WHEELS WHIRR

NZ Truth, Issue 1197, 8 November 1928, Page 17

WHEELS WHIRR

Canterbury's Cycle Riders

(From - "N.Z. Truth's" Christchurch • Rep.) Jhe.flat stretches m Canterbury • and the* comparative ease -with'" 1 • which a racing grid may be purchased are factors which have helped to create a boom m amateur cycling about Christchurch. LJARDtiY a-Satu.rday has passed with- ■ tout one of the clubs, or the centre, ' staging .% long-distance road test, and records 'h^ve been cracked as easily as 'eggshells.vi .".■';■. /'•;.'■'■' .The- latest effort was m the :thirty miles, provincial championship from Christchurch to Amberley, m which the first" twenty -six men home beat the race; record., of lmin. 18sec, established last>year by Lukey. Lukey ; : and •:. Grose were absentees through indisposition, but the fdrmer did his part . :by. controlling arrangementsvat .the'Amberiey end.^, /J. ii. Richafds \Von the championship m lhiv':9pin. 32sec, while his brother, R.V.W;; Richards, from twelve minutes, won the .With Grose, O'Brien, Wilcockson and the Richard /brothers, the province will h&veVa.stt-bng wheel team to send to Wellington; for .the Dominion championships. ! . „ . r':' 1 - . . Lukeyi^has . decided to confine his attgntion to -;roaa racing this season, una will not be seen on the track.