The Bicycling World, Vol 12, No 23
Articles in this issue
- p. 5
The new editors Fourdrinier, Dean, and Weston outline their editorial policy, noting the paper has been on a paying basis for years and promising to make it cosmopolitan by covering cycling centres nationwide, adding club notes and letters from various cycling cities.
- p. 5
The new editors publish a detailed history of the paper's former editors from 1878 to 1886, profiling Frank Weston, Charles Pratt, L.R. Harrison, W.E. Gilman, J.S. Dean, and Abbot Bassett, with characteristic sketches of each man's contribution.
- p. 5
The editors note that for the first time in the history of any cycling paper, the Bicycling World was delivered by carrier tricycle on the streets of Boston, with advertising dodgers also distributed from the same vehicle.
- p. 1
Overman Wheel Company repeats its advertisement featuring Prince David Kalakaua of the Sandwich Islands and his brothers as endorsers, inviting riders to send for the free illustrated catalogue.
- p. 2
S.T. Clark and Co. of Baltimore continue promoting the New Rapid bicycle, winner of the gold medal at the London Inventions Exhibition 1885, with endorsements from The Cyclist, Bicycling News, and Illustrated Sports.
- p. 3
W.B. Everett and Co. promote the Apollo bicycle and lighter Apollo Semi-Racer with detachable handle bars and ball bearing head, noting the Semi-Racer is the same style ridden by Hunger on his 24-hour record trip.
- p. 4
The Chelsea correspondent James's comic letter from Deer Island prison is reprinted, describing how he gave away Stall's Screamers to the other prisoners before his sentence.
- p. 4
J.A.R. Underwood promotes the Quadrant tricycle as ready for immediate delivery and the new pattern Rover Safety as leading all safeties for the spring season.