The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 10, No 22
Articles in this issue
- Feature on the Rudge Humber convertible tandem, tracing its history from Thomas Humber and the dissolved firm of Marriot & Cooper through their new partnership with Messrs. Rudge & Co. of Coventry, with details on 1886 improvements including a double-lever brake, adjustable handle-bar, and detachable chain brace.
- Editorial notice arguing that the peak of the bicycling season is the ideal time to advertise in The Wheel, citing its large metropolitan circulation and one firm's report of 150 replies from a single insertion.
- Notice from George R. Bidwell advising New York City wheelmen to travel to the Buffalo Division Meet via the West Shore Route on September 2nd, leaving at 6:30 p.m. and arriving in Buffalo at 6:30 a.m. on the 3rd.
- Cable dispatch from London reporting that at the new Long Eaton track on August 25th, George Gatehouse rode a mile tricycle in 2m. 41 2-5s. and P. Furnivall a mile bicycle in 2m. 30s., both beating all previous records; Sidney Lee also set a 50-mile road record of 3h. 9m. 15s.
- Report on Rhodes's 5-mile practice trial at Hampden Park, Springfield, paced by prominent wheelmen, in which he beat the existing world record at every distance from 1 to 5 miles, covering the full distance in 13.26 against the previous record of 13.57 2-5.
- Summary of race results from the Williamsport, Pa. meet on August 19th before nearly 3,000 spectators; J. R. Schlager of Scranton won both the one-mile State championship in 2.47s. and the three-mile League championship in 9.22.
- Correspondent C. E. C. reports the conclusion of a 25-30 clergyman bicycle tour through the Berkshire Hills, Saratoga, and the Catskills, noting personal weight gains and praising the Columbia three-track tricycle as superior to the bicycle for long road journeys over 350 miles.
- Results from the New Castle, Pa. race meet on August 19th; C. M. Brown of Greenville, Pa. dominated the open events and won the quarter-mile L.A.W. Pennsylvania State Championship in 42 seconds, with spectators praising the unusually close finishes throughout the day.
- Results from the third annual Weedsport Bicycle Club meet at the Driving Park; J. R. Rheubottom of Weedsport won the scratch, handicap, without-hands, and tricycle miles, while C. E. Titchener of Binghamton took the Central N. Y. championship and three-miles lap race with 24 points in 9m. 44s.
- Full four-day prize list for the Springfield bicycle tournament at Hampden Park, September 14-17, totalling $7,500 including $2,700 in professional purses; prizes include gold watches and diamond studs for amateurs, and up to $120 for the professional ten-mile lap race.
- Editorial on the controversy surrounding Boston's H. D. Corey, who rode a tandem road record with W. H. Huntley; the A. C. U. is moving to expel Corey for riding with a promateur while Corey argues no official ruling has yet declared Huntley a promateur and that many other riders would face similar expulsion.
- Preview of the Harlem Wheelmen's first annual race meet at the Manhattan Athletic Club grounds on September 11th, noting the silver team-race cup — 23 inches tall with the Harlem Wheelmen's pin on top — on display at Spalding Brothers on Broadway.
- Feature on William H. Langdown, the New Zealand champion who arrived in Springfield after a 16,000-mile journey from Christchurch, described by the Springfield Republican as standing 5 ft. 8½ in. and weighing 165 lbs.; he recorded a first training mile of 2.48 and has ordered a new Columbia wheel.
- Detailed report on record attempts at the new Coventry tracks on August 16th: F. S. Buckingham beat the 5-mile tricycle record in 15m. 40½s., and A. P. Engleheart on a Kangaroo safety set world records at 2, 3, and 4 miles and finished 5 miles in 14m. 11 1-5s. beating all records except the promateur; also covers a 25-mile road trial at Paignton by Fenlon, Buckingham, and Ball.
- Regular department of short cycling news items including: Langdown's 2.48 training mile at Springfield; Con Dwyer's Australian mile record of 2m. 38 2-5s.; G. P. Mills's English 24-hour record of 273 miles despite head winds; Gormully & Jeffery's near-complete new Chicago factory; and F. W. Allard's 2.58 2-5 mile tricycle handicap win at the London Wheelers' Lilliebridge meet.
- Harry M.'s humorous first-person account of a steamboat trip to Albany and Troy, visiting the Albany Wheelmen ahead of their August 28th annual meet on the Ridgefield cinder track and the Troy Bicycle Club at their splendid 93x101-foot Federal Street clubhouse ahead of their fourth annual tournament on September 1st.
- Miscellaneous editorial notes: new Illinois Cycling Club formed in Chicago; Chicago Bi. Club resolutions on Major Durell's death; Pope Manufacturing Co. names R. D. Garden to fill Durell's position; A. R. Coleman wins the Monmouth Wheelmen's 100-mile road race in 9h. 55m.; and Roseville track nearing completion for the Orange Wanderers' September 4th tournament.
- Calendar of upcoming cycling events from August 26 through October 3rd, listing meets in Cleveland, Albany, Buffalo, Newark, Springfield, Hartford, Pittsfield, St. Louis, and other venues, including the L. A. W. grand tour from Niagara Falls to Harper's Ferry.