Vol 2, No 7

Articles in this issue

• Deliberazioni del Consiglio (opens in a new tab)

  Minutes of the T.C.C.I. council's sessions of 25 June and 8 July 1896, with Johnson presiding over Riva, Gavazzi, Bertarelli, Moro, Marelli, Dell'Oro, Parboni, Venegoni and Magnasco: the council approves Bertarelli's motion to study municipalities' legal power to restrict cycling on their roads, and hears a report on negotiations with the Swiss customs and the Dutch consulate over reciprocal terms with the Dutch touring association.
• Stato dei Soci (opens in a new tab)

  Membership statistics to 30 June 1896, rising from 2,671 members at the end of 1895 to 4,410 after that month's admissions, and noting the honorary lifetime membership granted to cav. Luigi Poggi of Verona.
• Quarto Elenco delle Località (opens in a new tab)

  Fourth published list of towns holding the club's roadside repair-box depots ("Cassette di Riparazione") for members' exclusive use, naming custodians and routes including Lugano-Bellinzona, Fano-Gubbio-Perugia, Firenze-Viterbo-Roma and Pavia-Acqui-Savona, signed by chancellor A. Provasoli.
• Consolato Generale (opens in a new tab)

  Sixteenth list of Consular Corps appointments approved by the board at its 17 and 25 June and 8 July sittings, naming new consuls and vice-consuls for towns including Spilimbergo, Locarno, Turin, Voltri, Bologna and Parma.
• Convegno Ciclistico (opens in a new tab)

  Report on the touring rally held in Milan on 28 June 1896, drawing delegations from Gallarate, Genoa, Turin, Cremona, Como, Varese, Novara, Vercelli, Pavia and Vicenza, with speeches from director-general cav. Johnson and Pasquale Ulivi, and visits to the Museo del Risorgimento in the Castello Sforzesco and the Veloce Club.
• Pali Indicatori (opens in a new tab)

  Running subscription list for the club's directional signpost fund, naming donors such as Marco Monzini, Arturo Mosconi and Francesco Riva and bringing the total collected to 1,787 lire.
• Sezione Strade (opens in a new tab)

  Luigi Vittorio Bertarelli, head of the Roads Section, gives detailed practical notes on the Florence-Siena, Siena-Viterbo, Viterbo-Rome, Rome-Rieti and Rieti-Aquila roads (gradients, inns, springs, scenery), verifies a reader-supplied shortcut near Feriolo and Suna on the river Toce, and describes progress on the new Guida delle Grandi Comunicazioni and the two-volume Guida di Lombardia.
• Sezione Comfort (opens in a new tab)

  Marelli, head of the Comfort Section, lists hotel and inn tariffs for members at Montevarchi, Pallanza, Sirmione, Treviso, Tremezzo, Merate, Montevecchia, Casalbuttano, Lonato and Varese.
• Facilitazioni (opens in a new tab)

  Notice of discounts extended to members, including 25% off baths at the Stabilimento Bagni di S. Luca in Bologna and reduced pharmacy prices at Casale Monferrato, Bologna and Turin, plus fixed rates at the repair-box depot near Assisi.
• Sezione Movimento (opens in a new tab)

  Full text of a 20 July 1896 ministerial dispatch to the Milan Intendenza di Finanza on customs facilities for foreign T.C.C.I. members' bicycles, prompted by an incident at the Udine border post where two Austrian cyclists rode off before customs could issue their temporary-import papers.
• Sezioni (opens in a new tab)

  Branch news: the Rome section's outings to Bracciano (21 June, hosted by the mayor, about 100 at the banquet) and Civitavecchia (12 July, a roughly 150km round trip with about 70 riders, welcomed by the mayor and prefect), a Milan section notice of an August excursion to Como for the Lariana rowing regattas, and the growing Florence section under vice-consuls Bertelli and Gioas Sbolci.