Cycling Magazine, Vol 52, No 2631
Articles in this issue
- p. 4
An editorial addressing wartime holiday planning for cyclists, recommending that most riders take local day rides rather than long tours, suggesting 50-mile circular routes using half-inch Ordnance Survey maps, and noting that the government prefers people to stay close to home during the emergency.
- p. 1
A note commemorating F.W. Shorland's 1889 ride from London to Brighton and back in under 7.5 hours on a geared Facile bicycle with early Dunlop tyres, beating Jim Selby's coaching record set using sixty-four horses.
- p. 1
A tribute to John Boyd Dunlop's introduction of the pneumatic air tyre in 1888 as the most outstanding achievement in cycling history, having revolutionised mechanical transport worldwide.