A cyclist has crossed the channel on his cycle. People have rowed across: one man paddled a canoe. The channel has been crossed by pedal cycle; and now a motor cyclist and his pillion rider have ridden from Dover to Calais and back. First the machine was lashed to two floats similar to those used by seaplanes, and then a propeller gear was fixed so that the power nsually transmitted to the back wheel drove the propeller. The motor cyclist and his passenger made the return journey in seven hours and -a minutes, including 40 minutes for lunch and two other stops
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20874, 14 November 1929, Page 8
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102Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Otago Daily Times, Issue 20874, 14 November 1929, Page 8
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