The Bearings, Vol 16, No 3

Articles in this issue

• From London to Pekin Awheel (opens in a new tab)

  Further chapters of William J. Reid's illustrated globe-circling bicycle travelogue, drawn by Charles A. Cox.
• The World's Crackajacks at Glasgow (opens in a new tab)

  Report from the final two days of the International Cyclists' Association's world championship meet at Glasgow, where Ed Schrader won the amateur mile title and J. W. Stocks beat title-holder A. A. Chase in the professional 100-kilometer race. E. Gould took the amateur 100-kilometer crown as England won the Saltonstall Trophy.
• World's Record for McDuffie (opens in a new tab)

  E. A. McDuffie sets a new world mile record of 1:38 2/5 at Boston's Charles River Park track, paced by a sextuplet, beating W. W. Hamilton's 1896 Denver mark by one second. The same afternoon Lucien Lesna lowers several American paced hour records.
• News in General (opens in a new tab)

  Cycling news dispatches from Philadelphia, Cape Town, Springfield, London, Portland, Tacoma, New York, and other cities.
• Standing of the Stars — Circuit Races of the Week (opens in a new tab)

  Weekly percentage-thermometer standings of the professional circuit racers: Earl Kiser briefly overtakes E. C. Bald for the top spot before Bald reclaims the lead at Newark, while Tom Cooper slips to fifth place.
• America's First Bicycle Camp (opens in a new tab)

  Feature on Camp Harrison, the country's first cyclists' summer encampment, pitched on the Lake Michigan shore north of Chicago by the L.A.W. and Associated Cycling Clubs and named for the city's cycling mayor. Also reports Earl Kiser's planned match race against horses and a five-cornered match for Bald, Cooper, Gardiner, Longhead, and Sanger at Buffalo.
• Boston's Six-Day Race (opens in a new tab)

  Report on the endurance race held in Boston, covering competitors, tactics, and outcomes.
• Odds and Ends About Women (opens in a new tab)

  Column examining the growing participation of women in cycling, with observations on equipment, fashion, and road behavior.
• Editorial (opens in a new tab)

  Editorial columns address American bicycle exports to England, excessive legislation affecting cyclists, the decline of scorching, and editorial notes on the week's events.
• American Wheels and English Buyers (opens in a new tab)

  Analysis of the reception of American-made bicycles among English consumers and the competitive export trade.
• Osmond on Cycle Construction — Tension of Spokes in Bicycle Wheels (opens in a new tab)

  Technical discussion of spoke tension and wheel construction principles contributed by a recognized cycling engineer.
• Trade Letters (opens in a new tab)

  Correspondents report on trade conditions in Toledo, Washington, Cincinnati, Springfield, Boston, and Trenton.