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Firstly, as everyone knows, LeMond was unrivalled as a time triallist, much better than me when it came to riding alone and unpaced.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2010

Even the efforts of cyclists seem to for a time have spent themselves, for 1905 witnessed only the new unpaced record made July 19th by R. Shirley, who cycled there and back in 5 hrs.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)

On September 27th, 1898, E. J. Steel established a London to Brighton and back unpaced cycling record of 6 hrs.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)

As if to show the superiority of the cycle over mere pedestrian efforts, H. Green on June 30th cycled from London to Brighton and back, unpaced, in 5 hrs.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)

Then, therefore, a new order of things was set agoing, and the era of unpaced records was begun.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)