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  • This nifty little mile-eater has an electric gear shift, and I want to ask the chauffeur how he likes it.

    Homeburg Memories George Fitch 1896

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  • hugovk commented on the word mile-eater

    mile-eater, n.

    The Brooks Blog, 25 January 2016:

    Since it was established in 1911 by Cycling magazine, only a handful of cyclists have combined the physical stamina and psychological drive to take on the Year Record. The heyday of mile-eating was in the 1930s when bicycles and roads were much improved but the car had not yet taken over. In 1939 the Year Record was put ‘out of reach’ by Tommy Godwin, a British racing cyclist whose reputation as cycling’s ultimate mile-eater is unsurpassed. Not only did Godwin ride a unimaginably large distances (an average 205 miles a day with many days in excess of 300 miles) but suffered crashes, illness and two freezing British winters. He carried on through the outbreak of the second world war, air raids, blackouts, food rationing and the threat of being conscripted hanging over him. Godwin’s total of 75065 miles – 205 miles a day – that was the target for the two challengers who set out in January 2015.

    February 2, 2016