A BICYCLE FEAT.
A Home paper say.—Mr H. R. Goodwin, of the North Manchester Bicycle Club, has just completed perhaps the raost remarkable journey yet accomplished on the liicycle. Leaving Land's End on June 1, he journeyed to John o' Grouts, having reached which point in seven and a-half days, he at once turned southward, and again arrived at Land's End on the 16th, the double journey of about 1750 miles, or from one extremity of England to the Other, having occupied less than sixteen days. From Land's End he rode to London, which was reached on the 19th, the rider having ihns completed a journey of about 2050 miles iu exactly nineteen days, or an average of 108 miles per day. Mr Goodwin rode a 40in. " Facile " Safety Bicycle, and he arrived in London fresh and well, and it is worthy of notice that he is a strict teetotaller and underwent the great strain of such a journey without any help from stimulants.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2864, 7 December 1885, Page 3
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164A BICYCLE FEAT. Kumara Times, Issue 2864, 7 December 1885, Page 3
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