The Bicycling World, Vol 7, No 5
Articles in this issue
- Argues for founding a New England wheelmen's association independent of the League of American Wheelmen, and criticizes Charles E. Pratt's parliamentary conduct of the League's business meeting and the dispute over the League's official organ.
- Reports the League of Essex County Wheelmen's second annual meeting at Lynn on 30 May 1883, where M. D. Currier of Lawrence was elected president over F. S. Winship of Lynn, and thanks the Star and Eagle Bicycle Clubs of Lynn for their hospitality.
- Describes J. S. Murray's patented Columbia pedal slipper, a curved steel attachment that converts an ordinary rubber pedal into a rat-trap pedal for racing or wet weather, sold as a set for $2.00.
- Reader letters on forming a New England wheelmen's association (W. E. Gilman), a debate over high versus low handlebars (J. F. Adams of Haverhill), a correction on the Essex County League's executive structure, a defense of railroad-committee chairman Mr. Ayers, a phonetically spelled route description to Andover, and a rebuttal defending Thomas Midgley's 179-mile one-day record.
- Lists two U.S. patents reported by solicitor Henry W. Williams: Wendell P. Anthony's two-speed gear for tricycles (Providence, R.I.) and Thomas J. Kirkpatrick's bicycle saddle with a suspended seat (Springfield, Ohio).
- Describes the Decoration Day gathering at Orange, N.J., called by Chief Consul L. H. Johnson, where wheelmen from the Essex Club, Hackensack, Plainfield, Orange Wanderers and other clubs rode through the Oranges before organizing a new L.A.W. State Division with Harold Serrell of Plainfield as secretary and C. D. Snedeker of New Brunswick as treasurer.
- Miscellaneous notes including Wm. E. Gilman's tour to Worcester, Mr. Bassett of the Chelsea Tricycle Club's new child-carrying attachment for a Victor tricycle, A. J. Wilson's win over an Otto rider on an Imperial Club tricycle, and gossip about racers Hendee, Stall and Pitman.
- Covers the N.A.A.A.A./L.A.W. championship races at Mott Haven, New York, where George M. Hendee of the Springfield Bicycle Club won the one- and two-mile events, plus the English 25-mile championship at Leicester (won by R. Howell) and M. J. Lowndes' record ten-mile tricycle ride at Belgrave Road on a Coventry Rotary.
- Club notes including the Buffalo club's plan for a quarter-mile cinder path, the Cincinnati club's new uniform, the Canadian Wheelmen's Association's growth ahead of its first annual meet in London, Ontario, and the Massachusetts Club's parade and runs during a visit to New York.
- Lists new C.T.C. membership applications from Washington, New York and Ohio, announces the new 1883 handbook available from secretary E. R. Shipton, and previews the seventh annual Harrogate Meet on 6 August with Cunard steamer arrangements for American members.
- Reprints a circular from the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad Company instructing baggage masters to carry bicycles free in the baggage car when accompanied by their owner with a first-class ticket.
- Answers reader queries under 'To Correspondents,' including recommending a Premier over a Coventry for a double-driving convertible and comparing single machines, balance-geared sociables and hill-climbing on Milton and Codman hills.
- Lists club runs and races for 8-17 June 1883, including the Moorestown, N.J. races, the Boston Club's runs to Quincy and Cobb's, the Newton Club's run to South Natick, the Capital Club's fourth annual races in Washington, and the Boston Ramblers' runs to Lexington and Gloucester; also carries a notice previewing the Springfield Bicycle Club's planned September tournament and camp at Hampden Park.