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Sydney Referee in Sydney, New South Wales

19 Jul 1934

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Sydney Referee

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Date

Jul 19, 1934

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2

Opperman Smashes End Time Record For 866 Miles

Australian cyclist Hubert Opperman completed the John o Groats to Land’s End route in two days nine hours one minute, breaking the two day thirteen hour twenty two minute record by four hours twenty one minutes. He faced fatigue and a near-crash near Carr Bridge but continued, finishing amid a cheering crowd at John o’ Groats.

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Frosaitets John O Opperman Eouth-weslily Hubert Opperman Land's Jad Nlock Redruth Bossiter Telruth Bodmin Lawnesston Oppermin Beura Okeshanpton Lew Pah Exeter Ressiter Os Exeter Oppennin Wellington Turton Bridgewater Highbridge Ags Dan Bristol Tosaller Opparman Land's End Penrith Wes Cerlista Giug Andrew Tater Madwi Beelefechun Ifif Bi Aliesul Beotland Mottock Abinglen Tlobertwon Mt Lil Farm Lanark Pau Stirling Parti Donkeld Weneil Heurn & Milunter Alek Golne Pitlochry Rossiter Blair Athol Futles Ellor Athol Dalwinele Oppervan Darwinnie Wan Minrussie Gapermey Malina Miller Uius Bira John O' Groats Opnehman John Dradth Mille Ling Tormatin Trvernosn Inverness Gore Mekress Carr Brides Cms Foolla Penda Anu Dingwall Gilen Bonar Brilee Niles Parle-Brest-Furas Pont-Racs Nixon Adama Lonsox London York Land’s End
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Cycling Pioneers Triumph In End to End Feats

The piece honors early End to End cyclists led by Hubert Opperman and earlier record makers from Land's End to John o Groats. It recalls gear, challenges, and the enduring heroism of 19th and early 20th century riders, noting Canonbury Cycling Club figures Harman and Blackwell and James Lennox's later improvements.

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Hubert Opperman Afl Robert Oyen John Land's End John O' Groats Britain British Roads Record Association Ono Ad Ubet John O Gronte Eng- Wah Journal Lan's End Cornwall Caithness Canonbury London Charles Harman Henry Blackwell Thiat James Lennox Dumfries Lennox
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Record-breaking tricycle voyage push limits of human endurance

An 1880s to 1890s chronicle by H O Balfe recounts Alfred Nixon’s 1000 mile land route on a solid-tyred downtie tricycle, then subsequent attempts by Mills and others. The sequence shows steadily shrinking times from two weeks to days, hours, and minutes, with late histories noting under ten minute gaps among top holders and a hinted nearing limit of such feats.

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Alfred Nixon Nixon London Doncaster Gloucestershire George Pilkington Milla Mills Mills’ Serres Lé la
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