Vol 1, No 3

Articles in this issue

• Prima Esposizione Ciclistica Internazionale (opens in a new tab)

  The T.C.C.I. presents a stand at Milan's first International Cycling Exhibition showcasing its membership rolls, statutes, printed matter, badges, tassels, hotel plaques, first-aid kits (with a miniature pharmacy), individual cyclist relief pouches, and Istituto Militare topographic maps; signed by La Redazione, it presents the display as proof of the club's progress and appeals to members for continued support.
• Avvertiamo (opens in a new tab)

  A notice from the editorial staff warning members admitted after 15 February that back issues of the Rivista Mensile are sold out, and clarifying that members are only entitled to the Bollettini published after their own admission date.
• Direzione Generale (opens in a new tab)

  The Direzione Generale reflects on the club's warm reception across Italy but notes that many independent cyclists remain unorganised, appeals to members to spread the word among acquaintances interested in touring, argues the association's strength rests on its numbers, and thanks the Corpo Consolare and members on behalf of the Consiglio d'Amministrazione.
• Elezioni parziali (opens in a new tab)

  Minutes of the partial council elections held in Milan on 10 and 20 March 1895: the vote count of 186 ballots elects Giulio Venino (647 votes) and Carlo Tarra (362) as new Consiglio members over Pietro Moro, Johnson, Broggi and De Bernardi, with the sealing and scrutiny witnessed by named delegates and scrutineers.
• Deliberazioni del Consiglio (opens in a new tab)

  Minutes of four Consiglio sessions (20 February–20 March 1895): Broggi resigns amid rumours over a badge-supply commission; a smaller lapel tassel, a free Guida, and pocket/hotel first-aid kits are approved; and Giulio Venino and Carlo Tarra are confirmed as Direttore Generale and head of the Sezione Comfort. Also agreed: a joint approach to Milan's Municipio on cycling access to Corso Vittorio Emanuele and paving Corso Loreto.
• Consolato Generale (opens in a new tab)

  The third list of Corpo Consolare appointments approved by the Consiglio (6, 13 and 20 March 1895) on the Capo Console Generale's proposal, naming new Capi Consoli, Consoli and Vice Consoli including M. A. Grandin (also head of the Touring Club de France's Sezione Strade, Paris) plus consuls in Parma, Bari, Grosseto, Brescia, Acqui, Novara, Intra, Pallanza, Biella, Chiavenna, Sondrio, Alba, Voghera, Crema, Iseo, Vicenza, Conegliano, Ancona, Pesaro, Pistoia and Rome, and recording Nicolò Spada's resignation from the Venice consulate; signed by Capo Consolo Generale Gius. Ricordi.
• Sezione Strade (opens in a new tab)

  The Sezione Strade reports the Ufficio Tecnico Provinciale di Milano's favourable opinion on the club's request for the left avenue of the Loreto-Sesto-Rondò di Villa Reale (Monza) road; describes a joint approach with Milan's five cycling societies to lift the daytime cycling ban on Corso Vittorio Emanuele and to let municipal police take a cyclist's details and a cash deposit on the spot instead of a station visit; credits the Veloce Club of Senigallia for donating regional maps and erecting some 40km of distance signposts along the Via Flaminia, the first such scheme in Italy; and appeals for the roughly 600 outstanding road questionnaires needed for the club's forthcoming Guida to be returned to Capo-Sezione Bertarelli, who signs the piece.
• Sezione Movimento (opens in a new tab)

  A detailed guide, signed by Capo-sezione Movimento Ing. Alberto Riva, to customs formalities for touring with a bicycle abroad: the Italian temporary-export permit (a lead seal and bolletta valid up to six months at 25 centesimi), the security deposits required to bring a bicycle temporarily into France, Switzerland, Austria and Spain (Germany, Holland, England and Denmark require none), the deposit foreign cyclists must lodge to bring a machine into Italy, and the Italian import duties on complete bicycles, incomplete machines, and separate parts and wheels, including a Milan Chamber of Commerce ruling on how loose wheel rims are classified for duty.
• Sezione Legale (opens in a new tab)

  Under the heading "Porto d'armi," the Sezione Legale publishes replies from the Italian embassies in Vienna and London, the legation in Bern, and the Prefettura di Milano on firearms-carrying permit requirements for touring cyclists in Austria, Switzerland, England and Germany, following up on a query raised in the previous issue.
• Sezione Medica (opens in a new tab)

