Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 9, No 9
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
Practical tips for deterring bicycle thieves, including removing the valve from the tyre so the machine cannot be ridden away without first inflating it.
- p. 2
A historical dispute over whether Miss Sparrow, who rode in 1879, or the bicycle designed for women by James Starley in 1874, can more rightly claim the distinction of being the first lady cyclist.
- p. 2
A report on the New York League's fall meeting in Poughkeepsie, at which Abbot Bassett presented seventy-five stereopticon slides of European cycling scenes.
- p. 3
H.G. Wolzendorf of St. Louis answers J.C. Percy's claim that British bicycles are superior, arguing that American high-grade machines outperform British ones on difficult Midwest roads.
- p. 6
An account of Edward Young of Austin, Pennsylvania, who mounted a bicycle during the dam burst flood and rode seven miles through rising waters to give the alarm.
- p. 7
An obituary for Karl Kron, whose real name was Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg, author of Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle and the most dedicated American touring cyclist of his era.