CYCLING PIONEER
FIRST PNEUMATIC TYRES Mr William Hume, one of the first men to use pneumatic tyres in a bicycle race, died at his residence near Belfast the other day. In 1889, when he was captain of the Belfast Cruisers’ Cycling Club, Mr Hume turned up with a pneumatic-tyred machine to take part m a sports meeting at Queen’s College, Belfast. The crowd jeered at the sight of a bicycle with thick tyres, but changed their mind when Hume won all four events against some of the best riders in Ireland.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22201, 19 February 1942, Page 6
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91CYCLING PIONEER Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22201, 19 February 1942, Page 6
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