The Cycle, Vol 2, No 7
Articles in this issue
- p. 3
The Cycle reports a repeat of the previous year's controversy: English riders come to America, win prizes, then ask for expense money, and when refused publish letters in English papers accusing Americans of shameful treatment, though American clubs have refused to be bled this year.
- p. 3
The Cycle surveys the 1886 season and finds many fast times but few official records, because riders ran regardless of rules, and all American records are now held by Americans on American wheels, in contrast to the recent past when English riders held most marks.
- p. 3
The Cycle notes that Thomas Stevens is near the conclusion of his unprecedented bicycle journey around the world, crediting him with winning the respect of English wheelmen who had initially regarded him with prejudice, though he was forced to take a steamer to Hong Kong when Afghan attitudes made cycling through that region impossible.
- p. 3
The Cycle begins serialising a cycling story by W. Moilwraith from the Cyclists' Year Book, taking the form of letters from James Penner of Glasgow to Robert Lithgew of Dumfries about their cycling adventures.
- p. 2
Gormully and Jeffery repeat Whittaker's Crawfordsville achievements and continue to argue that road records on stock machines are more meaningful than track records on 22-pound racing wheels.