New Bike Will Be Prize in Race to Wellesley Sunday

They'll be off and running at 10:30 Sunday morning in their traditional big bike race to Wellesley. Sponsored by the Harvard Outing Club the annual classic is open to all members of the University.

For an entrance fee of only 25 cents every finishes of the 12 mile grind starting from the Larz Anderson Bridge will be greeted with feasts and celebrations at the Waban Welcoming Grounds.

For those who take their cycling seriously there will be more than fun and frolic at Wellesley. Grand Prize is a sleek new Dawes racer. Generator light sets and other prizes will also be awarded by the Bicycle Exchange.

The American class which gets a five minute handicap includes bikes with coaster brakes and without gear shifts. Starting two and a half minutes before the Racers the touring class covers cycles with gears and handbrakes, but with no toe clips dropped bars external gears or super thin tires any of which will put a bike into the racing class.