The Wheel, Vol 11, No 1
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
The paper's humorous columnist reflects on the parallels between billiards and bicycle racing, comments on the Ixion Club's practices, and takes a pointed swipe at Kennedy Child for discrediting American cycling records despite being Connecticut-born.
- p. 1
A proposal is outlined to build a scenic riverside boulevard through Hudson County from Fort Lee to Newark, with a call for New Jersey wheelmen to support the plan at the polls.
- p. 2
Stillman G. Whittaker set new American and world records on a surveyed Indiana road, riding 50 miles in under three hours and completing 100 miles in 6 hours 43 minutes without a pacemaker.
- p. 3
Publication details for The Wheel are given, including subscription prices, combination deals with other cycling papers, and the editor F. P. Prial's contact information.
- p. 2
Gormully and Jeffery publish endorsement letters from leading bicycle dealers around the country praising the American Safety as the easiest-running machine they had ever ridden.