The Wheel World, Vol 1, No 5
Articles in this issue
- A critical account of the Bicycle Touring Club's chaotic annual general meeting at Harrogate, where new rules were controversially passed without adequate discussion.
- Discussion of the demands for reform within the Bicycle Touring Club, particularly regarding fairer representation and proper conduct of meetings.
- An editorial on Clause 17 of the B.T.C.'s draft rules, which would have barred anyone connected with the bicycling press — implicitly Henry Sturmey and Walter D. Welford — from the Council vice-presidency; the clause was unanimously rejected at Harrogate.
- Cycling club news, events, and road notes from clubs across northern England and Scotland.
- The magazine's racing column: results from meetings at Aston, Brighton, Stoke-on-Trent and Calais, plus commentary on H. L. Cortis's new ten-mile record at Surbiton and the continuing row over C. A. Palmer's suspension by the Midland Counties A.A.A.
- A gossip column on cycling in the southern counties by "Long Tom" and "Beachy Head", covering the wet August bank holiday, crowded Brighton hostelries, the Canterbury meet, and the Crystal Palace Company's new race track.
- H. Blackwell, jun., sub-captain of the Canonbury B.C., continues his touring diary from the Meikle Ferry and Dunrobin Castle to John O'Groat's House, claiming a new "fastest on record" time of eleven days four hours from London.
- Short B.T.C. notes: the Bedford house is now the Clarence Hotel, Knight's is the Coventry B.T.C. house, and Mr. Freeth's letter in the Bicycling News defends the "legs over handles" riding position.
- A round-up of club news including the Alert and Owl B.C.s' amalgamation, the Poole B.C.'s new quarter-mile track, the Calcutta B.C.'s formation, and the death of C. Murgatroyd of the Leeds Crescent B.C.
- London club gossip noting L. C. B. Yeoman's resignation as Pickwick B.C. secretary in favour of Shirley Fussell, H. Blackwell's fresh Land's End-to-John O'Groat's run in thirteen days, and T. C. Berington's collision with a dog below Box Hill.
- Trade reviews of Thomas Smith and Son's new hollow backbone-and-fork "Viaduct" bicycle, Ashton Bros.' leather dust caps, and the Rawson bicycle ridden by S. Rawson in his 1,500-mile Derby ride.
- Notes on tricycling fashion for ladies, a reader's query on whether women may join the B.T.C., and M. D. Rücker jun.'s feat of riding twice up Muswell Hill on a Devon tricycle.
- "Hereward" reports Midlands gossip: Sheffield riders barred from the Sheaf House track, a rope strung across a road to stop street riding, and the Moseley Harriers' resolution expelling C. A. Palmer over his suspension.
- Trade notes on machines shipped to Bermuda, India and Rangoon, Tom Hutchings's gold-medal win at Lillie Bridge on a Starley and Sutton Meteor, and H. Goy's new premises at 22, Leadenhall Street.
- "Birotus" reports American cycling news: a three-day club run at Milwaukee with its own ambulance wagon, and Cincinnati riders exhibiting at Dayton, Ohio before 8,000 spectators.
- A calendar of September race meetings, including the Chichester B.C. at Priory Park, the I Zingari B.C. at Stamford Bridge, and the Druids B.C.'s Stamford Bridge meeting on the 25th.
- Reviews of rival cycling papers, including the French Le Sport Vélocipédique's coverage of H. L. Cortis's Calais defeat, the new Gravesend Argus, and the August number of Cycling.
- A letter signed by Derby aldermen, councillors and pressmen testifying to the honesty of S. Rawson's 1,500-mile ride at the Alexandra Rink.
- A satirical essay reprinted from the New York Times comparing the relative dangers of bicycling and canoeing, tallying broken bones against blistered hands.
- Answers to the puzzle page: solutions to the square words, diamond puzzle, numbered charade and transposition set on page 220, with credited solvers including A. H. Llewellyn Winter.
- The editor answers individual readers by pseudonym, including subscription queries, puzzle-solution credits, and a note that "Spoke Adjusters" Harry E. is away ill.