The Bicycling World, Vol 8, No 21
Articles in this issue
- Editorial criticising the League's publisher Oliver and Jenkins for selling the L.A.W. membership mailing list for profit and drawing on the League treasury, arguing that the League's assets should not be exploited for the publisher's commercial benefit.
- Detailed description of Nelson Merrill's newly patented tri-crank tricycle, whose three cranks set 120 degrees apart ensure that the rider's leg weight continuously drives the machine at every point in the stroke, eliminating the dead-centre stall of conventional two-crank bicycles; includes analysis of the physics of walking and its application to rotary propulsion.
- Three letters: the New Hampshire division's complaint about the L.A.W. secretary's conduct; F. W. Blacker of Worcester defending his published critique of League management; and an unnamed member protesting the sale of the League's membership list to commercial interests for $3.50.
- Report on the Spirit of the Times refusing to accept the New Haven bicycle track records, citing the eight-week gap between the racing and the track remeasurement, the variable inner grass margin, and insufficient independent verification of times.
- Brief notes on a recent bicycle polo match; a runaway-horse incident caused by a bicycle; and a report of the Champion City Club of Springfield MA holding its annual minstrel entertainment and supper at the Lagonda House, with songs including 'Five and Forty Blackbirds.'
- Humorous poem reprinted from the Bicycling Times, by Agonistes, about a college boy who thrusts his hoop-stick into a cyclist's wheel in Marlborough, provoking a comical series of recriminations; followed by short cycling news items.
- Report of the Gamwell brothers of Providence RI, two American C.T.C. members on a European bicycle tour, who caused great sensation riding through the Azores, Madeira, Portugal, and Spain, being the first cyclists the island and rural populations had ever seen.
- Club news from the Springfield Bicycle Club (including George Nash's fancy riding exhibition and plans for a fall tournament at Hampden Park), the Connecticut Bicycle Club of Hartford, Youngstown Ohio, Tremont BC, Citizens' BC, South Framingham, and the Lafayette Club.
- Upcoming race programme for the Washington L.A.W. Meet, covering 25-mile, 10-mile, 3-mile, and 1-mile events; also Dan O'Leary's proposed six-day horse versus bicycle endurance contest challenging Louise Armaindo.
- Cyclists' Touring Club news, including the American division's forthcoming annual gathering at Poughkeepsie on May 21-22, with details on how to register and what the programme will include.