The Bulletin And Good Roads, Vol 24, No 19
Articles in this issue
- p. 2
Montreal's Chief Consul of the Canadian Wheelmen's Association rebuts an anonymous American reader who sold his bicycle after finding Montreal streets frightening, arguing cycling rights are as well enforced in Canada as anywhere.
- Here's Another: Squirrel Through the Spokes
A New York cyclist recounts a squirrel running through his front wheel, being catapulted twelve feet in the air, and continuing up a tree apparently unharmed.
- Eolian Lyre Blasted
A reader who fitted an eolian harp to his wheel describes nightingales landing on his handlebars and singing for five minutes before being startled away when the rubber bands snapped at a corner.
- p. 3
Multiple readers report that regular daily cycling dramatically reduced their chronic sciatica pain, contradicting doctors who had blamed the bicycle for causing the condition.
- Saddle Height and Knee Pain
A Connecticut rider reports that raising the saddle well beyond heel-reach and adopting full ankle motion increased his daily mileage by fifteen to twenty-five percent with no knee trouble.