Paced by Motor, Cyclist Drives Machine to 76 Miles an Hour
A distance of 76 miles in ari hour on a bicycle—it sounds almost unbelievable. But that is the new motor-paced record of Leon Vanderstuyft, the famous European rider. The cyclist rode entirely unaided, except that he was paced by a motor-cyclist,#behind whom he took shelter. Racing cyclists will be interested in his machine. He uses an enormous chain wheel, and a very small cog on the back wheel. The forks of the front
wheel are reversed so as to bring the rider closer to the shelter of the man on the motor and thus reduce air resistance to a minimum. Without motor pace, of course, it is a different story. About the same time as Vanderstuyft was making his phenomenal world’s record, Henry Hansen, the Olympic champion, won the Danish Grand Prix of 72J miles in 3b 12m—taking three times as long for a shorter I distance.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 743, 16 August 1929, Page 7
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158Paced by Motor, Cyclist Drives Machine to 76 Miles an Hour Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 743, 16 August 1929, Page 7
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