The Bearings, Vol 6, No 21
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
The editor's caustic column addresses Massachusetts Division's entertainment spending, the hypocrisy of shamateurism, and the cash-prize controversy with characteristic wit.
- p. 1
A Philadelphia physician covers 278 miles in twenty-four hours while consuming an extraordinary variety of food and drink, offering an amusing refutation of medical warnings against eating during long rides.
- p. 1
An interview with inventor Charles Duryea, who argues that human flight is as rational a goal as cycling and predicts practical airships within a generation.
- p. 1
Gossip reports that cycling editor Henry Crowther has departed Sporting Life after a dispute over cash prizes and has taken an editorial role at Bicycling World.
- p. 1
A series of pointed editorial notes on the contradictions and absurdities of the amateur rulebook as applied to racing cyclists in 1892.
- p. 1
Brief reports on recent race meetings, record attempts, and the competitive season's final events across the eastern and midwestern United States.
- p. 6
Letters and items from LAW divisional representatives covering membership, road improvement work, and local club activities.