The Cycle, Vol 1, No 12
Articles in this issue
- p. 5
The Cycle argues that the extraordinary boom in cycle sales should convince American capital that manufacturing bicycles is a profitable enterprise, and rebukes other cycling papers for failing to take a bold stand in favour of the amateur rule as The Cycle has done.
- p. 5
The editorial continues its assault on the American Cyclists' Union, arguing that since the A.C.U. has adopted the League's racing rules and made only one change — allowing manufacturer-paid riders to race as amateurs — there is no reason to hand racing governance over to it.
- p. 5
Responding to calls from Massachusetts wheelmen that the League should abandon racing and focus on touring, the editorial asks why Massachusetts then does not first produce good road books as Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey already have.
- p. 5
The tale of the tandem rider is continued, with the ominous click on the hill proving to be a serious mechanical failure that brought the couple's pleasant ride to an abrupt and undignified end.
- p. 3
Wm. Read and Sons promote the Royal Mail as the only wheel combining Trigwell's ball head and Grip-Fast rim, plus the new hatchet brake tricycle and the Safety Kangaroo at 100 miles in 6 hours 39 minutes.
- p. 3
W. B. Everett and Co. repeat the Apollo semi-racer's world records, including John S. Prince's 72-hour total of 1,042 miles 220 yards on a 32.5-pound machine with double ball bearings and ball head.