The Cycle, Vol 1, No 3
Articles in this issue
- p. 3
The L.A.W. Racing Board has issued its final rulings on the promateur cases, declaring eleven riders including George Hendee, A. O. McGarrett, and Frank Ives to be professionals and expelling them from the League, while six others receive shorter suspensions and five cases are dismissed.
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The editorial warns that suspended riders intending to enter events regardless of the Racing Board's decision will not harm only themselves but will seriously prejudice any amateur who competes against them.
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A notice alerts wheelmen that Boston's mile cycling ground faces invasion by a proposed cable railroad, urging them to appear at the forthcoming State House hearing to oppose the scheme.
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The Cycle corrects Outing magazine's repeated claim that Stevens began his round-the-world journey in April 1885, noting the ride actually started at Oakland, California on 22 April 1884.
- p. 3
The third instalment of the cycling history series describes the development of tricycle driving and steering mechanisms, tracing the move from lever-and-rod systems to rotary chain drive, the failure of early chain designs, and Starley's invention of the differential balance gear.
- p. 1
The Coventry Machinists' Co. of 239 Columbus Avenue, Boston advertise their new Ixion tricycle for 1886 with an automatic steerer, with catalogues on application.