The Cycle, Vol 1, No 16
Articles in this issue
- p. 3
The Cycle publishes the A.C.U.'s official three-tier amateur rule — separating pure amateurs, promateurs who have accepted expenses, and professionals who have raced for money prizes — and argues these rules are actually stricter than the League's, since the suspended men like Hendee, Rowe, and Burnham cannot even qualify as promateurs under them.
- p. 3
Despite criticism that the League was autocratic, the editorial points out that the new A.C.U. rules disqualify all the suspended riders from ever being amateurs or promateurs, making the A.C.U. even less forgiving than the organisation it was formed to oppose.
- p. 3
The Racing Board unanimously voted to give up any claim to regulate road racing on the grounds that such racing can seldom be pursued without violating the law, and the League's purpose is to secure rights for wheelmen under the law, not to oversee illegal activities.
- p. 3
Rebutting calls from cycling rival papers to drop racing entirely, The Cycle argues that racing has not interfered with touring, only five men manage the racing department, and many regions beyond the promateur problem want to run tournaments under League rules.
- p. 3
Promoters of the Binghamton and Cleveland tournaments report that amateur racing flourished without the promateurs, and The Cycle argues this proves the League's stand was correct and that had the promateurs been there they would have swept every first prize.
- p. 4
The Cycle serialises a romantic cycling story featuring Jack Medlicott managing the tiller of a sailing boat with Lilith beside him while her chaperone aunt sleeps off seasickness among the fishing lines.