The Bicycling World, Vol 3, No 1
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
Short editorial notes covering the upcoming L.A.W. Meet in Boston, items about club members travelling to Mexico, and humorous observations on bicycling life.
- p. 3
Comparison of large English bicycle meets — especially the 1,800-rider Hampton Court gathering — with the forthcoming L.A.W. parade in Boston, urging American clubs to drill carefully for the event.
- p. 3
Editorial discussing the prospects and challenges of staging a Stanley-style bicycle show in America, noting the limited variety of locally manufactured machines compared to England's two hundred factories.
- p. 3
Extended review of Henry Sturmey's 'Tricyclists' Indispensable Annual,' covering the relative merits of tricycles versus bicycles for touring, the variety of designs available, and practical advice for prospective buyers.
- p. 5
Comic sketch in Irish dialect narrating a servant woman's alarmed first encounter with a bicycle being delivered to her employer's household.
- p. 5
Official report on arrangements for the L.A.W. Meet including negotiated railroad fares from New York, hotel accommodations for up to 875 men, and machine storage at the Technology gymnasium.
- p. 5
Official programme for the League of American Wheelmen's Boston Meet, listing race events at Beacon Park on 28 May and the parade, business meeting, and dinner on 30 May.
- p. 6
Letter from 'Kol Kron' advising the railroad committee on securing baggage-car guarantees for bicycle transport, calling for music in the parade, and proposing a ride to Portsmouth before the Meet.
- p. 7
News from clubs in Rockingham (N.H.), Milwaukee, Springfield, New Orleans, Amherst, Boston, and Harvard, including election of officers, planned runs, and the Harvard hare-and-hounds race.
- p. 8
Correspondence from 'Telzah' describing techniques for performing the bicycle stand-still feat and announcing plans to exhibit Urch's marine bicycle on the water in Boston during the Meet.
- p. 8
Letter from Erie, Pennsylvania reporting the slow but steady growth of bicycling there, with a club of seventeen members now uniformed in L.A.W. colors after initial community skepticism.
- p. 8
Correspondent describes a rain-soaked, mud-mired bicycle ride from Washington, Missouri, navigating impassable rock and dirt roads before being rescued by a small boy and eventually reaching the railroad.
- p. 9
List of new membership applications for the League of American Wheelmen from clubs including East Boston, Amherst College, Syracuse, Portland, Baltimore, Boston, Milwaukee, Germantown, Massachusetts, and others.