The Wheel, Vol 11, No 15
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
A detailed profile of road champion Stillman G. Whittaker traces his Massachusetts upbringing, early racing career, employment history, and the remarkable 1886 road performances — 20 miles in under an hour and 300 miles within 24 hours — that established him as the foremost road rider in America.
- p. 3
The editor surveys the prospects for the 1887 cycling season, predicting increased public interest, more American manufacturers entering the market, and an earlier start to the season following the January Stanley Show.
- p. 3
An editorial urges cycling's governing bodies — the A.C.U., L.A.W., and N.C.U. — to stop dithering and agree on a single practical definition of amateur status rather than continuing to propose competing amendments that go nowhere.
- p. 3
The editor responds at length to a reader who cancelled his subscription over an editorial critical of the League of American Wheelmen, arguing that well-directed criticism is precisely how institutions improve.
- p. 2
A Gormully and Jeffery advertisement announces that John S. Prince set a new world 48-hour record of 767 and nine-tenths miles on an indoor ten-lap track in Omaha, again on a machine equipped with their bearings.