The Cycle, Vol 1, No 22
Articles in this issue
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Rhode Island L.A.W. chief consul Chase issues a public warning that wheelmen who dined at Coles Hotel in Warren conducted themselves in so unbecoming a manner that the landlord complained, reminding members that conduct unbecoming a gentleman is grounds for expulsion, while The Cycle notes similar problems on the North Shore are alienating hotel landlords.
- p. 4
The Springfield Bicycle Club publishes its official race and prize schedule for the Fifth Annual Tournament at Hampden Park on 14-16 September 1886, with world championship heats across three days, A.C.U. championship events, novice, handicap, and open professional and promateur races.
- p. 3
The Cycle notes that the Connecticut Club's decision to run under A.C.U. rules rather than League rules simply means it will compete for A.C.U. championships instead of League championships, since the two sets of rules are virtually identical.
- p. 3
The Cycle rebukes the English cyclist Hillier for refusing to credit American bicycle records while his own fifty-three and fifty-four mile records are under dispute, and for having previously cast doubt on tricycle records of Lowndes that he later used to his own advantage.
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The Pennsylvania Bicycle Club drew amusement on its Philadelphia-to-Lake-George tour by answering all road queries with a printed card bearing the motto 'A fool can ask more questions than a wise man can answer,' though The Cycle considers the response clever but not quite gentlemanly.
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The Coventry Machinists Co. of 239 Columbus Avenue, Boston, advertise the new Marlboro Tandem as the latest, fastest, and best tandem on the market, following F. W. Allard's N.C.U. five-mile championship and one-mile tricycle record wins on Marlboro Club machines.