THE MOTOR AND CYCLE.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1915, Page 11 (Supplement)

THE MOTOR AND CYCLE.

Cycle racing is booming in ihr rniinl Males, although pleasure riding Mvin-

iil. a discount. New York is lo' have a new (rack, ami work ..n this ha- a! ready licin Marled at She, p-head |{ n . A sum ill' about llll.llilll is ti, |„, ..p,,.',! "II (lie closure. (lir r „ w . n .,| „,,,„,I stand t» seal ;,nilii spoctalors is ,•,„,. leinplatcd. This will have separate idiairs, and two rows ~i' boxes, ~,,,1 ,;,. littings and appointments a:v In In- l;ll a most luxurious scale.

There is a right uay and a »ron- »-i > of doing most l.hines. and the iiiilali.ni of a cycle Ivre presenls no e.ccpliou ',. the rule. Some people seem lo |„.>,,. a. perfect gift for doing things in Ihe wrong way, and conseipieni |,. -p.,, (hey come to pmup a tvrc thev are careful to have (he valve al 'its |„« -.( point, so dial it is neeessan to crouch over (hi- job a position „f' di-e ,-„,.,, and littlcp ower. If. hnwoier. i|„. wln-.d is so luriiod (hill (he \ahe i, „ -ho-l distance from i|, highesl point, the e\-cli-sl, without unduly bending, can in Hate the tvrc with' comfort | ease the left knee being used as a siippor: for the left hand, wliich -rasps t |„. ],,,- rel of the pump.

The lirsl of the Dmilop -erie- of ju, enile road races «a- held on Ihe IVo nhee road, near Melbourne, in -Pm,... and proved a groat success There is little doubt float Hie fostering of I hi- r la-s of race will bring hundreds „f „,,„ ,j | ers into th,. game, therein 1,,, •„,,'. -, fouiidalion for good racing i„ veals'"!', thirty-eight riilers stalled, and Ihii.-h.-'d (he live miles eiuir.se. Ihe n iniHT. .1. King, a youth of |;, years, nogotial in-' (he distance in 111 minnlc, lu-ec. The fastest time was recorded I,- \v. IFII (17 years) oil' th minute ln;n -k. * largo crowd oK-yclisls innied out lo witness the race <| it „--- |[| sl , ~M times- to sec such inlci-e-t displayed b:

. A ll,;l1 '"' <'-»'''' - I -xp,,,-. 1,,- , licit v„f diU'erenl makes of (,„• ,-vch' rims ' '»< X filled U, the various mike- „,■"„','•'," i'l'i»es. The result „> ,|, at ~ m .,. u amount of head cullii,, "f ten- v, ■,-';„ cvitnble, for the variaii.m in' 1„..„| ' ( .|iu-h sot up friction or fail,,! |„ propnlv ,„,;,, lie cover,,,, Hie rim. The report of ,|„. Standards c„ ,j U1 .,. t ,,,,., r , fllal il,m wor less than HI" dill'-r "" | l . *'' l;,i ""* ">' Hims „„ Ihe mark,,: "Inch were intended lor u-, «ill, „,„, "! z " " , ', , - Vn '' i,ml (i """' 'li'f.-r. ct„e.„ ''•'''*<: "-by more tic, alfaninel, m ""' width, and ncarlv a ipiarter of , , ""' ll '" ,ll( ' depth, not !„ mention ~.],! ions and fancy shapes, svliiel, were ~,rtc ; , | " s "'." , «' <» tl'- l.v.v when nit,.!.' ~, >!"• eircunistauces it is „„ „,„„,,.,. „„„.„. cyclists and t vrc makers ha\e had a I ,( of troilldc to' eollleud with i„ 'this ','•;' ''!"' li ""- » "»"■ ■>.,«■ I,ee„ ,|..,-i,|,,| r',, •Ik- Standard Committee and the trade I" limit the iiiiuifirr „j ~„„,„. ry ,' nnis to cijd,, 5i,,,-. ~,„[ || l( , ir .„,,•,;,„', I" dm- course must ,„sure to motor ,- v chsts mercascd life ~( (, ,•,.- ~„,( ~ , ( . duetinit of Ivre trouhles' ami ,'lillici'ilt i, ■ on the roads.

