The Referee Cycle Trade Review, Vol 9, No 22

Articles in this issue

• The Flying Start — Let Well Enough Alone

  The Referee opposes proposals to introduce a flying start for bicycle races, arguing that scratch races would be no faster since competitors would still hang back to avoid pace-making, and that the current slow start is fairer.

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• A Time-Limit Disturbance at Baltimore

  A report on leading American racers including Zimmerman, Lumsden, and Rhodes refusing to ride when time limits were imposed on races at Baltimore, with the Referee seeing the incident as an example of top riders acting in concert against meeting organisers.

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