CYCLING

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 546, 1 June 1933, Page 4

CYCLING

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FAIR PERFORMANCES GO DATEl BUT NO FAST TIMES INSTRUCTIONS FOR (RIDERS j

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On Saturday last the ridersofthei Rotorua Club held a time trial over j five lapis, making the distance 101 1 miles. In connection with this event] a sealed handicap race was also nai| The times on the whole were fair] •but were not hy any means fast All the finishes recoi'ded were close, there] being only 77 .seconds he'twsen fetl and last man. ni

One or two of the riders do toi] seem to have fully grasped the con- 1 ditions of an. unpaced time trial Ea ers when passing must compMdja pass another rider and keep ahead. If the rider finds he caa® pass, then h'e must drop back all keep 30 feet behind, Th'e esseil^B idea of a time trial is that ridsfj do not receive any aid whatsoever. il To date, L. Savage is the.cM most outstanding rider. He had thiil third ride on Saturday and has showjl lexceptional improvement in the thre» weeks he has been riding. If he tapia up his training as he has been df®'| he will go far. •_. 1 Melton also, has shown ihiprov|] ment, and judging by Saturday's rata has also been paying close ata"! to training. He gained third fas time and first in the handicap :eve»jl C. Head rode a fair racehutshoja ohvious signs of stress. Lack oi ing "Carl." .. I R. Hampton also rode a fau m but lack of training spoils his wm Longer distances will see him 1(1 th'e front. „ , . . . fl S. Howe showed lack of T. Bellini has not struck or Ted is leaving the cluh and g J back to Auckland. I wish hira 9 .success. . ,, I have found that m the ra J I of cases the scratch' men _ 1 nea,r them do not pay tention to traTjnirfg t a_ men do. I have noticed 3 not only in Rotorua bu JJ •places as well; over son it down to. Hemen: ri) _ that you have theL ha hoe' 'and consequently y •stamina than the hmi ^ J hard training ca,n t in 9 let us see an improvemen m future. - ■