A" who liavc had opportunities „,„:, •sen in- the Allied ar in ,| H , (i ,.|, says Cyelini: I K,|,|«n,l i. ],. m, |„... M struck with the lai"e pn.porli f. v (•lists employ,,! hv (|„ |i,.|,ia„- ,„,,',,,'.',. '■' l with other armies, it j. „„, '','„, prising that Ihe armored ~r ,-o-t u ' l,i, ' h l!l s „o„ puuinn' i„ ,'j," Held should lune cvelisl eompanies '•' 'i"'l ■ Without entering into nulilan , ' ,,t I " i - N - U , y . Uv ""'" li ' <" 'V Heluiaus hav, lornu.l and Inn, p| ; „... | in the liehl a von pownful ar red-ear corps. Kaeh ,orp- ha- attached to ,; twelve motor ewlisls and Inn e\cli-'-Tlic cyclists are all picked men. amon-' them heine, many stie c -,.-.,fu| i „ad-ia,c-" Ihe ordinary service cap and short 1...V .and all wear ,o,,|es. T| l( . „„?„ carry their kit in a water proof covr oil a carrier over the front wheel Thev are armed with the Median service ride, which is shin;; over their shoulder- or received in clips on the hicvele. A ccr tain numlier carry spare lu'he- over the shoulders and under the arm.- i, ner comnion to racing men. 'n,,. ,',,„_ chines are all-black, mounts of road-|,r type, with free wheel and are -nunled li.v a French linn. Kaeh armored -ar corps comprises rather more than Jim men. of whom lull arc c\cli-t- The duty of these latter is to carry out ,'■.- connaisance uork for the armored car.-. or, leaving their cycles at the rear, lo attack as infantrv. .-upporlcd hv the heavier euns of the cars. The cvelUs arc a coiuliative force, and arc no! u-'d for despatch carryin-, (hi- work fallin, on the motor section.

A couple of u,irs ago he would have popularity lo r the lighl ~;,,•. a> il at present enjoys. At that lime conlnncp.'»as rife icgarding (he comparative ""•''its of the cycle car and the ledit car. and the latter was |„ ba'\c only a irn restricted future before il. H'e "umber ol makes at'present, on the market is being added lo coi,s|,,iii k. 11l I'a el. the type has , ~ m i., ,|s ~v'u as the car ' for Ihe motorist, a, ! tio-re are indicaiioiis (I,.it although pro meiil, il wfib-remain ,li~t Mn-'t. Al the present lime, when everyone is studying the ,|Ucslion of ecoinuiiv (he ulilitv e'f the light. ,ar appeal- to a wider circle of motorists than ever uel'ore. Its sphere of utility is no longer conlincd to those who are owners of lighl car-, alone for these handy little vehicles ; ~ found t copy a useful posiihui as run al I-, in many homes where large! cars arc also kept. It has I „ dicovered that bv the possession ol the supplement,nv cars, the wear and le.ir on a larger and v pri/,,1 iin.l.n vehicle is saved 1,, a considerable e\ lent iii the course of |hc vea r. Main owner, of large models reab-e that, for short distanee work, forsiath, -sag-. for business purposes, anil for sport, the ii-e of the reliable little car is a-sisun.. them lo keep lliollcv in hand thai would otherwise be expended on petrol and Ivies, Mich inoncv being available as au instalment, towards the puivlia-e of a more expensive vehicle when happier davs arrive. There can be „„ rivalrv between the two classes of ear-, for thev are ipiite distinct. Those who have re gar.le.l the light ear as a toy have been much ini-takeli: on the whole these ve hides are triistworthv piece- of mecliau i-.ui. and have long since |>ns-e,| the experimental stag" An owner i- now n,, reasonable ought (~ expect i„ get • re. r .oiild be compare ihe isiin.lv little ..abonl with the more expensive .V lilli-bed prodirl ol the motor ci diistrv. line do,- , \ perl a ' that one bu.vs lor ; i '.'lll i Hll e 1 the epial of a I lior.uigiibre.l horse aying power or speed.