Pleasure Cycling
Contents
- Celebrates cycling as the pre-eminent American sport of 1894, praises its safety, and extols the joy of riding for pleasure.
- Guides the buyer through frame sizes, tires, saddles, and fittings to select a quality safety bicycle suited to personal needs.
- Teaches mounting, balancing, steering, and road-riding technique, stressing gradual practice and attention to road hazards.
- Explains cleaning, oiling, tire repair, and keeping a bicycle in good mechanical order between rides.
- Discusses appropriate cycling costume for men and women, footwear, lamps, tools, and accessories to carry on the road.
- Makes the medical and physical case for cycling as a health-giving exercise, improving digestion, lungs, and general constitution.
- Offers touring advice: route selection, dealing with traffic and dogs, hotels, and the pleasures of exploring the countryside by wheel.