The Canadian Wheelman, Vol 2, No 11
Articles in this issue
- Editorial paragraphs likening Woodstock to Springfield and Clarke to Hendee, correcting the misspelling of Western Cyclist editor Will C. Marvin, and weighing the professional question due before the L.A.W. meet at Buffalo.
- A wish-list for the season: a full turnout at Woodstock, Canadian flyers winning at Buffalo, the Canadian champion going to Springfield, and a Canadian taking the Big Four Tour Century road race.
- A letter from Karl Kron reporting Thomas Stevens' ride through England and France, his Australian and English subscriber totals, and that the first 21 chapters of 'X.M. Miles on a Bi' are going into type.
- A. T. Macdonald writes from Winnipeg describing his Rudge tour from Stratford through Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis to Winnipeg and Brandon, Manitoba.
- Notes an August clergymen's cycling tour to Niagara Falls, illustrated with a route map, that a large number of clergy and invited laymen have signified their intention of joining.
- An article by 'Faed' from The Bicycling World arguing the American division of the Cyclists' Touring Club should keep more of its subscription at home to fund domestic touring rather than remitting it all to England.
- Extracts from Thomas Stevens' round-the-world account of his ride through Illinois, including a barber at Lamoille and a startled German at Yorkville doubting he could ride to Chicago.
- A dated fixtures list covering the C.W.A. meet at Woodstock (July 1), the L.A.W. meet at Buffalo (July 3-4), the Big Four Tour and its Cobourg-to-Kingston Century race, the Clerical Wheelmen's Tour, and the Springfield tournament.
- Secretary-Treasurer Hal. B. Donly lists new membership applications and renewals by club (Echo, Bruce County, Seaforth, Hamilton, Toronto, Stratford and others) under Article III of the Constitution.
- C.W.A. touring information for No. 3 District: appointed hotels at Ottawa, Odessa, Deseronto, Napanee and Belleville, plus the district consuls from Belleville to Ottawa.
- Thomas Stevens' own dispatch on leaving Liverpool with twenty-five cyclers, attending the Barnes Common tricycle meet in London, and riding via Dieppe and Rouen to Paris en route to Vienna.
- A reflective essay extracted from B. B. Ayars on the 'Big Four Tour' praising large, well-regulated wheel touring parties as the supreme element of the bicycle tour.
- Practical maintenance and road-craft tips signed 'Will Ye' covering carrying twine and copper wire, choosing good oil, straightening backbones, handle-bars and cranks, lending etiquette, and courteous riding among teams and horses.
- Reviews the July Outing 'college number' (Hitchcock on the Harvard-Yale races, the last instalment of Stevens' 'Across America on a Bicycle') and praises Geo. Chinn's 'Wheelman's Hand Book of Essex Co., Mass.'
- A news column noting Will C. Marvin's resignation from the Western Cyclist, the Canadians joining the Big Four Tour, Lawrence Fletcher's Land's End to John o' Groat's tricycle record, and tours by the Detroit Bicycle Club and the new Belleville Tourists.