: M. Cadolle. 30m. 1362vds, at, Winter Track, Paris, October 8. Unpaeed: Petit-Breton, 25m. 969 yds, at Buffalo, Paris, August 24. I was present when the first and lastnamed essayed their records, Guignard riding a racing bicycle built specially for pace following, the forks of the front wheel being bent in towards tho bottom bracket, so as to allow him getting closer to the huge windshield, which was fitted behind Berlin's 16h.p. motor cycle. Guignard pushed a 160iu gear, and Breton 90, and to all appearances the last-named seemed more fatigued than the rider, who covered over 30 miles more than him in tho 60 minutes, which goes to prove the artificiality of paced performances. As regards skill, it is in this respect one must congratulate tho follower of an express rate motor round an almost circular track.