Jump to content. You currently have javascript disabled. Several functions may not work. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality. Posted 03 December - His birth was registered in Hull in the 4th quarter of Posted 04 December - Had he devoted himself more to motor racing I am sure his name would now rank with that of Jenatzy, de Knyff and de Caters.
My old colleague of the road, J. Stocks, was once convicted of driving a motor tricycle at an excessive speed, although he produced conclusive proof that he was twenty miles distant from the spot where he was supposed to have committed the offence.
The magistrate remarked that even if he were not driving at excessive speed at the place in question, he was doubtless doing so somewhere else! I remember we had a very interesting motor tandem race with Edge and myself as partners on one machine, against Stocks and Wridgway on the other. It was the first and only time I have ridden a tandem in competition, and Edge and I were very fortunate to beat such renowned cyclists as Stocks and Wridgway, particularly as they made very effective use of their pedals.
These [motor-driven tandems] were used largely for path-pacing purposes, and pedalling played a very important part. The engines were of comparatively low power and were controlled by the rear rider. The front man merely had to pedal like a demon and steer. Jarrott and I were matched against Stocks and Wridgway, and the distance was one mile. Stocks and Wridgway managed to get going better than we did, but on the second lap we caught them and won by forty yards.
Originally posted by David McKinney Was that tandem race really for motorbikes - or pedal-driven machines? Posted 05 December - Originally posted by Vitesse2 Captain Macklin Noel's father. Posted 06 December - Originally posted by humphries The online census from my limited probing does not like double-barrelled names which I think is probably either a limitation with the software or the policy of the online compilers.
