The Wheel World, Vol 6, No 34
Articles in this issue
- Editorial celebrating February as the start of the cycling season, arguing that anticipation of spring riding is itself one of the sport's greatest pleasures and urging readers not to wait until Easter to get back on the wheel.
- Monthly news column covering debates over club unions and uniforms, the movement away from gaudy official dress among club officers, the growth of grammatically correct club names, and news from the cycling world at large.
- Atmospheric adventure narrative set in Northumbria, in which a night-riding cyclist on a convertible machine is pursued by a mounted thief and escapes by speed and the intervention of two policemen.
- Report of a long-distance record attempt by members of the Pioneer Bicycle Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, covering 114 miles from Christchurch to Hurunui and back in thirteen and a half hours, breaking the previous record.
- A dream-vision poem in which the writer flies through an ideal landscape on a golden wheel with handles of pearl, sapphire and ruby, a steed "sandl'd with arrow speed" that shoots like a flaming meteor.
- First-person account of a nightmarish cycling experience in bad weather or dangerous conditions.
- Profile and portrait of cyclist Robert Algar Woolnouge, one of the notable amateur riders featured in this regular series.
- Interview with H. L. Cortis, amateur cycling champion, discussing his training methods, record-breaking rides, and views on the sport.
- Essay or letter presenting a personal view on the merits and future of bicycle riding, possibly from an outside observer or convert to the sport.
- Account of an eventful excursion on a tricycle, describing an unexpected incident or challenge encountered on the road.
- Club news from around Britain, including a note on the Falmouth County Court case involving a cyclist.
- Extended tour narrative tracing a long-distance cycling journey from the Peak District in Derbyshire to the Alpine passes, describing roads, landscapes, and border crossings.
- Register of newly granted patents for bicycle and tricycle innovations and mechanical improvements.