February 1900
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Articles in this issue
- Replies to the criticism provoked by January's paragraph on M. Ballif, President of the Touring Club de France, defending the advice that members withhold support until he drops his anti-British remarks, and sets the C.T.C.'s 10,028 contract hotels against the T.C.F.'s 2,880 in a country-by-country table. A second item answers the Scottish Cyclist's fears about membership (21,000 joined in 1898, 19,000 in 1899) and warns that the South African war may cause a temporary secession in the renewal list.
- Notice from A. Graham Murray, 10 Hanover Square, that the list of subscribers to the testimonial to E. R. Shipton closes on 31 January and that the presentation will be made at the March General Meeting; followed by the alphabetical list of contributors, A to Y.
- Reminds members that this is the last Gazette for those who have not paid the 5s. subscription, and gives notice of the Annual General Meeting in London on Friday 9 March and of J. T. Lightwood's application to form a Preston and North Lancashire District Association. Also lists the District Association secretaries and, on following pages, the Touring Bureau and Library, the Road Books, Companion, Handbooks, maps, customs arrangements, reciprocal clubs, Thomas Cook tours and the Club costumes.
- Report of the Council meeting at the St. Ermin's Hotel, Westminster, on 6 January 1900 under W. Kendall Burnett: new Chief Consuls (Long for Bucks, Anderson for Herts, Lightwood for Lancashire, Thomson for Rutland, Naylor, Lawrie, Pennell for foreign), the 1900 meeting fixtures from Chester in February to Birmingham in December, and the committees appointed including Lord Kelvin's Technical Committee. Followed by the interim reports of the Rights and Privileges Committee (the Falmouth Quay toll case of the Rev. F. F. Savage, the Lights on Vehicles Bill, the Lee Conservancy Bill), the Foreign and Colonial Touring Arrangements Committee (Paris Exhibition itineraries, Belgian passports) and the Technical Committee (sub-committees on materials, standards and the mechanics of the cycle).
- Reports from the Cheshire, Dublin, Lancashire and Cheshire (Liverpool), Leicestershire, Liverpool, Lothians, Manchester and Metropolitan associations: the Manchester meeting with J. A. Wilson's lantern lecture on the Commemoration Tour, the Lothians' work on broken glass and the Universal Lights Bill, and the Metropolitan annual meeting under A. Moresby White on railway cloak-rooms, Hyde Park and a J. R. Baillie 50-pound road-improvement fund.
- F. T. Bidlake answers Joseph Pennell's attack in the Contemporary Review on free wheels and long cranks, denying that his day's ride with R. E. Crompton was a race and defending the foot-brake on hills such as the Blowingstone and White Leaf Cross. Also notes on accident insurance premiums, 4 pounds for a motor tricycle against 15s. for an ordinary cycle.
- A. Moresby White argues that the Tramways Act of 1870 and the Light Railways Act are letting promoters invade the Queen's Highway round London, from Uxbridge to Hendon and Edgware, with tramlines dangerous to cyclists. He urges the C.T.C. to lead the opposition.
- Lewis Wright, a tricyclist of 17 years, reviews the season's tricycles, concentrating on free wheels and brakes, and describes the Marriott 'inside-out' balance-gear axle against the Starley axle. He criticises band-brakes and rim-brakes on Quadrant, Humber, Singer, Raleigh, New Hudson and Royal Enfield machines.
- C. Edwardes rides the 42-mile Madrid to Toledo road, a poor Spanish highway of ruts and pave, through Getafe and Illescas, and stays at the Fonda de Castilla. He describes Toledo's Moorish streets, the Cathedral and the church of S. Juan de los Reyes.
- Two members' requests for companions: one for a tour in Algeria in February or March, and an English lady in Geneva seeking rides in the neighbourhood.
- C. W. Brown answers 'Tom Bowling' (F. T. Bidlake) on free wheels and two-speed gears and on whether a changing gear can unseat a rider, and gives hints on cleaning chains with petrol and on gear-cases. Also tests the Coventry Cross clutch, grease lubrication of bearings and the Singer free wheel with back-pedalling attachment.
- Constance Everett-Green on winter riding: paraffin on rims and tubes to ease cleaning off mud, warming cold hands and feet, and a method of carrying a hockey stick on the bicycle with elastic straps.
- Haydon Perry's Vol. III routes through Cheshire: Route 81 Newcastle-under-Lyme to Middlewich via Sandbach's Saxon crosses, Route 82 Newcastle-under-Lyme to Knutsford, and Route 106 Manchester to Chester past Dunham Park, Rostherne Mere and Mere, with Dick Turpin's alibi legend. Illustrated with views including Bits of Old Chester.
- F. H. Leeds reports on French experiments to burn compressed acetylene dissolved in acetone, which might spare cyclists the trouble of generating gas in a lamp. He also answers readers on lanterns, paraffin lamps and carbide suppliers.
- Douglas Leechman reviews the motor tricycles and quadricycles at the Stanley and National Shows, mostly built from De Dion parts, including the Ariel, Swift, Butler, Accles-Turrell and Progress machines and French makes such as Rouxel and Phebus, and doubts whether motor tricycles will survive.
- Letters on the C.T.C.'s dispute with M. Ballif and the T.C.F., touring in Germany, mountain passes in Kashmir (Fanny Bullock Workman), danger boards, the new membership ticket, consuls' badges and hotel tariffs. Also the Maxwell case, cycling in Egypt and Spain, the rule of the road, and a long exchange between 'Tom Bowling' and others on free wheels, rim and band brakes, spring frames and the National and Stanley Shows.
- Short replies to members' queries signed by name or membership number, including a Raleigh or Sunbeam recommendation, gearing and chain choices, the C.T.C. Handbook's published tariffs and the comparative merits of machines.
- The February list of candidates for election to the Club, grouped by county and by foreign country (Hertfordshire, London, Staffordshire, Scotland, Ireland, India, Italy and others), headed by the rules on subscription, entrance fee and election.
- Short list of members applying for life membership under Article 8, giving name, address and date of joining, among them Miss A. L. Gent, A. De Schulten of Finland, E. R. Taylor of Sidcup and Mrs. F. Workman.