The Wheel World, Vol 4, No 23
Articles in this issue
- A memoir by Charles R. Maddox of the Wanderers B.C. recalling the hectic final preparations before a Continental cycling tour, set against a backdrop of international political crisis.
- An editorial weighing the value of cycling trade shows, concluding that while exhibitions like the Stanley Show do good in their way, they are not unmixed blessings given the tendency to showmanship over substance.
- A comic two-scene dramatic sketch following the Energetic Honorary Secretary's increasingly frustrated wait for fellow club members to appear for the Saturday run.
- The regular editorial column declaring the month decidedly "showy," dominated by the annual Stanley Bicycle Club exhibition at the Agricultural Hall in Islington.
- A round-up of club news from across Britain, noting that Great Grimsby possesses a cycling club with a "Whaler" who sings well at socials, and other club gossip.
- A vivid account of a visit to Coventry—described as the Mecca of all true believers in the wheel—arriving by night train to survey the bicycle-manufacturing heart of the industry.
- The regular column of cycling news and correspondence from western England.
- A whimsical satirical piece by "Faed" written in mock-antique biblical style, describing the strange customs and rites of young cyclists in the City of Novobabylonia.
- A detailed touring account by C. E. Oliver of the Derby B.C. describing a bicycle journey from Derby into France, exploring Normandy, Brittany, and the Loire valley.
- The Irish correspondent's column, revealing a split in a Dublin club following disputes over prize distribution at a July race meeting.
- A satirical poem in four "squibs" parodying the aesthetic movement's overblown language and affectations as applied to an intense passion for cycling.
- A tour of novelties and curiosities spotted at the Stanley Show, including the judgement that many items there were "fearfully and wonderfully made."
- Remarks by American preacher Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage warning that starting a publication is the most successful way of sinking a fortune, offered as caution to cyclists who imagine it an easy matter.
- A deadpan satirical piece of comic advice for touring cyclists, facetiously recommending they leave their spanner, oil can, lamp, and spare nuts at home.
- A compiled listing of recent applications for letters patent concerning velocipedes, bicycle motors, and saddles, compiled by Hart & Co., Patent Agents.