LEAGUE CYCLING

Taranaki Daily News, 3 December 1938, Page 3

LEAGUE CYCLING

TRACK SEASON TO OPEN, ADVICE ON TRAINING . * ffiy "Wheel;"> - - The 1938-39 track season will open for the New Plymouth Cycle and Athletic League next Wednesday evening, when a series of events will be held' at. Rugby Park. The club has been fortunate ■ in again having the.grounds put at its disposal for the track season. ' A working bee of club members " was busy laat week-end attendihg -to the track, and, with riding and training on it. the' surface should /be . in' good order' fbr the coming season. The club's hope Is to see the trade asphalted, and something should be done in the near future to raise the money to complete the joh. Training Hints.

• Cyclists should remember the old axiom, "An army inarches on its stomach," and should. put, this aH-bnportant part of their syste'm in order before serious training is commenced, and," having once got it in order, they ahould'be particular what they put intu it. -.If -they have any teeth which need attention, now is the time to have them corrected. Bad teeth affect the whole syatem.^ One cannot attain the fitness required.to win cyde races unless the systein is, in good order, and it is really that great feeling of fitness which all good Qrdiete and. athletes "strive to attain.,., Look to your cycle, too. • See. that the frame is in line, and that the, wheels are true and are properly that you have a position on y.our cyde which gives you the proper control of your mount. The point of the Sfffldle for most riders is .usually one and, a half inches behind the; centre oi -tiie bottom bracket, but this is only a guide, for some riders prefer to have the.. saddle farther back. Experiment until you.fizid where it should be to suit; yoursdf.- j Do not have the handlebars fixed -in • ! road position for the track. —For -obvioiit reasons, a low position for the' hara on the track is the. best. "Do. hot. be stretched too far out on your cyde. Ihe bent-elbow cyclist is the man- who usually has control of his machine. / - / Pay attention to your pedalling • end strive to better it. See that your saddle is the right height from the pedals. There are three ways to determine Ihe correct height. One is to put the seat up until it is too high and the leg is uncomfortably stretched, fhen graduaily lower the seat until the rider is sulted. The second way is to sit on the machine and turn the cranks around until one of them is at its lowest poaitioft^ "than put the toes of the. foot bn that 'sida under the pedal, when the leg should be straight." The third way is to put 'the heel on the pedal, the leg bdhg straight. When you have had a training ride do not stand about, but have a rub down and change jnto dry clothes. . i~l