The Cycle, Vol 2, No 15
Articles in this issue
- p. 2
Gormully and Jeffery announce J. S. Prince's new 48-hour world record at Omaha on a carefully surveyed indoor ten-lap track, beating the previous world record by 27 miles on an American Champion, with Prince crediting the easy running qualities of the G. and J. bearings.
- p. 3
The Cycle opens 1887 with a reflective editorial calling on readers to pause and survey the faults and shortcomings of the past year with a view to doing better, arguing that nothing is so wholesome as serious thought and stern resolve, even knowing that most good resolutions will fall short.
- p. 3
Daisie publishes replies to her request for women's riding records: one Chicago rider admitting to under 200 miles confined to the boulevards, Miss M. of Buffalo reporting 613 miles including several runs to Niagara Falls, and an English rider logging over 2,000 miles in the year, expressing a wish to hear from all wheeled ladies.
- p. 2
Gormully and Jeffery note their new factory is complete and urge wheelmen not to wait until the busy spring rush for overhauls but to send machines now for more thorough work at more reasonable prices.
- p. 1
The Coventry Machinists Co. carry the Marlboro Tandem's 250-mile 140-yard record forward into the new year, advertising in The Cycle's first January 1887 issue.