The Wheel, Vol 3, No 9
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
Brief notes report on snow and the uncertain prospects for Thanksgiving runs, the Citizens' Club's new rooms at 2 East 60th Street, and the formation of a club quartet for winter entertainment.
- p. 1
A profile of George D. Gideon of the Germantown Bicycle Club, America's amateur champion at two and five miles, with a first-person account of his racing career beginning at the Delaware State Fair in 1880 on a 54-inch Special Challenge machine.
- p. 2
A pointed editorial review of the rival Bicycling World newspaper, documenting what the editors consider bias and inconsistency in its coverage of the Pope Manufacturing Company, using direct quotations from before and after the paper lost that advertiser.
- p. 4
An editorial examining the validity of various bicycle patent claims, arguing that many are legally baseless and should be challenged.
- p. 6
A feature on a clergyman who cycles, exploring the theme of mental and physical fitness through bicycling.
- p. 3
A column of humorous and pointed rhetorical questions directed at the cycling community and the rival press.
- p. 3
Race results and upcoming race announcements including contests at local tracks.