The Bearings, Vol 11, No 8
Articles in this issue
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Five different California bicycle clubs hold simultaneous road races to select relay teams for the upcoming 100-mile relay race on April 7, with the Bay City Wheelmen's 10-mile race won by F.L. Day and W.A. Terrill taking the time prize in 28:12.
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Walter Foster of the Olympic Club Wheelmen wins the time prize in a 5-mile San Francisco road race, finishing 12 seconds ahead of C.R. Coulter, while C.F. Lemmon wins the race from the 1:30 handicap mark in 14:32.
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The Reliance Club of Oakland holds a 5-mile race with 27 starters in which C.R. Griffith takes first place while Canadian champion Harbottle, despite his reputation, finishes poorly, possibly due to injuries from indoor racing.
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Eastern racers Eddie Bald, Ray McDonald, and Asa Windle arrive in San Francisco to train on the Garden City Cyclers' new three-lap track in San Jose, attracted by favorable reports in The Bearings.
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The All America racing team returns to American soil at El Paso, Texas, after a month in Mexico, where their last races were held at Guadalajara, and the party crosses the Rio Grande by train.
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Norwegian cyclist Henie and Danish champion Svend Hansen contest a race in Copenhagen where Hansen rides a bicycle and Henie skates, with Hansen winning the 500-meter sprint but a tire burst ending the long-distance race.
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Wilbur J. Edwards and the Rambler quad team relocate from Livermore to Alameda after unfavorable winds, preparing a 1.25-mile flat driveway for new straightaway record attempts.