The Cycle, Vol 1, No 8
Articles in this issue
- p. 5
The Cycle intensifies its argument that the L.A.W. membership has been stripped of meaningful voting power, unable to amend the constitution or by-laws including the amateur rule, and urges members to reclaim the rights they have lost.
- p. 5
Ahead of the League's Boston meeting, the editorial insists that every wheelman not fail to be present and cast his influence and vote for those measures he believes will benefit the League, placing duty above the pleasures of the meet.
- p. 5
A brief note from correspondent 'Polly' argues that many women put off cycling because no friend has shown them how to set their saddle at the right height, and that proper saddle adjustment would bring many more ladies to the sport.
- p. 5
Correspondent 'Villsa' claims to have successfully lubricated his machine once at the start of the season with vaseline without re-oiling, suggesting manufacturers should send out their wheels ready-oiled for the season.
- p. 5
A proposal from the Bicycle South advocates dividing the L.A.W. into Eastern, Central, Western, and Southern divisions each holding annual meets, but the editorial questions what is wrong with the existing state-division structure.
- p. 5
The Cycle reports that the deadline for giving notice in the Bulletin of proposed rule changes has passed without any notice appearing, confirming the amateur rules will remain unchanged and the promateur suspects have no legal ground left.
- p. 5
The editorial dismisses a lengthy attack by a writer named Ducker on the authority of the Racing Board chairman as full of misstatements and wrong deductions, and assures readers the chairman will substantiate every statement he has made at the meeting.
- p. 4
Gormully and Jeffery's advertisement claims Thomas B. Jeffery, who superintends their mechanical department, made the first hollow-forked, ball-bearing bicycle in America in 1878 and the first tricycle shortly after, and the American Cycles embody all his long experience and inventions.