The Bicycling World, Vol 5, No 13
Articles in this issue
- The B&O Railroad has issued an order allowing bicycles to be carried free in baggage cars when accompanied by their owner; a well-attended meeting of Philadelphia cyclists at Horticultural Hall plans a grand bicycle display for the city's bicentennial on 26 October, with 400 or more riders expected and a 50-cent assessment per rider to cover expenses.
- The 'Names and Badges' editorial objects to bicycle clubs duplicating names, urging distinctiveness and citing the Shawmut Club as a graceful example of how to rename courteously; the editor defends G.D. Gideon's amateur standing while questioning why W. Smith was barred from the N.A.A.A. championship; the League is urged to petition the tariff commission to reduce the 35% import duty on bicycles and tricycles.
- The Tricycling column discusses the rapid growth of American tricycling; 'Ixion' provides a detailed description of the Club Sociable manufactured by the Coventry Machinist Company — a double tricycle with two 50-inch drivers, 64-spoke wheels, ball bearings throughout, and Cheylesmore clutch gearing — recently imported by the Alpha Tricycle Club of Newton; excerpts from Lacy Hillier's new Tricyclist journal discuss the sociable's suitability for ladies and night riding.
- Ninon Neckar contributes 'Jacques's Soliloquy,' a parody of Shakespeare's 'Seven Ages of Man' reset in 1900 when 'all the world's awheel,' tracing a cyclist's life from infant on a tricycle beside a nurse to club captain of the L.A.W. to a second childhood on a low safety trike, sans strength, sans speed, sans skill, sans everything.
- New League of American Wheelmen applications list members from the Ovid, Maryland, Detroit, Champion City (Springfield, Ohio), Hudson, and Montreal clubs, plus unattached riders from Rochester, Vineland, Laramie City, Baltimore, Chicago, and England; corrections are issued to previously published club member listings.
- The fourth and final installment of the White Mountain touring guide covers roads from Jackson to North Conway (excellent riding in the intervale, best 24 consecutive miles in the mountain region), Conway Centre, and Fryeburg, with per-mile surface and grade ratings; the author concludes with practical advice including an average daily cost of $3.45 in the mountain region and suggested itineraries for four-day, six-day, and fifteen-day White Mountain bicycle tours.
- Brief items: Fred Jenkins imports a new 53-inch Rudge bicycle; the L.A.W. election results will be published next week; G.D. Gideon won the two-mile (6m. 41.5s.) and five-mile (17m. 19.5s.) at the N.A.A.A. championship; J.S. Prince is having a 34-pound racing Expert built for fall track competitions; and the Champion City Club of Springfield plans a picnic for members' wives and lady friends.