The Wheel Cycling Trade Review, Vol 3, No 2
Articles in this issue
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The paper refuses to accept the Rudge Triplet one-mile road record of 2m 18.2s after a private letter from an English authority indicates the course was downhill and the start flying, noting the English cycling press is bound to its advertisers while The Wheel furnishes affidavits with its own records.
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The paper ridicules a Missouri legislative bill requiring cyclists to dismount 100 yards before encountering any horse or mule and remain stationary until 20 yards past, suggesting as an amendment that cyclists should carry a blunderbuss and shoot any beast that shows antagonism.
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The paper reports that Chief Consul Bidwell has discovered he can only transfer his office to Vice-Consul Bull at the will of the members and not to the Board, and since no membership meeting will be held until the Buffalo September meet, he must continue wearing his title.
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The paper reports canvassing prominent lady cyclists in various parts of the country about their preferences for bicycles versus tricycles, with columnists 'Marguerite' providing exhaustive views and the consensus that dealers who stocked heavily for a ladies' bicycle trade would not be disappointed.
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Chief Consul Bidwell argues that cycling instruction must be delivered quickly while the fever is at its height, that every cycling establishment should have a competent teacher, and that teaching a man to ride immediately makes him a purchaser who also wants lamps, cyclometers, and accessories.
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The paper argues the League should have been the leader in national roads improvement agitation, but a League officer has admitted the organisation will be unable to do roads work for two years due to lack of funds, predicting that public-spirited private citizens will have filled the gap before the League can act.