The Bicycling World, Vol 13, No 11
Articles in this issue
- p. 5
The paper's English correspondent provides a batch of new British records from the current season and assesses the English cycling press's opinion of the A.C.U. development in America.
- p. 6
The editors analyze the A.C.U.'s proposal to divide racing men into amateur, promateur, and professional classes, calling it a scheme worthy of trial despite English skepticism.
- p. 6
President Beckwith and ex-Consul Ducker's meeting at Springfield is seen as significant, with the editors predicting a treaty between the two national cycling organizations will follow.
- p. 5
The editors note that Boston-area roads are getting very rough in the continuing dry summer weather, making conditions difficult for both road racers and ordinary touring cyclists.
- p. 5
Correspondent Karl Kron protests against what he considers repressive bicycle legislation in New Jersey, but the editors firmly disagree, supporting requirements for lamps and bells as sensible safety measures.
- p. 5
The editors urge that only straight-away or out-and-return road courses should qualify for 24-hour road records, questioning Hollingsworth's claimed performance made over a short picked circuit.
- p. 5
The Boston Bicycle Club, one of the older clubs, has come under A.C.U. influence on road-racing matters, which the editors note with interest as another milestone in the ongoing organizational dispute.