The Wheel World, Vol 1, No 6
Articles in this issue
- A wide-ranging leader on the confused state of amateur rules across the A.A.A., Swimming Association and Bicycle Union, prompted by the Amateur Athletic Association's new definition of amateurism. It also weighs the Bournemouth-led push to reform the B.T.C. after the Harrogate meeting, and disputes the Cyclist's French racing reports crediting F. de Civry with new records that turn out to be measured in metric, not English, miles.
- An illustrated profile of Henry Sturmey, editor of the Cyclist and author of the "Indispensable Handbook," portraying him as a genial, tireless champion of Bicycle Touring Club affairs and a capable road rider.
- The concluded second half of a history of organised cycling reprinted from "One and All," tracing the 1878 founding of the Bicycle Union and the rise of the Bicycle Touring Club, and naming leading amateurs and professionals of the day such as H. L. Cortis, John Keen and W. T. Britten.
- The magazine's monthly racing-results column, tabulating club and open handicaps from meetings at Windermere, Bootle, Worcester, Hunslet and Alexandra Palace among dozens of others, followed by running commentary on notable races including H. L. Cortis's crash-marred attempt to ride twenty miles inside the hour at Surbiton.
- A technical feature on the safety and design of bicycle lamps, warning against unreliable hub-lamp fastenings and soldered joints, and weighing the relative merits of hub-mounted versus head-mounted lamps.
- Club news from the north and midlands, including J. H. Holding's new North Gloucester B.C. at Cheltenham, the Speedwell B.C.'s dinner honouring captain F. A. Bennett, and the North Warwickshire B.C.'s threatened expulsion from the Midland Counties Amateur Athletic Association.
- A signed feature by A. H. L. Lewellyn-Winter arguing, via a dialogued sketch, for a federal network of County Clubs under one "English Bicycle Club" head centre modelled on the Marylebone Cricket Club, combining the Bicycle Union and Bicycle Touring Club.
- A gossip column signed "Hereward," covering Derby's over-zealous bye-law fines, a new club forming in already crowded Sheffield, Cortis's popular win at the Lincoln sports, and grumbling over the B.T.C. Council's latest hotel-tariff increases.
- A signed feature by A. H. Bateman calling for manufacturers to standardise bicycle screw threads, nuts and fittings, and urging the Bicycle Union to canvass makers listed in the "Indispensable Hand-book" to agree common sizes.
- A trade notice on Dearlove's improved "King of the Road" hub lamp, praising its copper rivets and large double-wick reservoir for giving a powerful and reliably safe light.
- An account of a visit to the Humber works at Beeston, Nottingham, with partners Marriott and Humber, describing the firm's precision ball-bearing manufacture and noting riders including the Hon. Ion Keith-Falconer and professional one-mile champion Fred Cooper.
- A review of Ellis and Co.'s Facile safety bicycle, describing its front-wheel lever-and-connecting-rod drive and recommending it, at 12 guineas 10s., to suburban riders short of stabling space.
- Club-runs gossip covering the Golden Eagle B.C.'s potato-throwing incident on the Holloway Road, new clubs including the Beaufort at Chelsea and the Midland Counties B.C., and the Argyle's tongue-in-cheek warning about a misleading Pinner signpost.
- A report on the Surrey B.C.'s Reigate Hill Trial, a closely fought hill-climb won by C. Crute of the Sutton club, with entrants travelling from as far as Bristol, Shropshire and the Isle of Wight.
- A write-up of the newly reopened Anderton's Hotel on Fleet Street, the Bicycle Touring Club's London headquarters under proprietor Mr. Clemow, listing clubs -- including the B.T.C., Pickwick and Croydon Bicycle Clubs -- that hold dinners there.
- Reports from abroad: the Deal and Walmer B.C.'s cross-Channel trip to Boulogne with the Cosmopolite Velocipede Club of Calais, and a letter from "Toby" of the I Zingari B.C., now homesteading in Turtle Mountain, North West Territory, Canada.
- A gossip column signed "Guy Mannering" on Scottish racing, previewing the West of Scotland races at Glasgow and reporting R. McFarlane's win in the Royal Scottish B.C.'s ten-mile road race.
- A correspondent's report, signed "Birotus," on the founding of the Cincinnati Bicycle Club under president Joseph G. Kitchell, and local riders successfully defending their right to use the city's public roads.
- Tricycling news including a Twickenham Tricycle Club member's 106-mile round trip to Brighton and back, and a London T.C. nine-day, 355-mile tour of southern England via Chichester and Canterbury.
- The regular correspondence column, with brief editorial replies to named readers on topics from club fixtures to a subscription query for Le Sport Velocipedique.