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James Moore (14 January 1849 – 17 July 1935) was an English bicycle racer. He is popularly regarded as the winner of the first official cycle race in the world in 1868 at St-Cloud, Paris, although this claim seems to be erroneous. In 1869 he won the world's first road race Paris–Rouen sponsored by ''Le Vélocipède Illustré'' and the Olivier brothers' Michaux Bicycle Company. Moore covered the in 10 hours and 25 minutes. He was one of the first stars of cycle racing, dominating competition for many years. ==Background== Moore was born in Long Brackland, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England on 14 January 1849.〔Duncan, H. O. (1928) The World on Wheels, vol 1, p286〕 Moore's father, also James, was a blacksmith and farrier. His mother was Elizabeth Ann Moore. The couple had two sons and five daughters.〔Wadley, J.B. (1969), International Cycle Sport (UK) pp17-19〕 The sons, Alfred and James, were born in Britain, the daughters in France.〔Moore, John, 26 May 1998, letter to Gerry Moore, UK〕 The family moved to Paris when James was four years old. The reason for the move is not known. One account says that Moore's father was French, the rest of the family of Irish and Scottish background,〔Cycling Record, UK, 1968〕 but there is no confirmation. The family eventually lived at 2 cité Godot-de-Mauroy. James made friends with the Michaux family of blacksmiths who lived opposite them at numbers 5 and 7.〔James Moore Sr appears in the Parisian ''Bottin guide'' for 1866 and continued to be listed at this address until at least 1880.〕 The Michaux family, either Pierre or his son Ernest is credited with being first to add cranks and pedals to a vélocipède. Moore owned a Michaux vélocipède around 1865.〔 One report said: It was in 1865 that Moore became the owner of his first bicycle, having purchased in that year a heavy wooden velocipede or boneshaker from the famous pioneer cycle-manufacturing firm which had then been founded by Ernest Michaux. He rode the vehicle with the greatest enthusiasm.〔Bicycling News, 5 October 1939〕 Moore used the vélocipède to run errands for his father, travelling from the city centre to the suburbs.〔Kobayashi, Keizo (1990) Histoire de la Draisienne et du Vélocipède Michaux 1817–70 ISBN 2-9508121-0-4 (2-9508121-0-4)〕 James Moore's son, also James, said: Six months (moving to Paris ) while most of the younger members of the family were still struggling with French, it was young Jimmy who acted as their interpreter. Obviously he was quite at home in Paris and like any other boy he was fascinated by the Cirque d'Été, the Summer Circus, which used to be pitched halfway down the Champs Elysees, a stone's throw from his home on the avenue Montaigne. It was here that he developed a love for horses which was to remain with him for the rest of his life. He got on well with the circus people, who let him ride the horses at rehearsals. The acrobats and trapeze artists, too, were his friends and he learned many of their tricks. At 18 he could do a double somersault between two trapezes – quite a feat.〔 This account clashes with the claim that only the two sons were born when the family moved to France. Moore joined the Véloce cycling club of Paris after 1868.〔 He began racing at the meeting held in the park at St-Cloud, west of Paris, on 31 May 1868. Moore's race is widely cited as the first formal cycle race in history and a plaque was added to the park railings to mark the event. But the validity of the claim is contested in Keizo Kobayashi's history of the Draisienne〔Description and Image of Draisenne at French Wiki〕 and the Michaux vélocipede,〔 which claims Moore's race was the third that day and not even the most important. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Moore (cyclist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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