The Bearings, Vol 16, No 10

The Bearings, Vol 16, No 10 cover
PublicationThe Bearings
Volume16
Issue10

Articles in this issue

  • Louis Geyler contributes an illustrated history of the famous Lancaster Pike, one of America's earliest improved roads, and its importance to cyclists.
  • E. W. Penfield offers a practical guide to organizing and running a safe and competitive bicycle coasting event.
  • F. Ed. Spooner reports on the expansion of the racing circuit to new venues, including results and illustrations from the extension meets.
  • Weekly cycling dispatches from Philadelphia, New York, Sacramento, London, Paris, Atlanta, Melbourne, Springfield, Minneapolis, Denver, Washington, Cleveland, Chicago, and Peoria.
  • Editorial columns argue that the proposed bicycle tax will hurt jobbing houses, warn against another European market invasion, and discuss wind shields as an aid to record breaking.
  • Special correspondents review trade conditions from Toledo, Cincinnati, Washington, Paris, Berlin, New York, and Milwaukee.
  • J. W. Anderson's illustrated compilation of recently granted bicycle-related patents and inventions.
  • Illustrated news items and personality profiles from the cycling world.
  • Short trade notices including a Pope Mfg. Co. rims-and-guards contract with the Indiana Novelty Mfg. Co., the Orient ten-seated machine visiting the Waltham Mfg. Co.'s Chicago branch, S. A. Campbell's move from the Keating Wheel Co. to the Eclipse Bicycle Co., and P. B. Svensson's win for E. C. Stearns & Co. in the Sandgate Brisbane road race for the Kolacene trophies.
  • Special correspondence on noteworthy commercial events and transactions in the bicycle trade.