The Bearings

WeeklyChicago, United StatesJan 1892 to Nov 1897182 issues across 9 volumes

Published by The Bearings Publishing Co.Edited by G. K. Barrett, Walter Wardrop$2.00 per year (United States, Canada, and Mexico); $6.00 per year (foreign countries) a year

The Bearings front cover

The Bearings was a Chicago-based weekly cycling journal published from 1892 to 1897, serving both cycling enthusiasts and the trade across the United States. Each issue blended editorial commentary, racing results, club news, patent notices, and trade advertising with humour and short sketches. One of the leading Midwestern cycling publications during the bicycle boom of the 1890s, it covered developments in the American cycle industry, League of American Wheelmen affairs, and racing and touring news from around the country and internationally.

Volume 4 1892

Volume 5 1892

Volume 6 1892

Volume 7 1893

Volume 8 1893–1894

Volume 9 1894

Volume 11 1895

Volume 12 1895–1896

Volume 16 1897