January 1900

Articles in this issue

• Editorial (opens in a new tab)

  Gives the 1899 membership figures (60,449 in all, 6,117 more than 1898, a record) and explains the new membership ticket replacing the locket badge as the 14-year patent expires, with a three-size badge, a slimmer Handbook and the Candidates' List closing on the 15th. Also covers the Universal Lights Bill, the Falmouth Harbour toll case won by the Club (Rev. F. F. Savage v. Falmouth Corporation), the Blairgowrie by-laws, the Roads Improvement Association, new Continental customs concessions and the Touring Club de France quarrel.
• The Shipton Testimonial (opens in a new tab)

  Committee notice from the Right Hon. A. Graham Murray that over 1,100 members have subscribed to a testimonial to Secretary E. R. Shipton for his services and the Club's majority year, with the list kept open at 2s. 6d. a head; short paragraphs follow on Northamptonshire roads and village name-posts.
• Official Notices (opens in a new tab)

  Reminder that the 5s. renewal falls due by 31 January, the Metropolitan District Association's first annual meeting at the Westminster Palace Hotel on 8 January, and the scrutineers' report of the General Election votes for Lancashire, Surrey, Glamorgan, Edinburgh and the Western and Midland Counties; page 9 adds French and German renewal notices, new Chief Consul nominations, the District Association secretaries and the customs arrangements.
• The Council (opens in a new tab)

  Minutes of the Special Council Meeting at the Metropole Hotel, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 17 November 1899, and the monthly meeting of 18 November, with the postal-vote result on the Re-organisation Scheme and interim reports of the Rights and Privileges and Foreign and Colonial Touring Arrangements committees, including M. Ballif's letter on French cycle duties, plus the Finance Committee and hotel and costume matters.
• District Associations (opens in a new tab)

  Reports of the Antrim and Down Association's annual meeting in Belfast (main-roads inquiry at Downpatrick), the Londonderry and Donegal and Lothians associations, and the Roads Improvement Association (27 Chancery Lane, E. Dudley Ward), with items on danger boards, broken glass in Edinburgh streets and the Shank Bridge.
• The Ladies' Page (opens in a new tab)

  Constance Everett-Green reports from the National and Stanley Shows that ladies' machines show no novelty, praising the Raleigh fishing-line dress-guard over silk cord and netting, and discusses free wheels, skirts and saddles for women riders.
• Companion to the Road Book (opens in a new tab)

  Volume III, the Staffordshire main routes by R. T. Lane (illustrated by Rudyard Lake), describing Route 51 Ashbourne to Congleton, Leek to Buxton and Uttoxeter to Ashbourne, with Blore, Leek, Rudyard Lake, Mow Cop, Rocester Abbey and Alton Towers.
• The National Show (opens in a new tab)

  C. W. Brown's report on the Crystal Palace National Cycle Show, with fewer exhibitors and falling prices, covering disc-adjusting three-point bearings, the Sartus ball retainer, Marriotts' centre-chain tricycle, spring forks, Hemming's coiled handle-bar, free-wheel clutches, rim brakes (Dance Cycle Co.), tyres and the Calantarient and 'spring leaf' fads.
• The Stanley Show (opens in a new tab)

  C. L. Freeston on the Stanley Show: the new triangular front steering of Mr. Renouf, the Mohawk loop frame and Osmond spring frames, free wheels that drive the pedals, Cooper and Archibald Sharp rim brakes, Radax, Swain and Fleming tyres, Turner's carriers, the Arf-a-mo puncture locater, St. Crispin saddles and the Chinchen cycle.
• Currente Calamo (opens in a new tab)

  F. T. Bidlake's column on free wheeling, brakes and the clutch, and on Archibald Sharp's 'ideal cycle' list and the rival National and Stanley Shows.
• Correspondence (opens in a new tab)

  Members' letters on the advantages of membership, carbide and acetylene lamps, a soldier's bicycle for India, the Amalgamated Beeston 'Unpuncturable' tyre complaints and the Cogswell and Harrison reply, the 'A.B.' system, depreciation and the Dynolite lamp with the makers' answer.
• Answers to Correspondents (opens in a new tab)

  Replies to numbered members on covers for the Gazette, the Asp candle-lamp, free-wheel chain tension, Raleigh and Quadrant models, the Birmingham Grand Hotel contract, a machine for a lame rider, tyre size and side-slip.
• List of Candidates, January, 1900 (opens in a new tab)

  Names and addresses of candidates for election by county, with the Club's subscription (5s.) and entrance fee (1s.) and Articles 6 and 7 on election.
• List of Candidates for Life Membership, January, 1900 (opens in a new tab)

  Six candidates for Life Membership (R. A. Ellis, W. M. Kirkwood, G. C. Lawson, Monro, C. C. Sibthorp, C. F. Sylvester) with addresses and dates of joining, under Article 8.