The Wheel World, Vol 4, No 21
Articles in this issue
- p. 19
An editorial reviewing the role of the cycling press in promoting and consolidating the sport, arguing that specialist cycling journalism serves functions no general-interest paper could perform.
- p. 21
An article prompted by the editor's investment in a double tricycle, arguing that sociable tricycling is setting a new fashion among bicyclists who find it suits winter riding.
- p. 24
An essay by Harry J. Swindley surveying the rise of a distinct cycling literature, praising the poets, travel writers, and humourists who have made the bicycle their subject.
- p. 28
A verse meditation on the relationship between cycling and poetic inspiration, celebrating the many talented poets whom the sport has drawn to its cause.
- p. 29
The second instalment of this serialised story, in which Jack Medlicott, stiff from a sea rescue the day before, calls on the old gentleman Mellish and is warmly received by the family he saved.
- p. 36
A response to the December editorial on club decay, arguing that superannuated office-seekers who cling to club positions are the deadliest plague upon a club's vitality.
- p. 38
The regular editorial column lamenting the apparent defection of keen cyclists to theatres and other diversions, and warning that cycling seems to be going to the dogs.
- p. 46
A round-up of news and events from cycling clubs across Britain and abroad, including the growth of the B.T.C. and notes on various club activities.
- p. 49
An account by Blackwell and Harman of their epic end-to-end ride from Cornwall to the north of Scotland, starting at Finsbury Park and taking a night train to Plymouth before setting off.
- p. 65
A regular column of cycling news and correspondence from western England, concluding with New Year greetings from "Spanks, Junr."
- p. 66
A profile of Charles R. Maddox, Hon. Sec. of the private Wanderers club, described as well known and invariably respected in the inner circles of cycledom.
- p. 67
A compiled listing of recent applications for letters patent concerning velocipedes, bicycle backbones, and related mechanisms, compiled by Hart & Co., Patent Agents.