Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 9, No 8
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
A poem about early cycling printed in 1879 and reprinted here, describing the wonder of the first velocipede rides and the freedom they brought.
- p. 1
A complete report of the 1911 National Assembly including state-by-state membership totals of 1,157, the financial statement showing $80.76 balance, election of officers, and a formal memorial to Frank W. Weston.
- p. 4
A formal tribute to Frank W. Weston, the foremost advocate for cycling in America for thirty years, who died in February and is honored by a resolution of the National Assembly.
- p. 4
A report on the twenty-first annual Wheel About the Hub tour, including a full list of participants, the Blue Hill and Tudor Farm route, and Quincy Kilby's poem of tribute.
- p. 5
A reflection at the twenty-first Wheel About the Hub on the four great founders of American cycling, all now gone, whose energy and vision built the cycling movement.
- p. 6
A poem by Quincy Kilby honoring the surviving wheelmen who still make the September pilgrimage every year and remembering the friends no longer with them.