April 1900

Articles in this issue

• Editorial (opens in a new tab)

  Reports the Rights and Privileges Committee's petitions against the Aberdeen and Edinburgh Corporation Bills, later withdrawn on unofficial assurances; comments on the Annual General Meeting, the British Ambassador at Rome's letter on Italian customs facilities for T.C.F. and C.T.C. members, the Club's stance on the war subscription, and renewals of 41,970 against 41,053 for 1899.
• Official Notices (opens in a new tab)

  Hotels and thirteen Paris itineraries (Boulogne, Dieppe, Havre, Caen, Cherbourg, St.-Malo, Calais) prepared for the Paris Exhibition, Consular vacancies for Cumberland and Worcester and Hereford, the Rights and Privileges Committee's District Associations and their Honorary Secretaries, the new Touring Bureau and Library, and reciprocal arrangements with foreign touring clubs, Thomas Cook organised-tour rebates and Club costumes.
• The Shipton Testimonial (opens in a new tab)

  Final list of subscriptions to the testimonial presented to Secretary-Editor E. R. Shipton at the Annual General Meeting, naming subscribers such as Wm. L. Aarding, J. Hopkins of Port Said and Rev. F. A. Gotham.
• The Council (opens in a new tab)

  Minutes of the monthly Council meeting at the St. Ermin's Hotel, Westminster, on 10 March 1900 under W. Kendall Burnett, with the Chalmers complaint over a review of his book The Law as it Affects Cyclists, new Chief Consuls for Belgium and Germany, and the interim reports of the Rights and Privileges Committee (the Edinburgh Bill, an assault case near Christchurch) and the Foreign and Colonial Touring Arrangements Committee.
• District Associations (opens in a new tab)

  Reports of the Antrim and Down, Cheshire, Leicestershire, Liverpool, Londonderry and Donegal, Lothians, Manchester, Metropolitan and Nottinghamshire District Associations, covering grants from headquarters, the Metropolitan Association's circular tours and the Nottingham Association's first Annual General Meeting.
• The Annual General Meeting (opens in a new tab)

  Specially reported account of the Annual General Meeting at St. Martin's Town Hall on 9 March 1900 under W. Kendall Burnett, with membership figures, Hon. Treasurer W. B. Gurney's reply to financial critics, the Road Books, the Handbook and Farmhouse List, the membership ticket, grants to District Associations, the proposed Council reorganisation and the presentation to Mr. Shipton.
• The Ladies' Page (opens in a new tab)

  Constance Everett-Green on the extension of cycling hours in Hyde Park to 3 p.m., the Mall and Knightsbridge Road, and on mud-daubed skirts and how to protect them on a wet-weather bicycle.
• Companion to the Road Book (opens in a new tab)

  Haydon Perry, Vol. II, Route 132, Hereford to Shrewsbury: Hereford and its cathedral, then the road through Leominster and Ludlow to Shrewsbury, with an A. R. Quinton illustration.
• Currente Calamo (opens in a new tab)

  F. T. Bidlake on the free-wheel controversy, answering Joseph Pennell's four points, adding the Singer's ball-bearing ratchet, the Dunlop oblique-ridged non-slipping tyre and a tip for warming stiff valve rubbers.
• Free Wheels and Free Wheeling (opens in a new tab)

  C. L. Freeston supplements his November article after trying roller clutches and ratchets, answering Bidlake and "Tom Bowling" on intermittent pedalling, coasting, brakes and foot-rests.
• Mechanical and Practical (opens in a new tab)

  C. W. Brown on the wheel-base question, favouring long wheel-bases for reduced side-slip and vibration, and on side-slip and rim brakes with free wheels.
• A Handbook of the Bicycle (opens in a new tab)

  Archibald Sharp's instalment on driving gears other than chain: toothed wheels, speed-ratio, tooth shape, involute and cycloidal teeth, path of contact, strength of teeth and epicyclic gears.
• Prospective Tours (opens in a new tab)

  Members' notices seeking companions for Easter and summer tours in Devon, Cornwall, North Wales, Switzerland, Normandy and the Continent, followed by paragraphs on the Lake District map, a Norwich blind-driving case and a Salford collision.
• Correspondence (opens in a new tab)

  Members' letters on a weekly Gazette (Octavius Beatty, C. W. B., Herbert W. Cassels), Italian customs, the Annual Meeting, the Handbook, Club colours, the wheel-base question, the Bowden brake, the Armus triangulated frame and free wheels.
• Answers to Correspondents (opens in a new tab)

  Editorial replies to numbered members on machines, gears, saddles, tyres, brakes and touring in Switzerland and Surrey, including the Bi-carrier camera question for Major-General Byam.
• List of Candidates, April, 1900 (opens in a new tab)

  Names and addresses of candidates for election to the Club, arranged by county from Bedfordshire and Berkshire through Durham, Essex and Gloucestershire to Lincolnshire, with the rules on election and Life Membership.