vol1s-4
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The Wheel World (1883). cyclearchive.com, https://cyclearchive.com/magazines/the-wheel-world/vol1s-4/
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Articles in this issue
- An article discussing the dietary needs of cyclists and best practices for nutrition during tours and training.
- An essay on the uplifting effects of tricycle touring on mental health and general wellbeing.
- Two friends tricycle fifty-two miles from Uttoxeter to Manchester over Bank Holiday weekend, passing Cheadle and the hills between Cheadle and Leek.
- A detailed narrative of a cycling tour through several Irish counties, describing scenery and local conditions.
- A historical article tracing the origins of the bicycle from early velocipedes to the modern machine.
- A humorous essay likening the young bicyclist's delusion that he can become a racing man to canine distemper; signed A. R. Hind, Nottingham B.C.
- A clergyman weighs the ethics of cycling on the Sabbath, allowing it with qualifications, given his own use of the wheel on Sunday duty.
- A comic story reprinted from the Springfield Wheelmen's Gazette, in which a newspaper man outwits the King of the Belgians after the king's night of poker.
- A comic verse parody by Titanambungo, set to the tune of "Nobody knows and nobody cares", on cycling mishaps in Battersea Park and elsewhere.
- A description of Mr. Terry's tricycle, convertible into a boat with sculls, and of his trip by land and sea from London to Calais.
- A touring narrative of a four-day cycling excursion through the mountain roads of North Wales.
- An account of the Highgate Bicycle Club's Continental touring excursion to France.
- A short poem, reprinted from the Springfield Wheelmen's Gazette, in which a girl longs to share the bicyclist's joyous motion.
- The second instalment of a serialised cycling mystery story.
- Dialect verse by Sawtell o' the Sherborne, "Dan'l and Nellie", about a miller of Walton mill and his daughter Nell.
- An American-style essay urging that men give up pantaloons and that bicyclers, who already ride in knee breeches, lead the return to the old costume.
- A biographical profile and portrait of Cambridge University cyclist John S. Whatton.
- Club news, touring notes, and cycling affairs from across Britain and Ireland.
- Racing notes by Scorchalong naming Charles Edgar Liles of the Temple B.C. and L.A.C. as the best man of the season, with comment on Gaskell, Wilson, Macbeth and Fry's 100 miles at the Crystal Palace.
- A Washington, D.C. police-court case in which a driver, T. R. Chapman, is charged with assaulting Frank R. Lane of a party of bicyclers returning from the races.
- Irish cycling and athletic news, including the Cork Amateur Athletic Club's autumn meeting and an Irish Champion B.C. tour through Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp.
- Continued record of bicycle racing results and championship performances for the year.
- Applications for letters patent for tricycles and other velocipedes, compiled by Hart & Co., patent agents, Fleet Street, with patents sealed.