The Bulletin And Good Roads, Vol 24, No 16

Articles in this issue

  • A reader contrasts the genuine love amateurs have for their machines with the purely mercenary attitude of professional racers, arguing that professionalism fosters dishonesty on the track.

    p. 2
  • The Better Way: Rhode Island Road Routing

    A Portsmouth reader alerts cyclists that a quarter-mile detour at South Portsmouth leads to the only good road in the township, a model macadam surface built under League supervision.

  • A Canadian touring cyclist recounts a bureaucratic ordeal on the Grand Trunk Railway where an agent's inability to make change for a $10 bill resulted in double-charging for bicycle carriage to Windsor.

    p. 3
  • A Philadelphia reader outlines a three-step chain maintenance routine: overnight kerosene soak, lubricating-oil soak, then a light dressing of graphite before riding.

    p. 3
  • An editorial anecdote about New York truck drivers who nickname each other by their cargo, illustrating how informal communication systems develop among working people on city streets.

    p. 3