The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 6, No 15
Articles in this issue
- Editorial notes on the New York delegation leaving for the Chicago Niagara-to-Boston tour, the rain-hit New Jersey Division Meet, praise for the new Massachusetts Division handbook, and criticism of the inactive New York State Division.
- B. B. Ayers of the Chicago Bicycle Club's Tour Committee details final arrangements for the Niagara-to-Boston tour, including division colors, the $54 round-trip cost, recommended kit, and the itinerary from the International Hotel at Niagara Falls.
- Boston correspondent reports the July 4th bicycle races on the Common (Haven, Neilson, Burnham and Finley winning), the electric-light races at the Union Grounds, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's purchase of a Columbia tricycle, and assorted club gossip.
- Bicycle races at Elmira Driving Park, with half-mile heats won by Hersey of Elmira and a two-mile dash won by John Zimmerman of Elmira under L. A. W. rules.
- The Wilkes-Barre Bicycle Club's first annual races at Lee Driving Park on Independence Day, including a slow-bicycle race and a tug-of-war won by the Binghamton team of Titchner, Hines and Rogers.
- Humorous correspondence on the clash of religious enthusiasm and cycling at Asbury Park, with a tall tale of bicycle maker T. Hunt Sterry being mistaken for a whale, plus complaints about poor roads and strict Sunday and anti-liquor laws.
- The full programme of the Springfield Bicycle Club's 34-race tournament at Hampden Park (September 16-19), introducing novel time races, tandem, and unicycle events on the rebuilt half-mile track.
- Advice to novice riders on posture, ankle action, handlebar length, and acquiring graceful 'form' rather than mere speed in road riding.
- Report of England's one-mile bicycle and 25-mile tricycle amateur championships at the new Lillie Bridge track, won in record time by H. A. Speechley and C. E. Liles.
- A letter signed 'Consul' describing how Stamford wheelman R. H. Home was run down by a lager-beer wagon and dragged twenty-five feet, wrecking his new $150 Expert bicycle.
- A reprinted Times editorial on cyclists being admitted to the London parks (citing Lord Bury and the National Cyclists' Union) and arguing that New York's wheelmen deserve similar privileges.
- Letter from R. Marston Campbell of Berrien Springs, Michigan, reporting that he and W. S. Mulford have formed the Berrien Springs Wheel Club.
- Messrs. Lord and a companion of the Maryland Bicycle Club ran an 'earned century' to Washington and back (88+ miles), honored with souvenirs by President S. T. Clark.
- Trade items on Zacharias & Smith's new tool bag, E. B. Hutchinson's wheelman's cameras, H. B. Hart's exhibition prizes, Doughty & Pedersen's medals, and the Missouri Wheel Co.'s saddles.
- Officers elected at the Hudson Bicycle Club's annual meeting on July 5th, with Joshua Reynolds chosen President.
- A query from 'L. A. W. 1242' asking readers for route and road information between New York and Bridgeport, Connecticut, after leaving New Rochelle.