The Bearings, Vol 6, No 16
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
Celebration of the underground Chicago Rag Shop restaurant as a cycling gathering place, arguing that sharing food and unconventional fellowship in cheap surroundings will do more for cycling than any formal headquarters.
- p. 14
Dry note explaining why Radfahr Humor's reports of Springfield, Baltimore, and York meets are so tardy — they were all taken from Bi. World.
- p. 1
Observation that a man like Munger, accustomed to skating along earth's crust on his left ear on short notice, probably found the excitement over the recent political landslide quite unnecessary.
- p. 1
Satirical account of a Minneapolis minister who scandalized his congregation by riding his bicycle to church, contrasting this with the perfectly acceptable practices of driving a fine horse or arriving by spanking team.
- p. 1
Comic account of how a won bicycle passed through so many hands — from the prize-winner to his grandfather to a neighbor to an uncle — that no one was left to accuse of selling it improperly.
- p. 1
Wry note that the goat-like whiskers added to a Racing Board member's portrait by Bi. World's electrotyping process must give the gentleman an itching desire to stroke his chin.
- p. 1
Statistics showing four in six men use tobacco; cyclists do their share of smoking but are notably less accomplished at chewing than many who hold cycling in low esteem.