Official Bulletin and Scrap Book of the League of American Wheelmen, Vol 16, No 1
Articles in this issue
- Abbot Bassett's month-by-month chronology of 1917 cycling events, recording club anniversaries and dinners (Boston Bi Club, Massachusetts Bicycle Club, Century Road Club Association), deaths of old-time riders (Jack Crawford, George A. Banker, Lucien D. Cabanne), and records such as Alan T. Bedel's 3,296-mile Los Angeles to New York ride and Edwin G. Baker's 1,386-mile 24-hour Indian motorcycle run at Cincinnati.
- An editorial letter arguing against reviving the L.A.W. to its 1880 Newport scale, noting that wheelmen's rights are now secured, racing has passed to the National Cycling Association, and good-roads work is in hand, while praising the Bulletin, its editor, and lamenting the trade's boycott of wheelmen's journals.
- L.A.W. member No. 894 Alvey A. Adee, Second Assistant Secretary of State after 47 years in the diplomatic service, received congratulations and flowers on his 75th birthday, Nov. 27.
- A. L. Everard of Ridgefield Park, N.J., chairman of the Century Road Club of America's road racing committee, rode 1,036 miles from New York City to Toronto and back over eleven days in August.