The Bearings, Vol 5, No 14

Articles in this issue

• Regan Racer

  A racing crack who was proud of his looks loses all vanity when his portrait appears in a wheel paper with the caption calling it a splendid likeness.

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• Where Silence Is Brazen

  Dry observation that many wheelmen earn a reputation for cycling expertise simply by being wise enough to conceal how little they actually know.

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• Like Begets Like

  A composite photograph of prominent amateurs is said to look exactly like a well-known professional, to nobody's great surprise.

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• A Porcine Coat of Arms

  Satirical suggestion for a road hog's badge: a boar rampant on a field of gore, with a wheelman suppliant beneath the prancing hog's feet.

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• They Come High

  A bicycle manufacturer cheerfully confirms there is money in the business — he has already put in twenty-five thousand dollars of his own and expects to need as much again before making a single machine.

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• Looking After His Own

  A salesman confirms to a suspicious visitor that the dealer still claims to sell the best and cheapest wheel, only to learn the visitor had one hoof rather than a foot.

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• An Old Saying Brought Up to Date

  Comic modernization of the medieval caution: before going to mend a pneumatic, pray fifty times rather than the once prescribed before going to war.

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• Before and After Expulsion

  Verse contrasting a racing man's former social standing with his present ostracism after being expelled from the amateur ranks.

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