The Bicycling World, Vol 6, No 9
Articles in this issue
- The editor compares American and English road surfaces, judging New England's roads roughly on par with London's, and defends street railways/tramways as a net benefit to the public despite cyclists' complaints.
- Correspondent "a.b.h." of Kankakee, Illinois, responds to A. J. Wilson's tricycling article by arguing the bicycle is impractical on the region's rutted black-soil prairie roads and calling for an Illinois State Road Association.
- A letter signed "the Arab" reports the Essex Bicycle Club preparing its annual reception for 12 January in Newark, after summer joint meets with the Germantown and Brooklyn clubs.
- Correspondent "E." reviews 1882 in St. Louis, from twenty-five riders in January to nearly two hundred, the Missouri Club's December exhibition featuring Stone and Beckers, and the new "Eurota" club formed by six seceding members.
- A brief Springfield club note (signed "2356") reports members ordering new machines for spring and a new club uniform underway, with membership now at twenty-two.
- Correspondent "H.E.D." of Springfield argues for class-based racing over handicapping, citing races involving Moore and Hendee, and criticizes repetitive heat racing.
- Professional racers John S. Prince and Lewis T. Frye each publish letters denying a correspondent's insinuation that their recent match race was "sold."
- A signed ("London W.") essay argues the League of American Wheelmen should abolish club-based membership and proxy voting, strengthen state divisions, and fill offices with more active chief consuls.
- Report on the Bicycle Union's 14 December council meeting at Anderton's Hotel, London, debating a cap on race-prize values before Mr. H. Sturmey's amended proposal was carried.
- London, West Kensington, West Middlesex, South London, North London and Acton clubs meet at Anderton's Hotel, chaired by Mr. Browning, and vote to form the new "Tricycle Union" with a delegate-based executive committee.
- Mr. Hissett of Buckland Terrace, Plymouth, patents a two-speed balance gear for tricycles that can drive both wheels for speed or power, adaptable to the Salvo, National, Settle and Phoenix machines, per the Tricycling Journal.
- British trade-paper squibs: ultra-light Clement bicycles and a unicycling Ernest Roquet seen in Paris, a splash-guard fix from the Tricyclist, and a proposed combination brake.
- A detailed trade review of the American Sanspareil roadster, imported by Samuel T. Clark & Co. of Baltimore and built by William Andrews of Birmingham, with specifications and rider testimonials including one from Henry Sturmey.
- Lists two newly granted patents: Eduard Lüdeke of Göttingen, Germany for a velocipede, and Joseph White of Coventry, England for a tricycle.
- The editor answers reader questions and subscription issues from correspondents in Baltimore, Syracuse, Worcester, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago, Hudson (N.Y.) and Ashland, Ohio.
- A standing notice inviting amateur wheelmen to join the League of American Wheelmen, with admission-fee rates and instructions for submitting applications to Corresponding Secretary Fred T. Sholes.
- Lists proposed new League members Wm. C. Scribner of Washington, D.C. and Chester S. Ford of Quincy, Mass., plus corrections to the previously published Mount Vernon Bicycle Club roster.
- Treasurer W. V. Gilman presses state chief consuls to collect overdue League dues, holding up New Hampshire's Chief Consul Hazlett as a model of full remittance.
- Massachusetts Division secretary F. P. Kendall asks every wheelman in the state to send in their name, address and League number.
- Lists new Bicycle Touring Club membership applications from W. R. Griffiths and M. G. Peoli, and F. W. Blacker's appointment as consul for Worcester, Mass.
- Club news including the Lancaster Bicycle Club's annual elections, the Star Bicycle Club's Christmas exhibition in Lynn, and the Boston Bicycle Club's New Year's reception with greetings from clubs in Hamilton, New York, Columbus and Manchester.
- A signed ("London W.") column on winter riding reports the Boston League consul's purchase of a Coventry Convertible sociable tricycle, tested for its resistance to swerving.
- Miscellaneous notes including S. S. McClure's typhoid illness, Lewis T. Frye's ten-mile, $600-purse challenge to John S. Prince, and S. T. Clark's voyage to England to develop a new light roadster.
- Brief reviews of the 'Cyclist Christmas Number, St. Nicholas, Our Little Ones, and The Century magazines.