Originally Posted by
big chainring
I always enjoyed reading of the English time trialers back in the 60's. Road racing was banned for some reason and time trialing was the rage. They had 12 hour and 24 hour time trials and set distance as well.
They still have 12 hr and 24 hr time trials, not quite as many nowadays. Check out the Mersey Roads 24 hr TT. Road racing was banned from before the First World War until the Second World War and it only became popular in Britain from the 1960s.