The Bearings, Vol 5, No 18
Articles in this issue
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Philosophical observation that the fastest ticking clock tells no more hours in a day than the old hall clock — speed is not everything in cycling or in life.
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A rider brings his wrecked wheel to the repairer, who cheerfully compares it to a retired baseball pitcher — lost all its proper curves and gained worthless new ones.
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Wabbles used to think women were easily moved until he convinced the ample Miss Heavysides to ride the front seat of a tandem, since when he has changed his mind.
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Exchange about a rider with an uncomfortable saddle, who explains he keeps that wheel to lend.
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Brief mock obituary for the solid tire, which died hard, while the pneumatic that caused its demise is dead soft.
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Pun-driven observation that the rule against pointing probably explains why the tack gets a blowout when it enters a pneumatic.
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Comic verse about a haughty rider who thanks heaven for not making him like other men, while the riders watching his skinny shanks are equally pleased at the truth.
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A saleswoman-baiting exchange in which a somewhat passé customer cleverly orders a pneumatic tire from a salesman who has just suggested she avoid anything sharp.
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A father explains to Willie that 'baked funeral meets' are gatherings of slow riders who plod about in the July sun at hearse pace and call it fun.