The Bearings, Vol 16, No 9
Articles in this issue
- The final installment of William J. Reid's serialized account of his transcontinental bicycle expedition, illustrated by Charles A. Cox.
- G. M. Diddlebock examines the distinctive approach Philadelphia's Quaker community has taken toward bicycle regulation and cycling etiquette.
- G. W. Bull profiles the celebrated race starter and his unique methods for ensuring fair starts at major cycling events.
- F. Ed. Spooner reports on Jimmy Michael's third and most decisive match victory over Lesna at Manhattan Beach, where he led throughout the thirty-three-mile race and broke the American hour competition record with 31 miles, 1,363 yards.
- C. W. Hartung reports from London on Dutch rider Cordang's twenty-four-hour paced record at the Crystal Palace track, where he covered 616 miles, 340 yards to beat Huret's world record; also notes the death of W. S. Holding and M. A. Holbein's road-record accident.
- F. Ed. Spooner surveys E. C. Bald's commanding lead in the circuit points and percentage tables over Cooper, Gardiner, and Stevens, and covers circuit meets at Washington, Trenton, and Buffalo, including a runaway streetcar accident that injured several circuit chasers at Washington.
- Weekly cycling news from Philadelphia, Cleveland, Paris, Springfield, Baltimore, Louisville, Atlanta, New York, and Boston.
- O. M. C. surveys the network of dedicated cycle paths available to riders throughout northeastern Ohio.
- Day-by-day trip sheet for two Chicago cyclists' 386.9-mile ride from Chicago to Cincinnati via Plymouth, Rochester, Logansport, Indianapolis, Richmond, and Hamilton, published in response to reader inquiries about the route.
- Editorial columns call for municipal action on cycling, make comparisons with other cities, and debate the upcoming cycle show question.
- Correspondents review trade conditions from New York, Cincinnati, Wellington, Toledo, Washington, St. Louis, and Monterey.