THE WHEEL.
- W.C.C. RUNS AND RACES. October 20.—-Run to Waiwetu October27.—Run toTawaFlat November 17.—Maiden Handicap Road Race December I".—-Run to Lowry Bay December 15. —Twenty-mile Club Champion ship Rpad Race ' , •

SPOKES.
By " Cyclometer."

F.i. 8.. Muir left last week, in company with : another cyclist, on a bicycle ride to Dunedin, via/Nelson, the West Coast and Christchurch'. The scenery along this route is magnificent, but the roads are very rough ■on the West Coast. It is rather early in the season to undertake this journey, but I hope they will meet with fhje weather, in which Case the trip should prove enjoyable.
Mr N. Oates, the well-known Christ church manufacturer of the "Zealandia" cycles* has promised a gold medal for com petition among the members of the local Cycling Club.
A local remarked, in its report of the Labour Day sports, that the competitors in the various 'events were insufficiently clad. As this remark may have caused some uneasiness in the minds of the ama teurs who were competing, I may state that the cycling events were run under the Alliance rules, which provide for the costumes woi*n by competitors. The cyclists having complied with these rules, the re mark tdoes not apply to theni.
