The Cycle, Vol 2, No 10
Articles in this issue
- p. 3
After the rival World publishes comparative page-count statistics showing the World gives 277 pages for $1 versus The Cycle's 241 pages for $1.50, The Cycle responds by cutting its price to 75 cents a year, arguing the comparison ignores type size and promising current subscribers a free extension.
- p. 3
The Cycle reports that J. R. Hogg's articles in Wheeling on the amateur question have nearly reached their close, and notes that the logic of the abolitionists is so strong that opponents can only threaten to split the Union, with leaders estimating at least fifty votes will support Hogg's reform motion at the next council.
- p. 2
Gormully and Jeffery distil Whittaker's record list to its most striking single result — 20 miles on a straightaway country road in 59 minutes 35 seconds — alongside 50 miles in 2h 55m and 100 miles in 6h 1m, all on an ordinary roadster.
- p. 1
The Coventry Machinists Co. continue advertising the Marlboro Tandem's December record as the autumn season wraps up.
- p. 3
The Cycle surveys the 1886 season's outcome and observes that every American road record is now held by an American rider on an American machine, marking a decisive shift from the era when English riders and machines dominated the record books.