vol2s-6

Articles in this issue

• May Eldon; or, a Love of a Sociable and What Came of It (opens in a new tab)

  An illustrated serial story following cycling characters whose adventures centre on a sociable tricycle.
• Sur la Sociable (opens in a new tab)

  A French-inflected piece on the sociable tandem tricycle as a vehicle for couples.
• Cyclophobia (opens in a new tab)

  A humorous article examining the irrational fear and hostility towards cyclists shown by some non-cyclists.
• An American on Practical Road Riding (opens in a new tab)

  An American cyclist's observations on British road riding compared with conditions in the United States.
• Wilky and Job (opens in a new tab)

  A sketch of two bicycling chums, the dapper Wilky on his fifty-six-inch "Club" and the narrator Job on a fifty-two-inch Rudge, and their country rides and picnic outings in Jersey.
• Sweet Love's Day Dream (opens in a new tab)

  A cycling idyll in verse by Sebastian Dobson, in which a maiden and her knight court beside a river and ride off on their burnished steed.
• Sydney to Melbourne: 583 Miles on a Tricycle (opens in a new tab)

  An account of a tricycle journey of 583 miles from Sydney to Melbourne, Australia.
• "Croppers" (opens in a new tab)

  W. Beck on the causes of falls from the bicycle and why a cyclist must learn to take them, opening with a jibe at the enthusiast who finds every sport dangerous.
• Bicycle v. Tricycle (opens in a new tab)

  A comparative discussion of the merits of the bicycle versus the tricycle for different types of rider and terrain.
• A Parson on Three Wheels (opens in a new tab)

  A Connecticut Valley country minister takes up the tricycle, tests it on a seventeen-mile Monday ride between Holyoke and Springfield and finds it within his means.
• Curious Facts concerning Bicycle Patents (opens in a new tab)

  A tally of about nine hundred American velocipede patents, two-thirds of them tricycles, with a closer look at the twenty-three monocycle patents, fifteen of them from 1869.
• Tricycling through Ireland (opens in a new tab)

  A touring narrative of a tricycle journey through various parts of Ireland.
• Cycling Celebrities: Mr. Robert Todd (opens in a new tab)

  A biographical profile and portrait of National Cyclists' Union Honorary Secretary Robert Todd.
• How the Wheel World Wags (opens in a new tab)

  Club news and cycling affairs from across Britain and Ireland.
• The Atlantic Ocean Too Much (opens in a new tab)

  A humorous or dramatic account of difficulties encountered crossing between Britain and America for a cycling tour.
• Amongst the Clubs (opens in a new tab)

  Club gossip from London and the provinces, including the Hammersmith B. and T.C. dinner, the Peckham Rovers' Boz and the end of the Tricycle Union.
• Jottings from the Emerald Isle (opens in a new tab)

  Irish club news, including the Leinster Cycling Club's first annual dinner at the Wicklow Hotel and a fire at the Lansdowne Road grand stand.
• Patent Record (opens in a new tab)

  Hart & Co.'s list of velocipede patent applications from August and September 1884, with names of the patentees.