The Bicycling World, Vol 12, No 22
Articles in this issue
- p. 5
A publisher's notice announces that The Bicycling World, previously published by E.C. Hodges and Co. under editor Abbot Bassett, will now be issued every Friday by the Bicycling World Company under the joint editorship of C.W. Fourdrinier, J.S. Dean, and Frank W. Weston.
- p. 6
The new editorial staff introduces themselves: Fourdrinier as a veteran cyclist and former contributor writing as 'Handy Andy', Dean as 'London W.' who has contributed descriptive and critical articles for over five years, and Weston as the paper's founder and first editor.
- p. 1
Overman Wheel Company runs a new advertisement for the 1886 Victor bicycle featuring Hawaiian Prince David Kalakaua and his brothers as endorsers, inviting riders to send for the free illustrated catalogue.
- p. 2
S.T. Clark and Co. of Baltimore promote the New Rapid bicycle's True Tangent Wheel, which won the only gold medal for bicycles at the Inventions Exhibition in London 1885, with endorsements from The Cyclist, Bicycling News, and Illustrated Sports.
- p. 3
W.B. Everett and Co. introduce the Apollo bicycle with detachable handle bars and ball bearing head at 35 pounds for a 50-inch, and the Apollo Semi-Racer at 30 pounds with rubber grips on both wheels and Kelsey ventilated spade handles, the same style ridden by Hunger on his 24-hour record-breaking trip.
- p. 3
W.B. Everett and Co. announce the first consignment of 1886 Singer tricycles just received, featuring 40-inch drivers, 22-inch automatic steerer, hand and foot power brake, and Singer's patent axle with four bearings.
- p. 4
The Chelsea correspondent James writes from Deer Island prison noting he invested his last $25 in Stall's Screamers which he gave to the other prisoners, and that they can hear them all the way from where he is.
- p. 4
J.A.R. Underwood promotes Quadrant tricycles as ready for immediate delivery and the new pattern Rover Safety as leading all safeties, urging riders not to miss the best of the riding season.