The Wheel World, Vol 5, No 28
Articles in this issue
- An editorial advocating the formation of a Volunteer Cyclist Corps, arguing that tricycles could be valuable for military transport and that armed cyclist units would benefit both the sport and national defence.
- An essay by 'Faed' rebutting a provincial pamphlet attacking bicycle racing, arguing that racing has driven mechanical improvements, is healthy when properly trained for, and does not attract gamblers and roughs as claimed.
- A profile and caricature of Arthur A. B. Woodin, founder and captain of the Rovers Bicycle Club, celebrated for his poetical and musical talents as well as his steady touring ability.
- Monthly cycling gossip covering the amateur championships, notable road records, the Cyclist Volunteer Corps developments, and a variety of club and racing news.
- A comic poem by Frank Severn about an obsessive cycling enthusiast who wrote endless letters to the papers about his machine until, driven to distraction, he came to grief and was carried off on a shutter.
- By "Titanambungo", Raleigh B.C.: a satirical glossary of cycling terms, defining a cheap bicycle, a brake, a professional, a gentleman amateur, and a "good rider" who always passes with a shout of "On yer right!"
- A cautionary song, set to the tune of "Remember Me" and signed "Smangle", P.B.C., warning riders to steer carefully round ruts, loose metal and tram-lines or risk injury like the singer.
- Club notes on the Hampstead and Chiswick clubs meeting in the rain near Richmond, the Camberwell and Kennington Rovers' amalgamation, Mrs Garrett Anderson becoming vice of the South London Tricycle Club, and 150 riders smoking with the Chelsea.
- News from the Irish cycling scene including race results in Dublin, Cork, Belfast, and Kerry, and commentary on the rapid growth of racing enthusiasm in Ireland.
- A comic verse by Joey Sawtell celebrating the pleasures of a summer tricycle tour with a lady companion through the English countryside.
- A letter from a Dunedin cycling correspondent describing a disappointing season of poor weather for club runs, long rides to Clutha, and recent results from the Christchurch sports.
- Racing gossip on Palmer's costly cropper at Aston robbing him of the Bicycle Union championships, F. Moore's dominant form, and the build-up to the Cortis v. Keith-Falconer twenty-mile match at Surbiton.
- Detailed tabulated results of amateur bicycle and tricycle races from June and July 1882 at tracks throughout Britain, Ireland, and the United States.
- The Hon. Ion Keith-Falconer's own account, reprinted from the Aberdeen Free Press, of his record-breaking 994-mile ride from Land's End to John o' Groat's in 13 days less 45 minutes on a 58-inch Humber & Marriott bicycle.
- H. R. Reynolds of the Oxford University and London B.C.'s recounts, via a letter to The Field, his overnight ride from Regent's Park to York (nearly 200 miles) on a 56-inch D.H.F. Premier, six years after Stanley Thorpe's original run.
- By Jno. Ward, junr., B.T.C.: a touring account of a 52-mile ride from Launceston to Hobart on a Pett's "Atalanta" bicycle, past convict-built roads and Mount Wellington.
- A diary, kept by J. Foxley Norris of the Pioneer Bicycle Club and copied by a Dunedin correspondent, of a rough, flood-hampered tour from Christchurch to Dunedin via Oamaru and Palmerston.
- A comic American verse, reprinted from The Headlight, telling of a lovesick young man whose father buys him a bicycle and riding lessons, only for him to crash into the garden well during a home time-trial.
- Compiled by Hart & Co., Patent Agents: a list of new applications for letters patent for velocipedes, bicycles and tricycles lodged in June 1882.