The Bearings, Vol 6, No 10

Articles in this issue

  • Editorial giving credit where due to professionals Morgan, Eck, and Prince, arguing that despite their faults they deserve fair play and that unwarranted skepticism about record rides is ridiculous.

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  • Sharp criticism of the LAW's failure to require full addresses for membership applicants, accusing the Executive Committee and the Wheelman Company of violating the constitution for commercial gain.

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  • Satirical account of a professional race omitted from Rochester meet reports, featuring Canary, Barber, and Appel racing for a stove and a hard-boiled egg, with a pun-laden outcome.

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  • Satirical account of a Racing Board member who nearly suspended riders for competing at an unsanctioned meet, only to discover at the last moment that he himself had sanctioned it.

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  • Commentary on Colonel Pope's petition drive urging Congress to establish a national road department, road engineering institute, and permanent road exhibit, and why League members should support it.

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  • Perceptive observation that character is visible even in a pack of flying racing men, distinguishing those who race for love of victory from those motivated by pure prize greed.

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  • Editorial rebuke of overgrown cycling fans who nurse vindictive grudges against cycling writers for perceived partiality to rival clubs, calling such behavior super-sensitive and infantile.

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