Three of Victoria's leading bike racers and their coach formed half of our country's eight-man cycling team at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. After bettering the Games qualifying times, Lew Rush, Glen Robbins and Stan Jackson were issued their red-&-white maple-leaf crested uniforms. They made, and paid, their own ways to L.A. where they reported being awed by the facilities, the crowds (105,000 at the Opening Ceremonies), and their European competition. Canada's best result was a 6th place finish in the team pursuit event, which was held on a banked wooden track at the Pasadena Rose Bowl. Rush finished only 2.6 seconds off the individual gold medal sprint time, and in the 62-mile road race, Robbins (who would go on to become Saanich Fire Chief) was only the third North American to cross the finish line but 18th over all. Stan Jackson, who had gone as an alternate, finished three riders behind him. Their coach and the fourth Victoria team-member was World Champion professional racer 'Torchy' Peden.

Tom Morris, wearing the Victoria Wheelers club colours, was one of the greatest cyclists from a city that has produced its share of them. He emerged from the Island to represent Canada in cycling at the Summer Olympics in Munich,1972 and Montreal,1976. Tom won three Canadian national titles and represented Canada at two Olympics, two Commonwealth Games (Edinburgh in 1970 and Christchurch in 1974), two Pan-American Games and every world championship between 1969 and 1976. He was voted Victoria Male Athlete of the Year for 1972. As a sign of Tom's steely determination, at age 32, he set himself the goal of cycling 7000 miles in six months to prepare himself for the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. He met that goal, and then won four of six selection races to assure his spot as Captain on the Canadian team. After his cycling career, Tom competed twice in Ironman Hawaii and once in Ironman New Zealand where he won his age group and placed 18th overall.