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This was a huge competition every year, around the bay, 100 miles, from San Francisco to Oakland through [[San Jose]]. Each team had ten men who raced ten mile legs, taking a relay from the previous rider of their team and handing off to the next. It was club against club but also man against man. | This was a huge competition every year, around the bay, 100 miles, from [[San Francisco]] to [[Oakland]] through [[San Jose]]. Each team had ten men who raced ten mile legs, taking a [[relay]] from the previous rider of their team and handing off to the next. It was club against club but also man against man. | ||
[[File:The San Francisco Call Sat Apr 11 1896 3 modified.jpg|thumb|center|700px|This route, for the 1896 [[100-mile relay race from San Francisco to Oakland]], from [[Great Hundred-Mile Relay Race to Be Run To-Morrow - The San Francisco Call, 11 Apr 1896]], shows the use of the [[San Bruno road]], as opposed to the [[San Jose road]], for the exit from [[San Francisco]].]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 23:00, 11 July 2023
This was a huge competition every year, around the bay, 100 miles, from San Francisco to Oakland through San Jose. Each team had ten men who raced ten mile legs, taking a relay from the previous rider of their team and handing off to the next. It was club against club but also man against man.
Pages which link here:
- AMONG THE WHEELMEN - Track to Be Used in the Tournament. - A Matter of Interest to Racers. - San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan 1895 (← links)
- San Bruno road (← links)
- THE LEAGUE'S ELECTION. - The San Francisco Examiner, 17 Sep 1895 (← links)
- MANY EVENTS FOR WHEELMEN - San Francisco Chronicle - July 31, 1904 (← links)
- THE RELAY RACE CUP. - The San Francisco Call - April 17, 1896 (← links)
- AMONG THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Call - January 15, 1896 (← links)
- READY FOR THE RELAY RACE. - San Francisco Examiner - March 31, 1894 (← links)
- John W. Leavitt (← links)
- Leavitt & Bill trophy (← links)
- Leavitt & Bill (← links)
- CYCLING NEWS UP TO DATE - The San Francisco Examiner. October 07, 1894 (← links)