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Harry "Goss" Green, Silverdale C.C. (Read on about Mr. Green) A well known professional rider at that time and holder of several records. |
| Event | Previous record | Beaten by Green |
| Record breaking in 1898 | ||
| London to Brighton and back | 6 hrs 23 mins 11 secs. | 15 mins 14 secs |
| Record breaking in 1900 | ||
| London to Portsmouth and back, 139 miles | 8hrs.36mins. unpaced | 23 mins. |
| London to Liverpool 203 miles | 11 hrs. 43 mins paced | 43 mins |
| London to York 197,5 miles | 12 hrs 6 mins motor paced | 1 hrs 47 mins |
| Worlds 100 mile | 5 hrs 4 mins | 23 mins |
| World 12 hour | 201 miles | 24 miles |
This unique bike belongs to Lars Andersen, Denmark.
Only a few of them have ever been produced.
Lars Andersen "made" this bike (drawings by Lars Andersen - created by Jesper Sølling), he rode it some years ago in races at an average speed of 56 km/h. (Written in 1998)
Lars Andersen did some modifications to the frame, but all in all it's a Pedersen.
The bike is handmade with really beautiful workmanship.
The front wheel is 26" erto 571, rearwheel 770c, ertro 622. It has 14 speed gears.
As you can see, from the photo, the rear wheel is very close to the bottom bracket, this is due to the fact that Lars Andersen had to split the frame to make the bike shorter.
Lars Andersen had to make a special seat for the bike. It isn't what we would normally consider as a hammock seat, but it is. The seat can be adjusted.
David Snyder
David Snyder CA, USA, is racing his Pedersen (Model unknow).
He races "mountain bike" and road.
Brian Donnan
Brian Donnan (UK) with his racing Cheltenham Pedersen.
Go and view his own site of Dursley Pedersen and take a look on his different pages on Pedersen bikes, tours he has been to etc..
Brian Donnan also rode many 12 hour time trials, plus two 24 hour TTs on this modified Cheltenham frame.
Dave Tigwell makes all his own bikes and is an expert builder of Pedersens. Here he has ridden from Nailsworth (near Dursley) to visit Brian Donnan... who naturally took some photos.