The Bicycling World, Vol 8, No 10
Articles in this issue
- The editor renews the call for a cyclists' road-book, citing Karl Kron's route compilation, Rev. S. H. Day's exploring of southeastern Massachusetts, and Chief Consul Hill's collection of state route slips, and suggests interleaving blank pages for riders' own notes. A closing note remarks on a fifty-strong ladies' tricycling meeting convened by the C.T.C. to debate dress reform.
- Seven letters: Chas. E. Duryea proposes moving the mounting step to the rear of the machine ("The Step"); "Faed" assesses the Otto tricycle's balance and hill-descent hazards ("The Otto"); Henry Williams and "C.E.D." cover winter tricycling routes near Harvard Square and trailing-wheel size ("Winter Riding", "Little Wheels"); and "A Member of the L.A.W." defends the New Jersey division's censure of the Citizens Bicycle Club and its president, N. Mahlon Beckwith, over reckless coasting at Montclair ("The Citizens' Explanation"). Also "Squeezics" corrects a report about Mr. Updegraff's Salem riding class, and H. B. McCreary of Utica praises the Facile bicycle and Victor tricycle ("The Facile").
- Reprinted from the Lancet of 24 November 1883, the piece warns cyclists never to remove a Mackintosh mid-journey once it is put on, since trapped perspiration dampens the clothing beneath and risks a chill if the wearer then stops riding or rides home in an open trap.
- Reports meets of the Battery D Bicycle Club in Chicago (winners including C. S. Winship, Phil Hammill, W. M. Woodside and N. H. Van Sicklen) and an exhibition by the Cincinnati Wanderers' Bicycle Club won by J. G. Ketchell, plus the League of champion riders' transcontinental exhibition tour under Fred. J. Engelhardt reaching Salt Lake City on 24 December.
- Miscellaneous pen-notes and the mock-antique poem "Ye Bicycliste," including Leland Howard's remeasurement of the Washington racing track, Frank E. Yates's 5,008-mile 1883 road record, and Messrs. Woodside and Morgan's $1,000 wager to ride from Chicago to San Francisco in six weeks from 1 May 1884. Also notes Hillman, Herbert & Cooper's gold watch presented to Alfred Nixon for his Premier tricycle performances, and a fifty-member C.T.C. ladies' meeting on dress reform addressed by E. K. Shipton and G. Lacy Hillier.
- Club reports include the Massachusetts Bicycle Club's January meeting at Hotel Lafayette (President H. S. Tibbs, Capt. J. H. Low and Lieut. Rubenstein among the season's top mileage riders), the Montreal Bicycle Club's season summary signed "Club Dawg," and the Springfield Bicycle Club's resolutions condemning Fred. Jenkins for misrepresenting its finances. Also covers the Boston Bicycle Club's annual election (President Edward C. Hodges) and the Hermes Bicycle Club of Chicago's semi-annual officer elections.
- U.S. chief consul Frank W. Weston (Savin Hill, Boston) reminds 1883 members to return their renewal blank with the seventy-five-cent fee, and announces a planned C.T.C. meet, run and dinner at Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Lists new membership applications from Elmer G. Whitney of Boston and Frank W. Bowler of Cleveland.
- The editor's Answers to Correspondents column replies to readers signing as F., K.K., "A Wheelman" of New York, Ixion of New York, Peacock, and E. M. Senseney, on race reporting, back copies and anonymous letters.