The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 1, No 17
Articles in this issue
- Editorial miscellany column attacking Louis Harrison of the Bicycling World for refusing to print a rebuttal and for slighting the L.A.W. consuls (Dr. Rust of Meriden, Seeley of Washington, Tolman of Worcester), praising Secretary Burrill for securing hotel rates at the Mansion House in Orange, and noting the Boston Bicycle Club's new by-laws booklet, Pope Manufacturing Co.'s bid to open Central Park to wheelmen, and Gale Sherman's planned ride from Lima, Ohio to Boston.
- A detailed technical review, reprinted from the Cyclist, of the new Pilot bicycle by Hickling & Co. of Queen Street, Maidenhead, describing its red-rubber tyres, crescent steel rims, double 'Humber' ball bearings, knife-edged front forks, Stanley head, india-rubber spring insulation and Lamplugh and Brown saddle, priced at £16 10s. for a 52-inch model weighing 42 lbs.
- A correspondent signed Olympian describes the Oakland Bicycle Club's postponed opening run of the season on April 23, a 45-mile ride from Oakland to San Jose via San Leandro, Alvarado, Centreville and Milpitas joined by San Francisco Club riders, noting road conditions through the Santa Clara Valley and the return the following day.
- Calendar of upcoming bicycle races: entries closing May 14 for a mile-heat race at the Elizabeth Athletic Club, New Jersey (to L. R. Leeds), and May 31 for a three-mile race at the Young America Cricket Club games in Stenton, Philadelphia.
- An editorial statement of purpose for The Wheel, inviting correspondence on club meetings, races, tours and inventions and reminding contributors that the paper goes to press the Saturday before publication.
- An editorial essay signed J. W. (Julius Wilcox) arguing that cycling clubs should broaden membership beyond close social circles, that personal dislikes should not drive exclusions, and that inter-club solidarity is essential while wheelmen face hostile officials and road authorities.
- Editor Fred Jenkins reprints the Pope Manufacturing Company's card 'Another Wheel Lie Nailed' from the Bicycling World denying it influenced the Manhattan Bicycle Club's nomination for L.A.W. recording secretary, then prints his own letter calling on S. Conant Foster to explain his role and a conciliatory reply from E. W. Pope, Sec'y.
- Club notes covering the organization of the Adventure Bi Club at St. John's School, Sing Sing; the Manhattan Bicycle Club's May 2 meeting at which committees were appointed and delegates (Burrill, Bourne, Minor) named to the League annual meeting; and the Milwaukee Bicycle Club's planned Fourth of July excursions to Lake Side and Oconomowoc with guests from Chicago, Detroit and Indianapolis.
- A letter from Capt. C. W. F. (Fowler) of Farmdale, Kentucky, recounting two April rides toward Frankfort, including a collision with an express wagon that bent two wheel spokes, a visit to brother wheelman W. C. Macklin and his new nickel-plated 54-inch Centaur, and reflections on crank length and the Kentucky hills.
- A patriotic poem subtitled 'Novus Ordo Cyclorum' celebrating the arrival of the bicycle in America and urging Yankee youth to embrace the wheel sent from Britannia across the Atlantic.
- Subscription and advertising notice stating The Wheel publishes on alternate Wednesdays at $1.25 per year (European 7s.), with remittances to Fred. Jenkins at 75 Fulton Street, New York, and a London agency at the Bicycling Times Office, Fleet Street, care of C. J. Fox, Jr.