The Bearings, Vol 6, No 14

Articles in this issue

  • Impatient challenge to Chief Consul Perkins to stand still long enough for observers to determine where he actually stands on LAW politics.

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  • Punning tribute to President Potter, suggesting that only a Potter can properly handle the clay problem confronting cycledom.

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  • Satirical jab at the LAW's chaotic address publication system, noting it is not known how many cats and dogs have been enrolled alongside the noble thirty thousand members.

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  • Sharp criticism of race loafing, observing that it has reached a disgraceful pass when the pushers-off in a half-mile race can mount their wheels and beat the supposed racers home.

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  • Editorial correction: a report that Editor Prial made friends on his western trip should have added that he is making a laughingstock of himself by boasting he doesn't read his cycling exchanges.

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  • Warning that a proposed Chicago ordinance taxing vehicles with narrow tires at five dollars per ton on actual rather than catalogue weights will face vigorous opposition from bicycle manufacturers.

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  • Ridicule of the LAW's belated announcement of strict status scrutiny for riders on a southern promotional trip, since everyone involved is no different from what they have been all season.

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  • Report that France may impose a new bicycle tax on top of existing personal property taxes on wheels, and a call for French cyclists to oppose the double imposition.

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