# Stanley Miles

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stanley_Miles
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stanley_Miles.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Miles
> Source revision: 1254893989
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}
'''Stanley Walter Miles''', '''''Stan'' Miles''', (3 September 1913 – August 2004)<ref>{{cite web|last=Miles|first=Stanley Walter|title=England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007|url=https://ancestry.com|publisher=ancestry|accessdate=17 November 2013}}</ref>  was an English amateur cyclist who won the [British Best All-Rounder](/source/British_Best_All-Rounder) competition in 1935 whilst also leading his club, 'Century Road' C.C., to the title of 'Best All-rounder' team in Great Britain.<ref name="Gold Miles"/>

His victory tally in 1935 included winning the [Anerley '12' hour](/source/Anerly); the [Brighton Mitre '50' mile](/source/Brighton); the [Highgate '100' mile](/source/Highgate); and the [Ealing '50' miles](/source/Ealing).<ref name="Gold Miles"/>

His achievements were further celebrated in 1936 when [Cycling Weekly](/source/Cycling_Weekly) awarded him his own page in the [Golden Book of Cycling](/source/Golden_Book_of_Cycling).<ref name="Gold Miles"/>

==Personal life==
Miles lived in [St Albans](/source/St_Albans), [Hertfordshire](/source/Hertfordshire), where he ran a cycle shop in Victoria Street and customised both road and track frames.
<ref name="Velo">[http://velospace.org/node/108 Velospace – Notes about Stan Miles and cycle frames]</ref>

==Career==
Throughout 1935 Miles competed in 15 events, winning four and finishing third seven times.  His victory tally included: the ''Anerley '12' hour'' with a record distance of 239¼ miles; the ''Brighton Mitre '50' mile'' in 2 hours, 7 minutes 3 seconds; the ''Highgate '100' mile'' in 4 hours 34 minutes 25 seconds; and the ''Ealing '50' miles'' in 2 hours 7 minutes 3 seconds.<ref name="Gold Miles"/>

These achievements meant that he won the title of [Best All-rounder](/source/British_Best_All-Rounder) with an average speed of 21.809&nbsp;mph, the second fastest ever achieved at that time.<ref name="Gold Miles"/>

==The Golden Book==
Stan Miles's achievements were celebrated in 1936 when [Cycling Weekly](/source/Cycling_Weekly) awarded him his own page in the [Golden Book of Cycling](/source/Golden_Book_of_Cycling).<ref name="Gold Miles">[http://www.thepedalclub.org/archives/goldenbook/p-t/StanMiles.html The Golden Book of Cycling – Stan Miles, 1936. Archive maintained by 'The Pedal Club'.]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miles, Stanley}}
Category:English male cyclists
Category:British male cyclists
Category:1913 births
Category:Sportspeople from St Albans
Category:2004 deaths
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Stanley Miles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Miles) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Miles?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.