The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 2, No 10
Articles in this issue
- New York cycling jottings on the imminent opening of the Columbia Riding School, the Wheelmen's ball set for February 20th, the Manhattan Club's expulsion of members for unpaid dues, and the new Percival and Pope Manufacturing catalogues (the latter describing the 'Expert Columbia').
- A letter from John Keen offering to race John S. Prince ten miles on the Polo Grounds for $1,000 a side, conceding Prince a one-minute start, on Keen's return to America next summer.
- Letters arguing against the inch tire in favour of the 7/8-inch (signed 'J. P.'), 'Zoll's account of a Hooper Brothers fancy-riding exhibition at Fraker Hall, Oshkosh, and Chas. E. Campbell on the rapid growth of cycling and the state of the roads around Newton, Iowa.
- Reports the organization of the Kentucky Bicycle Club, merging the old Louisville Club with half of the Falls City Club, with Aaron Cornwall elected President and Henry C. Schimpeler Captain.
- Account of the second bicycle race meeting at the Manufacturers' Institute building, Boston, headlined by a five-mile professional handicap won from scratch by John S. Prince in 17m. 54s. ahead of the Harrison brothers.
- 'Handy Andy' criticizes English visitors Vesey and Keen over the cancelled L.A.W. races, weighs Philadelphia, Washington and Chicago as venues for the next national meet, and argues the League has grown too unwieldy and should be subdivided into regional bodies.
- Notice that entries close February 16 for the mile handicap at the Manhattan Athletic Club's winter games, held at Madison Square Garden on February 23rd, fee fifty cents to secretary F. J. Graham.
- The journal's masthead and subscription terms: published on alternate Wednesdays by Fred Jenkins at 187 Broadway, one dollar a year (six shillings in Europe), with Julius Wilcox as associate editor.
- Editorial reprinting Commissioner S. H. Wales's 1881 committee report on admitting bicycles to Central Park and weighing its six proposed restrictions—hours, entry gates, speed limits, brakes and lamps, and a rider proficiency-badge scheme—ahead of the case coming to trial.
- A technical description, condensed from the Pope Manufacturing Company's advance catalogue, of the new 'Expert Columbia' roadster—its steel drop-forged parts, weldless-tube perch and hollow elliptical forks, Columbia ball-bearings, and the reasoning behind its tread width and fork rake.