The Cycle, Vol 2, No 7
Articles in this issue
- The editor notes a repeat of the previous year's controversy: English riders win American prizes, then demand expense money and, when refused, publish accusations of shameful treatment in English papers.
- A survey of the 1886 season finds many fast times but few official records because riders ran regardless of rules; all American records are now held by Americans on American wheels.
- Thomas Stevens is near the end of his round-the-world bicycle journey; forced to take a steamer from Calcutta to Hong Kong after being refused permission to cross Afghanistan, he has nonetheless won the respect of English wheelmen.
- First instalment of a cycling story by W. Moilwraith (from the Cyclists' Year Book), told as letters between James Penner of Glasgow and Robert Lithgow of Dumfries, following Penner's comic misadventures learning to ride a bicycle.
- A column of short cycling news items covering topics such as Great Britain's 315,000 cyclists, race results, club gossip, Thomas Stevens reaching Hong Kong, and the upcoming Stanley Show.
- A column signed "Daisie" reflects on November riding weather and responds to a British correspondent who condemned American women for decorating their tricycles with ribbon bows, defending the custom as harmless.
- Report of a special meeting that upheld protests against the Hudson County Wheelmen for using non-local riders, and results of the election-day road race on the Milburn–Irvington course, won by Kings County Wheelmen.
- Brief review of a compact adjustable bicycle wrench made by C. H. Lamson of Portland, Maine, with double jaw sets for both plain and square nuts, sold for 75 cents bright or $1.00 nickeled.
- Correspondence from Memphis endorsing class races as the fairest format, commenting on Dr. Blackham's amateur-rule resolution, and praising Whittaker's 300-mile 24-hour road record as a triumph for the American Champion machine.
- Six-months long-distance and 24-hour long-distance records for Union County Wheelmen, led by Frank S. Miller (2,555½ miles over six months) and A. N. Pierson (190¼ miles in 24 hours).
- Race results from Jamaica Plain (10-mile and 5-mile road race, 9 Nov.) and from Virginia and Georgia L.A.W. division meetings, with C. H. Dillingham dominating the Georgia events.
- Detailed account of Alfred McCurdy's 305-mile 24-hour ride on a 48-inch Star machine over the Boston Club's 50-mile course (5–6 Nov. 1886), with split times, pacemaker roster, and a note on his only fall at the finish.
- Official letters from A.C.U. Racing Board chairman John S. Rogers formally accepting Stillman C. Whittaker's road records from his Crawfordsville, Indiana runs of 24 September and 18–19 October 1886, with full mileage tables.