October 1900
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Articles in this issue
- Opens with the General Election and the C.T.C.'s two demands, universal lights on vehicles and fair rail carriage of cycles, printing the two draft Bills, then covers the Greenock Esplanade speed by-law, the Bartholomew 2-mile C.T.C. map revision circular, missing finger-posts, the British Association screw-gauge debate at Bradford, faulty lights by-laws, the Shrewsbury 'furious riding' notice, and the Club organ's policy on complaints.
- Agenda for the Half-Yearly General Meeting at Manchester on 5 October, Chief Consul vacancies in Canada, India and Switzerland, steamship concessions, the Touring Bureau and library, Road Book corrections, Paris Exhibition hotels and thirteen route itineraries, Thomas Cook tours and the Club costumes.
- Calls for nominations by 14 November and prints the schedule of representative councillors required for each English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish and foreign county or group by membership.
- Minutes of the York meeting of 8 September 1900 under W. Kendall Burnett, with resolutions on Chief Consuls, the Rights and Privileges Committee's interim report (tea-refusal innkeepers, the A.B. Cycle Co. complaints, the Shrewsbury six-mile notice, admitting automobilists), the Foreign and Colonial committee's French Road Book delay, and O. H. Beatty's report on the Paris congress of the Ligue Internationale des Associations Touristes.
- Loose supplement issued jointly by the C.T.C., National Cyclists' Union, Irish Cyclists' Association, Scottish Cyclists' Union and Cycle Manufacturers' Association, with the texts of the Local Government (Lamps on Vehicles) Bill and the Railway (Cycles) Traffic Bill, its rate schedule, and four questions to put to parliamentary candidates.
- Committee reports and run lists from the Antrim and Down, Dublin and Wicklow, Glamorganshire, Leicestershire, Liverpool, Londonderry and Donegal, Lothians, Manchester, Notts and Preston and North Lancashire associations, covering caution boards, broken glass, lights on vehicles and the Lancashire County Council notice.
- Professor T. W. Dougan's account of the party of twelve riding the Antrim, Down and Donegal coast, with road surfaces, hotels, a rock fall near Glenarm, the Carrick-a-rede rope bridge and advice on luggage, steamers and the route.
- F. T. Bidlake on combining Collier and Hub two-speed gears for a three-speed range, using the foot as an emergency brake on a free wheel, a stone-cutter's cycle and vibration, and R. L. Philpot's new spring forks and frame compared with the Dunlop and Triumph forks.
- E. B. Turner, F.R.C.S., Part VI, The Cycle in Competition: the risks and benefits of racing and training, long-distance riding, and his closing summary of conclusions on cycling for healthy riders and children.
- Members seeking touring companions: a London member wanting a Frenchman for runs, a Manchester gentleman for a one or two week tour, and an American member bound for France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy.
- Haydon Perry's Vol. III route notes for Route 236, Leeds to Skipton via Ilkley, with the history of Leeds, Kirkstall Abbey, Ilkley and Skipton Castle, and an alternative route from Stanningley to Steeton.
- Reprint from the Bradford Observer of the Mechanical Section meeting, including Professor Hele Shaw's paper on the resistance of road vehicles to traction and the discussion of road condition and the Viagraph.
- Paper read by O. P. Clements of the Birmingham Small Arms Co. to the British Association, describing the B.S.A. 60-degree thread, its standard sizes and gauges, compared with the British Association, Sellers and Whitworth forms.
- Alresford Brewster Sessions: the C.T.C. opposes renewal of the Three Horse Shoes licence at Bighton after landlord H. S. Groves refused tea to H. G. Mace, with the evidence and the bench's ruling that innkeepers must serve refreshment.
- W. Rees Jeffreys argues that the present highway administration fails to maintain or build main roads economically, and proposes a central Highways Commission with funds to control main roads.
- Archibald Sharp's account of a year's riding, including two-speed gears (Brown-Lipe and Hub), rigid against natural spring frames, crank length, free wheels, gear-cases and his Sunbeam.
- A. W. Rumney on a pedal thread stripped near Roslin mended with a string toe-clip, and a tour of Skye, the Quirang road, Oban, Glencoe and Ballachulish.
- C. W. Brown on the weight and strength of cycles, increasing breakages of forks and frames, the old cross-framed safety, and clutch and chain lubrication.
- Constance Everett-Green on press correspondence about accidents to lady cyclists and whether they are exaggerated, with notes on the holiday season.
- Members' letters on cyclists and the General Election, cycling in the Alps and Palestine, the hotel system, the British Road Book, maps, the cyclists' kit, the Touring Bureau, open churches, the rule of the road, cycling in skirts, the Cycle Carriage Bill, new railway charges, the A.B. Cycle Co. competitions and the Dunlop guarantee.
- Brief replies to numbered members and named readers on machines, tyres, lamps, brakes, the Stanley and National Shows and an advertisement printing query.
- The conditions of membership and election, followed by the October 1900 list of candidates by county.