  Describes the two first-aid kit models approved by the Touring and shown at the International Cycling Exhibition: a lightweight leather travel pouch by Righini and a fuller walnut hotel medicine chest by the pharmacist Castelli, designed under guidance from the Sezione Medica for injuries typical of cyclists, recommending the travel kit to touring cyclists and the hotel chest to establishments hosting them, with fuller contents to follow in the next issue; signed by Capi Sezioni D. R. Segrè and D. G. Forlanini.
• Sezione Comfort (opens in a new tab)

  The newly elected Carlo Tarra, head of the Sezione Comfort, publishes a first list of hotels already affording discounts to T.C.C.I. members, including establishments at Battaglia Terme, Blevio, Bormio, Busto Arsizio, Cazzaniga, Como, Gallarate, Milan, Omegna, Saronno, Sarzana and Verona, with their pension, room, breakfast and dinner rates, promising a fuller listing once he has organised the section further.
• Sezione Tecnica (opens in a new tab)

  Reports that a local railway company may design special luggage-van fittings for carrying bicycles and invites suggestions; publishes the discounts so far secured from bicycle makers and dealers for members buying machines (Prinetti & Stucchi, Clément, Bianchi, Cantù, Cauda e Maderna, Brennabor, Seidel & Naumann and others, via named Milan, Brescia, Viadana, Lodi and Torino dealers) and for accessories and services (Cauda e Maderna's patent cleaner, Livraghi's bicycle-hire discount, Tardy's tyre discount with a one-year guarantee, Todeschini's catalogue discount), and reminds manufacturers that only T.C.C.I. members may be listed in the Guida and bollettini as recognised mechanics; signed by Capo-Sezione ramo tecnico Enrico Luzzatto.
• Cancelleria (opens in a new tab)

  The Cancelleria repeats that members who did not receive their copy of the Statuto can request one by postcard; reports Cav. Federico Johnson's donated steel die for badges and Vittorio Ferrari's donation of 2,000 metal boxes now used to ship them; explains the membership card is ready but delayed pending the newly confirmed Direttore Generale's signature and a donated card-wallet from Ferrari; and notes a new, better-made batch of the club tassel is now in stock at 30 centesimi, mailed free to members; signed by Il Cancelliere A. G. Bianchi.
• Estratto dello Statuto (opens in a new tab)

  A reprinted extract of the T.C.C.I.'s founding statute (Article 2), listing the association's aims: protecting cyclists' use of public roads, legal assistance, safety on tours, route information, hotel and mechanic discounts, railway and shipping concessions, customs facilitation, road signage, a members' road guide, the monthly Rivista as official organ, local representatives, and reciprocal arrangements with foreign touring clubs, followed by the enrolment and annual membership fees (2 and 5 lire) and a blank membership-recruitment form.
• Biblioteca (opens in a new tab)

  The Bibliotecario, T. E. Magnasco, describes the Istituto Geografico Militare's 1:100,000 topographic map of Italy as a finer, if pricier, alternative to the previously-recommended 1:75,000 sheets, giving its projection, construction and pricing with the club's 30% member discount; discusses the older 1:75,000 Lombardy-Veneto-Central Italy composite map as a stopgap for regions (Friuli, parts of Veneto, the Marche, Umbria) lacking modern coverage; describes coloured Alpine-style waymarking signs used abroad and at Trentino hotels as a model the Veloce Club of Senigallia has begun following; and thanks the Véloce-Sport of Bordeaux for donating its 1892-94 published itineraries, and other Italian journals for exchanging copies.
• Candidati (opens in a new tab)

  Prefaced by a notice giving the T.C.C.I. office hours at Via Rovello 6 and asking members to keep visits brief, this lists roughly 150 candidate members for admission between 20 February and 20 March 1895 (to be confirmed if unopposed within eight days, per Article 13 of the statute), giving each candidate's occupation and town across Lombardy, Piedmont, Veneto and beyond, plus five further members transferred from the "Milano" Società Velocipedisti.
• Comunicazioni (opens in a new tab)

  Announces that the Cremona section of the T.C.C.I., led by Capo Console prof. Cottarelli and Console prof. Nigherzoli, has organised its first cycling excursion for 31 March from Cremona to Codogno and Piacenza and back (65 km), intended for enjoyment and to promote the club, with the club tassel to be worn for the first time as a group.
• Riduzioni (opens in a new tab)

  Notes two new member discounts: the Rivista Velocipedistica of Turin offers T.C.C.I. members a 50% subscription discount (5 lire through December 1895), and the "Milano" Società Canottieri offers members 50% off its entry fee (10 lire).