The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 11, No 8
Articles in this issue
- The weekly column of short cycling notes: W.J. Morgan wins the Minneapolis six-day race with 740 miles, Thomas Stevens expected home by Christmas, Kennedy-Childe joins Pope Mfg. Co., and the Citizens' Club and Harlem Wheelmen announce winter entertainments.
- Unsigned editorial commentary arguing the A.C.U.'s 'seven days' notice' rule unfairly jeopardises Rowe's records and should be abolished, noting that Fred Archer's typhoid death illustrates the danger of prolonged peak training, and a self-promotional note on The Wheel being widely quoted by contemporaries including Wheeling and the Cycling Times.
- Pastor A.C. Wheaton (writing in the Homiletic Review) advocates the safety bicycle for parish visiting, arguing it reduces physical effort and travel time by three-quarters compared to walking in a congregation of over 200 families, and recommends lever-movement or chain-drive safeties such as the Facile or Columbia Safety over the unwieldy tricycle.
- Report on the second entertainment and dance of the Boscobel Bicycle Club of Lynn, Mass., at the coliseum: Professor Charles Alden's wire-walking, an obstacle race won by Packer, weightlifting by champion Edward C. Stickney, and a three-mile challenge between skater John McManus (given three laps' handicap) and cyclist Walter Lloyd of the Peabody Bicycle Club on a safety bicycle, won by Lloyd by one lap.
- Travel narrative by W. Methven Brownlee recounting a tricycle tour from Bristol on a Humber through Chepstow and the Wye Valley to Tintern Abbey, with vivid descriptions of rough road conditions, a ferry crossing of the Severn at New Passage, and the scenic splendour of the Windcliff above the River Wye; to be continued.
- Detailed account of Stillman G. Whittaker's successful attempt on the 20-miles-in-the-hour road record at Crawfordsville, Indiana on November 3rd, timed by three Waltham chronographs; he finished in 59:35 4/5 riding into a strong headwind before being lifted exhausted from his wheel by the large crowd at the finish.
- The Wheel dismisses the LAW Bulletin editor's boast of word-count supremacy over rival papers, arguing quality and timely news beats sheer volume; followed by a satirical poem reprinted from Bicycling News (by F.F.S.) mocking the promateur who pockets money from cycling while insisting on his amateur status.
- Letter from F.L.B. of the Harlem Wheelmen inviting all New York-area cycling clubs to a Stag Party at their rooms at 104 W. 124th Street on Saturday November 26th at 8.30 p.m., and announcing a December reception and dance at West End Hall, 125th Street and 7th Avenue.
- Editorial on former professional champion John Prince, who retreated to Omaha after being outclassed at the fall tournaments but has already defeated Schock in a fifty-mile race and issued a formal challenge to race W.J. Morgan, Higham, or any man in the world in a forty-eight-hour event for $100 a side.
- A.B. Barkman is near completion of the New York State road book; the editor defends The Wheel's opinionated 'Owl' columnist against a charge in the Bulletin that he is too free with his opinions, noting that fearless expression is precisely the Owl's hallmark.
- Weekly news column: C.T.C. membership reaches 22,285; Pope Mfg. Co. to move to Franklin and Arch Streets in Boston; Stanley Cycle Show for 1887 announced at the Royal Aquarium; the London Bicycle Club bids farewell to Hon. Ion Keith-Falconer departing for missionary work; and A.C.U. president Ducker signals Whittaker's 300-mile road record will likely be overturned by the board of review for lack of proper pacers.