The Cycle, Vol 1, No 10
Articles in this issue
- p. 5
The Cycle reports that the L.A.W. Boston meeting voted unanimously to endorse the Racing Board in its action against the promateurs, with the opposition that had talked so loudly failing to show up and battle, and the suspended riders having apparently no friends willing to fight for them in person.
- p. 5
The editorial dismisses the new American Cyclists' Union, formed in Boston on 29 May to defend suspended riders, as doomed from the start because it antagonises the League, every cycling and athletic association in America and England, and it merely proposes to allow professionals to compete as amateurs.
- p. 5
The Boston League meet parade fell short of expectations in terms of numbers, though the city's hospitality was warmly praised and riders were found enjoying the roads rather than the hotel corridors.
- p. 10
W. B. Everett and Co. of Boston, sole U.S. agents for the Apollo, advertise John S. Prince's world records including 50 miles in 2h 38m 53s and 1,042 miles 220 yards in the 72-hour race at Minneapolis, beating Schock by 14 miles on a 32.5-pound Apollo semi-racer.
- p. 3
Wm. Read and Sons announce the arrival of Royal Mail's latest tricycles with a new patent hatchet brake requiring no straining hand pressure while coasting, plus small rear and large front wheel models.
- p. 3
Howard A. Smith and Co. successors to Zacharias and Smith of Newark, New Jersey advertise the Z. and S. stocking supporter, worn beneath the flannel shirt with a spring-release sliding buckle, as unquestionably the best cycling stocking support produced.
- p. 4
Gormully and Jeffery repeat their claim that Thomas B. Jeffery made the first hollow-forked ball-bearing bicycle in America in 1878 and the first tricycle shortly after, with the prettiest catalogue in the trade available free.