The Cycle, Vol 2, No 9

Articles in this issue

• Thanksgiving Day — Churches Thin, Theatres Full, Wheelmen Grateful in Their Own Way

  The Cycle reflects on Thanksgiving, arguing that wheelmen who spent the day riding were possibly quite as sincere in their thankfulness to Heaven as formal church-goers, and that where Nature smiles wheelmen feel genuinely grateful, even if their thanks go unspoken.

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• The Riding Season Closes for Most — Winter Riding's Pleasures and Discomforts

  The Cycle observes that for many wheelmen the season is now over and the wheel laid aside, while those who ride through winter find particular pleasures in it but acknowledge the discomforts more than balance them for the great majority.

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• A.C.U. Officials Issue Letters After the Season — What Next for the Union?

  The Cycle notes that A.C.U. officials are out with letters following the close of the season, and reflects on what direction the Union will take after a first year in which the promateur experiment was widely judged a failure.

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• American Champion — Whittaker's 300-Mile Record, Best Roadster in the World

  Gormully and Jeffery close the autumn advertising season with Whittaker's Crawfordsville 24-hour record, and their argument that road records on stock machines are the true test of a roadster's quality.

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• Marlboro Tandem — 250 Miles in 24 Hours, All Previous Records Beaten by 30 Miles

  The Coventry Machinists Co. continue to advertise the Marlboro Tandem as the final autumn issues of The Cycle are published before the winter break.

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