CYCLING AND MOTOR NOTES.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XX, Issue 1116, 31 August 1911, Page 12

CYCLING AND MOTOR NOTES.

“All About Cycling” is the title of a most interesting booklet that has just been issued by the Dunlop Rubber Company, and is one that will certainly appeal to every class of cyclist. The letter press is the work of Mr. Geo. R. Broadbent, an Australian cyclist with a vast experience of touring, road and track racing, and a recognised authority on cycling matters. The tourist, every day cyclist or racing man on road or track will find this well-gotten up brochure of undoubted interest and value. “All About Cycling” is incorporated with the Dunlop Company’s well-known annual publication “All About Dunlop Tyres.” The production is an artistic one of 72 pages, and one that every cyclist should endeavour to obtain a copy of, for it is well worth having. The booklet will be distributed gratis to cyclists, but applications through the post must be accompanied by a penny stamp to defray postage. As the issue is a limited one, an early application to the Dunlop Company, Christchurch or Wellington, is advisable.

An English-built car was recently subjected to an interesting 15,000 miles run on Brooklands track. Including some 83 miles which represented the journeys from the lock-up shed to the track, the total distance covered during the trial was 15,008

miles, and during the 14,925 miles the car was on the track an average speed of 34-7 miles an hour was maintained. The actual time spent in adjustments —apart from cleaning sparking plugs —was, uiider 18 minutes, .and „ at the end jof the run the worn parts could have been replaced at a cost of under £ 2. ? The engine was oiled once a day, the average mileage being about 300 miles, a day. The petrol consumption.. worked out at a fraction over 23 miles a gallon, whilst the oil consumption was at the rate of 1184 miles a gallon. It was estimated that 35,000,000 revolutions were made by the 14-20 h.p. engine during the trial. The test was rv™ under the observance of

the Technical Committee of the Royal Automobile Club of England, and during the whole 15,000 miles run there was not a mechanical stop.

The Dunlop Road Race from Goulbourn to Sydney is set down for decision on September 23. Entries closed on Monday, August 28- The total value of the prize money is £176. Already ..several New Zealand riders have arrived in Sydney—including two Arnst brothers, members of the same family as Dick and J. Arnst—and intend training for the event.