The Bicycling World, Vol 8, No 5
Articles in this issue
- The leader urges makers to fix weak, breakage-prone detachable handle-bars and to leave clearance between tires and forks, then sketches the editor's ideal noiseless, easily-detached bicycle lamp; closing notes cover the New York Clipper's refusal to recognize the Springfield track records and the Ixion Club's new "Ixion Bus" Dual Convertible tricycle, bound for New York with Eagan and Pitman.
- Reports the Chicago Bicycle Club's newly decorated clubhouse beside the Leland Hotel on the Lake Park boulevard, Staley and Mead's tour from Columbus, Ohio at ninety miles a day, and Van Sicklen, Staley and Mead's ninety-mile attempt; previews the club's 1884 tour from Niagara Falls through Toronto, the Thousand Islands and Montreal to Boston.
- Illustrated writeup of the Velociman, a hand-propelled machine for riders who have lost the use of their legs, made by Singer & Co. of Coventry and imported by Stoddard, Lovering & Co.; notes it was patented by the English divine J. Charsley, who has ridden 100 miles in a day on it, and prices it at about $170.
- Miscellany column opening with the comic verse "Robinson Despairs" on Hendee's win over Robinson at old Park Hampden, plus notes that the Clipper rejects the New Haven and Springfield records and that Prince Wells and Percy Bettison of the Falls City Club broke Kentucky's 120-mile road record.
- Letters from "Novice" questioning why rear wheels are made so small and from a correspondent quizzing the World about riding the Otto; Frank W. Weston, C.T.C. Chief Consul, answers "Washington" on the Riverside Drive rule and the American C.T.C. uniform; "Pro Bono Publico" urges wheelmen to organize politically to get better roads.
- Covers the Institute building's indoor season opener in Boston (Saben, Cain, Tobey and Aubin; Skinner vs. J. W. Wilson's Star-machine exhibition), the Chicago Bicycle Club's Thanksgiving hare-and-hounds chase (hares Philbrick, Van Sicklen and Bennett), the Columbia Club's races at the South Carolina State Fair (Gilmer, Pharr), and the Scranton Club's Thanksgiving road race to Peckville.
- Club notes including the Providence Club's new captain E. C. Danforth and Star-riding secretary H. P. Morgan, the Keystone Club's Pittsburgh anniversary banquet, the Star Club of Lynn's Coliseum drill, the Peoria Club's new headquarters opening, and the Springfield Club's assessment circular to clear its clubhouse and racing debts.
- Standing C.T.C. notices naming Frank W. Weston of Savin Hill, Boston as United States Chief Consul, listing dues and badge prices, and announcing the eighth annual meet at Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, the first Monday of August 1884.
- Answers-to-correspondents column covering chain tension and gearing calculations for a tricycle, lubricant advice, a recommended detachable saddle stem from the Cunningham Company, and an Overman Wheel Co. tricycle lamp, plus an appointment notice naming Eugene P. Newhall the new consul for Minneapolis, Minn.