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The Wheel World (1883). cyclearchive.com, https://cyclearchive.com/magazines/the-wheel-world/vol1s-1/
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Articles in this issue
- An editorial essay examining the identity and place of cyclists in British sporting life.
- An account of touring on a tricycle, praising its reliability and comfort over varied terrain.
- A narrative account of a cycling tour undertaken over the Easter holiday period.
- A descriptive account of a cycling journey around the scenic Antrim Coast of Northern Ireland.
- A scientific article examining the physical energy required to propel a bicycle at various speeds.
- A touring narrative describing a cycle journey from Derbyshire's Peak District to the Alps.
- Charles Browne's essay on the deference paid to a few taciturn authorities in wheel circles, and on the habit of treating anyone's silence as wisdom, with a dig at the Bicycle Union's council meetings.
- An account of a club run with the Rosslynn Bicycle Club.
- A series of light verses and observations from cycling tours in Dorset.
- A humorous account of an embarrassing or challenging cycling incident.
- A personal narrative of two days spent cycling in pleasant summer weather.
- A response to correspondence discussing the merits and mechanics of tricycles.
- An account of the formation and early history of the Tricycle Union.
- A guide for the cyclist breaking a run to south-east Kent at Canterbury, taking in West Gate, the cathedral precincts and the story of Thomas a Becket's shrine.
- A discussion of attempts to achieve and verify the remarkable speed of one mile per minute on a bicycle.
- A cycling tour narrative from India, describing roads, scenery, and local conditions.
- A Leeds rider's account of the ride by way of York to Bridlington Quay for the Yorkshire Bicycle Meet at Whitsun, with the race results from the meeting.
- A biographical profile and portrait of notable cyclist Herbert W. Gaskell.
- April gossip column on the dusty spring roads, the revival of old inventions as novelties, and the early club secretaries whose reports reached the cycling press promptly.
- Club news including F. Howard Warner's captaincy of the Redditch and District C.C., the Abridge club's revival and an attack on the City of London B.C.
- A racing column on the coming season, covering the Surrey spring meeting at the Oval, W. F. M. Buckley's form, the B.U. championships at the Crystal Palace and Birmingham, and riders such as Gaskell, Kyle and F. Moore.
- Irish news from the Dublin A.C. annual meeting at Lansdowne Road and the Ulster C.C. sports, plus items on the Eglinton, Phoenix, Leinster and Waterford clubs.
- A register of current and recent cycling race records and championship results.
- A comic verse by Titanambungo of the Raleigh B.C., sung to the tune of "Our Jack's come home to-day", about a young man with the cycling fever.
- A list of applications for letters patent for velocipedes, saddles and tricycles, compiled by Hart & Co. of Fleet Street, with notices to proceed.