The Bearings, Vol 6, No 1
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
Satirical jab at those who claim no masters of fiction exist today — suggesting they have not read a bicycle catalogue lately.
- p. 11
Comic verse about a rider whose sweeping zigzag path gives right of way to whoever has the most rye whiskey on board.
- p. 1
One-liner defining racing as a science, with the art part being the dodging of Racing Board investigations.
- p. 1
Observation that with many young men voting for the first time, candidates would do well to show more genuine interest in cycling.
- p. 1
Wordplay note that a buy-sickle is better than a borrowed one when cutting grass — punning on bicycle.
- p. 1
Comic verse warning that the men who confidently predict which racer to back are always the ones who walk home from the track, broke.
- p. 1
Satirical dialogue in which a manufacturer discharges an amateur rider for having the poor form to be beaten by rival-brand machines — a purely cash-based transaction.
- p. 1
At Coney Island, a young woman's response to the question 'what are the wild waves saying?' is that they are whispering to the man to cover up his match-like limbs.
- p. 1
Asked to define purgatory, a wheelman describes it as a place where souls get their training before going somewhere else — the implication being that no racer will ever complete the journey.