Vol 2, No 24
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The Bicycling World 2, no. 24 (1881). cyclearchive.com, https://cyclearchive.com/magazines/the-bicycling-world/vol2-24/
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Articles in this issue
- The editor announces that Stoddard, Lovering and Co. will import all makes of English bicycles and fill dealer orders in three weeks, and describes preparations for the approaching League meet.
- A round-up of officer elections and appointments across clubs from Boston to Chicago covers new captains, secretaries, and treasurers chosen for the 1881 season.
- A humorous self-deprecating confession by a novice cyclist describes the initial terrors and eventual joys of learning to ride, encouraging complete beginners not to be put off.
- The third training article covers the final weeks of preparation before a race, including reduced mileage, light dietary adjustments, and strategies for mental preparation.
- The fourth installment of the tricycle survey covers the latest convertible models that can be ridden as either bicycle or tricycle, and assesses how successfully they perform in both configurations.
- The Columbia American Roadster bicycle for 1881 is described and evaluated, with particular attention to its suitability for long-distance touring on American roads.
- A prose poem describes a cyclist's reverie while riding, imagining idyllic country roads and the sensation of effortless motion on a perfect machine.
- Describes the Challenge No. 2, an English tricycle made by Singer & Co. of Coventry and introduced to America by the Pope Manufacturing Company, with 44-inch driving wheels, a 20-inch steering wheel and a price of about $135.
- Club news including officers elected by the Albany Bicycle Club and the new Columbia club of North Attleboro', whose members favour Boston for the League Meet.
- A report on the technique and difficulty of holding a bicycle perfectly stationary without dismounting describes growing interest in the skill as a competitive event.
- The editor reviews the growth of archery in America and the paper's own Archery Field department since 1879, asking whether it should become a separate archery paper.
- A Highland Park archer jokes about the Saratoga Bowmen's scores and the snowbound winter, compares yew and hardwood bows in flight shooting, and challenges other archers to a match at 60 yards.
- A. W. Havens of San Francisco urges the Eastern Archery Association to consider the American 1-to-5 scoring system against the English 1-to-9 system argued by Will H. Thompson and Andrew S. Brownell.
- Schooner argues over the proper valuation of the target colours, using the areas of the gold, red, blue, black and white rings of a 48-inch target to show where the present scoring is fair.
- The National Archery Association's corresponding secretary, G. F. E. Pearsall of Brooklyn, is receiving applications from clubs, with the Grand Annual Meeting set for Prospect Park, Brooklyn, in July.
- Reports an informal shoot with a Brooklyn Archery Club team and a club match with the Newark Toxophilites, with Miss Morton and Miss Brandagee as rivals and Mr. Elliot scoring best.
- A list of United States patents for bicycles, tricycles and velocipedes issued since 2 March 1880, reported by C. E. Pratt of Clarke & Raymond, giving patentee and date for each.
- A digest of European cycling news covers a new French velocipede club, English record attempts, and discussions in the English press about the growing tricycle boom.
- Describes the Pope Manufacturing Company's Columbia ball bearing, a single-piece steel box with a row of balls and a two-part adjustable sleeve on the axle, shown in engravings.
- League of American Wheelmen notices on admission fees, applications to Albert S. Parsons, badges, and new applicants from the Lawrence and Waterbury bicycle clubs.
- Frank W. Weston, Chief Consul of the Bicycle Touring Club, replies to President Pratt's suggestion of a B. T. C. meeting at the May Meet in Boston.